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RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue continued...

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3661

1913-17 balance of the exhibit, 26 covers or cards on 10 pages, starting with an unused photo postcard showing the stamps, Tsar Nicholas and Crown Prince Alexis, stamps used on registered covers, Money Order, Address card for a parcel to Sweden, high value franking on commercially used declared value envelopes, Postal Stationery entire envelopes, letter and postal cards, wrappers, showing Registered usages, domestic and abroad, Currency issues, surcharges, censored mail, offices in the Turkish Empire, fine and excellent nucleus for further study and expansion (Image) (image 3661a) (image 3661b) (image 3661c) (image 3661d) (image 3661e) (image 3661f) (image 3661g) (image 3661h) (image 3661i)

SOLD for $3,750.00
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RUSSIA Russian Offices in China

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3662

1918 (30 Aug) registered cover franked with single 50k Romanov adhesive, tied by "Shanghai Poste Russe" double circle departure pmk, repeated alongside, with bilingual "Changhai Poste Russe" Registry label, sent to Pernow, with (1.9.18) arrival on back, v.f. (Image)

SOLD for $800.00
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RUSSIA

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3663

1917 (7 Feb) registered cover from The Bank of Chosen to Canadian Bank of Commerce in San Francisco, franked with 2x10k Romanov adhesives, tied by HARBIN departure cds, with two different Registry labels, one in all Cyrillic, the other "Charbin Russie Poste", opened and resealed by Russian Military censor, New York transit and San Francisco arrival pmks on back, intact wax seal, v.f. (Image) (image 3663a)

SOLD for $250.00
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RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire

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3664

213-27

1913 5pa-50pi surcharges, the complete set of 15, each tied by ROPIT Constantinople (24.IX.1913) cds on large, registered cover to Brussels, corresponding Poste Russe Constantinople Registry label below, with arrival (11.X) pmk on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and rare complete set of Romanov Levant surcharges on cover (Cat No. 213-27) (Image)

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SOLD for $600.00
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RUSSIA Russia Used in Persia

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3665

1916 (2 July) registered cover with corner cachet of "Arsene, Aftandil, Tauris, Perse", franked with pairs of 2k, 3k and 7k Romanov adhesives, all tied by Tabriz Russian Consulate departure pmk, with corresponding Registry label (in Cyrillic letters, "Tauris" by hand), sent via Petrograd to Bern, Switzerland, framed Petrograd censor cachet, backstamped (23.VII) on arrival, v.f. World War I cover sent through the Russian Consulate in Tabriz, Persia (Image)

SOLD for $290.00
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RUSSIA Army of the Northwest (general Yudenich)

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3666

1919 collection on exhibit pages, showing used stamps, four covers and card (the latter with portion of address excised, registered to Tallinn, with arrival pmk), others with various overprints, one registered from Pskow to Leepaja (signed Mikulski), cover with 10r franking, tied by oval Fieldpost and Telegraph office pmk, also three covers with "North Army" issues, one registered from Polna (3 Oct 1919) to Revel, with faint Tallinn arrival pmk, extremely rare actually used cover, signed Mikulski, fine and interesting lot (Image) (image 3666a) (image 3666b) (image 3666c) (image 3666d)

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SOLD for $2,000.00
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SAUDI ARABIA Turkish Administration

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3667

1905 registered 1pi stationery entire envelope to India, additionally franked with pair of 20pa carmine, tied by bilingual "MEKKE" (27 Jan 1905) pmks, red "Mecca" Registry label, framed "Sea P.O.B. 12 Fe.05" datestamp, with "Djedda" (3.2.05) transit and Lahore (19 Fe 05) arrival backstamps, minor cover faults and mending, extremely rare use of the special registration label from Mecca (Image)

SOLD for $3,750.00
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3668

1907 20pa stationery card canceled by specially prepared negative handstamp of "EL ULA", used 19 August, 1907 to commemorate the opening of service on the Hejaz railway to that point, addressed to the chief engineer, v.f. Also included a piece with three Ottoman adhesives, with bilingual "El-Ula" pmks (Al-Ula became a key stop on the Hejaz Railway, linking Damascus to Medina) (Image)

SOLD for $1,250.00
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SAUDI ARABIA Hejaz

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3669

1916 (1 Sep) cover from Mekke to Jeddah, charged "1 Piastre", with departure pmk and marked "Fee Paid" (in Arabic), fine and very rare provisional mark, with bilingual "Djeddah" 2.9.16 arrival pmk on back. (Early in the war, the British developed a plan to foment an uprising among the Arab subjects of the Ottoman Empire. Sharif Hussein of Mecca agreed to back the British, in return for independence. The famous Col. T.E. Lawrence was sent to train and lead Arab forces, which captured Mecca, Jeddah and Aqaba. Hussein declared independence of Hejaz on June 27, 1916, with himself as King) (Image)

SOLD for $750.00
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3670

1916 (Sep) cover from Mekke to Jeddah, showing "FEE PAID" and boxed "Passed Censor 9" handstamp, filing fold, with bilingual Djeddah (21.9.16) arrival pmk on back, fine (only one example of this forerunner FEE PAID marking has been recorded by Hibbert) (Image)

SOLD for $650.00
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3671

1916 (24 Nov) cover from Mekke to Jeddah, showing bilingual departure and "FEE PAID" markings, arrival (25.11.16) on back, fine (Image)

