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  • Lot# : 1408 Turkey

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    1912 (Dec 16): Postcard from Darmstadt addressed to Adrianopel / Turkey sent registered with 20 pf. ultramarine and addressed to a Serbian Prisoner of War, carried as far as Istanbul and handstamped with framed bilingual RETOUR and straight line CAUSE DE GUERRE in black due to the continuing Balkan War. Returned to Leeheim (Feb 27). Fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1409 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 214 Booklet
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    1913: The first Booklet, 12 pi. value with grey-blue covers, made up of 8 panes of six of the 1913 10 pa. green, with letter rates printed inside front cover, staple with some ageing as usual but complete and fine. It is interesting to note that Turkey's second Booklet was not issued until 1950 Isfila KN1.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1410 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 234
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    1914/15: Postcard bearing 1914 20 pa. carmine tied by bilingual ARTWIN datestamp in black (Ziya/Bulent fig. 1) and by 'Mevrude' datestamp in black and what appears to be a violet Censor marking above. Extremely rare - the cancel used for a brief period when the Turkish Army liberated the city from Russian occupying Forces: the cancellation has to be used from late November 1914 until early March 1914 only, upon the Turks retreating from the city on March 14, 1915 the city was torched and it is believed this and the previous Russian cancellations were all burnt in the inferno. A great rarity of Armenian, Russian and Ottoman philately.

    Provenance: 'Cihangir' collection, Corinphila sale 121 (April 29, 2000), lot 136.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1411 Turkey

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    1914: 20 paras red postal stationery card used from Artwin to Aleppo, showing fine strike of the emergency engraved bilingual datestamp ARTWIN well struck in black (Ziya/Bulent fig. 1 = RR), used for a brief period when the Turkish Army liberated the city from Russian occupying Forces: the cancellation has to be used from late November 1914 until early March 1914 only, upon the Turks retreating from the city on March 14, 1915 the city was torched and it is believed this and the previous Russian cancellations were all burnt in the inferno. A great rarity of Armenian, Russian and Ottoman philately.

    Provenance: 'Cihangir' collection, Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 5942.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1412 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 246+360
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    1918 (Feb 11): Ottoman Field Post Office. 20 pa. red stationery envelope used to Constantinople up-rated with 1914 10 pa. green and 1916 20 pa. rose tied by FIELD POST OFFICE No. 46 datestamps and by framed violet 'Opened By Censor' cachet. Stamboul arrival (Feb 26) on reverse. Minor edge wear to envelope but a rare cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1413 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 259 var
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    1915 (Aug): 10 pi. on 100 pi. violet blue, variety 'Inverted Overprint' in black, fine mint example with full unmounted og. A rare stamp, surprisingly omitted from the Michel listing Mi = unpriced/Gi = £ 400.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1414 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 302E
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    1915: Crescent 1331 overprint in red on 1908 'Matbua' 2 pi. slate-black, perf. 13¼ x 12, a fine used example on part Parcel Card tied by 'Menemen' cds (Feb 17, 1916). A rare and exclusive stamp. Cert. Nakri (2009) Isfila 538/Mi = EUR 1'300.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1415 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 349+351+383
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    1916: Sinai overprint in red on 1901 10 pa. green and 190 1 pi. ultramarine, with July 1916 National Fete 10 pa. green all used on registered cover to Metelino/Mytilene, struck with CAUSE DE GUERRE / RETOUR handstamp in black and returned to sender (Oct 2). Rare.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1416 Turkey

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    1922 (Aug): 5 pi. blue, handstamped on toned printed newspaper with octagonal design (23 x 20 mm.) reading 'Posta / Besh (Five) / G (Guerche-Piastres), a fine used example of this rare Provisional cancelled by blue 'Field Post Office / 95' datestamp (aug 5). Scarce.

    Provenance: Collection I. H. T. Okday.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1417 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 826/842Cx
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    1924: Republic definitive set of eleven mint incl. the rare 3 pi. brown, together with 1924/26 definitive set of seven values complete incl. greyish paper varieties and the rare 10 pi. deep ultramarine with a few 'Imperforate Between' multiples. Fresh and fine Mi = EUR 1'500+.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1418 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 985/999
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    1935: 'Suffragette' set of 15, fresh and fine mint set all overprinted 'Specimen' in black, full unmounted og. Rare.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1419 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 35
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    1870 (Dec 15): Ballon monté to Turkey. Complete 'Gazette Des Absents' No. 16, mailed to Constantinople from beseiged Paris and franked by Dec 1870 Siège 40 c. orange tied by Paris Star, flown on Ballon 'Le Parmentier' and landed at Epernay (in Prussian occupied territory) where the mail was recovered by the local population. Mailed on via Marseille (Dec 29) and reverse showing clear 'Constantinople / Turquie' datestamp of receipt (January 7, 1871). Opens well for Exhibit display. A superb and very rare destination for Ballon Monté mail. Signed Brun. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1420 Turkey

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    1909/14. The collection of postcards, mostly unused, featuring all the pilots who flew in or over Turkey, with Baron de Caters (1909), Gordon Bell (1910, Mehmet V, Coronation flight), Capt. Fethi and Capt. Sadik on Syrian card with picture presumably taken in Damascus prior to their deaths on 1914 flight, Capt. Fethi at Ayastefanos, visit of Mehmet V to Ayastefanos, Capt. Nuri (killed at Jaffa in 1914), Bleriot in Syria in 1913 etc. A fine and rare group (16 items). Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1421 Turkey

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    1911 (Sept 9): 'First UK Aerial Post' card printed in brown, franked by Great Britain 1911 ½ d. green (2) for flight from Hendon-Windsor service, cancelled by 'First United Kingdom Aerial Post' datestamp in black. Mailed to Constantinople and forwarded on to Cavalla with 'British Post Office / Constantinople' cds (Sept 30) on front. An extremely unusual destination. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 580 CHF

    Lot# : 1422 Turkey

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    1911/12: Italian Propaganda Leaflet printed in arabic air-dropped over Berber tribesmen in Libya during 1912, dated at Tripoli (Trablusgarb) in January 1912 and believed to have been first dropped in December 1912. Note: This War was the first in which powered aircraft were used for reconnaissance, bombing and the dropping of propaganda leaflets. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 1423 Turkey

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    1914/22: Postcard of Captain Ismail Hakki, unused, the navigator and sole survivor of the four Turkish Aviators who attempted to fly in 1914 from Istanbul to Egypt. Hakki flew with Captain Nuri who was drowned off Jaffa.The two pilots of the other aeroplane on the flight were kiled in Syria on the previous day. A superb card, signed at lower left by Capt. Hakki and dated 22 September 1922. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1424 Turkey

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    1914/23: Covers/cards (120) showing the British, French and Serbian Airforce Units in the Balkans and Turkey, with 1915 French Military cover from Serbia to Paris, Serbian Airfoirce cachets (2 different) on 'FM' covers, Indian Flying Corps cover from Iraq to UK, Royal Naval Air Service cover to UK, postcards incl. 'Captured Balloon at Nablus', 1919 'Armées Alliées en Orient / Poste Aérienne' double rate cover, (Aug 7), 1923 British Levant cover and 100 mostly mint cards of Wartime Salonica etc.  Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1425 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 484
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    1917 (April 29): 10 pa. green postal stationery card used to Brunswick, Germany up-rated with 10 pa. green and 1917 10 pa. violet all tied by fine strike of AVIATION BRANCH No. 1 cancellations in black; with circular 'Feldwetterzentrale / Konstantinopel' cachet below. There was close co-operation between the Turks and German forces over meteorolgy-the Turks supplying a network of weather stations and the Germans the scientific knowledge. A rare and delightful card. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1426 Turkey

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    1917 (Dec 15): 'Feldpostkarte' mailed from Smyrna to Berlin with handstamp in blue of Major Serno's Airforce Liason Unit based in Constantinople, and rare circular Unit handstamp, '5th Turkish Air Company' also struck in blue. Mailed with fine strike of 'Feldpost / Mil. Miss. / Smyrna' datestamp in black. Extremely rare from the nascent Turkish Airforce Unit. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: A German Officer, Major Serno, was appointed to liase with the Turkish Airforce command. He had his own unit based in Constantinople. The sender of this card was a photographic interpreter with a return address given as 'Königliche Osmanische Feld Flieger Abtteilung 5, Smyrna'.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1427 Turkey

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    1914/1941: The 'German Influence' on Turkish Airmails, Exhibit collection on leaves (62 covers/cards) with 1915 card to the Benz Engine Factory requesting parts, 1915 'Deutsch-Türkische / Fleiger Abteilung' cachet applied in Hungary, 1917 'Feldpost' cards from identified pilots, Meteorlogical negative handstamp used on 1916 cover from Sinope (2), various usages of 'Feldpost / Mil. Miss.' datestamps from Aleppo, Jerusalem, Konia  Konstantinopel and Smyrna (all from Airforce Units); Post-War usages showing 1924 Junkers Flight card, cover with Turkey 1937 air set of three (Mi. 1016/1018), Lufthansa routings via Sofia etc. A fresh and fine lot. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1428 Turkey

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    1916 (May 5): Zeppelin LZ 85. The exhibit collection of postcards (52, all different) and articles relating to only the second Zeppelin shot down by the Allies during the War, with postcards (some produced within a fortnight of the crash), showing the crash site, the moving and eventual reconstruction of the LZ85 - all debris was collected and re-assembled by, amongst others, Barnes Wallis who used the Zeppelin form in his design for the Wellington bomber -  and also the other aeroplanes shot down over Salonica; also the HMS Agamemnon which brought it down, the scenic pictures of crowds visiting the site, the captured crew etc. A marvellous and most interesting collection. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1429 French Levant

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    1919 (Oct 31):  Type-written Official notice in French declaring the 'Constantinople-Bucharest' Airmail Service to be closed from the following day, largely due to a Sept 1919 cyclone that caused 2 million francs worth of damage and some resulting vandalism, together with the ensuing fire on Oct 6, 1919 which caused a further 3 million francs worth of damage. The Notice is struck with oval 'Poste Aerienne / Aéronautique / Armées d'Orient / Le Capitaine Bladinieres' cachet at base (possibly the Unit Adjutant) and struck at top with the Offcial 'thin' type ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE in violet. Rare and in all probability, a unique document, as sent to the Turkish newspaper 'Tasvir-i-Ekvir'. Illustrated by G. Sassower in his article in the 'London Philatelist' in May 2000 on page 131. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1430 Turkey

