Europe continued... Russia Post in Levante Steamer Company continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 7092 cover Russian P.O. in Alexandretta 1866 (Jan 31): Entire letter to Aleppo, bearing ROPiT 1866 2 pi. blue & rose and 10 pa. rose & blue, five examples, all with horizontal network, fine and fresh, tied by rhomboid numeral '782‘ of Alexandretta in blue (Tchilinghirian fig 197) with matching "PORT ALEXANDRETTA“ cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig 799) on reverse. A spectacular cover with a fabulous franking in optimum quality for a most advanced collection. Signed A. Diena. Cert. Buchsbayew (2024). Provenance: Mayflower collection, DF sale (Oct. 1983), lot 32624; Liphschutz collection; Cihangir collection Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 548; DF sale (May 2004), lot 30271 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Ropit 3/I+4/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 7,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7093 cover Russian P.O. in Alexandretta 1871 (June 25): Entire letter from Alexandretta to Genova, opened up for display, bearing 1868 1 kop. brown and 5 kop. blue perf. 11½, tied by lightest strikes of rhomboid numeral '782' of Alexandretta in blue. On reverse of entire a matching presumably unique "ALEKSANDRETSKOJE AGENSTVO ROPiT 25 June 1871" large sized despatch cds with inverted year slug (Tchilinghirian unrecorded), front with "ALESSANDRIA D'EGITTO / POSTE ITALIANE 6 LUG 71" transit cds in black, and reverse with GENOVA arrival (July 13) cds in black. Rated upon arrival with '6' decimi in manuscript and charged 60 c. postage due by addition of 1870 60 c. magenta & orange tied by the same Genova cds. An exceptional entire, sent to a rare destination and showing a despatch cds seen for the first time by this describer. Certificate Holcombe (1995). Provenance: DF sale (March 2011), lot 20152 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 2+4] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7094 cover Russian P.O. in Alexandretta 1877 (Feb 21): Lettersheet to Genova, bearing Russian Levant 1876 10 kop. carmine & green surcharged '8' kop. in black, tied by clear ALEKSANDRETA cds with year slug (Tchilinghirian fig 801) in blue, and information strike alongside. On reverse transit cds's of "POSTE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA" and BRINDISI as well as GENOVA arrival cds (March 17). A fine usage of this sucharged adhesive outside Constantinople. Cert. Mikulski (2000). Provenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 122 (May 2000), lot 553 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 10a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7095 cover Russian P.O. in Alexandretta 1880 (March 10): Entire letter from Alexandretta to Aleppo, bearing Russian Levant 1872 5 kop. blue on horizontally laid paper and 1879 1 kop. black on orange on vertically laid paper, tied by ALEKSANDRETA cds (Tchilinghirian fig 200) in blue, a clear information strike alongside. On reverse Turkey 1869 20 pa. green & marginal 1 pi. yellow paying the journey to Aleppo, tied by all Latin "ALEP TURQUIE" cds in black. A fine combination cover. Provenance: Oscar collection, DF sale (Nov 1999), lot 20137 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 8x+12y] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7096 cover Russian P.O. in Alexandretta 1880 (March 15): Entire letter from Tarsus via Alexandretta to Aleppo, bearing Russian Levant 1872 5 kop. blue and 1879 2 kop. black on rose, both on horizontally laid paper, tied by ALEKSANDRETA cds (Tchilinghirian fig 200) in blue, and information strike alongside. On front also Turkey Duloz 20 pa. green and 1 pi. light yellow applied as dues and paying the journey to Aleppo, tied by all Latin "ALEP TURQUIE" cds in black. A fine combination cover, unusual with the Turkish franking on obverse. Provenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 556 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 8x+13x] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7097 cover Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1862 (Feb 13): Entire letter from Lattakia to Beirut, struck twice by rare framed „COMPAGNIE RUSSE / LATTAQUIE” datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig 803) on Feb 13 in black and on Feb 14 in blue with framed “P.P” in blue (Tchilinghirian fig 804) alongside. An impressive showpiece, fine and most attractive. Note: Inside archive note gives 1862 as year of despatch supporting Tchilinghirian’s view that the ‘year dates’ in this Lattakia handstamps are very arbitrary after 1861. Provenance: Collection Liphschutz ; collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 122 (May 2000), lot 562; DF sale (May 2004), lot 30342 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7098 cover Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1865 (Oct 26): Entire letter from Lattakia to Beirut