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Lot# 1448 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1448 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    1914/15: Postcard bearing 1914 20 pa. carmine tied by bilingual ARTWIN datestamp in black (Ziya/Bulent fig. 1) and by 'Mevrude' datestamp in black and what appears to be a violet Censor marking above. Extremely rare - the cancel used for a brief period when the Turkish Army liberated the city from Russian occupying Forces: the cancellation has to be used from late November 1914 until early March 1915 only, upon the Turks retreating from the city on March 14, 1915 the city was torched and it is believed this and the previous Russian cancellations were all burnt in the inferno. A great rarity of Armenian, Russian and Ottoman philately.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121 (April 29, 2000), lot 136.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold