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Lot# : 49 Russian Levant
Incoming mail 1902: Russian Levant stationery letter card 10 kop. red & green, cancelled by ROPiT Constantinople cds, endorsed 'via Suez' with 'Shanghai Deutsche Post 28/10 02' and 'Shanghai Local Post Oc 28' arrival marks on reverse. No writing inside, rare provenance.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 1729 Russian Levant
1860: Stampless entire letter from Smyrna to Chios with greenish-blue rectangular datestamp COMPAGNIE RUSSE SMYRNE (Tchilinghirian fig. 146) and 'P.P.' (Tchilinghirian fig. 148) alongside. Vertical and horizontal archive folds. A rare item in spite of some imperfections.
Provenance: Collection Arsman.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1730 Russian Levant
1864 (March 18): Small piece bearing two strips of three 10 kop. brown & blue tied by scarce 'Konstantinopol' Russian Post Office cds's well struck in blue; also a rejoined pair of 10 kop. in a deeper shade with same cancellation. Exceptional and scarce (Tchilinghirian fig. 3).
Provenance: Constantinople collection (Corinphila sale, December 2007), lot 7305.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 1731 Russian Levant
1868: 1 kop. brown & 5 kop. blue, tied by dotted numeral mark "724" of Alexandretta (Iskenderun) to outer letter sheet, dated 'April 24 1869' inside, sent to Beirut, on reverse 'Port Alexandretta' and 'Port Beirut' cds's in blue (Tchilinghirian figs. 198 & 217). Harbor-to-harbor tariff of the Levant with Alexandretta being a rare provenance, most covers came from Aleppo and were forwarded via Alexandretta.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1732 Russian Levant
1884 (June): Russian Levant 1872 5 kop. blue and 1879 1 kop. black & yellow (2), tied by oval 'R.O.P.iT. - Konstantinopol' datestamp in black to cover via Odessa to Hannover, disinfected by rastel punches and slitted on all four sides, transit and arrival mark and blue Odessa carantine mark on reverse. Late fumigation in the 1880s.
Provenance: Constantinople collection (Corinphila sale, December 2007), lot 7309.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1733 Russian Levant
1885 (Jan 17): Russian Levant 7 kop. carmine & green, tied by R.O.P.iT. - KONSTANTINOPOL oval datestamp in black to cover, sent to Hannover with Odessa transit (Jan 19) and arrival (Feb 3) cds on reverse, refolded for better display at top.
Provenance: Constantinople collection (Corinphila sale, December 2007), lot 7310.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 350 CHFLot# : 1734 Russian Levant
1894 (Nov 10): Russian Levant 10 k. red & green vertical pair, tied with cds of the ROPiT office in Smyrna (Tchilinghirian fig. 156) on double-weight cover via Constantinople (Nov 16) and Teheran (transit marks on reverse) to Isphahan in Persia.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1735 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1736 Russian Levant
1906 (Jan 27): Arms definitives 10 pa. on 2 kop. (2), 20 pa. on 4 kop. and 1 pia. on 10 kop., all tied by violet 'ROPiT Smirna' cds's (Tchilinghirian fig. 158) to registered letter with violet 'dotted R in circle' registration mark alongside, sent to France with diff. transit and arrival cds's on front and reverse. Rare use of the R mark instead of a label.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1737 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1738 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1739 Russian Levant
Holyland 1909: Two picture postcards, franked in 1910 with ROPiT anniversary issue with 'Jerusalem' overprint 10 pa. on 2 kop. (pair) and 20 pa. on 4 kop., respectively, tied by cds's of ROPiT P.O. in Jerusalem (Tchilinghirian figs. 247 & 250), sent to Berlin and St. Petersburg, respectively with arrival datestamps alongside.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1740 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1741 Russian Levant
1909 (Oct 20): 7 pia. on 70 k. brown & orange ROPiT anniversary issue with 'Constantinople' overprint, tied by blue Stamboul ROPiT office cds (Tchilinghirian fig. 21) to registered philatelic cover, sent to Leipzig. Stamp rarely seen on cover.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 1742 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1743 Russian Levant
