367th. Auction
367. Heinrich Koehler Auction
1865, Steamship 10 p. brown/blue, frehs color and well balanced margins, position 5, lightly cancelled, very fine, signed Mikulski and Pfenninger
1866, 2 pia. blue/rose, two singles with mostly good margins, tied by undated retta with weak Constantinople cancel alongside to entire letter written in Greek from Constantinople to Taganrog, filing fold not affecting the stamps, a fine and rare cover
Provenance: Dr Raymond Casey (with his album page description)
1851, entire letter in Italian from Constantinople to Odessa with disinfection holes and slits, fair strike in black of the double ring KONSTANTINOPOL cancel of the Russian Consular Post, very scarce, fine
1884, Numerals 1c. orange block of five and five further singles togehter with 10c. red/green tied by cds. "ROPIT KONSTANTINOPLE" to registered cover to Berlin, a fine and attractive cover
1884, 2k. green horizontal strip of five tied by cds. "ROPIT JAFFA" and New York arrival marks to reverse of cover to the USA, very unusual and despite being roughly opened at left very attractive
1900, 1 Pia. horizontal pair tied by cds. "AFON" to registered cover with seal of the Andreevskii Sikt to Tula, with Spravka and another note re-directing the letter back to Athos; appropriate despatch, arrival and return markings, fine
1904, Free frank cover from the Russian General Consulate in Soluni (Salonica) with two line cachet on front and readable fine red paper seal on reverse, addressed to Mont Athos with ROPIT AFON receiver cancel. Interesting example of consular mail outside of Greek or Turkish postal routes, some minor imperfections, otherwise fine
148 PHOTOS
MONT ATHOS: 1877/1910 (ca.), dreibändige Ausstellungssammlung mit rd. 120 Briefen und Karten, dabei etwa 40 Geldbriefe, desweiteren rd. 20 Postscheine sowie eine nicht ganz kpl. frankierte Paketkarte von Mont Athos nach Jaffa; viel interessantes und seltenes Material, dabei u.a. auch 3 Mischfrankaturen mit Türkei, diverse Stempel, Nachportobelege, Vordruckumschläge, diverse Leitwege etc., ein in dieser Reichhaltigkeit sicherlich einmaliges Objekt