U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; July 15, 2015: The Confino Collection of United States
July 8-9, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1860-1910 Mt.Athos, group of 55 covers, mostly without franking, generally addressed to the Russian Monastery at Mt. Athos, bearing arrival markings (ROPIT Afon), others to Russia, sent via Odessa or Constantinople, with ROPIT Constantinople transit, sent from different parts of Russia, normally with wax seals indicating covers contained money intended for the Russian monks at the monastery. Also included are 20 parcel receipts, all with postal markings, many Ottoman fiscals, interesting lot  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 6k dark blue, block of four (complete sheet) with large, intact margins all around, usual marginal gum flaws, stamps n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #1c | Unsold |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., rare stamp (*) Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, numeral cancellation in blue dots, large margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1865 10pa brown & blue, v.f. used, signed Catalog #2 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1866 (7 July) outer FL franked with 20pa carmine & blue, large margins all around, tied by "785" in dots, also Lattakia cds (blue) and sent via Alexandretta to Beirut, with "Port Lattakie" and oval merchant's cachet, minor paper erosion along the left side, fine and rare cover from Russian Levant, signed Diena | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1369 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1882 cover from Taganrog to Constantinople, franked with 7k carmine & gray, with Postal Car and Ropit Constantinople arrival markings, wax seal and manuscript endorsements indicating that money was enclosed (for Mt. Athos monastery), fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1370 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1900-1905 4pa on 1k, 10pa on 2k, 2Pi on 20k, 5Pi on 50k and 7Pi on 70k, five different imperforate horizontal strips of five, each perforated "Obrazets," n.h., v.f. S Catalog #27/36S | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1371 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1904 (8 Nov) cover from Mont Athos, franked with Ottoman 1pi and sent to Starominskoya (Sea of Azov), used during the Russo-Japanese War, hence Odessa censor seal (green), also purple handstamp, plus "Refuse par la Douane" (refused by Customs) and returned to sender, bearing a boxed cachet on reverse, indicating that the cover was sent back after the war was long over, fine and interesting cover | Price Realized $450.00 |