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    1919: Proposed 2 fr. stamp for Orient Flights from Constantinople, 'Poste Avion en Orient', imperforate, a superb large margined unused example, marginal at top, fresh and very fine. Scarce. Ex collection Bill Robertson. Signed Herbert Bloch.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1431 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 200+202+204
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    1919/21: Incomplete 1921 cover carried by the Royal Hellenic Air Force, based at Smyrna, with Greece 50 l. grey-lilac (2), 1 d. ultramarine and 3 d. red all tied by AIRFORCE BASE / SMYRNA framed cachet struck in blue and by two strikes of the Greek Occupation Force circular cachet struck in red brown. Repeated strike of Airforce cachet in blue below and on reverse. Athens cds of arrival (Dec 20) in black. A great rarity, believed unique in private hands - the only other example being housed in the British Library collections in London. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: The Greek Army occupied Smyrna and Western Anatolia from May 1919, after the Treaty of Versailles allocated a large part of Western Anatolia to Greece.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1432 Turkey

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    1922: 5 pi. on 2 pa. greenish blue, overprinted ANTALYA AEROPLANE SOUVENIR MAIL 7-2-22 in red, tied to small piece by part Antalya cds. The stamp was surcharged in Antalya and was used on a small batch of mail sent to Aksehir, flown by Vehici Hurkus of the Nationalist 2nd Squadron. Scarce Isflia YP 251. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1433 Turkey

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    1923/24: Vehici Hurkus Air Service. Document with red illustration of Hurkus's aeroplane (a Caproni Italia B1) with arabic script below reading 'Our passenger aircraft which will soon start to carry passengers' (the service was due to link Edirne with Izmir) with a local philatelist's use of 1924 Lausanne issue 1½ pi., 4½ pi., 5 pi and 7½ pi adhesives tied by SMYRNE octagonal datestamps (Jan 6, 1924). A scarce document and a fine ancillary item for a service from which no covers exist. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1434 Turkey

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    1923 (June 18): Vehici Hurkus Air Service. Distressed postcard of the 'Ernesto Breda' aeroplane (a Caproni Italia B1, later re-named Vehici, with Vehici Hurkus and airforce colleagues; franked at 3 piastres with Turkish script reading "...a powerful aircraft. It takes 10 passengers. It flew from here to Izmir...in three hours you can get a letter from Edirne". Despite condition, a rarity of Turkish Airmail philately. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1435 Turkey

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    1924 (July 5-6): Junkers Flight cover carried from Dessau to Ankara, franked by 10 pf. red and 50 pf. orange tied by 'Berlin' cds, with perforated Junkers 'Berlin-Angora' special label at left tied by Flight cachet. The flight caused a minor diplomatic incident due to the lack of Turkish mail charges but the London 'Times' correspondent noted 'After the floats had been changed for wheels, the pilot, Mr D. Zimmerman, completed the Dessau-Ankara journey in a flying time of 27 hours'. Fresh and fine cover (Muller #173, 250 carried with the label). Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 1436 Turkey

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    1924 (April 13): Cover carried by CFRNA on return leg of Trial Flight from Ankara to Istanbul, franked by 1923/25 5 pi. violet tied by Ankara datestamp with 'Postes Aériennes / Angora' datestamp alongside. Backstamped at Istanbul ( same day) and delivered in Bebek (April 14). Some minor ageing but rare. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1437 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 788
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    1924 (April 22): Newspaper wrapper carried by CFRNA on Trial Flight from Istanbul to Ankara, franked by 1922 10 pa. green lightly cancelled with 'Postes Aériennes / Stamboul' cds. Angora arrival (same day) on reverse. Rare. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1438 Turkey

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    1924 (Sept 14): 5 pi. violet pair used on Istanbul-Ankara Airmail service run by CFRNA (Cie. Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne) neatly tied by bold strike of 'Postes Aériennes / Stamboul' cds with repeated strike above, arrival cs on reverse. Correctly rated (5 pi. postage + 5 pi. airmail surcharge). Fresh and fine cover. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: Between Sept 5, 1924 and Oct 30, 1924 the service flew three return flights a week between Istanbul and Ankara.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1439 Turkey

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    1924 (Sept 17): 5 pi. violet pair used on Ankara-Istanbul Airmail service run by CFRNA (Cie. Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne) bold strike of 'Postes Aériennes / Angora' cds at top, Galata arrival cs on reverse. Correctly rated (5 pi. postage + 5 pi. airmail surcharge). Fresh and fine cover. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1440 Turkey

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    1924/1938: The Exhibit collection neatly mounted and successfully explained on leaves, with covers (70) from first CFRNA flight in April 1924 onwards including Trial flights, 1924/27 Swiss incoming airmail covers (8), 1924 CFRNA flights to Ankara and back, 1924 Czech flight from Prague, April 1925 Official cover to Warsaw by Air, later covers with routes formed by CIDNA, advertising leaflet with Turkish fiscals, airmail labels and CIDNA airmail label complete booklets (1931, 1932, 1933, 1934), and even a rare annotated 1936 Postal Notice. A fresh and very fine lot with much of interest. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1441 Turkey

