(Disinfected Mail) 1836 entire to Odessa bearing framed Gavano disinfection handstamp, the entire without slits or hole, vertical filing fold, fine and fresh.
(Disinfected Mail) 1850 (Aug 10) entire from Naples to Odessa, disinfected on arrival by rastel punching and slits to the side with Cyrillic cachet ‘Clean in the Odessa/ 6 Oct 1850’; fine.
(Disinfected Mail) 1850 (Aug 10) entire from Naples to Odessa, disinfected on arrival by rastel punching and slits to the side with Cyrillic cachet ‘Clean in the Odessa/ 6 Oct 1850’; fine.
(Disinfected Mail) 1852 entire addressed locally to the Sardinian Consul at Odessa where disinfected by slitting and rastel punching at quarantine station, oval dated handstamp on reverse ‘Cleaned in the Odessa/..../....’ , a good strike for this.
(Mount Athos) 1901 (11 IV) money letter from Sasovo, Tambov Govt with 6r declared value with a confirming manuscript “6” on front, rectangular violet O.A.I.P. handstamp with red manuscript numbers (Odessko – Afonskoye Illinskoye Podvorye = Odessa Agency for Ilinsky Skete on Mt Athos), the monastery added manuscript arrival date of April 30 and answered on June 9th, five fine wax seals; some slight discolouring from wax seals
(Ship Mail) 1865 entire to Piraeus, Greece, endorsed in Russian “Via Odessa Steamship” franked with three 10k. (some trimmed perfs) tied by Taganrog 15 Apr 65 cds with circular FRANCO handstamp alongside, disinfected in Odessa with fumigation slits and released 21 Apr, “50” in red crayon denoting charge of 50 lepta for French ship letter fee with Greece Large Hermes Heads 10l. and 40l. applied and tied by Piraeus cds, a very attractive combination franking, Ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1897 (27 Oct) 4k. postal stationery card used to Mustapha, Algeria, from Sebastopol, cancelled BATUM-ODESSA 4 steamship cds, arrival cancels at left.
(Ship Mail) Undated circa 1870 company envelope from Odessa to Constantinople with 1866-75 3k. and 10k. cancelled by blur retta cancels in transit.
1860 entire from Odessa with company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp on reverse, addressed to Malta and carried on French ship ‘Borysthene’ with cds top right, at double rate 2/- on arrival manuscript charge, arrival backstamp.
1867 entire from Odessa with fine company chop bottom left, forwarded to Constantinople with agents handstamp at top, addressed to Palermo, sicily and carried on French ship with octagonal Constantinople P.Fr. U No.3, framed Italian PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI handstamp, reverse with Messina transit and arrival date stamps.
1870 outer letter sheet to Constantinople franked 10k. without date stamp and cancelled in transit with a retta handstamp, Odessa commercial handstamp bottom left; some slight ageing and ironed out filing crease, unusual item.
1874 entire to Odessa franked 1868 3k. and 1872-90 1k. brown (2 shades) on horizontal laid paper (some perfs faults) and 5k. vertical laid paper, from Constantinople with company cachet at base, the stamps themselves cancelled on arrival only; an attractive franking.
1900s illustrated Odessa Red Cross Society envelope addressed to a wounded Soldier at Kiev, franked by two 1k. tied Odessa cds, envelope with top left corner cut to show appropriate content for the special rate.
Unclearly dated 1890s cover from Odessa to Chio, Turquie franked 10k. cancelled upon arrival by double oval ROPIT Agent V Khiosye, which is repeated to left. With letter. A couple of light stains at top otherwise good condition, scarce.