Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
July 11-12, 2023
Cherrystone's Summer Auction will be take place July 10-11, 2023. There are numerous highlights, including United States, with an intact "Roosevelt Album", a collection of Crash & Disaster mail formed be the late Zvi Aloni (contributor to the American Air Mail Catalogue) and portions of Carl A. Kilgas' collections of China, Taiwan, PRC and Korea. There are substantial showings of Italy and Italian Colonies, Central and South America, Great Britain & British Commonwealth, plus hundreds of Large Lots and Collections offered intact and more. This is a public auction, with live internet bidding via CherrystoneLIVE
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2105 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1844 (14 Jan) and 1850 (14 Apr) folded letters from Russian Post Office in Constantinople to Odessa, the former with red departure postmark, the latter with black cds, each with different type of "Ochischieno w Odeskim Karantin" (Cleaned in the Odessa Quarantine) handstamp, also with disinfection slits and rastel punches, fine  | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2106 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1865 Sperati forgery, die proof in black, pencil signed, also two unused examples, each with "Sperati Reproduction" handstamp on back, v.f., scarce group Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2107 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1866 FL to Mersina, franked with horizontal pair of 20k blue & rose, horizontal network, margins all around, tied by PORT SMIRNA pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine early letter from Smyrna to Mersina, signed Calves | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2108 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1869 complete FL from Smyrna to Taganrog, franked with 10k Numeral (horizontally laid paper), tied by blue dots in diamond, supported by PORT Smyrna 15 Jan 1869 departure pmk on back, fine | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2109 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1871 small cover from Constantinople to Paris, attractively franked with 3k green, used in combination with unoverprinted 1k, 3k and 30k Arms (horizontally laid paper), tied by blue Constantinople departure pmks, Odessa transit and "Oplacheno" alongside, red "PD" and "4" in crayon, some cover wrinkles and repairs, attractive mixed franking combination Russia and Russian Levant | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2110 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1871 cover from Constantinople to Kutais, franked with six copies of 10k carmine & green, tied by blue departure pmks, endorsed "via Poti per Russian Steamer", minor faults, fine appearance, with 1990 Holcombe certificate Catalog #11 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #2111 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1876 7k on 10k, thin surcharge in black, canceled by Constantinople (28 Aug 1880) postmark on cover (slightly reduced at top, backflap missing) with pre-printed "Chrisosslomo Yagdjoglou Odessa" address, departure and arrival docketing, as well as Odessa (30 Aug) arrival postmarks, minor cover tears, otherwise fine and rare usage of the 7k provisional on Pusqullu & Yagdjoglou correspondence, ex-Baron Carl von Scharfenberg Catalog #19C | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2112 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1877 cover from Smyrna to Constantinople, franked with two each 1k brown and 8k on 10k surcharge in blue, tied by faint departure pmks, another alongside "Smyrna", with blue arrival cancel on back, cover faults and mending, impressive 18k franking and usage | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2113 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1880 unused Imperial Postal card overprinted "Franco" with Imperial Arms and surcharged "3kop" at bottom for use by the ROPIT agency, some toning, very rare, with copy of Blehman's article regarding this item | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2114 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1898-1909 two different stationery cards, each with additional franking used from Smyrna to Egypt and Germany, the former with Alexandria and Cairo arrival pmks, ROPIT Smyrna and Constantinople pmks, the latter with Registry label, v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2115 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1900 4pa (blue) on 1k, imperforate single, also 35pi on 3.50r imperforate sheet margin horizontal pair, perforated letters of Obrazets (Specimen), l.h. or n.h., v.f., rare S Catalog #27,38S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2116 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1901 (4 Sep) cover with "Schutz & Zimmermann Batoum (Caucase)" bilingual corner card address, franked with unoverprinted 10k dark blue, tied by "Constantinople Galata Turquie" double circle pmks, repeated alongside, with framed "Mer Noire" (Black Sea) and oval "B M" (Boite Mobile) handstamps, fine maritime usage | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2117 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1906 (23 Sep) cover franked with 4x10pa on 2k green, tied by violet ROPIT MYTELIN cancels, sent via Constantinople to Geneva, with transit and arrival pmks | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2118 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1909 (4 Sep) registered cover from Constantinople to St. Petersburg, franked with 10pi, 35pi and 70pi surcharged, tied by departure cds, with "Poste Russe Constantinople" Registry label | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2119 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1909 10pi on 1r, perforated single, also 70pi on 7r imperforate pair, perforated letters of Obrazets (Specimen), l.h. or n.h., v.f., rare S Catalog #46,48S | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2120 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1909 Jaffa and Jerusalem overprints, complete sets, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #71-90 Catalog Value $667 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2121 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1910 Mont Athos (Cyrillic) 5pa on 1k orange, variety basic stamp background inverted, shifted slightly to left, block of four, unused without gum, v.f., unlisted and very rare  (*)Catalog #111var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #2122 RUSSIA RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE 1913 (4 Oct) cover with Ibrahim Tebrizi corner card cachet addressed to Teheran, with 1pi on 10k Romanov surcharge tied by ROPIT Postal Agency "Stambul" on back, with arrival pmk alongside, fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
