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  • Lot# : 6202 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 11/IIa
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1879: Thin '7' on 10 kop. carmine & green, surcharged in black, a used example cancelled by part Constantinople datestamp in black. Slight thin spots but a very elusive stamp. Cert. APS (1990) Mi = € 1'000.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6203 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 11/IIa
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1879: Thin '7' on 10 kop. carmine & green, surcharged in black, a used example on 1881 entire letter to Aleppo (Marcopoli correspondence) tied by superb strike of LATTAKIA datestamp (July 30) in greenish-blue ink (Tchilinghirian fig. 209) with ALEXANDRETTA arrival cds of Russian P.O. adjacent (July 31) in green (fig. 200). The cover with some aging and the stamp crossed by a horizontal file fold but an extremely rare usage of this stamp on letter. Cert. Hovest (2014).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 6204 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 11/IIa
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1879: Thin '7' on 10 kop. carmine & green, surcharged in black, a used example on 1880 cover to Odessa neatly tied by KONSTANTINOPOLSK / AGENTSVO circular datestamp (Aug 7) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 14, this being the example used for the handbook). Reverse with Odessa cds of receipt (Aug 9) in black. A few opening tears to envelope on reverse but a very rare stamp on letter. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. APS (1997).rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 8937.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 6205 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 18A
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1884: 7 kop. blue, a fine and fresh example used on 1887 envelope to Alexandria, tied by 'ROPIT / AGENT. BEIRUT' large double-oval datestamp (Dec 23, 1887) in blue (not listed in Tchilinghiran, type CC) with repeated strike and 'Alexandrie' arrival cds (Jan 12, 88) in black, both on reverse. An extremely rare usage. 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 6206 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 19C
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1890: 10 kop. green & red, single example, slight stain at top, tied to 1893 cover by ROPIT / CONSTANTINOPLE cds (Nov 11) in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 17). Reverse with Odessa transit cds (Nov 13) and Kharkov Zemstvo 5 kop. blue and gold applied for local delivery and tied by oval cachet in violet. Scarce and most unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6207 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 19C
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    Russian Company for Steam Navigation & Trade 1890: 10 kop. red & green, a diagonally bisected example used on 1892 postcard to Vienna with printed heading 'Union Postale Universelle / Carte Postale / Administration de Russie", tied by ROPIT / SMYRNA circular datestamp (Jan 13/24) in blue (Tchilinghiran fig. 156) with repeated strike at base and 'Alsergrund / Wien' arrival cds (21/2) in black. A scarce and attractive usage. Cert. APS (1992).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 6208 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1845 (July 19): Entire letter from Chios to Constantinople, some aging and file fold, struck with oval framed PP with Turkish inscription in surround struck in black. Unlisted by Ringström & Tester in 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World'.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6209 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1845 (Sept): Cover from Brousse to Constantinople struck with oval negative seal handstamp with central P.P. (Posta Pagata) in black. The first handstamp introduced by any Turkish Steamship Co. An exceptional strike of a very scarce marking.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6210 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1846 (Dec 7/19): Entire letter from Constantinople to Malta struck with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, the cancellation deleted in manuscript as landed at Marseille where treated as unpaid with 'Outre-Mer / Marseille' cds (Dec 27) in red and disinfected by vinegar and heat with two line PURIFIÉ LAZARET / MARSEILLE in black on reverse and charged '10' décimes in manuscript.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 6211 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1846 (Dec 7/19): Entire letter from Constantinople to Patras, Greece struck with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, unusually struck twice, with Greek 'International' oval framed handstamp on front and the reverse with Syra cds in black where slitted for disinfection, Athens cds in blue and Patras arrival (Nov 21) in black and rated at '50' lepta to collect in red manuscript. A rare and most appealing entire.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6212 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1847 (Nov 9): Entire letter written in English from Constantinople to Livorno struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red. Slitted for disinfection with reverse showing framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and sender's cachet in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6213 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1848 (Nov 29): Entire letter from Constantinople to Genova struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in blue - very rare in this colour, somewhat over-struck in transit by OLTRE MARE / LIVORNO two line handstamp in black. Slitted for disinfection with reverse showing framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and arrival (Dec 17) in red. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 6214 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1848c.: Cover from Constantinople to Genova struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, with 'VIA / DI MARE / (E)' in red applied at Livorno. Disinfected with reverse showing a superb strike of framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and arrival (April 8) in red. Rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6215 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1858 (April 3): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Gemlek / Chios, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '1½' piastre rate, struck with oval framed "COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEL PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P." marking in black alongside. Aged and with faults but a rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9618.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6216 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859 (July 13): Entire letter from Constantinople to Chios (Gemlek) with "Porto Piastre" black on white label rated '1½' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black adjacent. Scarce and very fine, seldom found on full entires - note docketing of receipt and answer at upper right.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6217 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover from Constantinople to Chios (Gemlek) with "Porto Piastre" black on white label rated '1½' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black adjacent. Scarce and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 6218 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (June 7): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Brousse, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '2' piastres rate, struck with circular "COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEL PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P." in black at right. A fine and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 6219 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (Nov 27): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Samsoun, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '3' piastres rate, struck with framed "P-Anchor-P" marking in black at left. A rare destination and a very fine entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 6220 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859c.: Cover front from London to Brousse care of Forwarding Agent in Constantinople, endorsed 'via Marseilles' and bearing Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac (Gi. 68) trimmed at left and heavily tied by London '24' obliterator in black. Forwarded on arrival in Constantinople by Messrs. Perpignan & Eliazar to Brousse with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '3½' piastre rate, struck with framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black. Just three examples recorded of this rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 20 May 1964, lot 348
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 6221 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover fronts (7) and one full cover from Constantinople to Brousse each with "Porto Piastre" black on white labels rated between '1½' and '4' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamps in black adjacent; from known correspondences Glavany, Terraneo (Sardinian Vice Consul at Brousse); also a small piece with French Paquebot CARMEL cds (Jan 29, 1859) in combination with large circular COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P. Scarce and generally fine group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6222 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover front probably from Chios or Constantinople, mailed to Brousse with "Porto Piastre" black on white label tied by fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black. The label without rate marking but very rare to be found with the Anchor handstamp tying same to the cover.rnNote: The rates, both on these labels and on the Admiralty stamp issues, may well have been decided not just upon weight and distance but also on weather conditions at the time of sailing.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 6223 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (June 20): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Cyprus, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '5' piastres rate, struck with framed "P-Anchor-P" marking in black above. A rare destination at this date and a most unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 6224 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "1" (piastre) in ink manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9621.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 6225 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "3" (piastres) in ink manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on large irregular piece of cover addressed to Smyrne with framed 'P-Anchor-P' cachet in black at left. Rare. Cert. Behr (2009).rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6226 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in pale claret shade, imperforate with large margins all round but with slight crease, a used example endorsed "4.50" (piastres = 5 pi. 10 pa. but more probably 4½ piastres) in pencil manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on piece with sender's cachet in green above. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1988).rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung.rn 