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    1925 (July 1): Official cover from Izmir to Couzgoundjouk, Istanbul sent stampless as surface mail, struck with circular cachet of the Flying School of the Turkish Airforce, based at Seydi-koy, Izmir; struck in violet and counter-signed by the Commanding Officer. Backstamped at Couzgoundjouk. Unusual and fine. Signed Nakri. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1442 Turkey

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    1925 (Aug 8): Potez 25 Demonstration Flight. Cover flown from France via Belgrade, Istanbul, Bucharest, Moscow (Aug 11), Warsaw, Copenhagen (Aug 12) and back to Le Bourget (Muller #134); franked by Pasteur 50 c. blue and 75 c. blue tied by 'Chaville' despatch cds. Cover was backstamped at the mentioned Capital Cities with 'Aya-Stefano' cds (Aug 10) when landing in Istanbul. A rarity of Flight covers, this superb demonstration by Pilot Arrachart was a huge success. A mere 35 covers carried, this example numbered '3' at left. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1443 Turkey

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    1925/88: Collection on exhibit leaves and loose with 163 covers/cards, predominantly commercial Flight covers both outgoing and incoming, with 1925 Teheran Flight covers (3), 1930's mail to and from South America, 1931 card to Sweden, flights to Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, 1932 card with Zeppelin cachet, 1934 Swiss Mittelholzer flight covers, 1935 covers to China (2), cover with 1937 airmail set of three (Mi. 1016/1018), 1939 cover to Western Australia, mail to India and from Afghanistan, War time usages with Censors, Turkish State Airlines Booklet of Airmail labels, later FFC's etc., a somewhat untidy but most interesting lot. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1444 Turkey

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    1926 (June 25): Postcard sent airmail from Chaville to Basrah, Iraq carried by the Arrachart Brothers, franked by Pasteur 75 c. blue (Muller #151). This Flight used a Potez 28 machine with a Renault 550 h.p. engine, but the route was never established by CIDNA due to pressure from the Turkish Military. Large oval 'Postmaster Posts & Telegraphs / Basrah' cachet in violet (June 27) at left. A mere 27 covers were carried. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1445 Turkey

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    1926 (Aug 15): 6 k. postal stationery card up-rated to 80 kurus for the registered airmail rate, used on First Flight from Istanbul to Brindisi (Muller #20); the flight never occurred as can be seen by the route taken with Vienna cds (20/8) struck on front and Trieste Ambulante cds (21/8) at left. In all probability this card was flown by CIDNA to Vienna and thence by train and not by AEI (Aero Espresso Italiana), nevertheless a scarce usage with just 61 items of mail carried. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1446 Airmail

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    1926: CIDNA-timetable (Compagnie Internationale De Navigation Aérienne) concerning the daily connections between Zürich - Dübendorf to Birsfelden - Basel, Paris via Innsbruck to Prague - Warsaw or Vienna - Budapest - Belgrade to Constantinople and Ankara. Scarce item of the French Airline, ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1447 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1/14
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    1926/27: Postal Tax Airmail. Issued in Aid of the Turkish Aviation Society, the 1926 set of four values mint, 1927 set of 10 values mint also a 5 pi. imperforate and a vertical 5 pi. pair variety 'Imperforate Between'. Scarce and attractive Mi = EUR 1'500.
    Starting bid : 180 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1448 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 845+850+882
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    1929 (June 7): Postcard from Italian Airforce Trial Flight (to Athens, Istanbul, Varna, Odessa and Constanta), bearing the special perforated coloured label prepared for the Turkish leg 'Crociera Aviatoria Mediterraneo Orientale', overlapped by 1926 1 k. and 6 k. and 1929 20 pa. on 1 k. all tied by 'Therapia' cds's in black. Scarce and very fine: as a result of this formation flight Italy ordered 28 Savoia Marcheta Seaplanes. Signed Nakri. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1449 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 850
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    1930 (Jan 9): Cover to Istanbul franked by 1926 6 k. red, struck at left with unframed TAYARE BÜYÜK / BIR KUVVETTIR! handstamp in black (Flying Brings Strength). An extremely rare handstamp - this being the earliest so far recorded. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1450 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 886+901+907
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    1930 (Oct 16): Cover flown from Istanbul to Athens franked at 40 kurus with 1929 2½ k. green and 1930 7½ k. lake and 30 k. yellow-brown tied by Istanbul cds's. Fine strike of framed bilingual "HAVA POSTASI / Poste a'érienne" handstamp (in use for less than a month, withdrawn due to erroneous French spelling) struck in black at right. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1451 Turkey

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    1930: Covers (4) all showing the framed handstamp MEKTUPLARINIZI / TAYYARE POSTASIYLA Gönderiniz / UTLISEZ LA POSTE AÉRIENNE, with small cartridge cachet in black on Sept 1930 registered cover from Ankara and incoming Aug 1930 cover from Chios, Greece; and rare large cartridge example used on December 1930 cover from Topkapi to Edirne, also a May 1930 cover from Germany with red framed cachet TAYYARE POSTASI COK SÜR'ALTLIDIR in red (Airmail is very quick). Scarce group. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1452 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 870+923+930+943
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    1932 (April 12): 3 k. postal stationery card up-rated with 1928 1 g., 1930 Sivas 6 k. on 7½ k. and 30 k. on 40 k. and 11931 50 k. all tied by Istanbul cds's carried on Graf Zeppelin 3rd. South America Flight with Recife acceptance (April 20) at left. Some ageing and corner bend at right not detracting from appearance. A scarce usage (Isfila ZP1). Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1453 Greece

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    Catalogue# : 355/361+345+308
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    1933 (Oct 10): Airmail cover from Athens to the A.E.I. Offices in Buyukdere, Istanbul franked by 1927 40 l. strip of four, 1930 8 d. violet and Airmail complete set of seven used on First Day of Issue, all tied by Athens cds's. Fresh and very fine, a scarce usage. Ex collection Bill Robertson Cat. Hellas (2012) = EUR 500.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1454 Italy

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    1926/28: Aero Espresso Italiana collection on Exhibit leaves, the superbly written up collection showing the link between Italy and Istanbul via Athens, with Aug 1, 1926 advert card used, First Flight (Aug  8) cover from Brindisi to Constantinople and return flight (Aug 15), further early flights to Turkey with one showing Airmail 1 lire 20 c. brown, covers from the Greek leg with 1926 Airmail usages (incl. a mint set and 1933 set used) and Metelino-Cosp flight covers (2, plus a return flight), 1930 link to Imperial Airways with reg'd cover ex New Zealand, A.E.I. labels, Airmail label sheet, and original 1926 Booklet for the new service, Winter time-table for 1933/34 etc.. A superb collection with 57 covers/cards. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1455 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 15/21
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    1930/31: Postal Tax Airmail. Surcharged in Aid of the Turkish Aviation Society, the mint set of eight values, 50 k. with light bend but the rare 'Bes Lira' on 5 l. green on yellow being superb mint with large part og. (signed Kessler). Rare Mi = EUR 4'900.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1456 Turkey

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    1939/46: The Exhibit collection of Airmails during World War Two with covers and ancillary items (140), many neatly presented on leaves with covers from September 1939 including mail to and from Turkey during the War, some wonderful and rare covers noted with April 1940 cover to Perth, Australia; June 1940 to both Egypt and South Africa, 1940-41 covers to UK, 1941 cover to USA via Sydney, 1941 cover to Lisbon via Belgrade, 1941 cover registered to the Gambia, Sept 1942 horseshoe route registered cover to Canada, 1942 covers to Germany via Sofia, 1943 cover to USA via Egypt and Lagos, 1943 card to India via Beirut, 1943 covers to Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Sweden, 1945 covers to Ceylon, Sweden and Switzerland latter two with 'OAT' marks, Censored Mail, Airgraphs etc. A remarkable and most interesting collection. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: Turkey had, prior to the start of the War in September 1939, no direct airmail links with any other country.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1457 Turkey

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    1941 (Sept 5): Cover sent from Istanbul to New York franked at 16 kurus + 1 k. Charity stamp. Censored in transit with Canadian Reseal (Examined by C.252) at left and returned to the UK where again censored and marked  (by Examiner 599) witrh red CONDEMNED handstamp. It remained in the UK until after the War and was returned to USA where it was stamped HELD BY BRITISH CENSOR / RELEASED JAN 1946 in red. Unusual and extraordinary cover. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1458 French Levant

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    1919 (Sept 8): Cover to Bucharest (Hotel Excelsior) franked by France Sower 25 c. blue, Merson 1 fr. lake-red & pale green tied by ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE in black, and by Romanian negative seal Censor cachet in black. 'Tresor Et Postes / 506' datestamp  below. A scarce and attractive franking-for a similar cover see 'London Philatelist' (May 2000) page 125. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1459 French Levant

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    1919 (Aug 14): Civilian Airmail cover flown from Constantinople to Bucharest and thence to Paris, franked by Sower 5 c. green and Merson 40 c. red and pale blue in a strip of three, all tied by bold strikes of ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE in black with 'Tresor Et Postes / 506' datestamp alongside of despatch. Paris (Aug 19) arrival on reverse of a fine and scarce cover. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1460 French Levant

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    1919 (Sept 15): Cover franked by France Sower 25 c. blue, Merson 40 c. (over-lapped by Censor Reseal), and block of four Red Cross 15 c. + 5 c. all tied by ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE in black, over-lapped by French Military Censor tape and oval cachet. 'Tresor Et Postes / 506' datestamp  below. A scarce and attractive franking-for a similar cover see 'London Philatelist' (Oct 2005) page 305. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1461 French Levant

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    1919 (Sept 19): Military stampless cover, edge wear at base, from a member of the Telegraphic team at Constantinople, flown on the newly opened Constantinople-Bucharest route, struck with 'Tresor Et Postes' cds with '502' erased, struck with fine ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE, thin cachet in violet. L'Absie arrival cds (Sept 25) on reverse. Rare: this handstamp was only used on Official Mail. Ex collection Bill Robertson.

