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Lot# 4717 - Auction 274-283

  • Lot# : 4717 Iraq

    1840/1919c.: Collection with 1840 pieces (2) from Tartar Post forms showing superb strikes of intaglion "Mosul" handstamps in blue-black, Dulos 1 pi. brown strip of three with triple boxed "Mosul" handstamps and generally very fine strikes of later issues (10 items) and a very similar range from Baghdad with covers and blocks, Turkish usages from Erbil and Suleimanyah on loose stamps or piece, range (18 items) with "Kerkuk" cancellations from 1870-1916 including three usages on blocks of four, range (9) with "Moussoul" datestamps incl. cards and a block of four, scarcer cancels on Ottoman issues incl. "Remadié", "Ana", "Fao", "Bakouba" and "Nasriyé", three usages from "Kut-ul-Amaré", fine piece with 2 pi. pair used at "Hillé", 1919 Mosul issue used, British occupation stamps incl. the 1917 BAGHDAD issue, also group of Iraq revenues etc. A fine collection (173 items).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF