U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021
Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1874 (24 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Liverpool, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 20k blue & orange, sent via Odessa, with transit and arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate  | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1875 (3 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Germany, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 3k and 10k, sent via Odessa, with transit and Fischhausen arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1875 (20 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Manchester, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 2x3k and 10k, sent via Odessa, with transit and arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Levant cover, with Eisold certificate | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1876 8k on 10k carmine & green, blue surcharge inverted, used, fine, signed Stanley Gibbons O Catalog #17b | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1883 (Apr) cover franked with 7k Levant Issue, just tied by blue SAMSUN (date indistinct) cancel, addressed to Constantinople, with ROPIT Constantinople 22 Apr 93 arrival datestamp on back, minor cover faults, scarce (Tchilingirian Type 5A) | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1891 commercial cover (M.C. Rangos, Batoum) franked with ordinary Russian 10k dark blue, canceled at Constantinople (indicating the letter was probably carried from Batum privately and entered the mail in Constantinople), with oval receiving "ROPIT AGENST. XIOCA" (Ropit Agency of Chios) at bottom, also Constantinople pmks and faint merchant's oval on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine (Tchilingirian Type 11) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1892 (8 Feb) card datelined "Samos", franked with diagonal half of 10k Levant issue, tied by ROPIT Smirna departure pmks, addressed to Trieste, with arrival pmk alongside, v.f. (Due to a temporary shortage of 5k stamps, the Ropit office in Smirna used bisected 10k adhesives to provide the postcard rate) | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1898 (20 Nov) 4k stationery card canceled ROPIT Saloniki in blue, with Ropit Constantinople transit alongside, addressed to Turkish Consul in Sevastopol | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1910 picture postcard to Constantinople, franked with 20pa/4k Levant, canceled by violet ROPIT Samsun 19 Dec. 1910 cds, repeated alongside, some water stains at bottom, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1912 (Oct) cover addressed to Athens, franked with 20pa/4k Levant, tied by seal of the Greek Post Office at Salonika, used during the Balkan War, when Greek war ships occupied the Turkish held port of Salonika | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPURE 1912 (15 Dec) cover to Athens, with negative "Chios Poste Russe Gratuit" and violet ROPIT Chios departure pmk alongside, minor overall toning, fine (after Greek forces occupied Chios during Greco-Turkish War in 1912, Russian authorities permitted free-franking privileges from their offices in Chios) | Unsold |
