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  • Lot# : 1965 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : P11B+P12B
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    1871: Postage Due 20 pa. brown and 1 pi. brown (two examples) used on attractive 1876 cover from Ardahan to Istanbul tied by all Arabic double framed ARDAHAN handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 165), with superb strike of double framed all Arabic KARS handstamp in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 79) applied in transit alongside. Reverse with Stamboul arrival cds in black. A charming and extremely rare cover from both the Armenian and Ottoman standpoint. Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6496.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1966 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IIA
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    Liannos City Post 1865: 20 pa. black on green, perf. 14, a single example used on 1866 entire letter locally mailed to Galata, Cosp., tied by dotted lozenge in black with bilingual oval "PERA" despatch at right (Feb 22) and reverse with "GALATA" arrival of the same day with "BACHTCHE CAPUSSI" handstamp over flap; overall soiling but somewhat surprisingly, a rare local usage.rnProvenance: Collection Verschoyle, RL, Basel, 21 March 1980, lot 2317.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 1967 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IIA
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    Liannos City Post 1865: 20 pa. black on green, perf. 14, a single example used on 1866 entire letter to Vienna, Austria tied by "POSTE LOCALE / CONSTANTINOPLE" cds (Aug 5j) with repeated strike below in black. Thence via Austrian P.O. with "CONSTANTINOPEL" cds (Aug 17g) in black. Oval bilingual "GALATA" City Post datestamp on reverse with Vienna arrival cds in red (Aug 22) displaying well on flap, charged '25' (kreuzer) due to pay in manuscript. A fine and rare entire. Signed Jamet, Schlesinger.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1968 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 fair to good margins all round, cancelled by part "BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY" handstamp struck in blue. Small corner crease, otherwise of fine appearance for this much rarer value with under 10 examples recorded in used condition. Cert. Bottacchi (2020) Mi = € 7'500.rnProvenance: Collection Julius Steindler, RL, Basel (March 1972), lot 510, listed there as a 2 pi. adhesive.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1969 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 : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1970 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 46
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    Steamship Companies 1884: 20 pa. carmine on rose used on covers (3) all to Chios, with adhesives tied by circular "G.O.JOLY / VICTORIA & Co." in blue used from Aivali, second cover with circular G.O. JOLY cachet struck in red at Smyrna; third cover with circular G.O. JOLY cachet struck in violet at Aivali. All with imperfections but very rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1971 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 20 pa. red, slight aging, used on 1915 cover tied by bold strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 21" Field Post Office datestamp in black (March 10), serving Remzi Bey's 7th Division on the Cape Helles front. Reverse with dated cachet of the 111th. Army Corps and 'Rodosto / 2' cds alongside (March 13) and unframed Censor above. Scarce and most attractive - a very similar cover is illustrated in Ziya-Bulent "Ottoman Turkish Postmarks", volume 9, page 11.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1972 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: Stampless soldier's concessionary cover from base in the Dardanelles used to Constantinople, cancelled by bold strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 21" Field Post Office datestamp (Oct 5) struck in violet with Officer's handstamp in blue at lower left and Galata arrival on reverse. An early Military cover - War had been declared the week before, on 27 September 1914.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1973 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 20 pa. redused on 1915 cover to Constantinople (June 7) tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 27" Field Post Office datestamp in black with Unit cachet and Censor handstamp alongside. The FPO was with the 111th. Corps based at this date in Yalova, this cover mailed just before the commander, Esad Pasha, moved his troops to the Anzac front. Reverse with further Unit cachet and Censor handstamp, Kadikeui cds and Constantinople arrival. Sealed tear at left of envelope but of very fine appearance.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1974 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234+235
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 20 pa. red and 1 pi. blue (2) used on reverse of 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope, registered / AR usage to Constantinople at 3 piastre rate, cancelled by bold strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 27" Field Post Office datestamp in black (June 15, 1915) with Unit cachet and Censor handstamp. Reverse with four more strikes of the Field Post Office / 27 datestamps (based at Yalova) with Registration cachet and boxed "AR" in black. Some peripheral aging around perforations but a charming and rare usage.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1975 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234+229
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 20 pa. red used on creased postcard tied by "SAHRA POSTASI 35" Field Post Office datestamp with, at base, framed tombstone "Military Censor / 1" handstamp of the First Army (based in Gallipoli under Von der Goltz) in black; together with a sadly faulty 1 pi. blue postal stationery envelope up-rated with 1914 2 pa. claret strip of five tied by "SAHRA POSTASI 35" Field Post Office datestamp (Aug 9) with superb "Military Censor / 1" and 'Halki (Ile)' cds on reverse. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1976 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 10 pa. green used on 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope to Constantinople tied by fine strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 41" Field Post Office datestamp in black (attached to the 2nd. Army). Delightful negative seal cachet of the Army Headquarters struck in red at lower left. Reverse with Constantinople machine cancel (Sept 6) and Stamboul cds. Small opening fault at upper left and paper clip stain at base but scarce. Signed Nakri.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1977 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233+234
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red, used on 1915 Turkish Feldpost buff card to Berlin, tied by "SAHRA POSTASI 331 / 11" Field Post Office negative seal of the Vth Army Corps with repeated strike at left; based at the Cape Helles front. The card sent by Colonel Hueck commanding the 13th Division (the General was formerly on the staff of the Military Mission under Marshall Liman von Sanders) with thanks for a packet sent to him on May 6th and received on July 27. Framed Constantinople Censor cachet in black and 'Stamboul (Depart)' cds (Aug 3) on reverse. Slight wrinkles but very rare. Signed Nakri.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1978 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: Turkey 2 pa. brown postal stationery newspaper wrapper, front and part back, cancelled by bilingual "Anatoli-Kavak" cds in black (Nov 5) with Arms Corps Telegraph marking alongside and superb strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 5" Field Post Office datestamp at left (Nov 7) of arrival, based on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1979 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery card used to Adapazari cancelled by civilian P.O. "Dardanelles" in black (Dec 30), violet circular seal of the "Second Division Heavy Artlliery Command" (Agir Topcu Okinci Leva Kumandanligi) and negative seal of "8th Heavy Artillery Nattalion Command" (Agir Obus Sekizinci Topcu Alay Kumandanligi), the Artillery Defence of the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. Superb strikes and most probably unique. Signed Nakri. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1980 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234+360
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1914: 20 pa. red and 1916 10 pa. on 1892 1 pi. claret, used on 1916 postcard to Istanbul tied by fine strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" datestamp in black (July 21), the FPO at this date at Krithia with the 2nd Army on the Helles front, and struck with rectangular Censor in black. Some peripheral aging but scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1981 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey GPO 20 pa. red postal stationery card struck with fine "SAHRA POSTASI 28" Field Post Office datestamp (April 6) in black of the 5th. Division, with two strikes of Commander's Headquarters negative cachet in black. The 5th. Division was in Adrianople but were moved to face the Allied landings (April 25, 1915) and suffered heavy losses between April and June and were withdrawn in July to reform, returning to Anafarta, but back in action again in early August. Minor creasing but scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1982 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915 (July 25): Concessionary card (supplied by the National Defence Association) from Istanbul and struck with a departmental cachet of the Medical Physician's Dept sent to a Corporal in the 3rd. Battalion of the 21st. Regiment at Cannakale. This regiment served with the 7th. Division from March until August 1915 taking part at the Batlle of Krithia the division was withdrawn to Gallipoli town where it remained until August 7th., when ordered to Suvla Bay. Card somewhat unsurprisingly creased but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1983 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign / Turkish Hospital Ships 1915: Postcard to the Cipher Bureau in Berlin at Military concession, written from "Dardanellen" (Nov 18), and struck with superb circular Ship's cachet and oval bilingual cachet "BRIEFSTEMPEL / LAZARETT-SCHIFF RECHID-PASHA" both in bright purple, sent via the German Consul in Constantinople with "Kais. Deutsche / Marine / Schiffspost / No. 14" cds (depot ship) in black (Nov 26). Card notes: "I am on the Hospital Ship Rechid Pasha and there are many German wounded here...". Superb and rare.rnProvenance: Collection "Cihnagir", Corinphila sale 123, 23-25 Oct 2000, lot 3046.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1984 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Stampless Military cover from the 2nd. Army Corps Headquarters at Edirne to Constantinople with "Adrinople" cds of despatch and Censor handstamp on obverse, Constantinople (Nov 25) and Galata cds's on reverse. The 2nd. Army provided the reserves and was to be fully engaged in the planned offensive of late 1915, early 1916.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1985 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: 20 pa. red postal stationery card used from one War Zone and readdressed to another, backstamped at Diyarbekir (May 8) and Erzerum (June 3) and received with fine strike of "SAHRA POSTASI 35" Field Post Office datestamp (Aug 7) on obverse and, at base with framed tombstone "Military Censor / 1" handstamp of the First Army (based in Gallipoli under Von der Goltz) in black. A most unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1986 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Stampless concession cover to Constantinople (June 18) strike with Unit negative seal handstamp and fair strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 39" Field Post Office cds in violet, utilised by the 15th. Division which was on the Anzac front in 1915, and later used by the Turkish Army in the Galician and Romanian Campaigns. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1987 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey 20+20 pa. reply letter card, a used example with both registration cachet and struck on obverse and again on smaller second card inside with "SAHRA POSTASI / 6" Field Post Office datestamp in black. Ostensibly mailed from Ist. Officer E. Stroberg of the Steamer "Kerkyra" (used as a Transport to carry wonded during the Campaign) to Bremerhaven but unsent, nevertheless a charming and unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1988 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope, trimmed at right on opening, used from Army Group Anafarta to Kadikeui, Constantinople (July 19) and up-rated with 1914 10 pa. green tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 9" Field Post Office datestamp in violet. Negative seal cachet of the 5th Army Headquarters at lower left well struck in black and examiner's number '425' alongside. The Anafarta Group covered the Anzac, and in August, the Suvla fronts. Rare.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1989 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope, used from Gulf of Saros to Constantinople (Aug 10) and up-rated with 1914 20 pa. carmine tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 8" Field Post Office datestamp of the 1st Division in black (June 3) alongside framed Censor cachet in black and arrival on reverse. Rare. Signed Nakri.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1990 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope, trimmed at right on opening, used from Army Group Anafarta to Kadikeui, Constantinople (July 19) and up-rated with 1914 10 pa. green tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 6" Field Post Office datestamp in violet (July 2). Negative seal cachet of the 5th Army Headquarters at lower left perfectly struck in black. Rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1991 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233
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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope, slight trim at right but with original contents, used from Army Group Anafarta to Kadikeui, Constantinople (Oct 13) and up-rated with 1914 10 pa. green tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 6" Field Post Office datestamp in black (Sept 21). Negative seal cachet of the 5th Army Headquarters at lower left perfectly struck in black. Rare.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1992 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Postcard from Damascus (March 15), stamp removed on viewside, addressed to Ada Pazar with transot of "SAHRA POSTASI / 10" Field Post Office datestamp (April 3) in black, at this date based in Smyrne. Card also shows Star & Crescent Censor and Pancalti transits. The 10th Division were moved to Gallipoli and Adrianople in May 1915 and faced the Allied forces at Krithia (Cape Helles) in June.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1993 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: 20 pa. red postal stationery envelope used to Constantinople, cancelled by bold strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 21" Field Post Office datestamp in black (April 21) of the 111th. Army Corps, with Remzi Bey's 7th Division. Negative seal at left in black "Gallipoli Military Hospital, Chief Medical Officer". Constantinople arrival (April 15) on reverse. Small piece of envelope missing at left buit rare. Signed Nakri.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1994 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1915: Stampless Soldier's concessionary rate cover from Istanbul (Nov 13) with good strike of circular "SAHRA POSTASI / 19" Field Post Office datestamp (Dec 10) in black applied on arrival; the FPO based on the Anzac front. Opened by Censor with green wafer seal at top: delivery somewhat delayed by Censor. File fold but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1995 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign / Navy 1915: Postcard of battle scene at Adrianople, mailed from the formner German Battle Crusier "Goeben", donated to the Turkish Navy and re-christened "Yavus Sultan Selim I" when together with the "Breslau" they entered the Dardanelles to escape the Royal Navy. Handstamped by bilingual "Commando / Yavus Sultan Selim I" in violet and used from Pera to Pancalti.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1996 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign / Navy 1916: Stampless cover and contents with handstruck "Star & Crescent / Anchor / Naval Academy Constantinople" in violet at right, mailed at "Halki (Ile)" to Kizil Toprak. Mail from Turkish Naval personnel is scarce, this being fine with all markings on obverse.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1997 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign 1916: Turksih Feldpost card endorsed "Feldpost" at top, mailed to Vienna with bilingual "FELDPOST / MIL. MISS. / A.O.K. 5" datestamp (June 17). The card, thanking a well wisher for his greetings for his victory against the Allies, mailed by General Liman Von Sanders, Commander of the Turkish-German forces at Gallipoli and previously head of the Germany Military Mission with the Marshall's manuscript inscription at left and handstamped signature in violet on reverse. Superb. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1998 Turkey

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    Gallipoli Campaign / German Field Hospital 1916: "Feldpost" cover from a Major at Bigalli, Gallipoli to Stuttgart endorsed "Deutsch Militar Mission - Konstantinopel" struck with circular bilingual "DEUTSCHE MILITAR MISSION / FELDPOST" datestamp in violet (Feb 25) with circular "DEUTSCHES FELDLAZARET BIGALLI / V. ARMEE" in violet at right, File fold but scarce.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1999 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233+234
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    Caucasus Front 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 29" Field Post Office datestamp to 1915 postcard from an Officer of the 29th Division, XI Army Corps with circular Unit seal in violet at left, based at Baiburt after the battle of Sarykamish. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2000 Turkey

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    Caucasus Campaign 1917: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Hauptmann Hans Fasching from the HQ of the Turksih 3rd Army in Armenia, mailed to Constantinople and addressed to Feldpost 451. Struck on despatch by fancy circular "K. u. k. Instructions Detachement / Haupt. Fasching" and "Zensuriet" violet cachets and equally fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 33" Field Post datestamp (Dec 8) in black. Turkish Censor in black below. Rare and very fine.rnNote Hauptmann Fasching was in charge of instructing the use of Mountain Artillery units operating against the Riussians in Armenia and Persia. Mail from Austrian units operating in this theatre of war is rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2001 Turkey

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    Caucasus Front 1917: Official stampless cover from 2nd Army Headquarters struick with very fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Sept 7) in black. Envelope with slight trim at right and unfortunate photographic corner fault but a fine strike.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2002 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    1914: 20 pa. red used on 1915 postcard tied by "Kizil-Toprak" cds, addressed to Field Post Office on Gallipoli front with "SAHRA POSTASI / 4" arrival cds (Nov 17) with rectangular framed 4th Division Censor cachet applied below. The 4th Division was sent from Bulair in July 1915 to make up for the heavy losses in the Battle of Zighin Dere (Gully Ravine). Some aging but scarce.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2003 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233
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    1914: 10 pa. green used on 1 pi. blue postal stationery envelope to Switzerland, tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Oct 7, 1916) of the 2nd Army, based post-Gallipoli at Tchataldja, Constantinople. Censorship negative handstamp of 2nd Army and framed Censor alongside, reverse with red wafer seal and Davos-Platz arrival cds (Oct 28). Scarce and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2004 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 285+379
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    1916: 20 pa. red and 10 pa. carmine used on 1916 cover from Constantinople to Banderma tied by "CONS-PLE 1" datestamps, reverse with Banderma arrival (Nov 4) and fair strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 9" Field Post Office datestamp (5th Army) applied in transit.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2005 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 376+379
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    1916: 1 pi. ultramarine and 10 pa. rose used on 1916 cover, flap missing, to Stamboul (backstamped June 14) each tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 61" Field Post Office datestamps in black, with violet countersigned Unit Censor handstamp of the 7th Division at lower left. In the Spring of 1917 this Division was moved to the Palestine front at Beersheba and Gaza. Some minimal aging but a scarce and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2006 Turkey

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    1916: Austrian Feldpost pink letter-card addressed to Constantinople struck with circular negative "SAHRA POSTASI / 65" Field Post Office handstamp utilised by the 20th Division of the 15th Army Corps, at this date in Galicia serving with the Austrian Army. Constantinople Censor no. 44 on obverse and reverse with arrival of Istanbul 4. Despite imperfections, a scarce survivor.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2007 Turkey

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    1916 (Oct 3): Postcard to Kassa, Transylvania written from Damascus posted at Turkish Field Post Office (there was no Austrian Fieldpost in this theatre of war in 1916, in the contents at left the writer (a member of Feld Haubitzer Batterei 2/6) says reply to the Militar bevollmächtigter in Constantinople) and struck with very fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 44" datestamp in black. Framed Turksih Censor at left in black, somewhat over-struck by "UBERPRUFT" in violet. Rare.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2008 Turkey

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    Incoming 1917: Switzerland 10 c. red postal stationery card, a used example cancelled at Fribourg (March 17), addresseed to an Austrian soldier in the Detachment Oblt. Elder, Dardanelles; with Austrian Feldkirch framed Censor cachet in red and Turkish framed Censor in black. Struck on arrival with "SAHRA POSTASI / 2" Field Post Office datestamp in black. Slight edge wear as to be expected but most unusual.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2009 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 484
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    1917: 10 pa. violet used on 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Stamboul to a Captain Osman Nuri, Officer Commanding 2nd Company Field Artillery, 52nd Division XVIII Corps near Damascus, readdressed in black ink to 14th Division with large part arrival "SAHRA POSTASI / 44" Field Post Office datestamp. Typical minor imperfections but scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2010 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 484
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    1917: 20 pa. red postal stationery card up-rated with 1917 10 pa. violet tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 30" Field Post Office datestamps in black of the 30th Infantry Division at Erzindjan on the Armenian front, the 10th Corps suffered greatly at Sarykamish. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2011 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 356+626
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    1917: 10 pa. on 20 pa. rose and 1916 1 pi. violet & black, used on 1918 cover with original contents to Stamboul (Aug 28), tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 76" Field Post Office datestamp in black with circular Unit cachet of an Artillery Battery beautifully struck in red at lower left, believed to be from the Damascus area. Small closed opening tear at top of cover but rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2012 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 233+234
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    Turkish POW Mail 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red pair used on 1915 cover to a Turkish POW held in Camp at Mudros on Lemnos tied on despatch by "Aktché-Chehir" cds's (July 27) with Turkish Censor above and red wafer seal on reverse and Stamboul transit cds (Aug 30). Struck with straight line "CENSORED" in black and circular "CORPS D'EXPÉDITIONAIRE D'ORIENT / Depot / de Prisonniers / de Guerre" in blue. Some peripheral aging but scarce.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2013 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234+337
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    Turkish POW Mail 1914: 20 pa. red and Sept 1915 10 pa. green on reverse, used on 1915 cover from Banderma to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos, cancelled on despatch (Nov 17) and Censored with red wafer seal on reverse and framed cachet in black. Stamboul transit cds (Nov 20) and Piraeus transits; obverse with framed "CENSORED" cachet in red applied in Mudros and Greek "Kastron-Mudros" cds. A scarce and fine cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2014 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 235
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    Turkish POW Mail 1914: 1 pi. blue, two examples, used on registered 1915 cover from Kutahya to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos cancelled on despatch (Nov 6) and also tied by framed "CENSORED" handstamp in red applied by British forces at Mudros. reverse with Stamboul transit cds (Nov 8), Turkish red wafer seal applied with Turksih Censors (on obverse) and Piraeus cds's and "Kastron-Mudros" Greek arrival cds's of Lemnos. A rare example of a registered usage that would benefit from being opened for display.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2015 Turkey

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    Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard franked by 1916 5 pa. ochre (2) and 10 pa. green vertical pair tied by "Ada Pazar" cds's of despatch (Jan 17) and by Stamboul transit cds, to Turkish POW in Camp on Lemnos, "Prisonnier Français No. 141, Mudrod, Ile de Lemnos", with framed Turkish Censor cachet on front and Piraeus transit on reverse. The last British troops evacuated the Gallipoli Peninsular on 8-9 January 1916 but retained Lemnos. Minor aging but very rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2016 Turkey