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 6227 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in claret, imperforate with large margins all round, used example stained slightly from the gum, endorsed "5" (piastres) in manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, fresh and generally fine. A very rare stamp. Signed Bühler. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnProvenance: Collection S. Ringström.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6228 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in pale claret, imperforate with large margins all round, used example on 23 April 1860 entire letter from Bonnal Freres in Constantinople to Brousse endorsed "2.50" (piastres = 3 pi. 10 pa. or more probably, 2½ piastres) alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, with framed "P-Anchor-P" handstamp adjacent in black. Minor imperfections but a particularly fine and extremely rare entire of which just 22, at varying rates of carriage, exist. Signed A. Diena. Cert. Holcombe (1992).  Provenance: Collection ‘Alexandria’, RL, Basel, 10 Oct 1969; Collection ‘Mayflower’, DF, Zurich, 16-22 Oct 1983, lot 32662.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 6229 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 1 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp struck in blue. The stamp thinned in places and with surface cracks but of good appearance for this much rarer value with under 10 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 7'500.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 6230 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 1 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp struck in blue. The stamp thinned in places but of outstandingly fine appearance for this much rarer value with under 10 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 7'500.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6231 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IV
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 2 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp clearly struck in blue. The stamp thinned and with wrinkled crease, nevertheless rare with under 20 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9635.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 6232 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IV
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 2 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by extremely rare negative seal / circular signet "JOLY" handstamp in blue. A couple of negligible corner creases not affecting the appearance, just three, perhaps four examples are recorded with this rare cancellation. Signed Calves. Cert RPSL (1988) Mi = € 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung; Corinphila sale 118, Oct 1999, lot 6434.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6233 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 5
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1867/74: Austrian Levant 15 s. brown used on 1871 cover to Trieste tied by SMIRNE thimble datestamp (20/5) struck in black. Superb strike of rare four line "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp in blue at right. Rare and most attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 6234 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 4
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1867/74: Austrian Levant 10 s. blue used on 1877 entire letter from SYMI to Trieste tied in transit by three line SMIRNE circular datestamp (8/6) in black alongside three line "THE ASIA MINOR / SCREW STEAMSHIP CIE / SYMI AGENCY" handstamp in blue. Reverse with Triest arrival (14/6) in black. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection 'Monte Napoleon', Corinphila sale 78, Sept 1988, lot 852.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 6235 Turkey

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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1878 (May 7): Cover from Adalia to Chios struck with three line "THE ASIA MINOR / SCREW STEAMSHIP Co. / ADALIA AGENCY" handstamp, the sole recorded example in green ink. The Adalia Line only opened in 1871. The cover, docketed as received on May 11, with weak flaps but an extraordinarily rare usage, the Jan Berg collection contains the other example recorded (also to Chios) but struck in blue.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, lot 511; ‘Classic Turkey’, RL, Basel, 8 March 1977, lot 416
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6236 Austrian Levant

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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1872: Fascinating form, written in purple ink and headed Bell's Asia Minor Agency of Syra, being a receipt written out in English "for freight of one Turkish passenger to Cos" at a charge of One Megidie and a half, signed and dated April 17/29 1872 with blurred "SYRA / BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / S S Co / AGENCY" cachet in blue; together with a small piece bearing a Turkish Fiscal tied by circular BELL'S ASIA MINOR STEAMSHIP COMPANY / ALEXANDRETTA AGENCY cachet in violet.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 6237 Austrian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 4
