1865 Ropit 10pa blue and brown, Sperati forgery, signed, very fine and scarce (Image)

1878 Cover from Mersina to Beirut franked with 10p in vertical pair with large margins but touched at upper right, extremely attractive and very rare Expertise: Cert. Melnikov (2004) Provenance: Steindler 1972 (Image)

1892 Card from Smyrna to Vienna with 10k diagonal bisect tied by “Ropit/Smyrne” double ring pmk in blue, authorized for use as 5k during a shortage, some adhesion faults to card otherwise fine, ex Burrus (Image)