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Lot# : 1519 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 115Turkish rule in Lebanon 1907 (June 27): Picture postcard from Baalbek bearing two Turkish definitives 1905 10 pa. olive-green, tied by bilingual BAALBEK cds in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 59).Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1520 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 1611909: 20 pa. carmine, single example used on cover to Constantinople tied by bilingual LEMNOS cds (13/8) struck in violet (Coles & Walker fig. 23). Reverse with company cachet and arrival in black. Scarce.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1521 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 181/211 (I/IV)1911: Sultan's Visit - the four complete unused sets of Postage (domestic & foreign), Newspaper stamps (domestic & foreign), overprinted for the visit for Monastir (31 stamps), Pristina (31), Salonique (31), Uskub (31), generally fresh and fine, large part og., these sets selling out immediately in Turkey; together with a further page with 26 different stamps overprinted '1911 / 1 Piastre' being a fraudulent issue made to capitalise on the success of the 'Visit' issue Mi = € 4'800.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1522 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 229/245 spec1914 (Jan 14): Pictorial issue, an unused complete set to the iconic 200 pi. green & black, all perforated SPECIMEN by Waterlow & Sons for presentation purposes, fresh colours and fine, large part og. A superb and rare set Mi = € 1'100 as normals.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1523 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 229/245 spec1914: Pictorial definitive set of 17 values, fine unused, each stamp perforated SPECIMEN by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. (Bendon Type B1) for presentation purposes and for sending to the UPU in Berne, one or two with minor gum bends otherwise fresh and very fine, superb og. A very rare set.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1524 Turkey
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Catalogue# : 1A/13Constantinople "Şehir" (City) Post 1870/85: The collection on leaves and loose with many hundreds of Dulos issue stamps, multiples and a few large pieces and part covers, all bearing the Şehir circular overprint in a variety of colours, the study showing the angles of the handstamps to decipher the genuine examples of the four different types of overprint, 1 pi. yellow in a block of seven optd. in red used, later types from 1882 with framed bilingual 'Local' handstamps in blue, much work will be needed but a wonderful group that will lead to many hours of study and discovery.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1525 Turkey
1863/1914ca: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused in mixed condition incl. 1863 Tugrali definitives 5 ghrusch, four examples, one unused without blue safety imprint, 1865 Crescent definitives 25 ghr brick red used, 1891 IMPRIMÉ ovpt. definitives 2 pia & 5 pia, in addition some Eastern Roumelia.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1526 Turkey
1 / 301863/1960: Old time collection some hundred stamps used/unused, first issue incl. postage dues, large variety in Duloz types, various surcharges incl. bull's head and crescent, commemorative issue 1914 up to 200 Ghr., 1919 Cülus set, Congress of the International Womans Alliance 'Suffraghette' set unused, airmails, souvenir sheets, Welfare issues as Red Crescent/Childrens aid, officials, postage dues as well as some semi official labels issued at the occasion of the wars in Tripolis and on the Balcan peninusula, good condition and housed in one album.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 1527 Turkey
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1773/1882: Covers (5) with 1773 entire ex Smyrna with two line VOIE DE MER / PAR MARSEILLE in black, 1787 entire to Venice with superb circular NETTO DI FUORA E SPORCO DI DENTRO disinfection cachet, cover to Naples with "No. 9 / ARM. D'ALLEMAGNE" in red, 1882 official registered cover sent stampless to Stamboul with IZMID / 81 triple boxed handstamp in blue etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1528 Turkey
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1794/1980c. Voluminous collection with 1794 entire from Constantinople to Hodimont via Forwarding Agent, pre-stamp cover from Uskub to Deraliye, 1863 Tughra issue incl. Postage Dues with much predominantly used duplication,(50+), 1865 25 pi. orange used, further Dulos issues with cancellation study, large range of Empire issues with 1914 set to 200 pi. with scissor cut as usual, one or two better Angora values, 1927 and 1928 Smyrna optd. sets of 11 and 14 used, 1930 Ankara-Sivas set used, 1934 Izmir Expo set used, 1940 Attaturk block used, Parcel Cards dotted throughout, groupf of 50+ covers with wreathed Ship cancellation, Holy Land postcards unused & used (50), British, French, German, Italian and Russian P'O's in Constantinople with a few cards/covers, 1940/60's First Flight covers (22), Fiscals incl. usages on documents, cancellation studies, thousands of stamps and many covers, a perfect 'winter evening' collection.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 1529 Turkey
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1840/52: The collection of 'Tartar Post' postal relay forms (184), each form stuck on despatch and receipt with Type 1 Ottoman handstamp 'An Janib.' negative seal with wreath at base, each form detailing route times and amount of post carried, with negative handstamps from Adana up to Vidin, a rare selection in good condition, housed in a box.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 1530 Turkey
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1840/60c.: The collection of pre-stamps covers/entire letters (10) all with first type "An canib i-posta" negative seal handstamps with 1845 entire from Tarsus with ADANA seal in blue and another entire with seal in green, 1846 entire with superb ALEPPO seal in blue, attractive cover with WIDDIN (Bulgaria) seal in black, superb EDIRNE in blue on attractive cover, KONYA well struck in blue, 1850 cover to Sarajevo with superb USKUB seal, superb cover with MANASTIR seal in black (cert. Nakri), SERRES in green etc. Choice strikes and rare so fine.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1531 Turkey
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1862/1944: Collection with 1862/63 Toughra Issues with thin paper 20 pa. (9), 1 pi. lilac (10, incl. an unused tête-bêche pair), 2 pi. blue unused and used (10), 5 pi. black on red unused (4) and used (6), Thick paper 20 pa. yellow unused (2), and used (3), 1 pi. lilac used (4), and a fine range of the Postage Dues; Dulos issues from with 1865 25 pi. unused and used, unissued values and fine selection of usages in Bulgaria, 1894 Printed Matter set of five on unusual registered front to Sweden, issues from 1901 largely complete incl. 1911 Sultan's Visit set of 31 values unused (genuine), 1913 GPO set of ten unmounted og., 1914 Adrinople set of three perf. SPECIMEN, 1914 set of 17 unused (Mi = € 1'100), 1914 Dues (3) perf. SPECIMEN, 1914 Foreign Mail set of five perf. SPECIMEN, 1919 Armistice set of 13 values unused (Mi 640/652 = € 650), 1919 Mehmet Ali set of 24 unused, fine range of Angora issues, Kilis Provisional (-) violet unused, Dec 1921 Adana issue unused, 1922 2nd Adana / War Orphans set of eight unused, Feb 1923 Economic Congress set of six unused, 1924 Lausanne set of eight unused and seven values on a cover front, 1923/26 definitive set of 38 unused with fine 500 pi. green and imperf. between varieties; 1926 Attaturk set of 14 unused, 1927 Smyrna set of 11 unused, 1928 2nd Smyrna set of 14 unused, 1930 Railway set of 22 unused, 1930 Sivas set of 22 unused, 1931 Attaturk set of 19 unused, 1934 Izmir set of 9 unused, 1935 Sufragette set fine used, thereafter complete to 1944 incl. the 200 pi. Inönü miniature sheet unused; back of the book issues with 1911/12 War Charity set of six unused, 1916 War Charity set of six unused and scarce strip of five unused, Red Cross issues incl. varieties and covers, 1926 Airmail Charity set unused, cancellation interest, covers and postal stationery throughout including scarce 1914 1 pi. brown envelopes (2 sizes) each with SPECIMEN opt. in black. A tremendous collection with many, many elusive stamps in generally fine quality, viewing is recommended.Starting bid : 6,000 CHFHammer price : 12,000 CHFLot# : 1532 Turkey
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1913: Two letters, written from Rochefort, each signed at base by Pierre LOTI (1850-1923), French Naval Officer and writer of 'Madame Chrysanthème', a novel of Japanese manners that is a precursor to Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon, Le Roman d'un enfant (The Story of a Child), a somewhat fictionalized recollection of Loti's childhood that would greatly influence Marcel Proust; Ramuntcho (1897), The Last Days of Peking (1902); in later years he was a fervent pro-Ottoman supporter during the Balkan Wars; also a correspondence 1812/13 and 1830/42 from Rev. William Goddell to USA either internal and with letters from Malta to USA from 1830 with 3 entires via Boston; from 1831/40 he was working as a Missionary in Constantinople with 9 entires at a variety of rates to USA.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 120 CHFLot# : 1533 Turkey
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Catalogue# : EssayLiannos Private Post 1865: Essay for proposed 20 para value, in green, red and yellow with embossed filigree lettering and value tablets raised in white, slight marginal split at left but of immense rarity, it is believed but two sets of three Essays (see Torrey sale at Corinphila , June 1997, lot 9646 and Hornung sale at Spink, June 2011, lot 2539) were prepared and submitted to Perkins Bacon in London.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1534 Turkey
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Liannos Private Post, Postage Dues 1866: (20 pa.) black on rose-pink paper, 4th printing (without horizontal line between 'Taxe Ext: and Taxe Int:'), printed in sheets of 200 but no full sheets known, in horizontal Transfers of 10 Types, an unused block of twenty-five, showing Transfer Types 6-7-8-9-10 repeated (see the Plating notes with the lot), good margins all round and generally fine colour, minor creases do not detract, large part og. An exceptionmally scarce multiple. Signed Wilson.rnrnStarting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1535 Turkey
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Catalogue# : IVbLiannos Private Post, Postage Dues 1866: (20 pa.) black on rose-pink paper, faded, 3rd printing (with horizontal line between 'Taxe Ext: and Taxe Int:' - the semo-colons only found are in positions 21 to 24 on the sheet, a used example of the Postage Due label with manuscript '2.20' in ink for Postage from Egypt amount and printed 20 pa. for local due with total in manuscript '3' piastres charge, cancelled by oval "Galata" datestamp in black (June 15, 1866). Faults but very rare, used a fortnight after issue and believed to be the earliest recorded date of use of a Liannos label.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9660.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1536 Turkey
1 / 2Catalogue# : IVbLiannos Private Post, Postage Dues 1866: (20 pa.) black on rose-pink paper, 4th printing (without horizontal line between 'Taxe Ext: and Taxe Int:'), the famous used horizontal pair, each Postage Due label with manuscript '1' in ink and total below each of 1.20 for a 3 piastres total charge, cancelled by oval "Galata" datestamp in black. Slight thin and closed cut between the stamps at base but extraordinarily rare, believed to be the sole recorded used multiple from any of the Settings. Cert. RPSL (1972).rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9661.1 / 1Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1537 Turkey
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Catalogue# : I/IIIBLiannos Private Post 1865/67: The collection on leaves with Proof pair of 5 pa. in black, 5 pa. black on blue imperf. block of six and three 5 pa. mis-perforated varieties, 20 pa. black on green imperf. blocks of four and of eight from different printings, 40 pa. on rose with striking paper-fold variety unused and mis-perf. varieties, many loose perf. values of the issue incl. some multiples, range of cancellations on the issue with rhomboid of dots (5), oval datestamps of Arnaud-Kioyi, Buyuk Dere, Buyuk Ada, Galata, Kacak, Pera, Scutari on adhesives; Printed Matter circular cancellations "Journaux en Franchise" in blue on white, in black on white paper and on blued; and a December 1866 5 pa. black on blued tied to large part of Omonoia newspaper by oval "Galata" datestamp (Dec 2, 1866) in black, cert. Holcombe (1990). Somewhat messily presented but a fine and most interesting lot (hundreds).Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 700 CHF -
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