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  • Lot# : 1890 Russia

    Austrian Occupation of Odessa, Ukraine 1918: Postcards (2), one from Odessa to Cero Kostelec, struck with two line "Feldgendarmerie Abteilung der k. u. k. Ostarmee / (Q. ABT) In Hafen Odessa Feldpost 240" cachet with superb strike of Field Post Office "K. u. K. FELDPOSTAMT / 240" datestamp (Oct 27) alongside; together with 1918 postcard with two line "BAHNHOF-KOMMANDO / "ODESSA" HPTBHF" cachet in black and Hungarian Field Post Office No. 255 cds in black (Sept 26, 1918). Rare. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1891 Russia Zemstvo

    Bobrov (Voronezh Gubernia) 1872: Typography 3 kp. black on thin rose-lilac paper, a selection of seven stamps showing all four types. Schmidt 1 / Chuchin 1 /Soloviev 1 = € 1'050+.rn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1892 Russia Zemstvo

    Zemstvo - Bogorodsk 1888 (Aug 30): Turkey 1 pia. nlue Crescent issue, tied by "MONT-ATHOS TURQUIE 30 AOUT 1888" cds (Coles & Walker fig. 37) to front of cover to Bogorodsk Moscow gouvernement Russia, with Turkish and Warsaw, Moscow and Bogorodsk Imperial mail transit cds’s on reverse as well as with Bogorodsk 5 kop. zemstvo stamp, cancelled by district datestamp. A fine and scarce Ottoman Empire – Russian Zemstvo combination cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1893 Russia Zemstvo

    Malmyzh (Vyatka Gubernia) 1870: 2 kop. carmine-rose, a superb unused example with large even margins. Schmidt 2rnProvenance: Collection Agathon Fabergé with his handwritten annotations, presumably shown on page 42 of the collection displayed on the WIPA 1933, bought in May 1904 from Kirchner for 15 rubles.rn 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1894 Russia Zemstvo

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    Ustiuzhna (Novgorod Gubernnia) 1889: 3 kop. black on rose-orange paper, an unused marginal example with good perforation and large part og. Small thin at top of reverse and lightest fold in the margin at lower right, just mentioned for accuracy, not impairing at all the attractive appearance of this adhesive of utmost rarity. Certs. RPS (2009), Furnon AIEP (2021) Schmidt 3 = RRRR / Soloviev 3 = € 75'000.rnProvenance: Collection Terry Page (2009).rnNote: One of the great rarities of the Zemstvos, when Schmidt compiled his 'Small Schmidt' in 1934 he was aware of only two examples. Later some examples were found but still a very rare stamp. Unknown to Chuchin, not in the Oleg Fabergé collection sold by Corinphila in 1999.rn 
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1895 Russia Zemstvo

    Zemstvo - Ustsysolsk, 1909 (July 7: Registered cover bearing 5 kop Arms USTSYSOLSK dark-blue (Schmidt 43), tied by cross type district datestamp with official seal alongside, sent via district capital where pair definitive 7 kop Imperial Arms blue was added, tied by USTSYSOLSK (July 7,1909) cds, Moscow (July 15) arrival cds on back. Filing fold well away from stamps, an appealing registered Zemstvo cover.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Nikitin, Cherrystone sale (2013).rn 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1896 Russia Zemstvo

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    Verkhnednieprovsk (Yekaterinoslav Gubernia) 1870s: 4 kop. black on horizontally laid white paper, type 2, an unused example with even huge margins and large part og. A most attractive example of this scarce and sought after adhesive. Cert. Furnon AIEP (2021) Schmidt 6 = R / Chuchin 4a / Soloviev 5 = € 4'000.rnProvenance: Collection Agathon Fabergé with his handwritten annotations, bought by him from Schwartz through Lenz; collection Oleg Fabergé, Corinphila sale 120 (Dec. 1999), lot 2587.rn 
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1897 Russian Levant

