1874 (24 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Liverpool, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 20k blue & orange, sent via Odessa, with transit and arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1875 (3 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Germany, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 3k and 10k, sent via Odessa, with transit and Fischhausen arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Russian Levant cover, with Eisold certificate (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1875 (20 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Manchester, franked with 3k Levant, used in combination with Russian 2x3k and 10k, sent via Odessa, with transit and arrival pmks, fine mixed franking Levant cover, with Eisold certificate (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1876 8k on 10k carmine & green, blue surcharge inverted, used, fine, signed Stanley Gibbons (Cat No. 17b) (Image)

Est.US$250

1883 (Apr) cover franked with 7k Levant Issue, just tied by blue SAMSUN (date indistinct) cancel, addressed to Constantinople, with ROPIT Constantinople 22 Apr 93 arrival datestamp on back, minor cover faults, scarce (Tchilingirian Type 5A) (Image)

Est.US$150

1891 commercial cover (M.C. Rangos, Batoum) franked with ordinary Russian 10k dark blue, canceled at Constantinople (indicating the letter was probably carried from Batum privately and entered the mail in Constantinople), with oval receiving "ROPIT AGENST. XIOCA" (Ropit Agency of Chios) at bottom, also Constantinople pmks and faint merchant's oval on back, filing folds away from the stamp, fine (Tchilingirian Type 11) (Image)

Est.US$150

1892 (8 Feb) card datelined "Samos", franked with diagonal half of 10k Levant issue, tied by ROPIT Smirna departure pmks, addressed to Trieste, with arrival pmk alongside, v.f. (Due to a temporary shortage of 5k stamps, the Ropit office in Smirna used bisected 10k adhesives to provide the postcard rate) (Image)

Est.US$150

1898 (20 Nov) 4k stationery card canceled ROPIT Saloniki in blue, with Ropit Constantinople transit alongside, addressed to Turkish Consul in Sevastopol (Image)

Est.US$100

1910 picture postcard to Constantinople, franked with 20pa/4k Levant, canceled by violet ROPIT Samsun 19 Dec. 1910 cds, repeated alongside, some water stains at bottom, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1912 (Oct) cover addressed to Athens, franked with 20pa/4k Levant, tied by seal of the Greek Post Office at Salonika, used during the Balkan War, when Greek war ships occupied the Turkish held port of Salonika (Image)

Est.US$150

1912 (15 Dec) cover to Athens, with negative "Chios Poste Russe Gratuit" and violet ROPIT Chios departure pmk alongside, minor overall toning, fine (after Greek forces occupied Chios during Greco-Turkish War in 1912, Russian authorities permitted free-franking privileges from their offices in Chios) (Image)

Est.US$150

1861 (28 Apr) coverfront addressed to Beirut, with framed "P.P." (Port Paye) and "Compagnie Russe SMYRNE 18/28/4/6 and "1" (Sideways), some overall toning, otherwise fine and rare marking, possibly the earliest of the Ropit office in Smyrna, ex-Adler (Tchilingirian Types 1 and 2) (Image)

Est.US$150

1900 (ca) cover addressed to Alexandria, Egypt, franked with 1p/10k Levant, tied by framed "Paquebot" handstamp, repeated alongside, cover somewhat stained, interesting usage (Image)

Est.US$100

1904 (4 Sep) cover to Constantinople, franked on back with ordinary Russian 10k dark blue, canceled by French Post Office Constantinople cds, with framed "MER NOIRE" handstamp, applied on French Ship Mail in the Black Sea, filing fold away from the stamp, fine usage (Image)

Est.US$100

1919 small cover to England, franked with 3k and 4k Arms, tied by Port Taufiq bilingual markings, boxed "Paquebot" and additional Port Taufiq cds on back (Image)

Est.US$150