    Note: For more information on this service, which ran from May 10,1919 until Oct 31, 1919 only, see the G. Sassower articles in the 'London Philatelist' (May 2000 and October 2005).
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 175 CHF

    Lot# : 1462 French Levant

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    1919 (Sept 22): Cover franked by France Sower 10 c. red and 15 c. green with Merson 1 fr. lake-red & pale green, cancelled by blurred ARMÉES ALLIÉES EN ORIENT / POSTE AÉRIENNE in black, over-lapped by French Military Censor tape and oval cachet. 'Tresor Et Postes / 506' datestamp  below and reverse with arrival (Sept 28). Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1463 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1a
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    1863: Postage Due 20 pa. black on thin brown paper, a fine used horizontal pair with large margins all round and cancelled by dotted mute handstamp in black.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1464 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1aK
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    1863: Postage Due 20 pa. black on thin deep brown paper, a fine used 'head-to-head' vertical tête-bêche pair showing both horizontal guide lines at top and at base, cancelled by mute 'battal' in black.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 130 CHF

    Lot# : 1465 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1b
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    1863: Postage Due 20 pa. black on thin brick-red paper, two fine mint examples, each with the original paper colour showing through (one due to a pre-printing paper fold, the other possibly sheet marginal), each stamp with Control overprint error in red instead of blue, fresh and fine with large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1466 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1b
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    1863: Postage Due 20 pa. black on thin pale brown paper mint, the complete reconstruction of the Transfer block of 12 types, generally fresh and fine, a scarce assembly Mi = EUR 2'600.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1467 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1bK
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    1863: Postage Due 20 pa. black on brick-red thin paper, two vertical tête-bêche pairs: one with 'foot-to-foot' format the otther 'head-to-head', each pair with large part og. A fine matched pair.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1468A Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 2bK
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    1863: Postage Due 1 pi. black on thin brick-red paper, a fine mint vertical 'head-to-head' tête-bêche pair, of good colour, minor bend but ample margins all round and large part og.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1468 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 2a
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    1863: Postage Due 1 pi. black on thin brown paper, a fine mint horizontal pair with good margins all round, large part og Mi = EUR 520.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1469 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 2
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    1863: Postage Due 1 pi. black on thin pale brown paper used on large part cover tied by dotted 'battal' in blue. Signed Matl.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1470 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 4b
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    1863: Postage Due 5 pi. black on thin red-brown paper, a fine example tied to reverse of 1864 entire letter from Edirne (Adrianople) to Der Aliye, tied by mute dotted 'battal' in black. Scarce entire. Illustrated in Basaran II on page 97.
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1471 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : A1
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    1865: Postage Due - the Unissued 10 para deep red brown, perf. 12½, a fresh mint example of this rare stamp, of excellent colour and centering, just a couple of blunted perforations (as usual on this stamp), otherwise extremely fine with large part original gum Mi = EUR 3'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1472 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 11B
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    1869: Postage Due 20 pa. yellow brown and brown, a fine used block of ten all cancelled by circular all arabic GUMULCINA in black, together with a block of six cancelled by rectangular all arabic Kayseriye handstamps in black. Scarce and attractive multiples.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1473 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 11B+11B var
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    1869: First page of 'L'Impartial' Newspaper issued in Smyrna, mailed to Aleppo where charged with Postage Due 1869 20 pa. brown and vertically bisected 20 pa. brown, both rough perf. 5-11, and tied by framed all arabic ALEPPO handtsamp in black. Fresh and very fine, a rare usage.

    Provenance: Collection Max Platinga.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1474 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.

    Provenance: 'Cihangir' collection, Corinphila sale 124 (October 2000), lot 6496.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1475 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 24+94A+95A
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    1901 (March 15): Underpaid cover to Biledjik, franked by 'Matbua' overprinted 1901 5 pa. violet in a strip of four and single 10 pa. green (underpaid 10 pa.) all tied by SMYRNE datestamps in black. Taxed on arrival with Postage Due 1901 20 pa. black on crimson tied by ERTOGHROUL cds.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1476 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : P25
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    1902: Postcard from New York to Smyrna, underpaid with single 1 c, green and struck with 'T/5 Centimes' due marking in black, taxed on arrival with 1901 Postage Due 10 pa. black on rose red pair tied by 'Smyrne' arrival cds in black. Some edge wear to card but scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1477 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 161
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    1912 (Aug 26): Cash on Delivery collection form for German Post Office in Constantinople, franked by Turkey 1908 20 pa. red tied by framed 'T' marking in black, with CONSTANTINOPEL / DEUTSCHE POST cds alongside and reverse with 'Stamboul' cds of the same day. Fine and most unusual.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1478 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 678+686
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    1922 (Oct 9): Inflation period cover from Germany to Poste Restante, Constantinople; franked on reverse with Germany 3 m. vermilion (6) and block of four 50 m. purple tied by Charlottenburg cds's. Taxed on arrival for Poste Restante collection fee with Postage Due 1920 20 pa. carmine rose and strip of three Sept 1921 60 pa. on 10 pa. green all tied by 'Pera' datestamps in black. Scarce and most attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1479 Turkey

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    1848/1945: Covers/cards (38 items) in brown album with range of postal history inclusing 1848 entire struck with circular 'PP' used to Marseille, 1863 Tougra cover with 1 pi. used to Bilecik (signed Pfenninger), Tougra 5 pi. black on dull crimson tête-bêche pair and single 1 pi. error of colour in black on yellow off cover, 1872 cover from Lefke, 1887/1903 cover and card with negative 'Edirne' handstamps, 1880 reg'd cover from Smirna to Egypt, 1891 and 1901 cards cancelled in Nazareth, 1897 Soldier's Letter from Bursa, 1899 reg'd cover from Midye, 1905 up-rated stationery env. cancelled 'Damascus Babtooma Branch Office' in blue, 1912 cover from Rodosto with 1 pi. tied by hexagonal datestamp, 1916 Bulgarian Occ. of Serbia cover, 1916 Bulgaria Occ. of Greece cover, 1918 Censored cover from Medjid-Euzu, French P.O. covers to Buenos Aires (2) etc. Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1480 Turkey

