Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
May 9-10, 2023

Welcome to our May 9-10, 2023 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, which will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries and over the internet via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,487 lots in the sale, which begins with United States and U.S. Possessions, including graded items, Plate Blocks, and modern errors. In the Worldwide section we are pleased to offer Great Britain and British Commonwealth, European Countries, Asia and the rest of the world. There is a splendid collection of Egypt and Orient Zeppelin flights, featuring three of the four known Suez dispatches, plus other rarities. There are further selections from the estate of Dr.Martin Stempien, a respected postal historian and Secretary to the Chairman of the Expert Committee at the New York Philatelic Foundation from 1988-2018. The auction concludes with over two hundred Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1173
RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1914 (Sep) registered cover addressed to "Mahmad Bey care of the Russian Consulate in Monastir, Greece" (actually Macedonia), franked on back with strip of 5x1pi on 10k dark blue, tied by faint violet "Ropit Sinope" departure cds, with intact "Poste Russe Sinope recommandee" Registry label, two-line Serbian Censor handstamp on front, with Ropit Constantinople and Salonika transits on back, some cover and backflap faults, otherwise fine and very rare usage from Sinope (a port on the Ottoman coast of the Black Sea; a ROPIT postal agency operated there until 1st October, 1914. Tchilingirian records "no covers known to the authors")
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,100.00

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