SOLD for $525.00
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3672

L1/8

1916 (11 Nov) registered cover from Djeddah to Djibouti, franked with single 1/2pi green and vertical pair of 1pi blue, transit markings of Port Said, Port Taufiq and arrival Djibouti (11 Dec) backstamps. Also included is a 1917 (10 Nov) cover with five different (two rouletted), 1pi blue perf. 12, tied by Djeddah markings, handstamped "Aly Ahmed Tera" at top, filing folds and minor cover tears, fine pair (Cat No. L1/8) (Image)

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SOLD for $600.00
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3673

1918 cover franked with single 1/2pi red paying domestic letter rate, canceled by bilingual "YAMBO" pmk, backflap missing, otherwise v.f. (today "Yanbu" served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during World War I. On July 27, 1916 the Ottoman garrison surrendered to the Arab revolutionary forces. Yanbu remained a small port town until 1975, when the Saudi government designated it as one of the country's two new industrial centers) (Image)

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

3674

LJ1,LJ2

Postage Dues. 1917 (Dec) cover from Mansoura, Egypt, with 2m/3m orange, addressed to Mecca, clearly underpaid, marked "T", with Hejaz Postage Dues 20pa red and 1pi blue added on arrival, numerous transit and censor markings on both sides, "Opened by Censor" label, fine (Cat No. LJ1,LJ2) (Image)

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SOLD for $4,250.00
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3675

Military Mail. 1918 (22 Jan) 20 para Ottoman stationery postal card to Istanbul, additionally franked with pair of 5pa stamps, sent by an officer with the 58th division of the "Hejaz Expeditionary Force", then stationed at El Ula, with transit mark of Damascus, showing rectangular negative mark of the 58th Division HQ, the 58th division was formed on 28 Sep 1916 in Medina and remained in Saudi Arabia for the remainder of the War, handing over the city of Medina to the new Saudi forces on 13 January, 1919. This is the only recorded item from this unit, little toning, otherwise fine, with 1997 Yakup Nakri certificate ("a postal history gem from Saudi Arabia") (Image)

SOLD for $2,600.00
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SPANISH COLONIES

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3676

1898-1925 collection of 12 covers or cards, displayed on individual exhibit pages, showing mostly registered covers from Spanish Offices in Morocco, Tetuan, Morocco Protectorate, Cape Juby, Cuba, Fernando Po, Philippine Islands (to Auckland), Puerto Rico, Rio de Oro, Spanish Guinea AND Western Sahara, mixed condition, fine and interesting group of covers from "the philatelic empire of Alfonso XIII of Spain" (Image) (image 3676a) (image 3676b) (image 3676c) (image 3676d) (image 3676e) (image 3676f) (image 3676g) (image 3676h) (image 3676i) (image 3676j) (image 3676k)

SOLD for $3,750.00
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SPANISH COLONIES Caroline Islands

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3677

1890 (11 Oct) cover endorsed "Carolinas", franked with Spanish Philippines 8c adhesive, tied by oval "Gobierno Occidental las Carolinas Oriental" Spanish Coat of Arms cachet addressed to USA, with Manila and San Francisco transits, Oberlin, Ohio (Nov 27) arrival pmk, some cover wear, rare (ownership of Caroline Islands was officially transferred to Germany on 18th June 1899, but the district Commissioners did not arrive until 13 October at Ponape and 3rd November at Yap, Western Carolines. The Spanish officials continued to function until then) (Image)

SOLD for $7,500.00
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3678

1899 official cover addressed to Spain, with oval "Gobierno Occidental de Carolinas Y Palaos" Spanish Coat of Arms cachet, with U.S. Military Station No.1 in Manila transit, Hong Kong (2 July 1889) and Almeria (29 July) arrival pmk (ownership of Caroline Islands was officially transferred to Germany on 18th June 1899, but the district Commissioners did not arrive until 13 October at Ponape and 3rd November at Yap, Western Carolines. The Spanish officials continued to function until then) (Image) (image 3678a)

SOLD for $2,100.00
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SPANISH COLONIES Mariana Islands

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3679

1898 (5 May) registered cover franked with Philippines 3c brown and 5c rose, canceled by framed "CERTIF.", addressed to Tarlac, Philippines, with "Marianas" departure cds alongside, docketing on front indicates that the cover was mailed on "5-5-98" from Marians, framed "D.L.O. Record." and red "Undeliverable Military Sta. No.1 Manila, Phil. Islands" handstamps, with additional "Registry Branch Correct Dead Letter Office" (Oct 18 1899) datestamp on back, cover tears, interesting and rare Marianas/Guam forerunner (Image)

SOLD for $5,250.00
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3680

1,4

1899 2c dark blue (pair), used with 6c dark blue, all overprinted "Marianas Espanolas", tied by large oval "Gobierno P.M. Yslas Marianas" in violet on cover addressed to Manila, with "Mil. Sta.No.1 Manila, Phil.Islds Rec'd" (Dec.11 4 30PM 99) arrival pmks on blue and red on back, faint toning and minor cover tear at bottom, signed Bartels, with 1991 Graus certificate. A considerable rarity as 50 copies of 6 centavos value were issued, only four (!) recorded on cover, cat. $6500 (Cat No. 1,4) (Image)

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SOLD for $3,750.00
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