1863 5k black & blue, cancelled by dots on front of 10k stationery entire envelope, with "11" St. Petersburg-Warsaw Railway cancel and corresponding TPO 1 Aug 1863 pmk on back, addressed to Kamenetz-Podolski, some cover mending, otherwise fine and rare combination franking, cat. $4500 (Cat No. 11) (Image)

Cat. $4500, Est.US$1,000

1867 (10 May) FL franked with single 1k, 3k and 3x10k, paying 34k from Rostov to Syros, where it was charged 65L postage due with the addition of Large Hermes 5L, 20L and 40L (1867 issue), 20L cut in, others with large margins all around, filing fold through one 10k, otherwise fine and colorful combination cover, with 1987 Holcombe and 1999 Simmermacher certificates (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1924 Definitives (typographed) 5r upper right sheet corner margin strip of four, perforated Obrazets and with invalidating horizontal lines, fine and attractive positional piece (Cat No. 293S) (Image)

Est.US$100

1927 Esperanto, 14k Zamenhof, vertical imperforate pair, n.h., folded between stamps, otherwise v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks, cat. $2750 (Cat No. 374c) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.US$750

1916 two covers from Tabriz, one from the Russian Consular Post Office to England, via Petrograd, where it was opened and resealed by Military Censor, franked on back with Russian 3k Romanov, plus 2k and 15k Imperial Arms, with transit and arrival pmks, "Tabriz, Persia" registry label on front; the other cover sent from Tabriz to USA, with Persian franking, tied by Tauris departure cds, censored by Russian Expeditionary Forces, violet "Opened by Military Censorship No.10" (in Cyrillic) and 15.11.16 Camp No.6 pmks, fine-v.f., both mounted and written up on Joe Youssefi exhibit page (Image)

Est.US$500

1863 6k blue, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, heavily hinged at top, fresh and v.f., cat. $650 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $650, Est.US$250

1865 2k brown & blue, l.h., large margins all around, fresh, v.f., signed Brun, rare unused, cat. $800 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$500

1865 20k blue & red, unused without gum, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., with 1998 Mikulski certificate, rare unused, cat. $900 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.US$500

1866 20k deep blue & rose (horizontal network), margins all around, tied on arrival by mute lozenge on FL from Odessa to Constantinople, with ROPIT Constantinople in blue struck on reverse, filing fold away from the stamp, fine cover, signed Sorani (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.US$250

1866 20k deep blue & rose (horizontal network), margins all around, tied on arrival by mute lozenge on coverfront addressed to Beirut, with 1866 Alexandria departure pmk alongside, fine piece, signed Bolaffi (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Est.US$150

1866-67 2k rose & pale blue, blocks of four, h.r., fresh, v.f., cat. $400 (Cat No. 4,6) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.US$150

1867 20k deep blue & rose (vertical network), margins all around, tied on arrival by mute lozenge on cover addressed to Tripoli, filing fold and closed tear at top, away from the stamp, fine and scarce usage, signed Bolaffi and Diena, with 1968 certificate (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.US$250

1894 registered cover from Constantinople, via Odessa to Berlin, franked with 10x1k orange and single 10k numeral, tied by ROPIT Constantinople departure pmk, Odessa transit and Berlin (18.5.94) arrival pmks on back. Also included cover to Switzerland, franked with strip of 5x1pa on 2k green, tied by violet ROPIT Smyrna departure pmks, Constantinople transit and 4.9.12 Winterthur arrival (Image)

Est.US$150

1900 (2 Aug) cover to New York, franked on back with 5x2k green, tied by clear strikes of ROPIT Jaffa in violet, also New York arrival pmks, fine cover (Cat No. 24) (Image)

Est.US$250

1906 (12 May) registered cover from Afon to Tula, franked with pair of 1pi on 10k, tied by Afon departure pmk, with violet ROPIT Afon below, addressee not found and cover returned back to the monastery, with arrival pmk on back, directional labels adhering on back, fine cover (Cat No. 30) (Image)

Est.US$150