28 Nov 2016 – 3 Dec 2016
612 lots
Lot 10200 | 145
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865 Stampless folded outer lettersheet from Italian firm in Alexandria with company’s cachet lower left to ALEPPO, Syria, dated 27 May 1865 (New Style),…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10201 | 1865-67 2pi blue and rose tied on piece by PORT AL
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1865-67 2pi blue and rose tied on piece by PORT ALEXANDRIA cds in blue (Tchil. fig 256), stamp with good to huge margins showing portion of adjoining stamp…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10202 | 529
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose horizontal pair tied to small piece by blue ROPiT/CONSTANTINOPLE AGENCY 13 11 68 cds (Tchil. Type 5), good to huge margins, superb
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10203 | 494
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose tied on outer lettersheet to Beirut initially posted at French Agency in LATTAKIA, Syria, where France 40c applied, tied by indistinct…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 10204 | 524
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose two on 1868 folded outer lettersheet to Taganrog from Smyrna with company cachet alongside, tied by faint strike of ‘780’ in…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 10205 | 520
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose on 1865 opened out lettersheet from the Black Sea Port of TREBIZOND via ALEXANDRETTA to ALEPPO tied by blue PORT TREBIZOND cds…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 10206 | 521
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose two with good margins (1 marginal) tied to 1865 envelope (missing flap) addressed to Tripoli by blue cachet with inscription…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 10207 | 525
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose tied on opened out small lettersheet in Arabic by numeral ‘782’ in blue in truncated triangle of dots (Tchil. Type 2) with complementary…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 10208 | 1865-67 2pi Blue and rose tied on 1868 folded cove
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose tied on 1868 folded cover by faint COMPAGNIE RUSSE/KERASSUNDE/DE NAVIG. & DE COMMERCE oval cachet in black, addressed to Constantinople….
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 10209 | 527
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose tied to entire from LATTAKIA to BEIRUT by double-circle seal-type cancel reading around ROPiT coat of arms RUSSIAN COMPANY FOR…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 10210 | 149
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose horizontal network with large even margins tied by blue ‘783’ in truncated triangle of dots applied on arrival in Beirut on…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 10211 | 528
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose cancelled on folded letter from LATTAKIA to BEIRUT by diamond retta in black with complementary LATTAKIYA cds (Tcil. Type 5)…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10212 | 522
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 2pi Blue and rose (2) with retta cancels in black (T & S Constantinople Type 3) on 1868 folded letter to Taganrog from Constantinople with faint…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10213 | 523
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1865-67 10 pa Rose and blue block of 4 with good to large margins, early printing, cancelled double-circle in blue, abbreviated inscription around ROPiT…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10214 | 1866 Folded letter franked 1858 30k Green and carm
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1866 Folded letter franked 1858 30k Green and carmine-rose perf. 12 1/2 tied by blue Konstatinopel 14 June cds (additional clearer strike on reverse) …
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10215 | 152
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1869 Folded letter from Alexandria (Egypt) franked Russian Levant 1868 1k brown pair and 5k blue pair to pay double rate to Port Said tied by blue ‘785’…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 10216 | 1869 Cover from Russian P.O. in Galatz, Romania fr
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1869 Cover from Russian P.O. in Galatz, Romania franked Russian Levant 10k tied by cyrillic Galatz and retta cancel both in blue, similar Galatz on reverse,…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 10217 | 660
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1869 Folded letter from KERASSUNDE, a port on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast to Taganrog, Sea of Azov, franked 1868 Russian Levant 10k, put on ship and cancelled…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 10218 | 1869 Folded letter from Constantinople to Chisnovi
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1869 Folded letter from Constantinople to Chisnovi via Odessa franked Russian Levant 10k (2) tied by blue “retta” cancels, blue Konstantinopol Russian…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 10219 | 505
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1872 Folded letter from SAMSUN on the Ottoman Coast of the Black Sea to Trieste, endorsed “Vapore Austriaco”, franked Russian Levant 1868 5k pair + 1872…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 10220 | 687
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1872 Folded letter in Greek to Taganrog, Sea of Azov, dateline “Smyrna 1/13 Sept. 1872” franked Russian Levant 1868 5k in combination with 1872 1k and…
Estimate: 1’400 EUR
Lot 10221 | 688
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1872 Folded letter from SAMSUN on the Ottoman coast of the Black Sea to Trieste franked Russian Levant 1868 5k + 1872 1k pen-cancelled on ship and delivered…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10222 | 1874 Folded outer lettersheet to London with Const
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1874 Folded outer lettersheet to London with Constantinople dateline franked combination Russian Levant 3k + Russia 1k + 5k + 10k cancelled in transit…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10223 | 1874 Entire written in Greek from Constantinople f
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1874 Entire written in Greek from Constantinople franked 1872-90 1k (2 shades) + 3k + 5k tied on arrival by Odessa cds, adhesives with small faults
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10224 | 70
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1875 Envelope to Mariupol mailed at the Russian P.O. in the Turkish port of TREBIZOND, franked on reverse1872-90 1k (2) + 3k tied by TRAPEZUNT 8 Oct 1875…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10225 | 500