    Usage of Imperial adhesives in the Levant 1863/66c: Group of seven Arms definitives incl. 1858 (Sep) 10 k. brown & blue (3) with blue cds’s from Constantinople, 30 k. lilac-red and green in a vertical pair cancelled by framed 'Franco' in blue on piece, also two 1866 10 k. brown & blue with blue cds’s, a late usage.rn 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1898 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 10,11
    Imperial Post 1876/79: Selection three unused and four used stamps with provisional overprints from Constantinople incl. '8' on 10 kop. carmine & green with black (2) and blue ovpt., thick type I '7' on 10 kop. ovpt in black (used & unused) and blue (unused) as well as rare thin type II '7' on 10 kop. ovpt. in black unused. All adhesives with competent signatures, from e.g. Mikulski and Holcombe. A scarce assembly, the stamps in mixed condition Mi = € 1'400.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1899 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 21y
    Russian P.O.'s in the Levant - Dardanelles 1908 (Feb 14): 10 pa. on 2 kop. green (hor. pair), tied with perfect cds "ROPiT DARDANELLY" (Tchilinghirian fig. 138) on picture postcard to the Russian ambassador in Bern. A fine and fresh card, this postmark is described not to be found on cover by Tchilinghirian.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1900 Russian Levant

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    Catalogue# : 78
    1913/14: 100 pia. on 10 rub. carmine-red & olive-grey a fine and fresh example of this rare stamp on 16 February 1914 registered AR cover to Barcelona, Paris transit on front, Barcelona arrival (Feb 20) datestamp on reverse. Horizontal file fold well away from the franking, philatelic motivation, nevertheless a are usage.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1901 Russian P.O. in China

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    Catalogue# : Russia 21x
    Usage of Imperial adhesives in China 1866: 10 k. brown & blue on horizontally laid paper, cancelled by crisp part strike of boxed script PEKIN handstamp (Tchilinghirian & Stephens fig. 464). The first postmark used in the Russian P.O. in Peking, a rarity, as only few strikes are known on stamps and pieces, and the only complete cover is the famous one ex Fabergé and Dr. Casey (xerox added to lot).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1902 Russian P.O. in China

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    Catalogue# : 1x-7x
    Russian P.O.'s in China - Tientsin: 1899: Imperial Arms definitives on horizontally laid paper ovpt. KITAI, 1 kop. orange to 10 kop. blue, each example tied by TYAN-TZIN cds with blobs in red (Tchilinghirian Abb. 488) on cover to Berlin, very fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1903 Russia

    Russian Civil War - Czechoslovak Legion 1919: Lion issue, two embossed colour proofs in black & pink on sheetlet, the stamps gummed.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1904 Russia

    Russian Civil War - Russian Post in Constantinople 1921 (Jan 13): Registered cover from the Russian Post Office in Constantinople to Lausanne, showing on reverse as despatch address “I. Poplavsky / Poste Russe / Consple” and “Sanitary Unit of the Russian Army / Russian Post Constantinople” handstamp in blue, front bearing French Sower definitive 25 c. blue in a gutter pair with Millésime ‘0’, tied by ‘Tresor et Postes / 506’ cds with handwritten matching registration label ‘TP 506’ alongside, reverse with indistinct French “… 21 / CHARGEMENTS” cds and ‘Lausanne 11 Gare’ (Jan 21, 1921) arrival cds.rnNote: A handstamp with a similar design of the Russian Post in Constantinople, but reading “Russia Refugee Aid Organisation” is already known from the blog of Trevor Pateman.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1905 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 185/189 I + 185B
    1922 (Aug 19): Philately for Children, first printing - the complete set of five values perf. 14¼ x 14¾, fresh and very fine unused, the rare 1 k. (1 r. + 4 r.) orange-yellow marginal at left, together with 1 k. (1 r. + 4 r.) orange-yellow, a marginal imperforate example, all unmounted og. Superb, the two rare 1 kopek values signed Mikulski Mi = € 2'200.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1906 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 260IH
    1924: Soldier 3r. brown and green, compound perf. 13½ x 13½ x 10 x 13½, unmounted og. A fine and rare stamp Mi. = € 4'000.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1907 Soviet Union

    1925/39: Lot 33 values used / unused, all with perforation varieties as imperforated on one side including rare 1931 20 kop. green with rare perf. 10 ½ used Mi. 373 CX
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1908 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 682/IIIA
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    1946 (Sept.): Fifth definitive set, printed with Litography Aviator/Parachutist 30 kop. blue, a vertical pair of this rare and sought after adhesive tied to registered cover by "CHERNOVTSY 14 8 48" cds with matching registration handstamp alongside, directed to Kiev with arrival cds of the next day on reverse. The only stamp of this issue printed in Lithoraphy, extremely rare on cover, following Liapine only three covers with this adhesive are known to him. Cert. Liapine (2021) Mi = € 2'000 / Liapine 1041 = € 3'500 / Standard Catalogue 988 unlisted on cover.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1909 Soviet Union

    1921/1960: Valuable collection in two stockbooks with many unused pre war issues including "10 YEARS REVOLUTION" 1927, various "ZEPPELIN","POLAR FLIGHT" 1938 and many others.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1910 Soviet Union

    1934: Presentation sheets to the delegates of the 17th Congress of the BKP 1934. There is a total of 18 sheets bearing stamps including 1933 'Stratosphere baloon' (Mi 453/5), 'Zeppelin Polar Flight (Mi 402/5B), 1932 'Polar Year' (Mi 410/1A) and others, all cancelled with special canceller for the Congress in Moscow 25. January 1934. A very unusual item, we have not come accross before.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1911 Soviet Union

    1940/1960: Specialised unused mainly full og collection on Safe hingeless pages, often distinguishing between print directions and print run, shades and perforations, with many miniature sheets and variteties and print runs, often stamps are in larger quantites, for example there are 5 copies of the 1945 "STALINGRAD" miniature sheet, 1956, Exhibition strips of six (3) and many others. Furthermore there are around 60 complete sheets of the pre revolutionary Russia period, in very fine and fresh condition, in line with the rest of the collection. Highly recommendable lot.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1912 Soviet Union

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    Catalogue# : 41/48
    1934: TOUVA: 1 k orange to 20 k grey complete Series depicting local scenes on 1937 registered letter from "KIZIL" to Switzerland with two different arrival marks on reverse. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1913 Soviet Union

    Tuva 1926/43: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused, on sheets and well written up.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1914 Soviet Union

    Tanna Touva 1926/1936: Small collection Touva from 1926 issue complete with full og., most others part og. and fine used. Some duplication, mixed condition, approximately 150 stamps.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1915 Russia

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    Catalogue# : 5-7
    1858 (Sept): Lot Arms definitives without wmk., perf. 12¼ x 12½, a fine and fresh group with cancellation interest, incl. 10 k. brown & bright blue, a used block of four cancelled by light central strike of ODESSA diamond datestamp in black and a selection of 56 single adhesives/pieces in overall fine and fresh condition, with pen cancellation (5), one with a prephilatelic postmark, the majority cancelled with circular (15), hexagonal (5), oval (2) and rectangular (13) dotted numeral cancellations, also eleven examples with early cds’s struck between 1863 and 1867. Lot contains also eight used examples 20 k. blue & orange, two with varieties and five examples of 30 k. lilac-red & green, cancelled primarily by dotted numerals, but also some late usages with cds’s (73 stamps). Mi = € 4’000+.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1916 Russia

    1858/1991: Immense collection Russia and Sowjet-Union, in four Albums, containing stamps, miniature sheets and postal history. The collection comprises both unused and used stamps, with some pre and post 1945 mostly unused full og. There are also a number of complete sheets. The postal history contains registered mail, parcel cards, usages in Poland, censor mail, colour frankings, auch as a 1894 letter from ODESSA to England with a three colour franking, Zeppelin mail, and many others. This lot will provide many positive surprises.  
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1917 Russia

    1863/66: Lot nine primarily used stamps incl. 1864 without wmk., perf. 12¼ x 12½, set of three 1 k. to 5 k., 1865 without wmk., perf. 14½ x 14 10 k. and 30 k. with crisp cds’s, 1866 30 k. on horizontally laid paper with horse carriage station datestamp, and 1863 Moscow / SPB city post, three examples, one unused, two with 1865 cds’s in red and black. Mi = € 1’600.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1918 Russia

    1865/1930ca.: Well filled album with better values used/unused, including Russian Levant, Russian P.O. in China and Soviet Union with 1949 miniature sheet Stalins' 70th Anniversary, range of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, together with duplicates and four covers/cards. Careful inspection recommended.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1919 Russia

    1858 (Sept): Lot eight covers incl. six single frankings of 10 k. brown & blue with dotted numeral cancellations of Moscow Nikolai railway, Mitava, Odessa, Warsaw, Taganrog and Uglich, also two single frankings of 20 k. blue & orange from St. Petersburg. Mi = € 1’400.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1920 Russia

    1890/1975: Accumulation of over 100 entires Russia, Poland and Finland including some occupation mail, fieldpost and POW mail, as well as postal stationery from the area. Destinations are often former Austrian territories, thus not "the usual run of the mill". Interesting lot for the specialist.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1921 Russia

    Russia in the Far East 1903/19: Lot six covers incl. 1903 cover Russian P.O. Shanghai via TPO Kharbin to France, 1908 postcard Pogranitshnaya Manchuria to Warsaw, 1912 cover Kharbin to Vladivostok, 1916, German POW organisation cover sent insured from Tien Tsin to Spasskoje, Priamur oblast, 1916 postcard from Tshifu to London with two-line handstamp "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED BY GERMANS AND DELAYED", and 1919 Czech Legion in Siberia postcard from Kharbin Usti nad Orlici.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1922 Russia

