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Lot# : 1774 Turkey
1863: Cover from Stara Zagora / Zagra-i Atik to Constantinople with red manuscript weight '3 dirhem / postal charge 3 piastres', struck with superb Crecent type 'Postahane-I Zagra-i Atik 1278' negative seal handstamp in bright blue (Coles & Walker fig. 92). Age stain at right but scarce.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1775 Turkey
1865: Dulos 20 pa. yellow horizontal pair used with single 5 pi. carmine on registered cover from Zagra-i-Atik to Istanbul tied by circular arabic only ZAGRA / 81 handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 93). Faint trace of registration circular neghative handstamp above, a fine and very scarce usage.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1776 Turkey
1868: Cover from Smyrna to Milliadhi Brothers in Chios, attributed to the Egypt Shipping Co. / Azizie Line of steamers, struck with private bilingual cachet FRANCO in greenish ink. File folds away from the handstamp but extremely scarce. For a further example of this handstamp see the late Cengiz Arsman collection (DF, May 2005), lot 20353 also from this correspondence. Extremely rare.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 3,800 CHFLot# : 1777 Turkey
1869/73: Duloz 10 pa. lilac-grey, perf. 12, horizontal pair and 1 pi. yellow, perf. 5-12, used on distressed envelope to Constantinople, each cancelled by circular all arabic FILIBE / 81 handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 19) in black. Left hand 10 pa. heavily creased at left and possible Postage Due missing from reverse with 'Baghtche Capussi' oval (Nov 18) and 'Pera' oval in blue.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 160 CHFLot# : 1778 Turkey
1869/72: 2 pi. orange-red, a diagonally bisected example used on cover from Damascus to Beirut, tied by framed all arabic SAM / 81 handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 31) with Beirut cds of receipt on reverse. Cover internally restored at top and at base but scarce.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1779 Turkey
1869/72: 2 pi. bright orange, perf. 12½ and Postage Due 1 pi. brown & deep brown, irregular perf. 5-12, used on registered 1874 cover from Sumnu (Bulgaria) to Constantinople tied by slightly watery all arabic circular SUMNU / 81 handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 69) with repeated strike at right. Registration handstamp weakly struck at top left and reverse with bilingual Stamboul arrival cds (June 18). The 2 pi. adhesive with small scrapes to front of stamp but scarce.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1780 Turkey
1869/72: Duloz 10 pa. violet and 2 pi. brick-red used on cover front from Tirnova to Plovdiv each well tied by circular all arabic TIRNOVO / 81 handstamps in blue-black (Coles & Walker fig. 78). Slight piece of front missing at upper left and creased away from the adhesives but scarce.
Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1781 Turkey
1872: Postal Money Order printed form for 50 gold Lire sent from Sofia to Nis carried at rate of 11 piasres 10 paras (in manuscript) and showing fine strike of all arabic Crecent type 'Postahane-i Sofiya 1278' negative seal handstamp (Coles & Walker fig. 74) at base in black. Scarce and fine usage.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1782 Turkey
Lot# : 1783 Turkey
1892: 10 pa. green (2) and 20 pa. claret used with private vignette taken from centre of Djibouti, French Somali Coast stamp design printed in black, all used on philatelic cover to France tied by 'Brousse' cds's and Constantinople transit cds in black. St. Etienne arrival cds on reverse of an unusual cover.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1784 Turkey
Catalogue# : 181/2111911: 'Sultan Resad's Visit to Macedonia', the special issues overprinted for Monastir, Pristina, Salonique and Uskub, the complete set of 124 stamps unused, fresh and fine, large part og. Mi = € 4'800.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 1785 Turkey
Lot# : 1786 Turkey
Lot# : 1787 Turkey
1845: Official cover from Sumnu / Shumen to Constantinople struck with superb 'An janib-i Posta Sumnu 260' negative seal handstamp in greenish ink (Coles & Walker fig. 65) with accompanying 'Tahrirat Muhimme' (Official Mail) rectangular seal alongside. A fresh and very fine cover.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1788 Turkey
1874 (Jan 31): Entire letter from Aleppo to Grenoble, France franked on front by France Siège 40 c. orange pair tied by '5079' gros chiffres with corresponding ALEXANDRETTE / SYRIE French P. O. cds below in black. Reverse (opens well for Exhibit display) with Turkey 1869/72 Postage Due 20 pa. yellow-brown & brown in a vertical strip of three tied by all-arabic 'Aleppo' framed handstamps (Coles & Walker fig. 4) in black and by Grenoble arrival cds (Feb 16). A charming and scarce entire. Signed Lamy.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 520 CHFLot# : 1789 Turkey
Lot# : 1790 Turkey
1865/1941: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. perforation varieties, colour shades, surcharges, cancellations, a unused block of 16 of the Duloz issue 5 Ghr. blue, full sets after 1930, newspaper stamps, airmails, postage dues etc., in good quality and mounted on hand made album pages.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 1791 Turkey
1868/1970c.: Lot thousands stamps used/unused starting with Tughra, Crescent & Empire definitives, better commemorative issues such as 1930 Ankara - Sivas railway, postage due, Red Crescent charity issues, and Airmail, in two albums and a box.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 1792 Turkey
The Ottoman Empire in Europe 1870/1912(ca.): Collections 150 used stamps and one cover from the Western Balkan area of the Ottoman Empire, written up on pages incl. Serbia, Novipazar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia as well as Kosovo. Overall neat to crisp cancellations also in blue with some rare ones included, a nice selection.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not sold
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