Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 6

Russian Post Office in Smirna 1872: 1 k. brown, 5 k. blue and 5 k. in a block of four, all used on 1872 entire letter from Smirna to Taganrog, tied by "780" rhomboid of dots in blue with large circular "SMIRNSKO AGENTSVO" (Smirna Agency) datestamp (Tchilinghirian figs. 151 and 153) also in watery blue ink alongside. Odessa transit cds in black (Sept 21) and Taganrog arrival cds (Sept 25) in black all on the obverse. File fold touches the single 5 kop. but a very scarce entire.
Provenance: Collection Z. Mikulski, collection "Cihangir", Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 506.