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Lot# 4101 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 4101 Turkey

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    1838/1930c: Lot covers / postcards from Turkey and the foreign post offices in the Ottoman Empire incl. ten prephilatelic covers from the French P.O. in Constantinople and Smyrna, with a very early usage from Smyrna in January 1838, also 1870 combination cover France - Turkey via Alexandretta to Marseille, 1879 cover from the Turkish P.O. in Cospoli to Livorno with Italian vessel, 1898 philatelic cover forwarded several times with ROPiT, Turkish, Württemberg and French adhesives, 1914 large format lettre recommandée from Pera to Switzerland, 1915  large sized registered cover from Jerusalem to New York bearing 1914 1¼ pi. + 1 pi. definitives, WWI covers with censorship, registration, avis de reception, a lot full of postal history content and a large diversity of postmarks and usages with good provenances such as Hodeida Yemen, Uskub, Dedeagach, Karassi, Hadjin, Jerusalem, Tiberiade, Nasrie, Monastir to Haiphong, Janina, but also interesting destinations such as San Marino, Nagsaki, Bombay & Calcutta. Also 14 covers from Persia. A great lot (in total 174 covers).
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF