Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4

1866 (27 Sept): Entire letter from the Russian consular P.O. in Constantinople via Odessa to Kishinev in Bessarabia, bearing Imperial 1865 10 kop. brown & blue in a strip of three, tied by light KONSTANTINOPOL despatch cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 3), KISHINEV arrival cds in black alongside, reverse with ODESSA transit (29 Sept) cds. Rare usage of Imperial adhesives before the ROPiT issues came into use.rnProvenance: Collection Pavlovsk, Corinphila sale 92 (March 1996), lot 4831.