    Russian Field Post Offices in Galicia 1914/16: The collection on leaves with Nov 1914 card with "Commander Lemberg Station" violet Cyrillic cachet (early use), Jan 1915 card from Field Post Office No. 23 at Tarnow, Feb 1915 card from Stryj with "FPO / No. 24" cds, April 1915 cards (2) from Machine Gun section of 252nd. Infantry near Tarnow, May 1915 card with 9th. Army HQ cachet from Cracow, March 1915 card with "Field Post Office / No. 114" cds at Lemberg / Lviv; Censored covers (2) at single (10 kop.) and double rate to Copenhagen from "FPO / No. 114" at Lemberg, Aug 1915 card with Unit cachet and "FPO / No. 216" cds mailed from Tarnow, July 1915 letter-cards (2) from "FPO / No. 106" in retreat from Lemberg, 1916 card from Veliki Luki to Field Telegraph Office "E" of the 9th Army, June 1916 card from Czernowitz from soldier in 327th. Regiment with violet cachet etc. A rare group (24 items). Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1923 Russia

    1905/14c: Lot 77 picture postcards with motifs from the large cities such as Odessa, St. Petersburg and Moscow but also Finland, Caucasus, Aserbaidshan, Ukraine, Uskekistan, also Types de Russie.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1924 Serbia

    1769: Small Fiscal document with Ottoman negative seal handstamp in black (arabic dated 1183) and rectangular seal of the Judicial District of Belgrade, with three personal negative seals at base - two also dated 1183 within the seals. Rare and extremely early usage from Serbia.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1925 Serbia