1910 (May 19): 20 pa. on 4 kop. red of 1909 series commemorating 50th anniversary of ROPiT with additional overprint 'Constantinople' (vert. pair), tied by cds of ROPiT Constantinople (Tchilinghirian fig. 22) to cover sent to Manchester. Use of this commemorative series on cover is rare.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1744 Russian Levant
1912: Russian Levant definitive overprint issue, all five values 20 pa. to 3½ pia. in blocks of four on registered philatelic cover, in addition compl. set as single values on another registered cover, both sent from Constantinople to Germany. Single set cover with address cut out. Rare use of this issue seldom seen on cover.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 1745 Russian Levant
1913 (Jan 12): Arms definitives 10 pa. on 2 kop. (3) and 1 pia. on 10 kop. (2), tied by violet 'ROPiT Metelin' cds's to registered cover with add. strike and Metelin registration label alongside, sent via Constantinople (Jan 18) to Triest.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 140 CHFLot# : 1746 Russian Levant
Lot# : 1747 Russian Levant
1913 (April 15): Romanov Tricentennary commemorative issue, 5 pa. on 1 k. (pair), 10 pa. on 2 k., 20 pa. on 4 kop. and 1 pia. on 10 kop., all tied by strikes of cds 'ROPiT Saloniki' to registered cover with another strike and Constantinople registration label (handritten change to Salonique) alongside. Cover directed to Pangalti Constantinople with ROPiT Konstantinopol and Turkish Stamboul transit and Turkish Pankaldi arrival mark on reverse.
Provenance: Collection Dr. Rohane.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1748 Russian Levant
Occupation of Trebisonde 1917 (April 30): Postcard to France franked on viewside with Arms 1 k. orange and 3 k. red with 1917 Charity 1 k.+ 1 k. tied by fine strikes of RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE 159 datestamp of Trebisonde (Tchilinghirian fig. 105) with repeated strike on reverse alongside Censor cachet '89'. Very fine and scarce.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1749 Russian Levant
Occupation of Trebisonde 1917 (May 26): Postcard to France franked on viewside with Arms 1 k. orange and 1917 Charity 1 k.+ 1 k. tied by fair RESERVE FIELD POST OFFICE 159 datestamp of Trebisonde (Tchilinghirian fig. 105) with repeated fine strike on reverse alongside Censor cachet. Very scarce.
Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1750 Russian Levant
Russian Administration in Rethymnon Province 1899: Handstruck 1 Metallik green on horizontally laid paper, violet control handstamp, never hinged mint block of 20 (5 x 4) showing major displacement of the impressions in relation to the pencil guidelines, fresh and fine.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 2660 Russian Levant
1863/73: Fine Lot five stamps, incl. ROPiT 1865 10 p. brown & blue, tied by blue Khios cds, Russian Levant 1863 6 k. banderol stamp ultramarine tied by 'KONSTANTINOPOL 11. AUG 68" (Tchilinghirian fig. 9), 1867 banderol stamp blue on chalky paper unused, both printed matter stamps with minor imperfections Mi = EUR 4'100.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 2661 Russian Levant
Beirut 1896/1914: Lot four stationeries/covers/postcards incl. 4 kop. green stationery response card with blue cds, 1904 cover to Joliet Illinois, 1913 cover with mixed franking of Romanov and rare ROPiT anniversary stamps, one with Beyrouth ovpt, opening faults, and late June 1914 picture postcard.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 2662 Russian Levant
Lot# : 2663 Russian Levant
Constantinople 1901/14: Lot 17 covers/postcards/stationeries, primarily from the branch P.O. in Galata, incl. registered cover to Sweden, registered postcard to Austria, registered cover to Salt Lake City, returned, registered cover to Germany with provisional handwritten registration number, and stationery postcard with '32 PARA' ovpt.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 2664 Russian Levant
Lot# : 2665 Russian Levant
Lot# : 2666 Russian Levant
Lot# : 2667 Russian Levant
Lot# : 2668 Russian Levant
Holyland 1901/13: Lot ten covers/stationeries/postcards incl. Haifa (2) with 1913 picture postcard via Port Said to Germany, Yaffa (4) with two picture postcards via Port Said to Europe and cover with ROPiT anniversary stamps with 'Jaffa' ovpt, and Jerusalem (3) with 2 kop. printed matter envelope to Germany. Interesting lot.Starting bid : 700 CHFHammer price : 700 CHF
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