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    Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard from Egypt from a Turkish POW sent without chaarge, cancelled by "Ras El Tin" cds (March 16) addressed to a Turkish POW held in Chemench Camp in Malta, with Maltese circular Censor "PASSED BY CENSOR / ♚ / No. 1074" struck in red on arrival. A most unusual example of mail between two Turkish prisoners held in two different countries.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2017 Turkey

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    British POW Mail 1916 (June 11): British Red Cross Society POW card with handstamped "FOR P.W. TURKEY ONLY" at top, with circular "Postage Free" cachet below, written from Nuneaton to Changri Camp (No. 24) by 2nd. Lt. W.W.A. Phillips of the 24th Punjabis, "Prisoner of War - Kut Garrison" with framed Turkish Censor cachet also on front; together with a card from Changri Camp to the sender of the above card, with Censor on reverse and Nuneaton arrival (Feb 17, 1918). Scarce pair.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2018 Turkey

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    British POW Mail 1917 (April 22): Red Cross "Croissant Rouge Ottoman" POW postcard from Capt. E.N.C. Sandes at POW camp 20 in Yozgad, Anatolia to England thanking the recipient for her letter of Feb 23 congratulating him on the award of the Military Cross; struck with Yozgad seal handstamp in black over-struck by Istanbul Censor No. 2 handstamp in black with manuscript docketing of receipt (July 7). Capt. Sandes (later Major) was the author of "In Kut and Captivity" (1919).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 2019 Turkey

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    British POW Mail 1917 (Nov 5): Red Cross "Croissant Rouge Ottoman" grey POW postcard from Kédos Camp to the Ambassador of Holland in Constantinople, struck on front with "Bern Transit / + / Kriegsgelangenenpost" cachet in violet (Jan 31, 1918) and struck on front by "Legation de Pays-Bas / Service des Prissoniers de Guerre" in red (March 12). Message on reverse reads "I have the honour to inform you that Lt. EG. Staples, Lt. T.M. Jenkins Lt., Sir J.W.L. Napier, all of the South Wales Borderers have been here since June 7 and have no clothing, bedding nor toilet requisites.." and signed by Jenkins. All three survived incarceration - just 77 Officers plus orderlies were held in the Camp. Turkish Censor on reverse of an unusual card.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2020 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 484
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    1917: 10 pa. violet used on 20 pa. red postal stationery card cancelled by part strike of Field Post Office datestamp with circular violet Stationery Armsy Post Office marking of Uzunköprü at left (Thrace, south of Adrianople). Manuscript "Turkish Post Card" in red ink applied by Harry Chamberlain of the Berkshire Yeomanry when the addressee was a POW. Corner fault but most unusual.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2021 Turkey

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    British POW Mail 1916/18: Covers (6) and cards (6), with most mailed in 1918 from soldiers, many captured at Kut in 1916, with censored covers (3) with one to India and two to England from Angora Camp, one from Sgt. Wood of the King's Own Scottish Borderers taken in Palestine (together with two unused b&w postcards numbered 1 and 2 showing troops at the Camp), cover from Samatia Camp, cover from a Lieutenant E.O. Mousley taken at Kut mailed from Brousse camp, and a cover from Afion Kara Hissar Camp and postcard of the Officers building, together with two postcards of Kirchéhir Camp, one depicting Russian troops. A fine and scarce collection.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 2022 Turkey

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    1853/1918c: Collection of hundreds stamps primarily used and some covers/postcards/documents, all with strong cancellation interest, from the entire Ottoman Empire including Palestine, Syria, Istanbul local post, Anatolia, Macedonia, Thrace, Asia Minor, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Crete, Libya, Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 2023 Turkey

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    1863/1914c.: Collection in green album with first issue 20 pa. yellow on thin paper unused (3), 1 pi. lilac on thin paper unused (2), 5 pi. carmine unused; further range of used, Duloz issues with useful varieties and multiples, Russian Levant with covers and pieces, British P.O.'s incl. scarce 1923 "FPO / 13" up-rated registered cover from Constantinople, 1914 pictorial set unused and used, 1926 Pictorial issue unused, 1923 Congress set optd. used on pieces, 1928 Smyrna Exhibition set unused, 1930 set of twenty-two unused, 1930 Sivas Railway set unused, 1934 Izmir Fair set unused, 1936-39 period complete unused etc.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 2025 Ukraine

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    1918/1923: "TRIDENTS", Immense collection of UKRAINE consisting of mainly trident Issues in a large box containing many thousands of stamps with many in complete sheets and part sheets. The lot contains a study of the different towns covering "KIEW", "ODESSA" "CHARKOV", and all other towns using trident overprints up to and including high values, as well as some postal stationery. Due to the complex nature of the area, we will not take responsibility for the genuiness of any individual items. Nonetheless there are many genuine overprints included in this phenomenal lot, also some issues of West Ukraine. Never seen in this quality.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 2026 Ukraine

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    1918/1990: Vast accumulation of Ukraine in 2 large boxes with a great deal of duplication. The lot contains many trident handstamps often in sheets and part sheets and frequently the albums alternate between older and modern issues. Unsorted, tremendous lot for the specialist.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 2027 Ukraine

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    1920: Group of 24 colour proofs, all perf. 11 1/2 for the unissued set 'Trident and Country representations', each in different colours, of which twenty examples showing the 'Trident' and four with 'Heraldic Lion' in center. All mounted to thick cardboard with manuscript annotations. Ex the printer's archive.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 2028 Ukraine

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    1992/2006: Enormous collection on sheets containing apparently a comprehensive run of the stamps of Ukraine. There is some significant duplication as the collection contains many stamps in complete sheets, some 2003 issues in gutter pairs, some seemingly unadopted Essays and other peripheral items. Immense cost to acquire.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2029 Western Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 5, Austria 221 (4)
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    1919: Registered Cover from GWOZDZIEC (May 14, 1919) to Kolomyja franked with four unoverprinted 15 h. red and registration stamp 30 s. black on pink paper (Bulat 9) tied to envelope, very fine and rare. Signed Bulat.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 2030 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 81
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Rahov with June 1945 10 f. yellow tied by violet "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Bytschiv" handstamp in violet, with handstamped "28 Aug. 1945" date of sending. A scarce and fine usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2031 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 81
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form from Dept. of Health protection used as envelope to Berehowe with June 1945 10 f. yellow tied by "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Uschgorod" circular handstamp in violet, with manuscript dates of sending and receipt on reverse. A scarce and fine usage. Signed Bulat BPP.rn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 2032 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 82
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Verkhovyna-Bystra with June 1945 20 f. grey (2) tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Berenyj" handstamp in violet, with handstamped date "23 AUG 1945" at left. Some slight peripheral aging but very scarce. Signed Bulat BPP.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2033 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 82
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Chornoholova with June 1945 20 f. grey in a vertical pair tied by "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Beresnyj" circular handstamp in violet, with handstamped date "1945 AUG 6" tying lower stamp in violet and circular arrival (Aug 7) below. A scarce and fine usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 2034 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 83
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Tyhyi with June 1945 40 f. sage-green tied by brownish violet "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Veliki Beresnyj" circular handstamp, with handstamped date of sending "9. NOV 1945" alongside. A scarce and fine usage: mailed just two days prior to Carpatho Ukraine being absorbed into the Soviet Union.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 2035 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 84
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown "Kézbesitési bizonyitvány" (Delivery Certificate) from the People's Court in Peretschyn with June 1945 60 f. red tied by two circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post" handstamps in violet, with manuscript date of sending (Oct 19) to Chornoholova at base. File fold well away from the adhesive, a scarce and fine usage.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 2036 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 84
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Folded official form used as envelope to Veliki Berenyj with June 1945 60 f. red tied by "Carpatho Ukraine / Volosyanka / Post" circular handstamp in violet. A scarce and fine usage. Signed Bulat BPP.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2037 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 84
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown printed form franked by June 1945 60 f. red tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Serednje" handstamp in violet with date "6.VIII.45" in blue manuscript, mailed to Uschgorod. A scarce and fine usage.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 2038 Ukraine

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    Catalogue# : 84
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    Carpatho Ukraine 1945: Brown "Kézbesitési bizonyitvány" (Delivery Certificate) used as cover to Neresnytsya bearing June 1945 60 f. red tied by circular "Carpatho Ukraine / Post / Dubowe" handstamp in violet, with manuscript date of sending "4 VIII 45" inserted in ink. A scarce and very fine usage. Signed Bulat BPP.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2039 Ukraine

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    Carpatho Ukraine 1939/45: Small collection beginning with 3 k. blue JASINA church single and block of four, as well as on FDC, June 1945 issue "Sowjet Star" in complete sheets of 100, as well as usages on seven entires. A very rare ensemble.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 2040 Great Britain

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    Great Britain 1909: The complete set of six used Scouts' cards depicting the diff. skills as there are: 'Camp Fire', 'Standing at Ease', 'An Attack', 'The Ambulance at Work' (two diff.) and 'Weaving a Straw Bed', all issued by 'National Series' and used in 1909 from Alton, Ipswich, Paddington West, Poole and Surbiton. Fine and very early cards.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2041 Great Britain

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    Great Britain 1911 (July 4th): Pictorial 'Scouts' postcards (Series 1069)  "35,000 Boy Scouts Reviewed by King George in Windsor Great Park, the complete unused set of twelve cards with the original envelope, edited  by C.W. Faulkner ç Co., Ltd., London. A fine and rare set.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2042 Great Britain

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    Great Britain International Jamboree Olympia 1920 (July 30th to August 7th): THE BOY SCOUTS' INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE OLYMPIA Programm on a four page leaflet with Message from the Chief Scout Robert Baden Powell and the complete Programme plus the Competitions open to Rovers, Sea Scouts and Wolf Cubs, fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2043 Great Britain

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    Great Britain 1910/20: Group of 16 used picture postcards depicting Scouts skills  and sceneries, incl. 1910 card with interesting text: "What do you think of our boy scouts? Don't they look just fine?" and original photocard with inscript. "La collecte au prophit des orphélins Armeniens, Smyrna 29/1/20' dipatched at "British P.O. Smyrna 2 MR 20" to England, further one shaped BOOK POST double card used from Harrogate 1911 as well as an envelope used from '1913 Scout Exhibition Birmingham' and addressed to the 'Boy Scouts Camp' in Kalo, Denmark. A fine and rare assembly.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2044 Great Britain