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    1860/1970: Collection with several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. some better values, semi postal stamps, a few covers etc., in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1481 Turkey

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    1860/1970:  Collection with several hundred stamps used/unused, incl. better values, full sets, colour shades, souvenir sheets etc., in good condition and housed in three albums.
    Starting bid : 1,600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1482 Turkey

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    1862/1920c. Collection on leaves from first issue (good range thereof) with much cancellation interest throughout with most stamps annotated, including Steamship Lines, 'used abroads' with fine range from 1865 incl. Bulgaria (noted incl. Filibe, Ruscuk, Sofia, Sumnu, Zagra), Crete, Greece, Holy Land (Gaza, Jaffa, Jerusalem) Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia (Jeddah, Mecca), Syria, Yemen, Yugoslavia etc.  A massive lot with many hundreds to sort. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1483 Turkey

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    1863/1990c.: Collection with 1863/64 issue used (25+, all genuine) with postmark interest, Duloz issues, 1914 Sultan 200 ghr. used (2), 1914/19 issues with good degree of completion, 1921 Navy League set, 1922 Ankara set of six mint, Lausanne 1924 set mint, 1926 'Train' Postage Due set mint, 1928 Izmir set mint, 1930 Sivas Railway set used, 1933 Republic set mint, 1934 Izmir Fair set used, 1935 Suffragette set of 15 mint, 1937 Airmail set mint, 1938 Izmir set mint, 1943, 1945, 1952 and 1953 miniature sheets mint, Charity Issues seemingly complete, Booklets (Isfila KN15/KN17), Hatay and Alexandrette issues complete, with modern issues direct from P.O. Somewhat messy lot, but postmark interest, many additional covers (100's) and much of interest throughout. Ex collection Bill Robertson.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1484 Turkey

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    1863/1949: Collection with several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. better values, full sets as Congress of the International Women's Alliance in Istanbul, officials, postage dues, stamps with value added tax and a few Anatolia, in good condition and housed in one album.
    Starting bid : 1,600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1485 Turkey

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    1865/1901: Collection on leaves Ottoman Posts in Lebanon and Syria usages, with Beirut usages including Duloz 10 pa. purple in block of four, Duloz stamps (6) with clear strikes of ZAHLE rectangular handstamps, Beirut usages including Post Office Receipt forms, fine range of usages in Damascus including a cover, 1871 20 pa. green bisected on cover from Alexandretta to Aleppo, 1879 cover franked 1876 50 pa. blue & yellow to the USA etc. Viewing recommended (116 items).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1486 Turkey

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    1866/1924: Collection with 1866 Newspaper with 'Journ. En Franchise' cachet in black rated 3½ pi., 1901 5 pa. and 10 pa. with 'Overprint Inverted' varieties on used pairs (one with cert.), 1909 Accession set optd. in Jaffa set of six mint, 1909 taxed cover from USA with Postage Due, 1920 Féké Provisional on Cilicia pairs, 1924 Lausanne set unused and 1½ pi. imperforate between stamp and margin etc.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1487 Turkey

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    1928/45c.: Mint collection in grey stockbook with 1928 Smyrna set of 14 unmounted og., 1929 optd. set of three and set to 50 k. unmounted mint, 1930 definitive set unmounted, Sivas set of 22 unmounted, 1931 Atatürk definitve set of 19 values unmounted, 1934 Izmir set of seven unmounted, 1935 Suffragette set mint (without 100 k. value), 1936 Montreux set of six mint (2 sets), 1937 Airmail set of three mint (3) etc. A fresh and fine lot in much above average quality. Owner's cat. Mi = EUR 9'200.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1488 Turkey

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    1846 (Feb 8): Entire letter from Brousse to Constantinople struck with oval negative seal 'P.P.' handstamp in black (Ringstrom & Tester type 3). Some aging to the entire but a fine and very rare cover. A very similar cover is illustrated in 'Ringstrom & Tester' on page 113.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1489 Turkey

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    1846: Entire letter from Constantinople to Chios, Mixany correspondence, struck with fine oval C. O. * / CONSTANTINOPLE handstamp in black (Ringstrom & Tester type 7). A fine and appealing entire.
    Starting bid : 240 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1490 Turkey

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    1846: Entire letter from Constantinople to Chios, Mixany correspondence, struck with superb four line BELL'S / ASIA MINOR / STEAMSHIP Co. / SMYRNA AGENCY marking in blue-green. Bell's was formed in 1868 in Smyrna. Their Steamers, sailing under the British flag, plied their trade between Smyrna, Chios, Cesme, Samos, Calymnos, Cos and Rhodes. Exceptional and of great rarity.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1491 Turkey

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    1847 (Jan 5): Entire letter from Constantinople to Livorno with fine strike of circular 'P.P.' in red (Ringstrom & Tester type 12), the reverse with framed DISINFETTATA DEL LAZARETTO / S. ROCCO DI LIVORNO disinfection cachet in black. Opens well for display, a scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1492 Turkey

