1865 10pa brown & blue, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.$500

1865 10pa brown & blue, numeral cancelation in blue dots, large margins all around, v.f., cat. $750 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $750, Est.$500

1869 (24 June) FL from Constantinople to Taganrog, franked with 10k carmine & green, tied by blue grids, with corresponding departure pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage, with 2000 Paul Buchsbayew certificate (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Est.$250

1882 (24 May) official Agence de la Compagnie Russe de Navigation a Vapeur, Ropit agency document, dated "Syra 24 May 1882", with perfect strike of "ROPIT AGENT. W. SIR" in blue (Image)

Est.$250

1898 (29 June) receipt for a registered letter from Mt Athos, with violet "ROPIT SALONIKI" datestamp (Image)

Est.$150

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. (Cat No. 27/36S) (Image)

Est.$2,500

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 (Image)

Est.$500

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 (Cat No. 227) (Image)

Est.$500