366. Auktion März 2018

Janina 1902/14: Group of 13 items (5 postal cards, 1 free of charge registered cover sent by the Consulate, 5 envelopes, 1 registered cover and 1 arrival) franked with overprinted Italian stamps (x11) or Italian (x1), Properly posted mail, or some philatelic mail correctly franked, very fine to excellent condition

ALBANIA: Argyrocastro 1918/19: Two locally censored envelopes (one registered), franked with 5C +pair of 10C, tied with "Poste Italiane ARGIROCASTRO 9.3.19" and "6.11.18" cds, both sent to Egypt. Scarce and fine

Himara 1916: Censored registered envelope, overfranked by the sender, all the stamps tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 22.12.16" cds, sent to "THESSALONIKI 16.Jan.17" cds via "Valona" (censorship) and "Bologna" cds. Rare and very fine, ink stain

Himara 1917/18: Two censored envelopes, both franked with 25C, tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 30.8.17" and "6.11.18" cds, sent to "Minia" and "Port-Said" cds respectively, via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and fine, some imperfections

Himara 1918: Censored envelope, franked with 5x5C, tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 20.7.18" cds, sent to "Port-Said" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and fine, stain

Kanina 1916, Italian Post Offices in Levant and Valona, philatelic cover franked with complete 1909/11 Valona set and 1906 and 1910 Italian Levant Special Delivery stamps tied by "KANINA (VALONA)" cds. Some light toning, otherwise very fine and seldom seen. 

Premeti 1917: Censored registered envelope, franked with 10C +40C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 26.11.17" cds, sent to "Lowell USA" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare commercially used and fine, one corner torn

Premeti 1917: Censored registered envelope, franked with 50C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 9.8.17" cds, with unusual registration label, sent to "Bern" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and very fine

Premeti 1918: Censored registered envelope, franked with 10C +40C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 11.2.18" cds, sent to "Bern" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and very fine

1906/14: Group of 5 covers (3 registered), franked with "Albania 40pa/25c" used at Scutari (1906), or "Scutari" (x3) and "Durazzo"

1906/17, Four philatelic covers, one registered from Durazzo to Germany franked with Italian Levant, one from Scutari to Berlin with Italian Albania 1902/08 values, a registered censored cover from Delvino to Italy franked with Italian stamps, and an unaddressed cover with three "Janina" overprint high values. Very clean. 

MACEDONIA: Salonica 1908/13, Two covers and two registered postal stationery cards, including uprated Italian Levant; an Italy PSC cancelled with "SALONICCO" cds, all three cards sent to Germany. The one large registered cover is franked with the 1909 values up to and including the 20pi Salonicco set, addressed to Constantinople and an unaddressed cover with 7 stamps. The large registered cover with a middle vertical fold and usual wear and tear, cards are very fine. 

Salonica 1913/14: Group of 3 covers (2 registered), franked with various "Salonicco" tied with 2 different datestamps. Properly posted mail, scarce during the Greek period and fine - Very fine

TURKEY: 1909/22, Three registered philatelic covers, including a 1909 with "CONSTANTINOPOLI II" cds to Germany and a 1909  franked with a single 20pi Italian Levant.

Constantinople 1908/22: Group of 3 items franked with overprinted Italian stamps and the rare postal card 4pi+20pa/40C "Constantinopoli" (1922), tied/canceled with various cds, interesting items

OCCUPATION WW I and II: Santi Quaranta 1917: Cover franked with pair of 5C +10C, tied with "Base Navale S. QUARANTA 17.Mag.1917" violet cds, censored by the Commander, sent to Italy. Scarce and fine, roughly opened at the top

Aegean islands, Crete & Dodecanese 1941/42: Nine items franked with various Italian and/or Rodi stamps, tied with "Posta Militare" (121 Sez.A, 62 Sez.A, 62) cds or mute datestamps, from Samos, Syros, San. Nicolo, Cos and Rodi. Interesting material

1941, WWII Occupation of the Ionian Islands, Postal Stationery Issues, Argostoli typographical Cefalonia and Ithaca type II overprint with isola instead of isole on Greece 1939, 1dr & 8dr postal stationery envelope with rounded flap. Very fine and scarce.

1941/43, WWII Italian Occupation of Corfu Postal Stationery Issues,  Corfu unused 5dr red postal stationery card, very clean and very fine.

1909/10 Offices in Mt. Athos, Meteline, Salonique. Mint & Used, includes mint Mt. Athos 70pi and 1910 Cyrillic Overprint Issue complete; a Salonique 1909 Issue complete mint; Meteline 1909-10 complete, two sets (one used on fragments with doubtful cds and one mint), several values of the different sets used, and up to and including the 7pi of the Russian Levant Portrait set (Romanov) on fragment tied by violet "SALONIKI" cds. The complete mint sets are hinged and Fine to Very Fine and most are backstamped. 

