1864-66, 10k brown and blue, six exemplars, four with perforation 12 1/2, including horizontal pair, and two with perforation 14 1/2x15, blue Constantinople or "Franco" cancellations, minor usual flaws, mostly VF

100.00

1898, 2k green, printed on horizontally laid paper, vertical pair tied on a piece by blue "Lloyd Austria Co. XIV" date stamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 285), mostly VF and scarce

100.00

1863, 6k blue, printed on thick chalk-surfaced paper, two stamps of distinctly different shades, nice margins all around, full/large part of OG, LH or hinged, VF, C.v. $400

200.00

1863, 6k blue, printed on chalk-surfaced paper, complete sheet of four, minor marginal inclusions and toned spot, fresh condition overall, full OG, hinged on margins only, stamps are NH, VF

750.00

1900's, 6k blue, three stamps in various color shades, representing two forgeries Fournier (#1a-1b, handstamped "Facsimile") and a forgery of uncertain origin on thin paper in dark blue shade, two stamps with minor thins, still a collectible quality items, VF appearance

100.00

1865, (10pa) brown and blue, enlarged side margins exemplar, a part of blue dotted cancellation, fresh, VF, expertized by H. Bloch, C.v. $750

250.00

1865, (2pi) blue and red, well margined single, pen cross cancellation, VF, expertized by A. Diena, a copy of E. Diena certificate, C.v. $850

300.00

1876, black surcharge 8(k) on 10k red and green, printed on horizontally laid paper, horizontal pair cancelled on a piece, fresh, VF

75.00

1879, 1k-7k, complete set of three, printed on vertically laid paper, in addition two shade varieties of 1k and 2k, large part of OG, VF

100.00

1884-88, 1k-7k, two complete sets of four, printed on horizontally laid paper, early (1884) and late (1888) printings, in addition stamp of 10k issued in 1890, full/part of OG, two stamps are NH, others previously hinged, F/VF

100.00

1884-91, 1k-7k, imperforated complete set of four, left sheet margin blocks of four, printed on horizontally laid paper, full OG, NH (two stamps of each block) or LH/hinged, VF and scarce

1891, 1k-5k, three imperforated values, each one from top right corner of a pane, a part of letter "A" ("Obrazets") and "1891" overprints in red, 5k with marginal scissor's separation on the right, nice and spectacular unit, full OG, LH mostly on margins, VF

300.00

1900, 4pa on 1k orange and 10pa on 2k green, two horizontal imperforated pairs, printed on horizontally laid paper, a part of perfin "Obrazets", full OG, NH, VF, nice stamps from the Postal Archives

200.00

1903, inverted red diagonal surcharge 10pa on 2k green, printed on vertically laid paper, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1905, blue diagonal surcharge 7pi on 70k brown and orange, horizontal imperforated pair, printed on vertically laid paper, a part of red overprint "Obrazets" (Specimen), full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1909, overprint "Constantinople", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $124.80

100.00

1909, overprint "Constantinople", six overprint error items, including two horizontal pairs (10pa/2k) and three high values, stamps of 10pi/1r has a toned spot, fresh condition, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $360

100.00

1909, overprint "Jaffa", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $318.35

150.00

1909, overprint "Ierusalem", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $349.60

150.00

1909, overprint "Ierusalem", 5pa-7pi, six horizontal pairs, left stamp of each one with "erusalem" overprint error, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $210++

100.00

1909, overprint "Kerrasunde", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $144.70

100.00

1909, overprint "Mont-Athos", 5pa-70pi, set of nine (no blue overprint), full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $250

100.00

1909, overprint "S. Afon", 5pa-10pi, complete set of seven, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $110

75.00

1909, overprint "S. Afon", 5pa, 10pa and 1pi, three vertical pairs, bottom stamps without overprint, large part of OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $190++

100.00

1909, overprint "Salonique", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $245

100.00

1909, overprint "Salonique", 10pa, 20pa and 1pi, three vertical pairs, top stamps without overprint, large part of OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $190++

100.00

1909, overprint "Smyrne", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $133.10

100.00

1909, overprint "Smyrne", 5pa-7pi, six horizontal pairs, left stamp of each one with "Smyrn" overprint error, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $125

100.00

1909, overprint "Trebizonde", 5pa-70pi, complete set of ten, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, mostly VF, C.v. $125.10

100.00

1909, overprint "Trebizonde", 5pa and 10pa, two vertical pairs, top stamps without overprint, large part of OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $120

75.00

1909, overprint "Dardanelles", 5pa-70pi, complete set of nine, in addition three color varieties of 10pa, 20pa and 1pi, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $156.25

100.00

1909, overprint "Dardanelles", 5pa-70pi, complete set of nine, cancelled on pieces, fresh quality, VF, C.v. $159.25

100.00

1909, overprint "Dardanelles", 5pa and 1pi, two vertical gutter blocks of four, bottom right stamp of each block without overprint, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1909, overprint "Metelin", 5pa-70pi, set of nine (no blue overprint), full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $190

100.00

1909, overprint "Rizeh", 5pa-70pi, complete set of nine, full/large part of OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $97.50

100.00

1909, 5pa, 10pa and 5pi, trial se-tenant city overprints, four vertical strips of four or five, full OG, NH or LH/previously hinged, VF and scarce assembly

300.00

1909, 21 stamps, including 12 inverted, one double and eight misplaced overprints, fresh condition overall, full/large part of OG, NH (3) or LH/hinged, mostly VF, C.v. $700++

250.00

1910, parcel card from Russian PO at New Athon to Jerusalem, franked by three surcharged values, Athon postal negative seal and circular ds, Russian PO at Jerusalem arrival marking on reverse, several folds and hinge reinforcement, otherwise F/VF and rare
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1910-17, 5pa-10pi, two complete surcharged sets of seven on wove paper, early and later issues differ by colors of basic stamps, including 50k and 70k of 1917, which are very rare, full OG, NH or VLH (2), F/VF

250.00

1917, inverted red surcharge 10pa on 2k gray green, basic stamp is from late issue, full OG, NH, VF and very scarce

100.00

1913, Romanov Dynasty surcharges, complete set of 15, various postal markings, high values are on pieces, fresh condition overall, mostly VF, C.v. $794.60

150.00

1913, Romanov Dynasty, surcharge 50pi on 5r dark brown, three-side margin block of 25, left part of a sheet, post office fresh, full OG, NH (LH on margins only), VF and rare multiple, C.v. $3,750 as hinged singles

Romanov Dynasty Specimen Overprints

1913, 10pa, 15pa, 1pi, 1? pi and 2pi are in strips of five; 2?pi, 3?pi, 5pi and 7pi - in strips of ten, the last one separated; 10pi - in block of four, 20pi and 30pi are in separated blocks of ten (block of four and block of six); 50pi is in horizontal pair, each item is bearing complete or partial red overprint "Obrazets", placed in mounts on three pages from a Collection, fresh quality, full OG, many NH (some perf reinforcements), VF and extremely rare assembly
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1895-1913, six different items, including two letter-cards and unsevered reply card, all very fresh and unused, VF
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75.00

1919, black surcharges over 4pa-35pi on stamps of 1903-05, printed on vertically laid paper, the total is 84 stamps, including set in blocks of four, numerous varieties of surcharges, fresh condition, full OG, NH or LH/hinged, VF
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75.00