RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Stamp Auctions

Lot 5223 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

Lot 5223 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

e 1851-1923 Mt. Athos, collection of 70+ covers, plus a few documents, extensively written up on pages, mostly value letters sent to the Russian Monastery at Mont Athos, various departure cities, usually via Odessa or Constantinople, some with franking and bearing endorsements due to ROPIT agency, some charged postage due, also several registered from the Russian Post Office at Mt. Athos, many items of interest to a specialist, generally fine or better, ex-Norman Epstein
Estimate: $X

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2439 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2439 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1900-1905 4pa on 1k, 10pa on 2k, 2Pi on 20k, 5Pi on 50k and 7Pi on 70k, five different imperforate horizontal strips of five, each perforated "Obrazets," n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $2500

Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2440 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2440 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1904 (8 Nov) cover from Mont Athos, franked with Ottoman 1pi and sent to Starominskoya (Sea of Azov), used during the Russo-Japanese War, hence Odessa censor seal (green), also purple handstamp, plus "Refuse par la Douane" (refused by Customs) and returned to sender, bearing a boxed cachet on reverse, indicating that the cover was sent back after the war was long over, fine and interesting cover
Estimate: $500

Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2441 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2441 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, five different surcharges including 50pi on 5r (Nicholas II), tied by violet ROPIT Saloniki (6.IV.13) cds on registered cover to St. Petersburg, fine cover, with arrival pmk
Estimate: $500

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2436 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2436 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., rare stamp,
Cat. Val. $800
Estimate: $750

Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2437 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2437 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1865 10pa brown & blue, numeral cancelation in blue dots, large margins all around, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $750
Estimate: $500

Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 2438 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

Lot 2438 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1865 10pa brown & blue, v.f. used, signed,
Cat. Val. $750
Estimate: $400

Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 3301 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 3301 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1907 (4 June) picture postcard franked with 10pa on 2k green, tied by part of violet "Ropit Ag. Cavalla", repeated in full oval on reverse, addressed to Monongahela, Pa, USA, with additional strike of Ropit Salonika alongside, fine and unusual card, with two different Ropit agency markings, rare
Estimate: $2500

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 3302 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 3302 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1914 (18 Apr) registered cover from Constantinople to Odessa, addressed to "Compagnie Russe de Navigation a Vapeur et du Commerce" (Ropit), attractively franked with 3x10pa, 1pi, a 1/2pi (Romanov) and 10pa on 2k Arms, filing fold away from the stamps, wax seal removed from back, fine
Estimate: $250

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 3298 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 3298 - RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1883 (8 Jan) cover from Tiflis, via Odessa to Constantinople, franked on back with single 7k (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with transit and "Ropit Constantinopol" arrival pmks alongside, fine
Estimate: $150

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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire