U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 16-17, 2018
Welcome to our October 16-17, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,627 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including Ernest Wheeler’s flight and space covers and autographs, additional selections from the Scouts of the World collection, Vito Bianco’s stock of Italian area and many others. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; rarities from China and other Asian material. As always, the sale contains 150+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3314 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, 10k brown & blue canc. "Plovdiv", also Telegram dated 27.6.1879 from Sofia to Tirnovo, used during the Russo-Turkish War. Until the summer of 1879, there was no Bulgarian Postal Organization; also 1888 Telegram to the French Consul in Sofia, and 1907 picture postcard (Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand) from Peterhof to Paris  O | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3315 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1907 (11 July) The Commercial Company of Salonica, Limited, cover to Salonica, franked with pair of 20pa on 4k, tied by blue ROPIT / AG / CAVALLA 11 Jun 1907 oval date stamp with another far clearer strike on the back along with two strikes of ROPIT / Salonica 12 Jun 1907 arrival cds, cover open at bottom and with some wrinkling along left edge and a small scuff at top, fine and very rare usage from Cavalla (Tchilinghirian reported no covers recorded yet, but this cover and a few picture postcards have since been discovered) | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3316 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1911 (1 Aug) registered cover to Odessa, attractively franked with five Offices in Turkey 20pa on 4k plus 5pa, 10pa, 20pa 1pi Kerassunde overprints, all tied by nice strikes of blue ROPIT / Kerassunde 1.VIII.1911 cds, appropriate registry label, backstamped on arrival, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3317 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1913 (13 Apr) cover to Patras, Greece, franked with 8x5pa on 1k Romanov Tercentenary surcharges, tied by ROPIT / Tripoli 13 IV 1913 cds, with another strike top center, with Alexandria, Egypt transit and Patras arrival pmks on back, filing folds and small nick at upper right, fine and rare usage from Tripoli (this postmark was introduced in 1905, but Tchilinghirian notes "No covers recorded") | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3318 RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire 1914 (15 July) ROPIT cover registered to Paris, franked with 2p on 20k, tied by blue ROPIT / Mersina 15 VII 1914 cds with accompanying registry label, light transit backstamps, also a 1914 receipt for a registered letter with slightly different type of Mersina cancels, fine | Price Realized $400.00 |
