1858 10k, twelve examples incl. two vertical strips of four (one defective) used on piece, plus 30k vertical strip of three, all cancelled by boxed double framed "Franco" in blue applied at the Russian Consular Office in Constantinople-Pera, spectacular multiples, ex Dr. Casey. (Image)

1860ca. Front addressed to Beirut with very fine double framed "JAFFA / P.P." hs in blue-green with ms "10 kop" alongside, believed to be applied by the ROPiT agent onboard mail found in the letterboxes (Tchil. 234), which is almost always found on fronts, a rarity. (Image)

1863-66 6k Pale Blue, full margins, with central "KONSTANTINOPEL" 4.3.64 cds in blue, a rarity so fine. (Image)

1865 Folded cover from Lattakia to Beirut franked 1865-67 ROPiT 2pi, large even margins, tied by faint strike of "783" in truncated triangle of dots in blue on arrival, with Port Latakie despatch cds adjacent and faintly struck on stamp, filing folds and minor staining clear of stamp, fine and rare, ex Dr. Casey. (Image)

1865 Wrapper from Smyrna to Constantinople with ROPiT 10pi rose & blue tied by Smyrna ROPiT cds in blue, fine and scarce, signed A. Bolaffi. (Image)

1879 Envelope to Trapezunt with two 7k tied by almost complete ROPiT Agent "SUKHUM-KALE" fancy boxed ds in blue-green with an even better strike on the reverse, small ink corrosion on address panel, missing portion of backflap, a major rarity as a cancellation, cert. Mikulski (1989), which states that this letter, mentioned in the Tchilinghirian vol.IV handbook p.505, was probably posted in a mailbox on a ship from Batum to Odessa which was emptied in Sukhum-Kale, where it was found to be going in the wrong direction and handed over to a ship heading south, with the ROPiT agent in Sukhum-Kale cancelling the stamps with the agency stamp. (Image)

1908-10 Beyrouth overprint only INVERTED on 10pa on 2k in mint complete pane of 25, hinged on one stamp and in margin, very fine (Mi. 40I) (Image)

1908-10 Dardanelles overprint only INVERTED on 10pa on 2k in mint complete pane of 25, hinged in margin only, light gum crease in corner, very fine (Mi. 41III) (Image)