Lots 1436 - 1443, Catalogue of Auction #94 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1436    22
1885, Numerals, 7k carmine and gray on horizontally laid paper, used on cover from Russian PO in Smyrna to Tiflis, tied by erroneous "18.MAY.85" instead of "18.MAR.85" blue date stamp, arrived at Constantinople Office on March 20, then delivered to Sevastopol (March 21) by a Black Sea Steamship, postmarked "28.MAR.85" at Tiflis, the cover opened for display with repaired wearing at right, still F/VF and rare exhibition item, Est. $600-$800
(Ph)
400.00
1437    33
1904, red surcharge 1pi on 10k dark blue on vertically laid paper, used on pre-printed cover from Trebizond (now Trabzon) to Constantinople, postmarked on arrival, light cover fold at bottom did not affect the stamp, F/VF, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1438    40-46
1909 (June 29), 50th anniversary of the R.O.P.iT., 5pa/1k- 10pi/1r, set of seven used on registered cover from Constantinople to Nuremberg, German backstamp on reverse, VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1439    61-69
1909 (December 1), black "Constantinople" overprint on R.O.P.i T. Jubilee issue 5pa/1k-70pi/7r, complete set of nine (stamp with blue overprint was issued in 1910), used on registered cover from Constantinople to Berlin, paper seal on reverse, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1440    60a
1909 (February 12), incoming to Constantinople registered cover with enclosure from Black Sea Port Novorossiysk, franked by horizontal pair of 10k dark blue with inverted background, arrived to Constantinople on February 20, F/VF, Est. $1100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1441    73, 75
1911, Imperial stamps (without Levant surcharges) of 1k and 3k x3 franking on reverse of pre-printed cover from Constantinople to Smyrna, tied by R.O.P.iT. Constantinople ds, postmarked on arrival, roughly opened at bottom, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1442  202-03, 212, 230
1910-13, imperforated horizontal pair of 10pa on 2k and imperforated singles of 20pa/4k, 3 1/2pi/35k and 50pi/5r, each item with perfin initials "Obrazets", full OG, VLH, VF and very rare group of imperfs from the Postal Archives, ex-V. Ustinovsky, Est. $400-$500
(Ph)
250.00
1443    230
1913, black surcharge 50pi on 5r dark blue, green and pale blue used on registered cover from Constantinople to Germany, Nuremberg arrival ds on reverse, in addition unsevered two-part postal receipt of Russian PO in Levant, black text on green paper, both items are VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00

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