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    1848/1920c.: Serbia collection in four volumes with accent on the postmarks, with covers/cards (167), multiples and fine strikes on single stamps or pieces, arranged in alphabetical order from (approximately) Alexandrovac to Uzice and Zajecar; Alexsinac with stampless covers onwards, Arandyelovatz usage from 1866, Babusnitza, Bajna-Batsa from 1881, one entire volume on the subject of Belgrade, Bor, Brza Palanka from 1889, Brzan with 1869 issue covers (2) and 1880 issue reg'd cover, Golubac from 1887, Grocka with 1869 cover, Jovanovac, Kladovo with 1877 cover, Kragujevatz from 1882, Krupanj, Kursumlija from 1886, Lazarevac and Lapovo from 1889, Leskovac from 1880 issue, Nis from 1877, Petrovac from 1874, Pozarevac from 1842, Raca, Rasca, Smedorovo from pre-stamp onwards, Svilajenac from 1873, Tekija from 1869, Ub from 1869 issue cover, Vlastotinci, Vranja, Zajecar from 1868 etc., many further towns and villages not mentioned above, including some yet to be mounted loose stamps and covers.  A delightful 'old-time' lot seldom seen today, viewing is a pleasure.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1926 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 7
    1851: 12 c. lilac, the block of six with large margins all round, one stamp close at base, used on 1851 Judicial cover to Barcelona tied by six strikes of the araña handstamp in black. SOLSONA / CATALUNA despatch cds below (July 4) in red and reverse with Barcelona arrival cds (July 6) in red. The block in an excellent vivid shade and very fine but for small contemportary fault on fourth stamp, not mentioned on certificate. An exceptionally attractive cover. Cert. F. Graus (2003) Mi = € 1'800+/Edifil 7 = € 2'000+.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1927 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 7+6w
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    1851: 12 c. lilac and 6 c. black, fine used examples each with four even margins and of good colour, used on 1851 cover from Madrid to Tolosa tied by slightly smudged araña handstamps in black. Madrid despatch cds in red on front (Oct 17) and reverse with 'Tolosa / Vizcaya' arrival cds in red (Oct 18). A fine and unusual franking. Cert. F. Graus (2006) Edifil 6+7 = € 1'150+.rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1928 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 14
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    1852: 2 r. pale orange, the extraordinary used block of six with close to large margins all round, in the true delicate shade, neatly cancelled by six barred parilla handstamps in black. An outstanding and exceptionally rare multiple. Illustrated in Edifil specialised catalogue (2005) on page 22. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. Exfima (1977) Michel = € 70'000+/Edifil 14 = € 65'000+.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1929 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 15
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    1852: 5 r. green, used example with huge margins all round, on 1852 cover to Havana, Cuba tied by oval six barred parilla handstamp in black. SANTANDER cds in red of despatch at right (Feb 23) in red and framed FRANCO applied on arrival with rate mark "4" (reales de plata) applied over the paid marking, also in blue. Part Havana arrival on reverse. The 'H' of Havana with acid ink that touches the adhesive but of no significance - a very rare and attractive usage with just two such covers recorded. Cert. F. Graus (2005), Comex (2005), CEM (2005) Mi = € 4'300/Edifil 15 = € 6'300.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1930 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 17
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    1853: 6 cs. carmine-rose, two single examples with good to large margins all round, used on 1853 entire letter to Puebla del Dean, cancelled contrary to regulations, by SANTIAGO / GALICIA datestamps in black (Dec 14) instead of the parilla obliterator. SANTIAGO / GALICIA datestamp in red at right. A very unusual usage of great charm. Signed Roig. Cert. F. Graus (2000) Edifil 17 = € 890 off cover.rnProvenance: Collection Luis Cervera, DF, May 1989, lot 10237.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1931 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 22
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    1853: Madrid Local Post 1 cu. bronze on thin white paper, a fine example with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at top, used on 1854 cover tied by oval six barred parilla in black. MADRID circular datestamp in blue (Sept 6) below. A fine example of a very scarce stamp on letter. Ex Gibson. Signed Fiecchi. Certs. CEM (1999), F. Graus (2007) Edifil = € 1'600.rnProvenance: Collection "Sarah", Corinphila sale 113, May 1999, lot 4265.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1932 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 23
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    1853: Madrid Local Post 3 cs. bronze on thin white paper, a fine example with ample to large margins all round, used on 1853 entire letter within Madrid tied by smudged parilla handstamp in black. MADRID cds of despatch (May 28) in red above. The entire with file folds away from the adhesive, minimal aging around the stamp as frequently encountered with this issue. Illustrated in the Edifil specialised catalogue (2005) on page 28. A splendid example of a very rare stamp on letter. Signed Calves. Certs. Comex (1973), Graus (2000) Mi = € 8'000 off cover/Edifil 23 = € 12'000+.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1933 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 25
    1854: 4 cs. carmine on thin white wove paper, the remarkable block of 100 (10 x 10) with generally fine margins all round, all cancelled by somewhat oily strikes of the oval six barred parilla handstamp in grey-black. An exceptional multiple (the sheet size was of 170 stamps) and a stunning exhibition piece Mi = € 1'875+/Edifil 33 = € 1'250+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1934 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 28z
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    1854: 2 Reales carmine on thin bluish wove paper, the remarkable block of eight (4 x 2) with ample to huge margins all round, neatly cancelled by four strikes of oval six barred parilla in black. One minor age spot in top margin and ironed vertical bend not mentioned on certificate, a rare and fine multiple. Cert. CEM (1982) Edifil 25pb = € 5'800+.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, Balasse, June 1963, lot 215.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1935 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 28
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    1854 (Jan 1): 2 r. bright red on thin white wove paper, a used block of sixteen (4 x 4), with ample to just shaved margins all round, in a deep resonant shade, individually cancelled by oval six barred parilla handstamps in black. A rare and fine multiple. Signed A. Diena, Roig. Certs. Exfima (1977), CEM (2018) Michel = € 3'200+/Edifil 25 = € 2'800+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1936 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 28
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    1854: 2 r. vermilion, a fine used example with good margins all round and just shaved at lower left, used on 1855 cover to Havana, Cuba tied by oval six barred parilla handstamp in black. AVILA cds of despatch in red at right (March 6) and framed FRANCO in blue above. Reverse with Havana arrival datestamp in blue (April 4). Some minor cover blemishes but an extremely rare single franking. Certs. Comex (1985), F. Graus (2000) Mi=€ 2'500/Edifil 25 = € Unpriced as a single franking.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1937 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 28+25
    1854: 2 r. vermilion, a horizontal pair with good margins all round used on 1854 cover front to Cartagena 4 cs. carmine in a horizontal strip of three, good even margins all round, tied by oval six barred parilla handstamps in black. MURCIA cds in blue at right (Nov 11) and charge marking "30 Rs." in black alongside. The adhesives with minor aging and the cover front with some typical creases but a rare franking.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1938 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 28+29
    1854: 2 r. vermilion in a horizontal pair with ample margins all round, used on small piece with 5 r. green in an irregular block of six with just touched to large margins all round and contemporary scissor cut in margin between stamps, cancelled by six barred parilla handstamps in black. Stain at right and some creasing but scarce Mi = € 1'400/Edifil 25+26 = € 1'300+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1939 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 29
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    1854: 5 r. green, two horizontal pairs, margins large to just touched, each in a very rich deep shade, used on 1854 cover from Cadiz to Havana, Cuba endorsed 'Por el correo Vapor', tied by oval six barred parilla handstamps in black. Cadiz despatch cds in black at right (May 24) and framed FRANCO in blue adjacent. Faint arrival in blue on reverse. The cover with no side flaps and some typical aging but of great scarcity. Cert. F. Graus (2005) Mi = € 1'600++/Edifil 26 = unpriced.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1940 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 30
    1854: 6 r. blue, a used block of eight (4 x 2), with large even margins all round and portions of two adjoining stamps at left, cancelled by oval four barred parilla handstamps in black. Tiny scissor cut in margin only at top left and ironed crease not affecting the appearance of a very rare and most appealing multiple. Signed Roig Mi = € 6'400+/Edifil 27 = € 4'450+.rnProvenance: Collection Luis Cervera, DF, May 1989, lot 10295.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1941 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 30+26
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    1854: 6 cs. carmine on white wove paper and a remarkable vertical strip of three 6 r. blue with good margins all round, used on 1854 Judicial front of large cover from Valencia to Alicante tied by oval six barred parilla handstamps in black. ALICANTE datestamp in red at top (Oct 24) of receipt. A very scarce multiple (Michel does not price a used strip of three 6 r.), especially so on cover. Certs. Comex (1975), F. Graus (2000) Michel = € 4'000+/Edifil 24+27 = € 4'200+.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1942 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 57
    1864 (Nov 24): Entire letter from Valencia to Lyon franked by 12 c. green on rose, fresh colour and good margins all round, tied by crisp French '2240' lozenge numeral of Marseilles with '5c' accountancy handstamp and framed PD, both in red alongside. Reverse with Marseilles transit and Lyon arrival cds's (27 Nov.). A most attractive shipmail cover with the Spanish definitive cancelled upon arrival in Marseilles.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1943 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 116+121+122
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    Italo-Platense Line 1873: Cover mailed on board the Steamer "Po" and endorsed "Pr. Vapor Po", probably in transit at Cadiz to Montevideo, Uruguay, bearing Spain 1872 40 c. brown, 1873 5 c. rose and 10 c. ultramarine (2) tied by large circular "COMPAÑIA DE NAVIGACION / ITALO-PLATENSE / Vapor Po" handstamp in blue (unique) with two further strikes of arrival cds "Montevideo / Uruguay" (July 4) in black and framed "10 Centimos" postage due handstamp of receipt in black. An absolutely stunning and unique cover. Cert. Graus (1999).rnProvenance: DF, Geneva, Private Treaty (2015).rnrn 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1944 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 137+140
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    1874: 10 c. blue and 40 c. violet, fine examples used on 21 July 1874 entire letter from Valencia to Genova endorsed "por Vapor via Marseille", tied in transit by Marseille "2240" gros chiffres in red with "ESPAGNE / MARSEILLE" cds in same ink alongside (July 27). A delightful and very rare usage. Signed Sorani, G. Bolaffi, A. Bolaffi.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1945 Spain

