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  • Lot# : 64 Libanon

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    1874: Cover from Beirut to Lyon, France franked by Great Britain 1858/69 2 d. blue, pl. 14 tied by 'G06' obliterator with bold BRITISH POST OFFICE / BEYROUT cds (Oct 22) alongside. Reverse with British P.O. 'Alexandria' transit cds (Oct 26) and transferred to French P.O. on same day with France 1871/75 Cérès 40 c. orange pair cancelled by gros chiffres '5080' of Alexandria French P.O. (Oct 26). Lyon arrival cds on reverse (Nov 3). File fold well away from the adhesives, a fine and very rare combination cover.

    Provenance: Collection Hilda Jeidel.
                       Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 123 (Oct 2000), lot 4367.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 65 Libanon

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    1874: Cover from Beirut to Lyon, France franked by Great Britain 1858/69 2 d. blue, pl. 14 tied by 'G06' obliterator and bold BRITISH POST OFFICE / BEYROUT cds (Aug 27). Reverse with British P.O. 'Alexandria' transit cds (Aug 31) and transferred to French P.O. on same day with France 1871/75 Cérès 80 c. rose pair, perfs. slightly trimmed at left, cancelled by gros chiffres '5080' of Alexandria French P.O. (Aug 31). Lyon arrival cds on reverse. The French rate appears to be double that required, possibly as applied on despatch. File fold well away from the adhesives, a fine and very rare combination cover. Opinion Herry Schaefer (2000). Signed Calves.

    Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121 (May 2000), lot 2696.

     
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 66 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : 101
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    1901: Turkey 10 pa. yellow-green, used on 1904 cover from Schweir/Shevir/Seviyr to USA, tied by scarce oval SCHWEIR / 10 SUCCURSALE POSTE 10 / LIBAN bilingual handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 117 / Isfila 2 = RRR). Reverse with Providence. RI arrival (June 22). A very rare and fine cover.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 67 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : 103
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    1901: Turkey 1 pi. blue, slight corner defect, used on cover from Bekfiya to Zagazig, Egypt tied by scarce oval BEKFAYA / 9 SUCCURSALE POSTE 9 / LIBAN bilingual handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 71 / Isfila 2 = RRR). Reverse with Port Said (June 23) and Zagazig datestamps in black. A very rare cover, illustrated in Isfila handbook on page 76.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 68 Libanon

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    1906: Turkey 20 pa. carmine on rose postal stationery card addressed to Souffli, with rare transit cds of BAABDA struck in black (Nov 23) used in first year of use (Coles & Walker fig. 173, Bayindir APO8 = R).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 69 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : 161
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    1912: Cover to Slippery Rock, PA, USA franked by Turkey 1909 20 pa. carmine pair cancelled by fine strike of bilingual ROUMYÉ (LIBAN) in violet (Coles & Walker fig. 166 / Isfila = RRR). Cover with slight trim at left and minor bends, arrival cds (Aug 29) on reverse and docketed on front. Extremely rare largely complete strike of this scarce datestamp.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 70 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : 216
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    1913: Cover from Bashali to Brockton, Mass., USA franked by Turkey 1913 1 pi. blue tied by bold strike of all arabic BASHALI KARIYESI POSTA SHUBESI 1317 handstamp in black, the cover with original contents and reverse with superb BETRONE transit cds (Aug 22) in black. Rare and very fine entire: only two strikes of this rare village postmark are recorded.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 71 Libanon

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    Catalogue# : 216
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    1913: Turkey 1 pi. blue, single example used on cover to Welschenennest, Germany cancelled by superb strike of octagonal SAÏDNAÏL (BEKAA) datestamp (Nov 15) well struck in black (Coles & Walker listed but not seen / Isfila AP10 = RR). A magnificent strike of this rare marking in superb quality.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 72 Libanon

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    1931: Postage Due usages, with 1933 internal usage from Alep to Beirut with Lebanese 0.50 pi. brown unaccepted and charged on reverse with 1931 3 p. black on green (2), applied slightly off edge of card at Beirut but unaccepted and returned to sender; March 1933 card from Aleppo to Beirut with Syria 1 p. green taxed on arrival with 1931 2 p. black on yellow pair tied on arrival and deleted as refused and returned to sender. A scarce pair.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 190 CHF
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