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    1847 (April 6): Entire letter from Constantinople to Marseille struck with fine circular Piroscafi Ottomani 'PP' fancy handstamp in red (Ringstrom & Tester type 12). Reverse with two line PURIFIÉ LAZARET / MARSEILLE handstamp in black. Scarce and fine entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1493 Turkey

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    1850 (Dec 12): Entire letter from Constantinople to Brousse struck with fine oval Piroscafi Ottomani C. O. / P. P. / CONSTANTINOPLE in black. Docketing of arrival and answer on inside flap, a scarce marking.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 1494 Turkey

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    1858: 'Admiralty' (1½) piastre, lithographed in deep carmine on white paper imperforate, used on May 9, 1860 cover to Gemlek, Chios (Mixany correspondence) with value inserted in manusctipt '1½'. Framed Anchor 'P.P.' cachet at right (Ringstrom & Tester type 10) in black. The earliest known usage of the combination between the Admiralty adhesive and the Anchor handstamp. A great rarity on original cover. Illustrated in Ringstrom & Tester on page 126. Signed A. Diena, Giulio Bolaffi and A. Bolaffi. Cert. A. Diena (1971) and G. Bolaffi (1972) Mi = EUR 10'000.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1495 Turkey

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    1859: Entire letter to Brousse struck on despatch with superb strike of oval COSPOLI * POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI DELLA ZECCA / P (Ringstrom & Tester type 17) in blue. A very fine strike of this scarce marking on a most attractive entire.

    Provenance: Anthony Fraser, Corinphila sale 140 (Oct 2008), lot 5290.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 1496 Turkey

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    1859 (May 6): Entire letter from Constantinople to Chios, prepaid with "Porto Piastre" black on white label, annotated in manuscript '1½' (piastres) in combination with a superb strike of the circular P.P. / POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI in black (Ringstrom & Tester type 8). Rare and fine entire. Illustrated in 'Ringstrom & Tester' on page 124.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 1497 Turkey

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    1860 (Feb 6): Entire letter from Lyon, France to Brousse; an invoice carried as a Consignee's letter and mailed on arrrival in Constantinople, with "Porto Piastre" black on white label at top annotated '2' (piastres) and mailed to Brouse. The label unusually tied by the framed Anchor 'P.P.' handstamp (Ringstrom & Tester type 10) in black. Some creasing but a rare entire, this label normally being found on fronts of covers only. Signed Calves & A. Diena.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1498 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III
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    1868: Asia Minor Steam Ship Company 1 piastre black on green glazed paper, a used example with large margins on three sides, central crease but very rare. Cert. RPS (1977) Mi = EUR 7'500.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1499 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : 1 Essay
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    Essay for the 5 para value in black on card paper, with arabic 'shehr postasi' inscription at right reading up (on the issued stamp this was reversed) and upper arabic '5' panels incorrect and manuscript notation 'approved' with corrected modification noted in pencil, endorsed below the stamp 'Blue'. A magnificent and extremely rare Proof of impecaable provenance. Unique.

    Provenance: Collections Yardley, Passer and Stone.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1500 Turkey

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    Essay for 20 pa. value in black on card paper, Arabic 'Shehir Potassi' inscription at right reading up, manuscript annotation at top to correct erroneous Arabic inscription, manscript below 'Green' in pencil, the eventual issued colour of the 40 para/1 piastre value. A superb and rare Essay.

    Provenance: Collections Yardley, Passer and Stone.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1501 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : II Proof
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    20 para Imperforate Plate Proof block of 40 on ungummed on thick cream paper, from the lower four horizontal rows of the sheet with full sheet margins and the lower row showing diminishing printing quality. Exceptional and very rare.

    Provenance: Collections Turner, Passer, Bombieri.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1502 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : III Essay
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    Essay for the 40 para value in black on card paper, with arabic 'shehr postasi' inscription at right reading up (on the issued stamp this was reversed) and manuscript notation 'approved' at top and endorsed below the stamp 'Pink'. A magnificent and extremely rare Proof of impecable provenance. Unique.

    Provenance: Collections Yardley, Passer and Stone.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1503 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IA
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    5 pa. black on blue, fine used example on local Printed Matter entire letter mailed within Galata, tied by oval 2 JA 67 / S / GALATA evening datestamp in black. Exceptional and rare entire in outstanding quality. Signed Gilbert, Giulio Bolaffi, A. Bolaffi.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1504 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IA
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    5 pa. black on blue, fine used example on complete 1867 Armenian language Newspaper tied by oval BACHTCHE CAPUSSI morning datestamp in black. Scarce and most appealing usage.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1505 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : IIA
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    20 pa. black on green, fine used example on 1866 cover cancelled by dotted handstamp in blue with 1 JA 66 / M / PERA oval datestamp at righ. Some minor aging but a scarce usage on letter.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1506 Turkey

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    Catalogue# : II/A
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    1866 (June 23/July 7): Entire letter to Vienna franked for Local Post with December 1865 20 pa. black on green, closed tear at base, tied by bilingual GALATA oval datestamp with CONSTANTINOPEL cds (July 10) alongside. Reverse with Vienna arrival in red and manuscript charge '25' on front.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF
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