    1855 (April 1) / 1856 (Jan 1) / 1856 (April 11): Isabel II - the Exhibit collection beautifully arranged on leaves with Die Proofs of the 2 cs., 4 cs., 1 r., 2 r. and the unissued 12 cu. value all printed in black; 1855 wmk. loops 1855 2 cs. green used (5) and 2 cs. single franking used from Icod to Orotava within Canary Islands, 1856 2 cs. single franking covers (2) one within Madrid and another used in the Canaries, 4 cs. red-brown on blued unused, entire letter written on Sunday 1 April 1855 and mailed with 4 cs. carmine tied in black used from Alicante (April 3) to Barcelona - probably the earliest cover known (ex collection Graus) and another used on 6th April 1855 from Santiago de Compostela, Colour Trials and paper Proofs incl. some multiples, 4 cs. on covers (10); 1 r. greenish blue unused and many used incl. a block of four, 2 r. brown-violet unused and used (20); 1856 wmk. lines 2 cs. green used, 2 c. green single franking covers (2) used in Valencia and in Teneriffa, 4 cs. single on cover with pre-stamp "CAB.A DEL BUEY / ESTREMADURA / BAXA" handstamp alongside, 4 cs. single on cover to Paris with "España" in blue charged '5' décimes due and further fine covers; 1 r. wmk. lines used on December 1856 entire to Havana carried by Steamship 'Velasco' of the Spanish Navy on its last Transatlantic round trip, 2 r. deep-lilac unused and used (10),rn1856 no wmk. 2 cs. green unused (2), 2 cs. used on local drop letters in Madrid (5), Barcelona (2) and in Canary Islands (5); 4 cs. with range of unused multiples and study of the Types throughout, an unusual used vertical strip of five, block of 15 used, and a delightful used block of 25; 4 cs. fine block of 14 on Judicial cover, superb cancellation study with Cartwheel 'rueta' numeral cancels on 4 cs. from #1 (Madrid) to #63 San Roque complete, 4 cs. no wmk. with single frankings showing pre-stamp markings of oval ONTANEDA and three line PA. DE ALCOZER / ESTREMADURA / BAXA, and a further 54 covers showing single frankings from a variety of towns; January 1859 cover with Postal Forgery 4 cs. successfully defrauding the Posts used from Madrid to St. Sebastian, 1 r. blue unused (5) and used (16) and used on covers (2) as single frankings to Cuba, one to Santiago (cert.) the other to Macagua; and 2 r. violet unused (4) and pair on 1859 cover to London. Condition good to very fine throughout, viewing is a pleasure Scott 36/47.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1946 Spain

