365 / September 2017

1873, Don Carlos 1 r. blue, type II, good to wide margins all around, tied by blue star cancel to piece, very fine, rare cancellation, signed M. Calvez and Dr. Saeftel BPP with certificate (1979)

1833, Entire letter from Havanna to Herrnhut in Saxony, showing on reverse clear "SCHIFFSBRIEF-POST HAMBURG 21 DEC 1833"

1890, King Alfons XIII. 1 c. grey-olive, two single stamps 2 c. brown, two single stamps 2 1/2 c. orange and 10 c. lilac-red, each tied by cds. "HABANA ISLA DE CUBA NOV.12." to registered cover Germany with arrial mark, part of address to cross with ink pen, otherwise fine

FRENCH POST: 1872, Lettersheet with Lauré 80 c., horizontal pair and single, tied by ancre with adjacent octogonal "LA HAVANNA 22 JUIN 72" to Lima, Peru, showing on reverse "LIGNE B / PAQ.FR.B. NO.2" and Lima arrival mark, small imperfections, but a scarce destination

1909, King Alfons XIII. 15 c. deep brown (2), 5 c. deep green (2), 2 c. rose (4) and 1 c. orange-brown (3) each tied by oval violet cachet "SAN CARLOS..." to registered cover with registered boxed "CORREOS....SAN CALOS (FERNANDO POO)" via "LISBOA 23.12.09" to Honnef, Germany with German transit register label "Vom Auslande über Bahnp. 10", forwardet to Colonge, fine

1896, 2 c. ultramarine, 5 c. lilac-brown, 10 c. brown and 15 c. green-blue, each tied by cds. "MANILA 9.JUL.(96)" to registered cover to Winterthur, Switzerland with arrival mark, cover with fault at top, still fine, nice coulor franking

1871, Hispania 50 c. green (3) and 1 p. brown, tied to lettersheet via British PO "PORTO-RICO JY 13 72" and London to Cadiz with arrival mark on reverse, fine and scarce, certificate Graus (1991)

1784, 2 entire letters from Gothenburg via Amsterdam forwarding agent to Anvers; one weight 3/4 ounce, taxed 9 sols and one weight 1 ounce charged 12 sols

1812, folded letter from Palsboda with white feather, fine

1856, entire unpaid letter from "MALMÖ 10/12 1856" via "K.D.O.P.A. LUEBECK" to Cologne, charged with 7½ sgr., not accepted by the adressee and returned via Hamburg

1862, folded letter with large nice feather to Nohleby, very fine

1855, 24 sk. Bco. orange red, fresh colour and well perforated, cancelled by upright clear cds. "STOCKHOLM 7/7 1858", very fine, certificate Dr. H. Obermüller Wilen BPP (2017)

1877, Numeral 20 c. orange with brown inscription "TRETIO", fresh colour and well centered, used, at bottom one somewhat shorter perf, otherwise very fine, a scarce stamp in this condition, sign. Georg Bühler with certificate (1978) and certificate Dr. Obermüller Wilén (2017)

Incoming Mail: 1843, folded letter with red straight line "NIZZA" via Berlin with oval transit mark "JTALIEN" and Hamburg to Stockholm; charged with a total of 1 Rdr 22 sk.bco, very fine

BREMEN-VERDEN: 1657, decorative entire letter from the Swedish Gouvernornment to Ottersberg; on reverse nice paper covered seal

Bremen-Verden: 1695, Entire letter from Stade to the Swedish "Ethat-Rat und Minister" Heinrich von Weißenfels in Bremen

1698, Entire letter from Ottersberg to the Swedish Governor Burmester in Bremen, fine

FIR: 1913, cover to Istanbul franked with 1pi of 1910 issue and tied by FIR (A&P type 1, RR) datestamp alongside arrival cds's., certificate Turkish & Ottoman Philatelic Society

KORCE: 1899, 20pa postal stationery card to Germany struck by GORICE (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamp. Very scarce, certificate TFF

SHKODER: 1858, pre-stamp entire to Istanbul struck by superb AN CANIB-I POSTA-I ISKODRA 265 (A&P type 1, R) negative seal. certificate TFF

