Lots 1216 - 1221, Catalogue of Auction #96 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1216  18a
1879, black handstamped surcharge 7(k) on 10k pale red and green, printed on vertically laid paper, neat postal cancellation, VF and scarce, guaranteed genuine, C.v. $750, Est. $300-$400
(Ph)
150.00
1217    33
1904, red surcharge 1pi on 10k dark blue on vertically laid paper, used on pre-printed cover from Trebizond (now Trabzon) to Constantinople, postmarked on arrival, light cover fold at bottom did not affect the stamp, F/VF, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1218    60a
1909 (February 12), incoming to Constantinople registered cover with enclosure from Black Sea Port Novorossiysk, franked by horizontal pair of 10k dark blue with inverted background, arrived to Constantinople on February 20, F/VF, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1219  161-69
1910, black overprint "Beyrouth" on 5pa/1k-70pi/7r, complete set of nine, full/large part of OG, VF, C.v. $122.50
(Ph)
50.00
1220  191-99
1910, black overprint "Rizeh" on 5pa/1k-70pi/7r, complete set of nine, full/large part of OG, VF, C.v. $97.50
(Ph)
50.00
1221    230
1913, black surcharge 50pi on 5r dark blue, green and pale blue used on registered cover from Constantinople to Germany, Nuremberg arrival ds on reverse, in addition unsevered two-part postal receipt of Russian PO in Levant, black text on green paper, both items are VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
75.00

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