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  • Lot# : 6208 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1845 (July 19): Entire letter from Chios to Constantinople, some aging and file fold, struck with oval framed PP with Turkish inscription in surround struck in black. Unlisted by Ringström & Tester in 'The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World'.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6209 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1845 (Sept): Cover from Brousse to Constantinople struck with oval negative seal handstamp with central P.P. (Posta Pagata) in black. The first handstamp introduced by any Turkish Steamship Co. An exceptional strike of a very scarce marking.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6210 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1846 (Dec 7/19): Entire letter from Constantinople to Malta struck with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, the cancellation deleted in manuscript as landed at Marseille where treated as unpaid with 'Outre-Mer / Marseille' cds (Dec 27) in red and disinfected by vinegar and heat with two line PURIFIÉ LAZARET / MARSEILLE in black on reverse and charged '10' décimes in manuscript.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 6211 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1846 (Dec 7/19): Entire letter from Constantinople to Patras, Greece struck with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, unusually struck twice, with Greek 'International' oval framed handstamp on front and the reverse with Syra cds in black where slitted for disinfection, Athens cds in blue and Patras arrival (Nov 21) in black and rated at '50' lepta to collect in red manuscript. A rare and most appealing entire.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6212 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1847 (Nov 9): Entire letter written in English from Constantinople to Livorno struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red. Slitted for disinfection with reverse showing framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and sender's cachet in blue. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6213 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1848 (Nov 29): Entire letter from Constantinople to Genova struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in blue - very rare in this colour, somewhat over-struck in transit by OLTRE MARE / LIVORNO two line handstamp in black. Slitted for disinfection with reverse showing framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and arrival (Dec 17) in red. Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 6214 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1848c.: Cover from Constantinople to Genova struck on despatch with circular P.P. within wavy lines in red, with 'VIA / DI MARE / (E)' in red applied at Livorno. Disinfected with reverse showing a superb strike of framed DISINFETATTA NEL LAZARETTO / ST. ROCCO DI LIVORNO cachet in black and arrival (April 8) in red. Rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6215 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1858 (April 3): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Gemlek / Chios, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '1½' piastre rate, struck with oval framed "COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEL PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P." marking in black alongside. Aged and with faults but a rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9618.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6216 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859 (July 13): Entire letter from Constantinople to Chios (Gemlek) with "Porto Piastre" black on white label rated '1½' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black adjacent. Scarce and very fine, seldom found on full entires - note docketing of receipt and answer at upper right.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6217 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover from Constantinople to Chios (Gemlek) with "Porto Piastre" black on white label rated '1½' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black adjacent. Scarce and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 6218 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (June 7): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Brousse, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '2' piastres rate, struck with circular "COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEL PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P." in black at right. A fine and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 6219 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (Nov 27): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Samsoun, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '3' piastres rate, struck with framed "P-Anchor-P" marking in black at left. A rare destination and a very fine entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 6220 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859c.: Cover front from London to Brousse care of Forwarding Agent in Constantinople, endorsed 'via Marseilles' and bearing Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac (Gi. 68) trimmed at left and heavily tied by London '24' obliterator in black. Forwarded on arrival in Constantinople by Messrs. Perpignan & Eliazar to Brousse with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '3½' piastre rate, struck with framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black. Just three examples recorded of this rare usage.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 20 May 1964, lot 348
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 6221 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover fronts (7) and one full cover from Constantinople to Brousse each with "Porto Piastre" black on white labels rated between '1½' and '4' piastres in pencil with fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamps in black adjacent; from known correspondences Glavany, Terraneo (Sardinian Vice Consul at Brousse); also a small piece with French Paquebot CARMEL cds (Jan 29, 1859) in combination with large circular COSTANTINOPOLI POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI / P.P. Scarce and generally fine group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6222 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Company 1859/61: Cover front probably from Chios or Constantinople, mailed to Brousse with "Porto Piastre" black on white label tied by fine framed 'P-Anchor-P' handstamp in black. The label without rate marking but very rare to be found with the Anchor handstamp tying same to the cover.rnNote: The rates, both on these labels and on the Admiralty stamp issues, may well have been decided not just upon weight and distance but also on weather conditions at the time of sailing.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 6223 Turkey

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    Turkish Steamship Co 1859 (June 20): Prepaid entire letter from Constantinople to Cyprus, with "Porto Paistre" label annotated at '5' piastres rate, struck with framed "P-Anchor-P" marking in black above. A rare destination at this date and a most unusual entire.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 6224 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "1" (piastre) in ink manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9621.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 6225 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "3" (piastres) in ink manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on large irregular piece of cover addressed to Smyrne with framed 'P-Anchor-P' cachet in black at left. Rare. Cert. Behr (2009).rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6226 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in pale claret shade, imperforate with large margins all round but with slight crease, a used example endorsed "4.50" (piastres = 5 pi. 10 pa. but more probably 4½ piastres) in pencil manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on piece with sender's cachet in green above. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1988).rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung.rn 
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 6227 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in claret, imperforate with large margins all round, used example stained slightly from the gum, endorsed "5" (piastres) in manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, fresh and generally fine. A very rare stamp. Signed Bühler. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnProvenance: Collection S. Ringström.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6228 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : I
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    Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co 1858: Admiralty adhesive (-) in pale claret, imperforate with large margins all round, used example on 23 April 1860 entire letter from Bonnal Freres in Constantinople to Brousse endorsed "2.50" (piastres = 3 pi. 10 pa. or more probably, 2½ piastres) alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, with framed "P-Anchor-P" handstamp adjacent in black. Minor imperfections but a particularly fine and extremely rare entire of which just 22, at varying rates of carriage, exist. Signed A. Diena. Cert. Holcombe (1992).  Provenance: Collection ‘Alexandria’, RL, Basel, 10 Oct 1969; Collection ‘Mayflower’, DF, Zurich, 16-22 Oct 1983, lot 32662.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 6229 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 1 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp struck in blue. The stamp thinned in places and with surface cracks but of good appearance for this much rarer value with under 10 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 7'500.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 6230 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 1 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp struck in blue. The stamp thinned in places but of outstandingly fine appearance for this much rarer value with under 10 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 7'500.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6231 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IV
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 2 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp clearly struck in blue. The stamp thinned and with wrinkled crease, nevertheless rare with under 20 examples recorded in used condition Mi = € 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9635.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 6232 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IV
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1868: 2 pi. black on green glazed paper, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by extremely rare negative seal / circular signet "JOLY" handstamp in blue. A couple of negligible corner creases not affecting the appearance, just three, perhaps four examples are recorded with this rare cancellation. Signed Calves. Cert RPSL (1988) Mi = € 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Otto Hornung; Corinphila sale 118, Oct 1999, lot 6434.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6235 Turkey

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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1878 (May 7): Cover from Adalia to Chios struck with three line "THE ASIA MINOR / SCREW STEAMSHIP Co. / ADALIA AGENCY" handstamp, the sole recorded example in green ink. The Adalia Line only opened in 1871. The cover, docketed as received on May 11, with weak flaps but an extraordinarily rare usage, the Jan Berg collection contains the other example recorded (also to Chios) but struck in blue.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, lot 511; ‘Classic Turkey’, RL, Basel, 8 March 1977, lot 416
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 6238 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 46
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    Bell's Asia Minor Steamship Co 1884: Turkey 20 pa. red on rose, a single example used on 13 April 1886 cover from Aivali to Chios via Smyrna tied by fair strike of oval framed "BELL'S ASIA MINOR S.S. / AIVALI / AGENCY" handstamp in blue. Reverse with Smyrne transit cds (18/4) in black, the cover with minor edge wear of no significance and with full original contents. Rare and possibly unique.rnProvenance: Collection Gordon Torrey, Corinphila sale 99, June 1997, lot 9639.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 6239 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : Va+Vb
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    Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers (T.B. Morton & Co.) 1869 (June): Circular seal design, the collection with Imperforate Proof in blue on white paper with embossing (mirrored ARBII lettering) and a further example in blue on blue paper; thereafter with the issued stamps printed in either red or blue on a range of coloured papers: white, red, blue and yellow; together with the second issue with a Ship added above FRANCO, similarly complete and a range of Forgeries with 'Morton' spelt 'Monton'. Scarce group (27 items).rnrn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 6240 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIa+VIb Proofs
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): Proofs (2) of the third issue, ½ piastre printed in deep emerald green on stout wove paper, imperforate with horizontal guide line from base of sheet, and 1 piastre value printed in black (eventually issued in red). Minor thins and a wrinkle or two but extremely rare and most unusual.rnNote: The Company may have envisioned an expansion in both services and profits after taking over the French line, thus the two early handstamped issues were replaced by stamps printed in sheets of 50 (5 x 10) and perforated.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6241 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 1 pi. red, perf½, a used vertical pair showing double perforation variety horizontally, neatly cancelled by two strikes of the 'PD' diamond grill in red. Rare and most unusual Mi = € 400+.rnProvenance: Collection 'Antoine', Corinphila sale 85, Oct 1992, ex lot 3591.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 6242 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 2 pi. second printing in grey-blue, an unused block of four on white wove paper, perf. 12½, an unused block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet (positions 41-42/46-47), imperforate at left and at base with vertical and horizontal outer framelines, large part og. A rare positional multiple Mi = € 600+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 6243 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIa/VIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, the unused and used selection with ½ pi. green used with 'PD' in diamond grill (one shows a Plate Flaw between 'L.S' in 'D & B.S.L.S' and is in a darker shade), 1 pi. red used (2), one cancelled PD and the other in manuscript and 2 pi. first printing in deep blue with an unused example from left of sheet, used examples (2), one with PD in red and the other on small piece cancelled in manuscript with pen cross. A rare and generally fine group Mi = € 1'750.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,500 CHF

    Lot# : 6244 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb+VIIc
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870: 1 pi. red, perf. 12½, used on small piece with 1872 surcharged LETTER in red on Journal 10 pa. black & red on grey-blue, tied to small piece by PD in diamond grill in red. An extremely rare and very fine piece Mi = € 400+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 6245 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIIaA+VIIaB
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    T.B. Morton & Co / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870/72: Journal Stamp 10 pa. black & red on white, perf. 12½, a soiled unused example, a fine used example with part PD in diamond grill handstamp in red and a superb used example, similarly cancelled, imperforate on all sides; a scarce group Mi = € 360.
    Starting bid : 75 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 6246 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : VIb+VIIb
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    T.B. Morton & Co. / Danube & Black Sea Line Steamers 1870 (Oct): 3rd issue, 1 pi. red and 1872 6th issue 10 pa. black & red on blued, imperforate and showing portion of adjoining stamp at top, used on February 29, 1872 entire letter from Constantinople to Galatz, Romania each tied by PD in diamond grill in red. The cover marked "Franco" in manuscript underneath the 10 para, the 1 pi. with slight surface scuff mentioned only for full accuracy and not affecting the dramatic appearance of this famous and extremely rare entire. Illustrated in Ringström & Tester 'Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World' on page 109. Signed Calves. Cert. Holcombe (1992).rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel, 14 March 1972, lot 502; Collection 'Antoine', Corinphila sale 85, Oct 1992, lot 3594.rnNote: The Letter rate was 2 piastres until 1872 when the rate was reduced to 1¼ piastres to reflect the French companies Black Sea rate. rnrnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 14,500 CHF
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