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1877 ca. Envelope (flap missing) to Larnaca, Cyprus, franked Russian Levant 1872-90 10k and posted at sea, oval framed M.B. (Mobile Box) and ‘942’ obliterator…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10226 | 1879 Russian Levant 7k (2) tied on envelope to Tra
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1879 Russian Levant 7k (2) tied on envelope to Trapezunt cancelled large rectangular ROPiT SUCHUM-KALE cachet in blue, with second strike on reverse, missing…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 10227 | 321
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1879 Folded letter in Greek from a firm in Odessa, datelined 26 May 1879, franked 1879 7k and put on a ship for Constantinople, where cancelled on arrival…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10228 | 322-4
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1879-83 Group of 3 covers all addressed to Constantinople, 2 from Odessa, 1 from Poti, all franked 1879 7k and cancelled on arrived with different arrival…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10229 | ,77, 503
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1884 Russian Levant 1k orange block of 4 cancelled blue triple-lined oval ODESSA AGENCY / QUARANTINE HARBOUR OF THE RUSSIAN COMPANY FOR STEAMSHIPPING AND…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 10230 | 709 + extra cover added to the lot. Cover to be photoed
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1888 Cover franked Russian Levant 7k blue (2) tied by blue oval handstamp RUSSIAN COMPANY FOR STEAM SHIPPING AND TRADE ODESSA AGENCY QUARANTINE HARBOUR,…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10231 | 266
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1890 Letter and envelope from a merchant in Jaffa dated 23 May 1890, franked Russian Levant 10k and placed on a ship bound for the Aegean Island of Chios,…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10232 | 265
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1891 Envelope (small part of backflap missing) + enclosure dated 8 June 1891 franked Russia 10k written from Odessa and placed on a ship for the Aegean…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10233 | 264
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1894 Envelope + contents from a firm in Odessa to the Aegean Island of Chios datelined 25 June 1894, placed on a ship bound for Smyrna where 10k cancelled…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10234 | 153 167 172 176
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1896-1905 Group of 4 Russian Levant postal stationery cards (three 4k green + one 20 para on 4k) all tied on transit mail to Germany by retta cancels,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10235 | 186
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1896 Cover to Athens franked 10k Russian Levant lightly cancelled blue ROPiT SMYRNA 1 Nov 1896 cds, treated as uncancelled mail on arrival at Alexandria…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10236 | 157
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1896 Russian Levant 10k letter-card with dateline “Beyrouth 6/5/96” addressed to Ramle in Egypt. Put on ROPiT ship of Mediterranean Coast Mail Line and…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10237 | 156
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1898 4k + 4k reply-paid card addressed to France, posted on ship at Port Said (Egypt) on 15 April, cancelled on arrival at PIRAEUS (Greece), Paris arrival…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10238 | 1899 Envelope from Smirna to Persia via Constantin
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1899 Envelope from Smirna to Persia via Constantinople, Batum, Teheran, franked Russian Levant 10k tied by R.O.P.i.T. SMIRNA cds, on reverse violet straight…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 10239 | 501
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1903 Envelope to Sicily franked 10k cancelled in violet BIRMANIA / PIROSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO 27 Jul 03 with Russian P.O. Constantinople transit and Palermo…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10240 | 506
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1903 Envelope to St Petersburg franked block of 10 1k, posted on board ship, put ashore at Alexandria where framed PAQUEBOT applied by Egyptian post office….
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10241 | 507
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1903 Envelope to Australia franked 1pi on 10k, placed on ship and cancelled framed PAQUEBOT (Hosking Type 2714) on arrival at Egyptian port of Alexandria,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10242 | 504
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1906 Viewcard to Tsaritsyn, Russia, posted on board s.s.”Rossiya” while at Constantinople by a traveller en route from Jaffa to Constanza. Put ashore at…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10243 | 87
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1906 Greek viewcard of Aegean Island of Mytilene, Turkey, ceded to Greece in 1913 addressed to Brussels franked pair of Russian Levant 10 para/2k cancelled…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10244 | 1907 Viewcard to USA franked 10 para on 2k cancell
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1907 Viewcard to USA franked 10 para on 2k cancelled large blue R.O.P.i.T. (THE RUSSIAN COMPANY FOR STEAM SHIPPING AND TRADE) CAVALLA AGENCY, with faint…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 10245 | 502
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1908 Envelope to Constantinople franked 1902 10k cancelled on ship of the Italian “Societa Italiani di Servizi Marittimi” (SITMAR) reading PIROSCAFO POSTALE/CATANIA…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 10246 | 174
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1908 Two postcards depicting Athens and Constantinople addressed to Cairo (Egypt), each franked 20 para in Russian Levant stamps and put in ship’s letter-box…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10247 | 63
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1908 Turkish viewcard addressed to Austria franked 20 para on 4k and posted on the Roumanian Maritime Service, cancelled double-circle COSPOLI-CONSTANTA-BUCHAREST…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 10248 | 531
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1909 Cover to Cairo franked Austrian Levant 25 centimes and posted on Russian ship of the Mediterranean Coast Line, cancelled large blue oval RUSSIAN COMPANY…
Estimate: 1’400 EUR
Lot 10249 | 330/1, 532
Russia » Ship Mail » Ship Mail in the Levant
1910 R.O.P.i.T. FLOATING EXHIBITION was designed to celebrate the Company’s 50th Anniversary (1906) but did not take place until 1909-10. It was held on…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR