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70 k. imperforate, two singles and a pair, all tied by cds "VORONTSOVSKOE-NIKOLAEVSK STAVR. GUB. 1 1 19” to envelope to Rostov on Don with arrival cds, paying the correct quadruple weight step at the 2,80 rouble rate, very fine, scarce

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3 r. strip of five, neatly tied by cds "ROSTOV ON DON 20 4 20” with additional 2 r. to parcel card for 17 funt to "SERDOBSK -5 20” (November 1919 Soviet tariff), endorsed at top "Red Army certified 1026”, the card with a central light archival crease of no importance, very fine. A dramatic testimony of the red army lootings during the civil war, Rostov was seized by the Bolsheviks on 10th February 1920 and the White Army stamps used as Trophy 

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5 r., horizontal pair tied by cds "ROSTOV VOKZAL 23 5 20” to reverse of registered local envelope with reverse several arrival cds inclduing the special three-triangle postmark "ROSTOV DON 26 5 20”, 10 rouble Soviet rate (1st weight step 5 r. plus registration 5 r.), fine. A scarce Soviet usage of the United Russia adhesives as Trophy

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10 r. two horizontal strips of five tied by cds VARVAROPOLYE 13 11 19" to registered money order card to Kharkov regarding the transfer of 5,000 roubles, arrival cds "KHARKOV 17 11 19” (correct 2% rate), transfer unpaid and returned upon arrival to the sender as Kharkov felt under the Bolshevik rule meanwhile, final arrival dated "VARVAROPOLYE -3 4 20”, about five months later. Some toning and minor imperfections as to be expected, scarce

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1917/20, balance of a collection with 16 covers, cards and parcel cards, including usages from the Kuban and Don Regions, many scarcer items throughout with 1919 United Russia registered postcard from Stavropol to Dagestan and 1919 Money transfer card from Konstantinovka to Novocherkask, both while in White controlled areas, etc., also one cover with forgeries for reference, mixed condition, all neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition pages

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1872, 1 kopek brown and 5 kopek blue, two of each, fresh colours, tied on transit by Russian post office blue cds "ALEXANDRETTA”, repeated on reverse, and an additional single pen strike, to commercial envelope from Mersina to Aleppo, handed over on transit to the Ottoman post with Turkey 1876 Duloz 1 piaster yellow, strip of five and single, paying the domestic rate and cancelled with negative seal; one adhesive folded in half on the edge of the envelope and a few short perforations, still fine. A rare and appealing mixed franking

Provenance: Joseph Hackmey (Spink1986)

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1872, 5 kopek blue, tied by blue cds "KONST-NOPOLSK FEV 74” with an additional strike alongside, to small envelope (with content) to Mitylene, originally posted at Odessa with Russia 3 kopek black/green and 10 kopek brown/blue paying the correct 13 kopek rate to Turkey via Russian steamship up to Constantinople, the last leg to Mitylene being paid by the Russian Levant adhesive. The 5 kopek with light vertical crease, 10 kopek shortened perforations on the right side and the envelope with part of back flap missing, still fine. An attractive colourfull mixed franking and most unusual Levant usage

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1876, "8" on 10 kopek carmine/green, fresh colours and good perforations, neatly tied by cds "KONSTANTIN 15 JUNE (18)78” to letter sheet with content to Taganrog, reverse transit via Odessa and arrival cds "TAGANROG 20 June 1878”, fine and rare usage of the provisional issue correctly paying the 8 kopek rate

Provenance: "Cihangir” (121. Corinphila Auction, 2000)

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1872, 5 kop. blue on horizontally laid paper and 1879 1 kop. black on orange on vertically laid paper, tied by light ALEKSANDRETA c.d.s. (Tchilinghirian fig. 200) in violet, an information strike alongside. On reverse Turkey Duloz 1 pi. yellow and Due 2 pi. brown misperforated at foot paying the journey to Aleppo, tied by all Latin "ALEP TURQUIE" c.d.s. in black. A fine combination cover

Provenienz: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000)

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1882 (May 6), 7k. carmine & green, tied by framed oval "R.O.P.I.T. / BURGAS" datestamp in blue (Tchilinghirian = fig. 729) to cover to Constantinople, reverse with next-day "R.O.P.i.T. / CONSTANTINOPLE" arrival datestamp, a remarkably fresh cover of great rarity, very fine

Provenance: CIHANGIR (121. Corinphila Auktion, 2000)

Lipschutz (Harmers SA, 1994)

Hitzler (Private Treaty)

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1900, 1 k.- 10 k., complete set including 2 k. pair and 1 k. strip of three, fresh colours, neatly tied by cds "R.O.P.I.T. KONSTANTINOPOL 29 DEC. 00” with adjacent red framed register handstamp "R Konstantinopol N°”  to envelope to Germany with reverse transit Odessa and arival cds. One 2 k. adhesive has a trivial corner bend of no importance, very fine and scarce

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1856/1913, ROPIT and Ship Mail in the Levant, group of 6 forms and receipts, together with 7 k. grey/carmine-rose tied by cds. "TIFLIS 17 DEC.” to reverse of envelope to Constantinople with transit Odessa and oval "R.O.P.I.T. * KONSTANTINOPOL 27 DEC 82”, very fine, overall in fairly good condition

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1879, 7 kopek on 10 kopek carmine/green, Type II in black, tied by cds "CONSTANTINOPLE 21 JUL 1880” to printed commercial envelope to Odessa; on reverse arrival cds "ODESSA 23 NOV 1880”. The envelope with minor peripheral wear and aging, not distracting. Fine and very rare. Signed Romeko and certificate Eisold BPP (2000)

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1884, 1 kopek orange, Second Printing, a vertical block of six of fresh colours and good perforations, used with cds "ROPIT AFON 15 OCT 1900” to reverse of an envelope to Mount Athos, originally posted at Samara with Russia 7 kopek blue paying the domestic rate, endorsed on front "via Odessa and Konstantinople” with all appropriate transit cds, taxed "T”, envelope opened on two sides, fine. A very scarce usage, signed Diena

Mail underfranked by 3 kopek, the 6 kopek Levant adhesives acting as postage due stamps representing the taxation of double the amount missing

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1865, 10 pa. brown/blue, fresh colour and good margins all around, 1845, Sperati forgery, fine, signed A. Diena and certificate Mikulski (1998)

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1868, 10 pa. rose/blue and 2 pia. blue/rose, good to large margins all around, tied by illegible dotted rectangular to lettersheet from Aleppo to Beyrouth, endorsed inside "Aleppo" by the sender and merchant´s cachet on front, the adhesives probably cancelled upon arrival at destination port. One back flap missing and the cover tatty, still fine. The rare convergence of a most unusual combination franking and an elusive port of origin

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1865, ROPiT 2 pi. blue & rose without rose underlying below "R.O.P.iT.", fresh colour and large margins all round showing part of the cutting lines on three sides, fold in the upper part, tied by framed "P.P." in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 148) and two strikes of "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMYRNE" c.d.s. in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 150) to outer letter sheet to Mersina. The rare datestamp of Smyrna is described by Tchilinghirian to be used in blue and was thought to be used only on incoming mail to Smyrna which is here proved not to be the case. In spite of its faults a rare and appealing cover.

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1863, 6 k. pale blue with central blue KONSTANTINOPEL 14 JUL 1864 datestamp, well to wide margins, heavy thin, otherwise fine, good appearance
 

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"SHANGHAI POST OFFICE 15 I 1900” large cds (T&S type 1), two fine strikes on "KITAI” 1 k., 2 k., 7 k. and 10 k. to reverse of registered envelope to Germany with transit cds "HONG KONG” and arrival cds "HAGEN 17. 2. 00”, repeated on front with red registration label in English language "I(mperial).R(ussian).P(ost).O(ffice) / Shanghai, China. N°4 R”, trace of one adhesive taken off probably before sending (as the franking pays the correct rate), very fine. A rare use of the registration label and attractive early mail from the Russian Post Office at Treaty Port of Shanghai

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