SHKODER: 1871, entire by ship mail to Venice franked with bisected 2pi of 1871, Dulos stamp and tied by ISKODRA 81 (A&P type 3, R) handstamp. Carried by Austrian ship charged 15s marked by blue crayon and struck by ANTIVARI datestamp. On arrival postage due of 70c collected by Italian Post with 30c and 40c postage due stamps and cancelled accordingly. Certificate Turkish & Ottoman Philatelic Society

SHKODER: 1872, entire by ship mail from Venice franked with 60c Italian stamp and tied by 196 numeral and Venezia datestamp. At the border at Bar handed over to the Ottoman Post for internal delivery and PD (paid to destination) cachet crossed out. On arrival franked with bisected 10pa and 2pi of Dulos stamps tied by ISKODRA 81 (A&P type 3, R) handstamps. Certificate TFF

1597, folded envelope from Algeria to Pera / Constantinople, very scarce and early mail from Ottoman area, showing disinfection slit, very fine, certificate TFDF 1996

BATUM : 1918 Cover front with six stamps philatelic cancelled “BATUM 1 – 12/5/334” few spots, fine, certificate TFDF 1996

BIHAC: 1872, commercial entire from Trieste franked with 5h Franz Joseph stamp and tied by oval dispatch datestamp and handed over to Ottoman post for internal delivery where strip of 20pa of 1869/71, Dulos stamps applied and cancelled previously unrecorded BIHEKE negative seals. Believed to be unique. Certificate Turkish & Ottoman Philatelic Society

BOSNA : Folded envelope from Bosnasaray to Deraliye tied by all Arabic “An Canib-i Posta-i Bosna 265” (Coles-Walker No.1, AP No.1), plus envelope from Edirne to Bosna, both envelopes toned and crease, fine              pair

BROD: 1866, entire to Brod franked with 1pi of 1865 postage due stamp and tied by Bosna 81 handstamp and on arrival extremely rare PURUT 1278 (not recorded by A&P) negative seal. Certificate TFF

TRAVNIK: 1875, cover to Brod franked with two 20pa of 1870 Dulos postage due stamps and tied by TRAVNIK (A&P type 2, R) handstamps. Certificate TFF

RUSE: 1862, pre-stamp cover to Commander of the Ottoman Army in Istanbul struck by POSTAHANE-I RUSCUK 1278 (A&P type 2, RRR) negative seal.

RUSE: 1864, (12 April). Entire letter with manuscript dispatch "Kazgan" to Ruse franked on arrival by 1pi of Tughra postage due stamp and tied by RUSCUK (A&P type 3, R) dotted handstamp. Signed by Tevfik Kuyas, certificates TFF, Holcombe and Nakri

SLIVEN : 1860 Folded envelope from Islimiye in Bulgaria to Constantinopoli tied by all Arabic “postage unpaid” in blue addressed to Deraliye, file folds, fine

SOFYA: 1857, (9 September). Telegraph from Istanbul struck on arrival by ADM.ON TELEG.QUE IMP.LE SOFIA (A&P type 2, RRR) bi-lingual negative seal. Received two days after the opening of the telegraph office. The earliest recorded document of this cancel.

STARA ZAGORA: 1861, pre-stamp entire to Istanbul struck by AN CANIB-I POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 272 (A&P type 1, RR) negative seal. Certificate TFF

TARGOVISHTE: 1864 (21 September). Entire to Pyce franked with 1pi of third printing Tughra stamp and tied by CUMA-I ATIK (A&P type 2, unrecorded on document) dotted handstamp. One of four recorded

1606, folded envelope from Cyprus to Venice, sender requested on envelope that it be routed through Constantinople by ms. “Par Voie de Constantinople”. Very scarce and early mail showing disinfection slit, very fine, certificate TFDF 1996

ALMIROZ: 1897, official cover to Bursa via Istanbul struck by rare POSTA ve TELGRAFHANE-I ERMIYE 1295 (A&P type 1, R) negative seal. Apparently one of six recorded. Certificate TFF