Current Auction
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- Lots 4001-4333: Al Kugel Collection Part II - United States - Allied Intervention in Russia - Afghanistan - Germany — Tuesday, September 10, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 4334-4622: Al Kugel Collection Part II - G.B. and British Commonwealth - Italy - Russia - Ottoman Empire - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 11, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 1-376: U.S. & Worldwide - United States - Afghanistan - China — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 377-761: U.S. & Worldwide - Colombia - Germany - Great Britain and Commonwealth through Hong Kong — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
- Lots 762-1152: U.S. & Worldwide - British Commonwealth India through Uganda - Greece - Romania — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 1153-1507: U.S. & Worldwide - Russia - Yugoslavia - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 24, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
  | Lot #4183 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1877 (29 Dec) cover from London, addressed to an English nursing sister at the Red Cross hospital in "Sistova, Bulgaria, Turkey", endorsed "if departed, please forward to destination", mailed via Bucharest (3 Jan), showing Russian F.P.O.15 (23 Dec 1877) transit (Julian calendar, 12 days earlier than the Gregorian calendar used in the West). This FPO 15 was then located at Zimnica (today Zimnicea, Romania, a port on the Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Sistov), used as a forwarding center for mail between Russia and the occupied areas of Northern Bulgaria. A rarity (Tchilingirian states that "no postal material from this FPO appears to have been recorded)  | $1,300.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4184 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (17 July) FL from Tirnovo, canceled by a bilingual "Tyrnovskaya Pocht. Kont." pmk, addressed to Gabrovo, with arrival cds alongside, letter with handstamp of a Police archival mark Tirnovo, fine, neatly described on exhibit page | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4185 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1878 (13 Sep) official letter sent to the postmaster at Tirnovo, through FPO 1, showing clear "Polevaya Pocht. Otdel." departure pmk, fine post-war usage (the Russians maintained a significant military presence in Bulgaria pending the implementation of territorial decisions of the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin) | $180.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4186 BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War 1880 (23 Feb) large portion of wrapper to Constantinople, franked with First Issue 25c black & violet, tied by Bulgarian "Tirnovo" departure cds, with Russian Post Office "Tirnovo" (24 Feb), "Varna" transit and Constantinople (11 Mar) arrival markings on back, fine example of Russian Post Office in Bulgaria, still in operation even after the Bulgarian postal system started | $1,700.00 Bidding Closed |
