Russian post offices in the Levant: lot of 87 stamps, including the early 'ВОСТОЧНАЯ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНЦІЯ'...
Lot of 87 stamps of the Russian post offices in the Levant, Ottoman Empire, on a stock card:
(1) the early 'ВОСТОЧНАЯ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНЦІЯ' (Eastern Correspondence) numeral issues: 28 stamps;
(2) Russian arms types surcharged PARA and PIASTRES: 26 stamps, including the large format high values, uncommon;
(3) the issue inscribed 1857-1907 with a steamship: 15 stamps, 11 of them with city name overprints: Jerusalem (Ierusalem), Trebizonde, Rizeh and Metelin;
(4) 15 stamps overprinted Р.О.П.иТ., the initials of the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company, and surcharged in piastres, some of them with sheet margin;
(5) 3 stamps of the 1913 Romanov tercentenary issue surcharged in PARA.
Condition: used and unused, exactly as photographed.
Condition Report:
The accompanying photographs constitute an integral part of the item description and complement the written information.
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Lot of 87 stamps of the Russian post offices in the Levant, Ottoman Empire, on a stock card:
(1) the early 'ВОСТОЧНАЯ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНЦІЯ' (Eastern Correspondence) numeral issues: 28 stamps;
(2) Russian arms types surcharged PARA and PIASTRES: 26 stamps, including the large format high values, uncommon;
(3) the issue inscribed 1857-1907 with a steamship: 15 stamps, 11 of them with city name overprints: Jerusalem (Ierusalem), Trebizonde, Rizeh and Metelin;
(4) 15 stamps overprinted Р.О.П.иТ., the initials of the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company, and surcharged in piastres, some of them with sheet margin;
(5) 3 stamps of the 1913 Romanov tercentenary issue surcharged in PARA.
Condition: used and unused, exactly as photographed.
Condition Report:
The accompanying photographs constitute an integral part of the item description and complement the written information.