Salonica, Chios, Mount Athos, 1898/1903: 6 items franked with various Russian Levant, tied with "R.O.P.iT. SALONIKI", "R.O.P.iT. CHIOS" and 1 item with arrival "R.O.P.iT. ATHON". Three of them philatelically inspired and one front, interesting lot

AEGEAN ISLANDS: Chios 1860: "Compagnie Russe CHIO 18.2.60" double framed rectangle in blue, on stampless entire folded letter sent to Volo. This letter is reported in Tchilinghirian (ex Snegireff collection), extremely rare, a must for the Russian Levant collections

Chios 1865: "5" diamond of small dots cancellation in blue, tying a 2pi 1865 on entire folded letter (dateline 15.May.1865, old Style) sent to Jaffa Palestine (Papazis correpondence). Only one similar letter is reported in Tchilinghirian (supplement), extremely rare, backstamped by J.U. Schmitt

Chios 1867: "PORT CHIOS 16.Sept.67" cds in blue, tying a 2pi 1865 on entire folded letter sent to Jaffa Palestine (Papazis correpondence), scarce early period

Chios 1870: "PORT CHIO 31.Mar.1870" cds in blue, tying a pair of 3k on entire folded letter sent to "KONSTANTINOPOL 4.Apr.1870). The stamps were additionally canceled with a dotted pmk upon arrival, scarce and fine - very fine

Chios 1879: "CHIOS 3.Sep.-" cds in blue, tying 1K +5K on entire folded letter sent to "KONSTANTINople 8.Sep." Fine and scarce

Chios 1880: "CHIOS 13.Sep.80" cds with ornament in violet, tying upon arrival a 10K Russian stamp on corner cover sent from Odessa, some stain spots and cover imperfections (reduced at top)

Chios 1880: "CHIOS 15.Jan.-" cds in blue, tying 1K +5K on cover of folded letter sent to Alep via "ALEXANDRETTA 19.Jan." (faint strike. The receiver paid 1,50Pi for the route Alexandretta-Alep, with 6x10pa damaged Ottoman stamps, tied with "ALEP 2.Fevr.1880". Always desirable mixed franking

Chios 1890s: "R.O.P.iT Agentst. CHIOSA 20.Nov.-" oval date stamp in grey (faint), tying upon arrival a 10K Russian stamp on corner cover sent from Odessa. Roughly opened at top, scarce

Chios 1911: "R.O.P.iT. CHIOS 12.XI.1911" blue cds, tying 20pa +1pi +2pi Russian Levant on registered corner cover to London, via Smyrna & Constantinople. Scarce, with some stains

Mytilini 1905-13: 8 items (3 registered covers, 2 postal cards, 2 covers and 1 postcard) franked with various Russian Levant, tied with "R.O.P.iT. MITELIN" in violet, except the last one (during the Hellenic Occupation, 1913) which is in blue; fine to very fine condition

CRETE: Candia 1861: "Comp. Russe de Navigat. a Vap. & de Com. Agence de CANDIE" (with bicephalous eagle) circular negative seal in blue, on stampless entire folded letter sent to "SYROS 9.Apr.61" cds, rated "20" lepta due marking. Only two or three covers known from this short lived Ropit Office, very attractive showpiece Provenance: Fabergé

DODECANES: Rhodes & Chio: "PORT RODOS" cds in blue tying a 2pi on fragment, offered together with "PORT CHIOS" on two fragments with 2pi first issue and 2x20pa second issue, very scarce

Rhodes 1868: "PORT RODOS 11.Fev.1868" cds in blue, tying two 2pi on entire folded letter sent to Constantinople. Unusual multiple franking from an extremely rare Russian Post Office, some imperfections

OCCUPATION OF CRETE: 1899, Provisional Handstamp Issue, complete set on horizontally laid paper, the key 2m red with huge margins, 1m blue & 2m black with remnant, 2m red lightly hinged, and 1m green appears never hinged. Backstamped, key by Zeis. 

1899, Provisional Handstamp Issue, in canceled blocks with blue "RETHYMNON" straightline: 1m blue type I block of four with violet control mark, tied to fragment; 2m rose red on laid paper with blue control mark, rich color, nice margins all around, horizontal crease affecting top pair and lower right stamp with diagonal crease, mainly visible from the back, scarce; 1m yellow green on laid paper block of eight, with blue control, very fine; 2m black in four blocks of four, two on wove paper, each with either violet or blue control and two on laid paper, the one with violet control having a horizontal crease.