    1855/1936: Collection hundreds stamps used/unused, in addition collectons of Spanish Morocco  Protectorate, Ifbi, Sahara, West Africa and Guinea, on sheets and well written up.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1947 Spain

    1985/2005: Large lot with several thousand Framas of various types in mint conditon and used (taken from daily mail), the lot includes various face values, printing errors, coil strips of four and six, FDC's as well as business and daily mail, in addition a small range of booklets and booklet panes, neatly arranged in five albums and served in a box.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1948 Spain

    1774/83: Group of four early covers, incl. red two line h.s. 'ANDALUCIA ALTA' on 1774 entire lettersheet to Genova and on 1778 letter  to Gand (Flanders), further red 'CADIZ' h.s. on 1783 letter also to Gand as well as black 'B:CATALVNA' on 1792 cover to Troyes, France, all with clear ink taxations.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1949 Spain

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    Catalogue# : 101+126/127+131
    1871/74: Covers (2) with 1871 cover from Bilbao to Buenos Aires via Portugal franked by 1870 50 m. ultramarine (7), signed Raybaudi; and 1874 creased entire letter from Barcelona to Buenos Aires at double rate per SGTM steamer franked by 1873 5 c. rose (2), 10 c. dull green (2) and 50 c. ultramarine (2) tied by dotted lozenge in black.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1950 Sweden

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    Catalogue# : 6
    1856 (July 1): Stockholm local (1 sk.) black & grey-black, a used example tied to small piece by rayed "*" obliterator in black. Choice and fine. Signed Richter Mi = € 380.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1951 Sweden

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    Catalogue# : 7b+14/II+16b
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    1858: 5 öre yellow-green, 1863 3 ö. brown (Type II) and 1866 20 ö. vermilion used on 1871 cover to Wasa, Finland all tied by superb strikes of "ESKILSTUNA" datestamp (Feb 22). Reverse with low boxed Stockholm transit datestamp (Feb 25) in black. A charming and scarce three colour franking. Signed E. Diena, R. Mondolfo. Cert. E. Diena (1985).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1952 Sweden

    1950/2000: Lot several hundred compl. stamp booklets, mainly in mint condition incl. plenty of duplicates, furthermore coil stamps showing single items, pairs, strips of five and more, coil starts and coil ends, few varieties, FDC's, daily mail, business mail, special editions by the new issues department and more, the whole in good condition, arranged in nine Albums and served in a box.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1953 Bosnia-Herzgovina (Austria)

    1849c.: Registered cover from Sarajevo addressed to Constantinople struck with "BOSNA 265" (1849) negative seal handstamp in brown (Coles & Walker fig. 1), charged at 5 piastres 10 paras in manuscript. Minor corner bend at right but a superb strike of the negative seal.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1954 Syria

    Ottoman Posts 1853 (Jan 18): Entire letter from Alexandrette struck with superb "An canib-i ALEPPO" negative seal applied on arrival in deep blue (Coles & Walker fig. 1), rated '1.20' (1½ piastres) due at top in manuscrript. Scarce so fine.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1955 Syria