bearing 2 pi. blue and rose with good to large margins, tied by light "RUS. OBSHCH. PAR i TOR. / LATAKIICK. AGENTSTVO" agency seal handstamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 805), in addition upon arrival by bold rhomboid '783' numeral of Beirut, "PORT LATAKIE" cds adjacent, all in blue. An interesting double cancellation presumably due to the light Lattakia seal obliteration. Provenance: Collection Liphschutz; collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 131 (May 2000), lot 565 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Ropit 4/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7099 piece Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1868 (May 16): Cover front part to Beirut bearing 1866 2 pi. blue & rose, large even margins all round, tied by mute Retta obliterator in bluish black with LATAKIYA cds (Tchilinghirian fig 208) in blue alongside. An attractive item. Provenance: DF sale (May 2004), lot 30346 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Ropit 4/II] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7100 cover Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1867 (Jan 22): Entire letter to Beirut, bearing fine horizontal pair of 1865 2 pia. blue & red, tied by armorial ROPiT Lattakia Agency cancel in blue (Tchilinghirian fig 8207/5), “PORT LATTAKIE.” cds in the same blue shade (Tchilinghirian fig 207) alongside. One sideflap detached but present, a remarkable double rate cover. Signed A. Diena. Cert. Buchsbayew (2024). Provenance: DF sale (Oct 1983), lot 30626; Liphschutz collection; Cihangir collection, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 566; DF sale (May 2004), lot 30343 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Ropit 4/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 2,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7101 cover Russian P.O. in Lattakia 1881 (July 30): Entire letter to Aleppo (Marcopoli correspondence), bearing Thin '7' on 10 kop. carmine & green, surcharged in black, a used example tied by superb strike of LATAKIA datestamp in greenish-blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 209) with ALEXANDRETA transit cds of Russian P.O. adjacent (July 31) in green (Tchilinghirian fig. 200). The cover with some aging and the stamp crossed by a horizontal file fold but an extremely rare usage of this stamp on letter. Cert. Hovest (2014). Provenance: Collection Gergory Frantz, Corinphila sale 261 (January 2021), lot 6203 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 11/IIa] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7102 cover Russian P.O. in Tripoli of Syria 1869 (Feb 13): Entire letter from Tripoli, bearing a superb vertical strip of four adhesives of the 1866 10 pa. rose & blue, cancelled / tied by mute diamond of dots with crisp TRIPOLI cds in blue (Tchilinghirian fig. 211) alongside. Light crease of no importance passes through margins between two lower stamps, a stunning beauty and the only cover recorded. Cert. Mikulski (2000). Reference: Displayed and discussed in Cedar catalogue, page 90. Provenance: Agathon Fabergé collection, Harmer’s sale (Jan 1940), lot 147; Liphschutz collection; Cihangir collection, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 584 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia Ropit 3/I] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 7,500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7103 cover Russian P.O. in Tripoli of Syria 1908 (March 24): Unadressed Alger picture postcard showing 'AHOU BECKER BEN BOUZICK, ex-pacha de Casablanca ramené prisonnier à bord du 'Shamrock', the card bearing 1904 2 kop. dark-green surcharged '10 PARA' in red, cancelled to order by "P.O.P.iT. / TIREBOLI" datestamp in red (Tchilinghirian fig. 214). Provenance: DF sale (May 2004), lot 30382 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 21y] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7104 cover Russian P.O. in Aleppo, Ingoing 1869 (Jan 16): Entire letter from Smyrna via Alexandretta to Aleppo, bearing Russian Levant 1868 5 kop. deep blue perf. 15½, tied by rhomboid numeral ‘780’ of Smyrna with Smyrne sender’s cachet alongside, both in blue, reverse with "PORT ALEXANDRETTA” cds (Tchilinghirian fig 799) in blue. Upon arrival in Aleppo struck by extremely rare two-line “POSTE-RUSSE / d’ALEP” (Tchilinghirian fig 205). Some foxing, nevertheless a most interesting cover, one of only four covers known to date, just two of them in combination with this elusive handstamp and a Russian Levant franking. Cert. RPSL (1998). Note: The existence of a Russian post at Aleppo remained unsuspected for a long time. Most letters were transported by the Turkish post from Aleppo to Alexandretta, where they were transferred to the foreign postal services. Vice versa, incoming mail was charged and Turkish postage due was added. However, Tchilinghirian (1958) described in the collection of Franz See an ingoing stampless cover