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1867/74: Austrian Levant 10 s. blue used on 1881 entire letter from Symi to Trieste, the adhesive well tied by SMIRNE cds in transit; the reverse with rare oval "SYMI / BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / S S Co / AGENCY" cachet in blue-green and Triest arrival cds (10/3) in black. Small flap tear upon opening but extremely rare.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6238 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 46
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1884: Turkey 20 pa. red on rose, a single example used on 13 April 1886 cover from Aivali to Chios via Smyrna tied by fair strike of oval framed "BELL'S ASIA MINOR S.S. / AIVALI / AGENCY" handstamp in blue. Reverse with Smyrne transit cds (18/4) in black, the cover with minor edge wear of no significance and with full original contents. Rare and possibly unique.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9639.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6239 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : Va+Vb
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    Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers (T.B. Morton & Co.) 1869 (June): Circular seal design, the collection with Imperforate Proof in blue on white paper with embossing (mirrored ARBII lettering) and a further example in blue on blue paper; thereafter with the issued stamps printed in either red or blue on a range of coloured papers: white, red, blue and yellow; together with the second issue with a Ship added above FRANCO, similarly complete and a range of Forgeries with 'Morton' spelt 'Monton'. Scarce group (27 items).rnrn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 6240 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIa+VIb Proofs
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): Proofs (2) of the third issue, ½ piastre printed in deep emerald green on stout wove paper, imperforate with horizontal guide line from base of sheet, and 1 piastre value printed in black (eventually issued in red). Minor thins and a wrinkle or two but extremely rare and most unusual.rnNote: The Company may have envisioned an expansion in both services and profits after taking over the French line, thus the two early handstamped issues were replaced by stamps printed in sheets of 50 (5 x 10) and perforated.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6241 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 1 pi. red, perf½, a used vertical pair showing double perforation variety horizontally, neatly cancelled by two strikes of the 'PD' diamond grill in red. Rare and most unusual Mi = € 400+.rnProvenance: Collection 'Antoine', Corinphila sale 85, Oct 1992, ex lot 3591.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6242 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 2 pi. second printing in grey-blue, an unused block of four on white wove paper, perf. 12½, an unused block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet (positions 41-42/46-47), imperforate at left and at base with vertical and horizontal outer framelines, large part og. A rare positional multiple Mi = € 600+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 6243 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIa/VIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, the unused and used selection with ½ pi. green used with 'PD' in diamond grill (one shows a Plate Flaw between 'L.S' in 'D & B.S.L.S' and is in a darker shade), 1 pi. red used (2), one cancelled PD and the other in manuscript and 2 pi. first printing in deep blue with an unused example from left of sheet, used examples (2), one with PD in red and the other on small piece cancelled in manuscript with pen cross. A rare and generally fine group Mi = € 1'750.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 6244 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb+VIIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870: 1 pi. red, perf. 12½, used on small piece with 1872 surcharged LETTER in red on Journal 10 pa. black & red on grey-blue, tied to small piece by PD in diamond grill in red. An extremely rare and very fine piece Mi = € 400+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6245 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIIaA+VIIaB
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    T.B. Morton & Co / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870/72: Journal Stamp 10 pa. black & red on white, perf. 12½, a soiled unused example, a fine used example with part PD in diamond grill handstamp in red and a superb used example, similarly cancelled, imperforate on all sides; a scarce group Mi = € 360.
    Starting bid : 75 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 6246 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb+VIIb
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 1 pi. red and 1872 6th issue 10 pa. black & red on blued, imperforate and showing portion of adjoining stamp at top, used on February 29, 1872 entire letter from Constantinople to Galatz, Romania each tied by PD in diamond grill in red. The cover marked "Franco" in manuscript underneath the 10 para, the 1 pi. with slight surface scuff mentioned only for full accuracy and not affecting the dramatic appearance of this famous and extremely rare entire. Illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' on page 109. Signed Calves. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, lot 502; Collection 'Antoine', Corinphila sale 85, Oct 1992, lot 3594.rnNote: The Letter rate was 2 piastres until 1872 when the rate was reduced to 1¼ piastres to reflect the French companies Black Sea rate. rnrnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,500 CHF

