"ROPiT ATHOS" (Tschill. 183) in black on horizontal strip of 3 Russian Levante 10 k. red/green on reverse of registered envelope to Russia, re-directed and returned, cover crease affecting one stamp and cover slightly roughly opened
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"ROPiT ATHOS" (Tschill. 181) in violet on vertical pair Russian Levante 10 k. red/green on reverse of registered envelope with frontside boxed "REGISTERED ATHOS" 1899 to Russia and returned with transit and arrival marks
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1899, Registed envelope from Moscow to Mt. Athos with provisional register label of the 23rd Moscow telegraph office
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PORT ARTHUR, 1900: Pre-printed money letter to Mt. Athos via Odessa, weak strike "PORT ARTHUR" crossed date cds.
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PORT ARTHUR, money letter to Mt. Athos with blurred strike "PORT ARTHUR" crossed date cds. in violet, Odessa transit
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PORT ARTHUR, Money letter to Mt. Athos, weak Port Arthur crossed date cds. 1901, Odessa transit
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PORT ARTHUR Money letter to Mt. Athos with good strike "PORT ARTHUR" crossed dated cds. in violet, also straight line "PORT ARTHUR", Odessa transit
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PORT ARTHUR to Mt. Athos with fair strike "PORT ARTHUR" crossed date cds. 1901, also straight line "PORT ARTHUR" in violet, Odessa transit
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PORT ARTHUR, 1901: Money letter via Odessa to Mt. Athos, clear strike Port Arthur cds with crossed date and straight line "PORT ARTHUR" in violet
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1898, Money letter to Mt. Athos with recently recorded Zemstvo cancellation of "NIZHNEDEVITSKAYAR ZEMSKAYA POCHTA". One other example known of which the full description is enclosed. Clear strike in violet on front of cover
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1850's, Post office RASPISKA (receipt) forms, lot of 15 with various styles and seals
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1869/1914, Twelve items of mail from Russia to Mt. Athos making use of 'Free Frank' privileges. Very interesting group
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Mixed lot loose stamps mostly Russia and Russian Levant, incl. used set of 1909 MONTATHOS overprints

Pre-1914, Mixed lot of 25 complicated postal items with registered newspaper etc., very mixed condition
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1856, Ticket for travelling on a mail coach (Pochtovich Karet) to Mosow. Rare
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1867/1910, Customs Receipts issued at Constantinople (1), Taganrog (3), Kerch (4) and Rostov (7)
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1883/98, Captain's Log for the ship "Aghios Andreas" issued by the Ottoman Consul in Taganrog 1883, each entry followed by an Ottoman seal. Written in Russian. A remarkable item
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IMPERIAL RUSSIA: Passport issued in 1845 by Vladimir Titor, Consul at Constantinople and printed in Italian. Rare and unusual early passport, seven endorsements on reverse
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IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1851: Passport issued at Odessa, printed in Russian and German, several endorsements incl. Constantinople, age faults
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IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1916: Passport issued for a Mt. Athos monk by the Russian Consulate in Salonica, photograph of the monk attached, 3 rub consular fiscal tied to document, very fine condition, no endorsements
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1890/1914, Lot with over 100 commercial invoices and receipts issued by businesses in Russian cities incl. Rostov on Don, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Astrakhan etc., many made out to the Andreevski Skete and many illustrated
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"ROPiT ATHOS" (Tchill. 181) in blue on pair Russia Levante 1884/90, 10 k. red/green on reverse of registered cover with frontside blue boxed "REGISTERED ATHOS" to Russia and returned to Mt. Athos with several transit and arrival marks incl. "ROPiT ATHOS" in violet; a fine and scarce cover
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"ROPiT ATHOS" (Tchill. 183) in violet on vertical pair Russia Levante 1884/90, 10 k. red/green on reverse of registered cover with frontside boxed "REGISTERED ATHOS" to Russia and returned with several transit and arrival marks incl. "ROPiT ATHOS" in black; fine and interesting cover
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1900, 1p. on 10k. blue horizontal strip of five tied by cds. "ROPiT CT. ATHOS 1 11 1909" (Tchill. #184) to complete parcel card with adjacent negative seal (Tchill.# 180) to Jaffa with arrival mark "ROPiT JERUSALEM 19 III 1909" (Tchill. # 250), few folds and imperfections, attractive and scarce
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Large fragment of cover with 1891 KALGAN cancel addressed to Mt. Athos, part of a money letter
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