from the Marcopoli correspondence which was struck in Aleppo by a two-line “POSTE-RUSSE / d’ALEP”. In the 1960 supplement of their work, Tchilinghirian & Stephen noted two additional covers with this cancellation, another stampless item from the same correspondence ex Liphschutz and the present cover from Smyrna ex collection Matuhin, franked with 5 kop Levant adhesive. These covers establish that some sort of a Russian post was functioning in Aleppo. In between a fourth cover was found, all ingoing to Aleppo on the two dates of January 22 and January 28, 1869. Interestingly, this cancellation looks very similar to the French “POSTE FRANCAISE / d’ALEP” and may have been manufactured by the same craftsman. All four covers show a taxation of ‘1’ (piastre) applied in red crayon. Reference: Described in detail in Tchilinghirian “Stamps of the Russian Empire Used Abroad”, part VI on pp. 536-537 (1957). Provenance: Matuhin collection; Lugdunum sale 44 (Dec 2002), lot 328 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 4] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7105 cover Russian P.O. in Jaffa 1894 (Nov 20): Registered envelope to Ekaterinodar, Russia, bearing on reverse two single examples of 1888 10 kop. red & green, tied by light oval "R.O.P.iT. / AGENT YAFFA" datestamp in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 238), 'R' of dots in circle on front, the reverse showing a plethora of transit datestamps from KONSTANTINOPEL, ODESSA, and EKATERINODAR as well as a second strike of the oval YAFFA datestamp (Jan 20) upon return. A very scarce and marvellous item full of character giving on the preprinted front as sender's address 'Is sveta grada Ierusalima - From the Holy City of Jerusalem'. Provenance: DF sale (Nov 2004), lot 20215 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 19] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7106 cover Russian P.O. in Jerusalem 1904 (June 24): Registered envelope to Hersfeld, Germany, bearing 1900 4 para on 1 k. (four horizontal pairs) and 10 para on 2 kop. (strip of four and two singles), tied by double-circle "R.O.P.iT. / BEIRUT" datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig 221) in violet, 'R' in dots encircled alongside, reverse with matching JERUSALEM registration label and HERSFELD arrival (July 19) cds. A remarkable franking, paying correctly the 20 kop. rate for a registered cover but overpaying the 80 para rate by 16 para. Provenance: Heinrich Köhler sale 268 (May 1990), lot 5816 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 20x+21x] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7107 cover Russian P.O. in Haifa 1910 (Jan 17): Haifa picture postcard to Warsaw, bearing vertical pair of 1909 ROPiT Anniversary 10 para on 2 kop. green, tied by double-circle cross-type "R.O.P.iT. / KAIFA" datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig 820) in violet and WARSAWA arrival (Feb 1) cds in black, BEIRUT transit cds alongside (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 31] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7108 cover Lots Russian P.O.'s in the Holy Land 1900/14ca: Group 37 postcards / stationeries / covers from the offices of Haifa (3) with parcel card cut-out and postcard to Tripoli, Lybia; Jaffa (8) with registered 1911 cover to Kiev and 1901 stationery postcard to San José, Costa Rica; and Jerusalem (26), primarily picture postcards but also registered letters; also six ingoing items from Russia. Of mixed quality but interesting (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7134 piece ROPiT 1865: Fine Group used adhesives and piece incl. 10 pa. blue & red cancelled by rhomboid '783' numeral, cert. Mikulski (1998), also 2 pi. brown & blue, two adhesives and pair on piece, all cancelled by rhomboid numerals '783' of Beirut or '785' of Alexandria (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7135 **/* 1909/10 ROPiT Anniversary issue, complete sets with overprints from Beyrouth, Jaffa, and Jerusalem, also varieties such as triple or inverted overprint, the 10 para on 2 kop. green in part sheet of 25 and in block of four with inverted overprint (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 39/47] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 7140 cover Russian P.O. abroad, 1862/96: Lot five covers incl Lattakia 1862ca cover front to Beirut, struck by framed „COMPAGNIE RUSSE / LATTAQUIE” datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig 803), Alexandria lettersheet bearing two pairs of 1868 1 kop. brown and 5 kop. blue each, tied by rhomboid numeral '785' of Alexandria in blue, Lattakia 1880 combination cover with Turkish adhesives via Alexandretta to Aleppo, Jerusalem 1883 via Constantinople and Odessa to Rostov-on-Don, 1896 picture postcard with indistinct oval datestamp to Amsterdam. Also two covers with incomplete frankings (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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