    Lot# : 6247 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: Die Proof for the 10 c. value on thick white card paper hand-painted in brown, pale blue and Chinese white, imperforate and attached to piece from the De La Rue Day Book, showing differences to the finished design: the flag being larger, the flagstaff not touching the circle at base and the vignette being on a solid background. There is a sheet marginal example of the finished stamp above and manuscript notation "Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Postage March 1875. 30 Set. If other duties are required we must make an overprint + cut away 10 Cents from the forme". Illustrated in 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' by Ringström & Tester on page 129 and in Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia, Volume VI on page 261. Minor imperfections to the Essay but wonderful and entirely unique.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6248 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: Die Proof for the 10 c. value printed in black on glazed cut-down white card, affixed to piece of the De La Rue Day Book with manuscript date "Feb 20th" in black ink and endorsed as supplied in red ink "March 24th" diagonally. Slight rubbing but a splendid and unique Proof.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 6249 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875 (March): Die Proof for the 10 c. value in black on glazed white card, dated 'Feb. 18 1875' and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Rare and very fine.rnProvenance: George Alevizos, Marina del Ray, 17 Dec 1985, lot 257
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 6250 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: De La Rue Die Proof for the 10 c. value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "Feb 19, 1875" and endorsed AFTER STRIKING in black. Minimal soiling but very rare, this example illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Lettertamps of the World' on page 130.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 6251 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: De La Rue Die Proof for the 10 c. value, printed in black on glazed white card, dated "Feb 19, 1875" and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Rare and very fine.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 6252 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Co 1875: 10 c. rose-carmine, a complete unused sheet of 30 subjects (6 x 5) with full sheet margins all round, fresh and very fine, large part or unmounted og. Superb Facit = 15'000 skr.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 6253 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example cancelled by large part oval "ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET Co. / CURACAO AGENCY / SIGISMUNDO WEIL & Co." cachet in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 6254 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example tied to piece by complete strike of oval framed "JOH KOCK & Co. / LLOYD'S AGENTS / PTO. CABELLO" in black and further cancelled by part 'Curacao' datestamp in black. Extremely rare with complete full strike.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 6255 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, a used example cancelled by small part circular "ADMON. DE CORREOS DE SAMANA" in black, small faults to stamp but of great rarity nevertheless.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, ex lot 591.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 6256 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, used examples (5) with two cancelled in manuscript and three examples with partial strikes of "JOH KOCK & Co. / LLOYD'S AGENTS / PTO. CABELLO" in black, one slightly discoloured but with small part 'Southampton' cds at base. One example illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' on page 131. A rare group.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, two ex lot 591.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 6257 Danish West Indies

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    Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1875: 10 c. rose, perf. 12½, the famous usage on small envelope addressed to a Monsieur Léonard Tizon in Gonaives, Haiti tied on despatch by oval framed "FRANCO" in black applied in Santo Domingo. A remarkable and very rare cover, there being but three examples of this stamp recorded on letter: one ex the Jan Berg collection ex Puerto Cabello (lot 6077) and the other a cover from Haiti illustrated in Ringstöm & Tester which in this describer's opinion appears doubtful; this being the sole example used from the Dominican Republic. Cert. RPSL (2002).rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons Ltd., London (1988).
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF

    Lot# : 6258 Danish West Indies

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    Clara Rothe / St. Thomas - Puerto Rico 1866/69: Two album pages with imperforate Proofs for 4 c. value in red-brown and 2 r. in blue, 2 c. black on green coloured paper Proof perforated 10½, the unissued set of four: ½ r. blue, 1 r. orange-red, 2 r. mauve and 4 r. green, and the same four values all printed in black; these originals being printed by Stern in Paris and very scarce. The collection continues with 1st Forgery in black perf. 13 or trimmed to appear imperforate, 2nd Forgery with spurious cancels (gros chiffres 944 and oval BM), and a 3rd unreported Forgery with the vignette without the background horizontal lines. Whilst treated largely as a 'bogus' issue, the originals are extremely scarce as are the Proofs; see Ringström & Tester pages 114-118.rnNote: The Steamer 'Clara Rothe' was named after the daughter of the DWI Governor from 1820-1822, she was built at Southampton by C.A. Day & Co., sailing from there to St. Thomas and arriving on 28th March 1865. Due to local opposition to her proposed service between St. Thoms and Puerto Rico she was sold to Haiti between April and June 1866. The stamp issue proposed for the service was ordered by the Frenchman George Nunes from Paris and arrived after the service ceased.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 6259 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co / HAPAG 1875 (May 21): Entire letter from La Guayra to Bordeaux endorsed "p. Lotharinga" struck in transit with Danish P.O. ST THOMAS cds (June 2) and reverse with circular AUS WESTINDIEN / HAMBURG DAMPFER / ÜBER CÖLN in black (June 18) and thence via Paris to destination where charged '8' décimes handstruck due in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 6260 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a horizontal strip of four used on piece, originally separated and returned to it's former glory, each stamp cancelled by large circular "P" in circle struck in blue. Creased between each stamp not greatly affecting the appearance, an exceptional and rare multiple and very possibly one of the largest recorded.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 6264 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a used example on 1877 entire letter from St. Thomas to Caracas endorsed 'pr. Vandalia', cancelled by concentric circle obliterator in black with ST. THOMAS cds adjacent (Jan 9) in black. Vertical file fold crosses the adhesive but a very rare stamp on letter.rnProvenance: Heinrich Köhler, sale 165, Wiesbaden, March 1961, lot 198.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6265 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, a used example on 1877 entire letter from La Guayra to St. Thomas endorsed 'pr. Rhenania', with two oval cachets - that of the sender F.J. WALLIS & Co. / LA GUAYRA and that of the Forwarding Agent with oval "HAMBURG AMERICAN / PACKET COMPANY / Blohm Valentines & Co. / La Guayra" also struck in blue. Circular undated CORREOS / LA GUAIRA in black at right and reverse with Danish P.O. 'St. Thomas' arrival cds (March 23). The letter states "We had last this pleasure on the 8th instant 'per Lotheringia' and now acknowledge..". File fold away from adhesive, a fine and very rare entire.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF

    Lot# : 6269 Danish West Indies

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    Hamburg American Packet Co (HAPAG) 1875/79: 10 c. black, blue-green & yellow, the collection of 34 examples, with unused (4) incl. a toned example without central embossing, used range with Postal or Agent's handstamps incl. St. Thomas concentric ring cancels (4) on two singles and a pair, double oval "Captain H. Milo" cachets in blue (2), one very fine on piece; Haiti with G. Keitel of Gonaives and White Hartmann & Co. of Cayes (2), Tweedy Peters & Co and Sievers Tippenhauer and Buhrow Schutt all of Cape Haitien, Puerto Plata with part 'Ginebra Hermanos' in blue and a vertical strip of three probably pen cancelled in Samana; Trinidad with Harriman & Co. cachet (unlisted), La Guayra with Blohm Valentines cachet on vertical pair, circular 'P' and Anchor handstamps in blue etc., condition obviously varies but a phenomenal achievement: nearly all listed Agents are shown Mi = € 9'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 6312 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1868: Jesurun en Zoon ½ r. green, perf. 12½ x 11½, Transfer Type I, a used example with compound perforation, cancelled by undated 'Correos / Caracas' datestamp in black. Believed unique Facit LG19v2 = 1K.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 6315 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1868: Jesurun en Zoon 2 r. rose-red, perf. 12½ with white gum, Transfer Type I, used on 9 July 1869 large part cover from Caracas to Bordeaux, fragile along folds, tied by Caracas undated circular handstamp in blue. Sent via London (July 30) with red cds on reverse and framed 'GB / 1F 60c.' Accountancy marking applied in black. Charged at double rate on arrival with '20' décimes due mark in black. For a very similar usage (mailed a month later), see Ringström & Tester 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' page 59. A very rare stamp on cover. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, March 1980, lot 6190.rn 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,800 CHF

    Lot# : 6316 Danish West Indies

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    The 'Paquete' Post of St. Thomas - La Guaira - Puerto Cabello 1869: Jesurun en Zoon 2 r. vermilion-red, perf. 10 with brown gum, Transfer Type IV, used on 1 Dec 1869 entire letter from St. Thomas to Curacao, fragile along folds, tied by "CAMERON, MACAULEY & Co. / ST. THOMAS" oval Agent's cachet in blue. CURACAO arrival cds (Dec 4) in black alongside. A remarkable and extremely rare entire - the earliest recorded usage of this adhesive. Cert. Holcombe (1989).rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, March 1980, lot 6191.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF
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