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    Great Britain 1908/20 ca.: Assembly of 60 unused picture postcards depicting various Boy Scouts sceneries and skills, incl. complete sets and  part sets, original photocards and humouros cards by Ernest Ibbetson (1910) or 'Wolf Cubs' set by C.S. Chapman as well as a souvenir card with original signature by Mrs. Olave Baden-Powell (1963).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 2045 Russia

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    Russia 1914: The complete set of ten Russian Scout's post cards, all unused and all with printed emblem of the Russian Scout Movement 'Bud Gotov!' (Be Prepared!) on the address side, from card 'No. 2' onwards all with photographs and texts attesting to the various Scouts' skills and achievments. A fine and very rare complete set.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 2046 Collections/lots Europe

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    Early Scout's Movement 1911/27: Assembly 30 early Scout's cards used/unused, incl.1911 Scouts card from Hellerup, Denmark, Scouts card from "Helsinki 31.XII.11",  1912 photocard from 'The Methodist College St. John's Newfoundland' with imprint: "The 'collegian' Troop of Boy Scouts send their heartly Greetings to all their brother scouts...." to England, rare 1912 Scouts vignette on card from "Harlem 4.7.12" to Amsterdam, set of six unused cards from the 1912 'Olympic Games' Scouts Camp in Stockholm, three cards with special cachets from Belgrade (1923/25), four Spanish Scouts cards as well as 1927 card with special cachet "En Faveur du Scoutisme à Poznan (Pologne) issued for the '20 years jubilee' of Polish Scouts in Poznan.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 2047 Czechoslovakia

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    POSTA CESKYCH SKAUTU 1918 (Nov. 4): Cover to Prague franked with Austria Karl I. 20 h. tied by Nachod cds. in combination with Scouts 20 h. red cancelled by black circular "N.V." and two line "Dopis od skauta/prezval" handstamp below. Envelope with slight bends and some wear, but a very rare usage.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2048 Czechoslovakia

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    POSTA CESKYCH SKAUTU 1918 (Nov.): Group of seven covers, incl. five franked with Scouts 10 h. blue and another two covers franked with 20 h. red, all tied by clear strikes of circular "Posta Skautu / Praha /1918" in black and two line "Dopis od Skauta / prevzal" docketed alongside. A fine and attractive group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 2063 Poland

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    Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Small folded lettersheet sent within Warsaw to Przejazd 5 bearing violet circular handstamp 'HARCERSKA - POCZTA'  handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) together with boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1) in violet with little faded Scouts counting number '504' and arrival markrn'11 SIERP 1944 (type 28), addressed to Mrs. Litynska, Obozna 8 W7; 9.VIII. 44 - Ihr Lieben, ich bin gesund und unverletzt.......". Very rare postal document, signed Mikulski, cert.. Petriuk (2021)
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2064 Poland

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    Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheetlet sent within Warsaw to Mickiewicza 34/36 W.40, bearing on reverse circular handstamp 'HARCERSKA -POCZTA'  handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) and on front boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet type 1, both handstamps in violet. Rare usage with full content: "liebster, ich bin auf der Wspolna 10, ich komm von hier nicht weg. Im Vergleich mit anderen geht es uns gut. Gebe ein Lebenszeichen von Dir....". A fine and rare postal history item, signed L. Schmutz, cert. Petriuk (2021).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 2065 Poland

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    Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheet sent within Warsaw to 'Czerwonego Krzyza 29, Dom Kolejowy', bearing circular handstamp 'POCZTA-POLOWA / WARSZAWA-PLD' with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis in violet (Gryzewski type 7) together with boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1), both in violet with content: "Wir bitten um eine Nachricht über Edmund Sokolowski, Die Eltern" written by Kazimierza Sokolowska Krucza 11. Fine and rare Scouts Post.' cert. Petriuk (2021).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2066 Poland

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    Scout's Post during the Warsaw Uprising 1944 (Aug.1- Oct. 2): Folded lettersheet addressed within Warsaw to Mrs. Raczyliska, bearing rare blue 'HARCERSKA -POCZTA' handstamp with Scouting Movement’s Fleur-de-Lis (Gryzewski type 3) and boxed 'CENZURA HARCERSKA' censor cachet (type 1) in blue, with red arrival mark of '10 SIERP 1944' (type 1) applied on front and back,  with full content: "Liebe Kinder, ich bin gesund und unverletzt. Ich kann aus der Strasse Piusa 5 nicht herauskommen, ich komme aber bald. Gibt mir ein Zeichen, dass Ihr lebt. Meine Adresse Piusa 5 in der Küche. Eure Mutter, 8.VIII., Montag". Fine and rare item with 'Tadeusz-Andzej Sliwak' owner's handstamp, cert. Petriuk (2021).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2068 France

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    France 1912/55ca.: Assembly of more than 100 French Scout's cards / covers depicting live and sceneries, incl. early card from Troyes, the group which correspond with the Russian Scouts, furthe many unused card sets with 1939 'Feu de Camp Arènes de Lutèce' as well as VI. World Jamboree 'La Paix' in Moisson 1947 Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 2070 Hungary

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    Hungary 1921/42: Assembly of 100 covers/cards used/unused, incl. early / cards unused, 1927 Nagy Tabor National Jamboree (11), 1933 IV. International Jamboree Gödöllö (30), 1934 First flight Zalaegerszeg to Budapest (11) as well as 1939 I-PAX-Ting (8) together with many unused picture cards with some compl. sets as booklets issued at Gödöllo (set 1) and Debrecen souvenir booklet offered by the Mayor to the Boy scouts on their arrival (1933, Aug. 4th). A fine group.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 2071 Italy

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    Italy 1916/25: Assembly of twenty Italian Scouts cards used / unused, incl. five used cards as well as compl. mint set. of 12 artist's cards by Corrado Mezzana, with wrapper of 'La Legge la Promessa il Motto degli EsploratorI' issued by Edizioni Scoutistiche Roma (1925). Fine and scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2072 Liechtenstein

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    Catalogue# : 116-118
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    Liechtenstein 1928/53: Group of 12 covers/cards franked with 1932 'Jugendfürsorge', incl. two First Day usages (21.12.32), three aircovers of 'Erste Alpentraversierung im Segelflugzeug' (SLH SF33.1aL) with one official usage as well as two postcards and one envelope used 1928 'Freiwilliger Hülfsdienst in den wassergeschädigten Gebieten' (Rheinnot) SBK = 3'200+
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 2073 Romania

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    Romania 1916/41: Group of eleven covers/cards used / unused, incl. 1916 picture postcard from Craiova to France, two envelopes franked with Scouts issue 1932 (Sibiu) of which one addressed to King Carol II, two registered covers from Bucuresti franked with Scout issue 1935 as well as two emblems / stickers, one from the Jamboree in Brasov, other from Sibiu.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 2077 Collections/lots Europe

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    Europe 1921/56: Assembly of 100+ covers and cards used/unused, incl. better items  from Austria with VII. World Jamboree Bad Ischl - St. Wolfgang 1951, Scout cards from Belgium, the Baltic States, Poland, further a 1941 censored cover from the Netherlands to Manila showing on reverse on censor label advert meter-mark 'BOY SCOUT ANNIVRSARY PERIOD' as well as 5th. World Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal in the Netherlands, with some aircovers from the Neth. Indies.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 2080 Great Britain

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    General Interest - Indices; Crawford Earl of / Bacon E., 1911; Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Vol VII. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS / General, Special and Periodical forming the LITERATURE of PHILATELY. Divided into Two Parts (1) Authors and Titles (2) Periodicals printed at the Aberdeen University Press 1911, 923 pages hardbound in black rexine, gold tooling on spine and front. The Bible of early Philatelic Literature - 'the Crawford' with spine broken partially on one side, a book which would benefit substantially from rebinding.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2093 Great Britain

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    Great Britain, Wright, H.E. & Creeke A.B., 1899; History of the adhesive stamps of the British Isles, hardbound in ¼ leather, gold stamped spine, 263 pages, binding scuffed, the majority of the plates was cut into pieces and the figures were glued at the right position into the text. The basis of the Gibbons Specalised.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2094 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Commonwealth - British Africa, The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906; The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I of 1895 comprising British Bechuanaland, British East Africa, British South Africa (including British Central Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 247 pages with Illustrations of the Stamps described and also Eight Sheets of Photo-mezzotype Illustrations. An example hardbound in half leather with the usual cover scuffs. Also PART III of 1906 comprising New Republic, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorate, Orange River Colony with Orange Free State, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Stellaland, Swazieland, The Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar, and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, the figure plates separately. Spine of the volume damaged, an example which would benefit from a new binding.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2100 Great Britain

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    Great Britain & Commonwealth, Lowe, Robson, 1948/91; The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps; issued in six volumes: Vol. 1, Great Britain and the Empire in Europe, 1948, also included the Second edition 1952, Vol. 2, The Empire In Africa, 1949, Vol. 3, The Empire in Asia, 1951, Vol. 4, The Empire in Australasia, 1962, Vol. 5, North America, 1973 in one volume of the ordinary edition, Vol. 6, Leeward Islands, 1991. The magnum opus of Robson Lowe, all volumes in good condition.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 2101 Naples

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    Italy - Napoli & Sicilia, Moens J. B. 1877; TIMBRES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILE, 2ème édition. 56 pages, print run of 150 examples, this one having no. 75. Last page torn, a newly hardbound example with raised gold stamped spine and front.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 2102 Naples

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    Italy - Napoli, Diena, Emilio 1932; I FRANCOBOLLI DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI e i due provvisori da mezzo Tornese del 1860, con 3 tavole in eliotipia fuori testo e 325 figure nel testo. 271 pages (title page loose) and three isolated plates of the Savoyan Cross, published by Societa Anonima Stampa Filatelica Italiana Milano 1932. Half leather hardbound with gold tooled spine. A rare monograph.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2103 Parma

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    Italy - Parma, Modena & Romagna, Moens J. B. 1878; TIMBRES DES ÉTATS DE PARME, MODÈNE ET ROMAGNE, 2ème édition, illustré de 12 gravures sur bois. 88 pages, print run of 150 examples, this one having no. 29. A newly hardbound example with raised gold stamped spine and front.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF
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