{"id":1344,"date":"2020-10-01T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T07:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letimbreclassique.com\/russian-post-offices-in-the-levant\/"},"modified":"2020-10-01T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T07:08:11","slug":"russian-post-offices-in-the-levant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letimbreclassique.com\/en\/russian-post-offices-in-the-levant\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIAN POST OFFICES IN THE LEVANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;2px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||40px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.letimbreclassique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russian-Levant.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Russian Levant&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated above is one of the largest mixed frankings of Russia and Russian Levant stamps on a sixfold-weight cover from Constantinople to Paris\/France. A star item in our next Le Timbre Classique auction in Geneva\/Switzerland scheduled for December 9-11, 2020.<br \/>\nRussia was one of six European countries &#8211; the others being Austria, France, Great Britain, Germany and Italy, which had been granted the right to operate post offices within the Ottoman Empire. The earliest mail service between St.Petersburg and Constantinople consisted of diplomatic pouches carried from 1721 on. The Treaty of Kucuk Kavnarca in 1774 enabled Russia to establish a regular mail service, for which a consular post office was established in Constantinople. In 1779 a regular mail boat service was established between Constantinople and Kherson. Later, with the establishment of the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company (ROPIT) in 1856, mail from different offices were funnelled through the town of Odessa on the Black Sea. 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