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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 #4576 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 unmailed Russian picture postcard (Vladivostok), with Turkish 20pa Landscape, tied by Ottoman Fieldpost Office 34 operating in Russian Armenia, with provisional bilingual "Ardanoudsce" 22.11.14 pmk in violet, signed Nakri. A fine and only recorded example of this marking from today's Ardanuc, a town in Artvin Province in Turkey's Black Sea region, 32 km east of Artvin  | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4577 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1914 Russian picture postcard (Skyline of the Batum district of the city of Artvin) to Constantinople, franked with Russian 7k blue, tied by violet all-Arabic negative seal "Artvin Kymakamligi 7 Tesrini sani 1339" (Artvin Government 20 Nov 1914), repeated alongside, fine, with 2002 Nakri certificate ("This is the only recorded item used during the first days of the occupation bearing Russian stamp tied by Artvin temporary post seal") (Artvin (now located in northeastern Turkey 30km from the Black Sea) was annexed by Russia following Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. The town was mostly inhabited by Armenians. In the early days of WWI, Turkey seized Artvin, which was later retaken by the Russians, who subsequently withdrew following the 1917 Revolution. When WWI ended with the Ottomans on the losing side, British troops moved into the area in 1918, followed by Democratic Republic of Georgia, which was than invaded by the Soviet Red Army. Artvin was eventually ceded to newly established Turkey under the Treaty of Kars in 1921) | $3,750.00 Bidding Closed |
  | Lot #4578 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1915 Ottoman stationery 20pa postal card sent from Artvin to Marash City (in the Halep Province), showing provisional bilingual departure pmk "Artvin 4 Kanunievvel 1330" (17 December 1914) and "Halep" 2 27 Jan 1915 arrival cds alongside, fine example of the rare Artvin provisional pmk, one of only three recorded, signed Nakri, with his 2002 certificate. Also included is a piece with three Turkish stamps bearing the same Artvin pmk | $1,100.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4579 TURKEY Turkish Occupation of Armenia 1918 Ottoman 20pa stationery entire envelope to Kerkuk, additionally franked with 20pa carmine and diagonal half of same, tied by two strikes of FPO 30, fieldpost office in "Gyumri" pmks, with the negative censor marking of the Chief surgeon of the 21st Caucasian Mobile hospital, "Diarbekir" transit on front, "Sivas" and Kerkuk arrival pmks on back. Interesting application of the 20pa bisect, used due to the shortage of 10pa stamps in the HQ of the Caucasian Army. Apparently, the only recorded cover from Gyumri. In addition, there is a military free frank from "Kars", showing a circular censor strike alongside | $2,200.00 Bidding Closed |