    Syria, Austrian / Ottoman Posts 1856 (Nov 6): Entire letter from the Sardinian Consul in Constantinople (full oval black seal on reverse), mailed to the Sardinian Consul in Aleppo via Alexandrette, struck at left with "L.A. From the Austrian Post / Aleppo" negative seal in black with Roman 'L.A.' (Tchilinghirian & Tranmer fig. 1 / Müller 2024a = 1'400 pts.) - unlisted in Coles & Walker - this handstamp was used on transit mail between 1855 and 1856 only when withdrawn possibly due to Ottoman complaints, probably applied at Alexandrette, with very few examples known. The sole recorded entire not from the Dahlah correspondence, f fine and very rare. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.rnNote: This is the only bilingual Austrian Levant postmark - a rarity only in use from 1855/56. Ing. Edwin Müller (1960) knew only two items with this cancellation in black, a number not changed until 1976, when Keith Tranmer published his study on this subject (see collection 'Monte Napoleone', Corinphila sale 78, Sept. 1988, lot 895; collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 1929). Keith Tranmer originally stated that this handstamp was used only as an arrival mark. However four covers, all struck in 1855/56 in blue or blackish blue and all being part of the same Dahlah correspondence, sent via Trieste or intended to be sent via Trieste to London, where this postmark clearly functioned as a temporary despatch postmark (Collection Franz See, Corinphila sale 62, May 1979, lot 2423; Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 1994 & Corinphila sale 124, Oct 2000, lot 5756). This entire is an additional cover to Thomas Berger's 2019 census and is not applied to a Dahlah correspondence cover.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1956 Bosnia-Herzgovina (Austria)

    1861 (Dec 16): Cover from Sarajevo addressed to W. Travnik of the Imperial Army, Constantinople struck with late usage of the "BOSNA 265" (1849) negative seal handstamp in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 1). Minimal aging but rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1957 Turkey

    1886: Cover from Gobru, Armenia sent stampless to the Armenian Partriarchate in Istanbul struck on front and on reverse with 1879 GÖBRU circular negative seal well struck in brown. A few faults to envelope but a great rarity.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 130 (October 2001), lot 3201.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1958 Turkey

    1890: Black on violet Official Telegram envelope, with contents, used from Bitlis to Mus, cancelled on reverse by circular all Arabic TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I MUS negative seal handstamp (Ziya/Bulent fig. 3 = RRR) struck in blue-black. Illustrated in Ziya / Bulent 'Ottoman Turkish Postmarks', Volume 7, page 148. Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6466.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1959 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 14
    1868: Dulos 20 pa. green, horizontal pair used on 1870 cover to Venice endorsed 'Col Vapore' tied by circular all arabic SCUTARI handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 3). Transit datestamp of Austrian Post Office ANTIVARI in black (2/11) on obverse, thence via Trieste to Venice. Taxed on arrival with 1870 Italy Postage Due 10 c. and 60 c. tied by Venezia datestamp (Nov 9). Addressee's name erased by a rare 'triple' combination usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1960 Bosnia-Herzgovina (Austria)

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    Catalogue# : 15B
    1871/72: Turkey 1 pi. yellow, perf. 5-11, a vertical strip of three used on reverse of 1873 entire letter to Brood, tied by three strikes of circular "SARAJEVO" Arabic only handstamps in black (Coles & Walker fig. 4). A fine and attractive entire that displays well.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1961 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 52
    1886: 2 pi. orange & blue used on reverse of envelope from Mus to Istanbul tied by bold strike of circular all Arabic MUS POSTA SUBESI negative seal handstamp in blue (Bayindir fig. 4). Stamboul arrival cds in blue alongside. A superb and rare cover. Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6464.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1962 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 56
    1888: 2 pi. lilac & blue used on attractive cover from Mus to Istanbul tied by superb strike of circular all Arabic TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I MUS negative seal handstamp (Ziya/Bulent fig. 3 = RRR) struck in black. A remarkable and extremely rare cover. Signed Nakri.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6465.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1963 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 72H
    1892: 2 pi. orange, diagonally bisected lower left half of stamp used on reverse of cover from Mus to Istanbul tied by superb strike of circular all Arabic TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I MUS negative seal handstamp (Ziya/Bulent fig. 3 = RRR) struck in bright blue.rnProvenance: 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6467.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1964 Libanon

    1892: 1 pi. blue on rose postal stationery letter/card, a used example from Beirut to Baalbek, cancelled by bilingual "BEYROUTH" cds (Aug 1) with rare Arabic manuscript "Baalbek" arrrival notation at left.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1965 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : P11B+P12B
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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

    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
    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
    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
    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

    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
    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

    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

    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
    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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
    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
    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
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