366. Auktion März 2018

1906, LA CANEA Overprinted Italian stamps, the 5 Lire in a used block of four with "LA CANEA UFFICIO POSTALE" cds. Fresh, signed Sorani and with his certificate (1999). Rare multiple.

Canea 1900: 1pi/25C 1900 tied on corner cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 18.9.00" datestamp, sent to "Triest" cds. Rare on cover (high catalogue value), very nice condition

Canea 1900: 1pi/25C 1900 tied on cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 21.9.00" cds, sent to "Constantinople" Austrian P.O. cds. Rare on cover (high catalogue value), nice condition

Canea 1900: 1pi/25C 1900 tied on cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 31.7.00" cds, sent to Munich. Εarly usage (21st day). Rare on cover (high catalogue value), nice condition, some hinge remnants

Canea 1900: 1pi/25C 1900 tied on mourning cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 16.8.00" and "17.8.00", two different datestamps, sent to Paris. Rare on cover (high catalogue value), nice condition

Canea 1900: 25C 1893 tied on corner cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 29.1.00" datestamp, sent to Benghazi. Very early usage (first month) on civilian mail, ink stain and folding. A very desirable item for the collectors of Crete

Canea 1901: 60C Parcel Post form 1890, used at "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 27.5.01" for a parcel sent to Geneva, very scarce and clean, with the usual pinholes

Canea 1907: 10C 1906 tied on picture postcard with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 15.3.07" datestamp, sent to Tubingen Germany. Rare stamp, very rare on document (high catalogue value), good condition

Canea 1909: 1L Parcel Post form 1905, canceled with faint "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 1.6.09" for a parcel sent to Geneva, very scarce with wear and tear 

Canea 1910: Pair of 40C 1910 tied on registered corner cover with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano 25.4.10" cds, sent to Vienna. Scarce stamp, rare on document, very fine condition

Canea 1900/05: Group of 10 items franked with Italian stamps (without overprint), all tied with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano" (various datestamps). Four items of high interest, 1. Registered cover franked with 50C (1903), 2. Registered cover franked with pair of 25C (1905), 3. Two 10L Cretan postal cards with additional 10C Italian stamps (both in 1900). Good to very fine

Canea 1901/13: Group of 11 items franked with Italian stamps overprinted "La Canea", all tied with "LA CANEA Ufo Postale Italiano" (various datestamps). Two items of high interest, 1. Registered cover with "Remboursement" trianular label sent to Germany, 2. Picture postcard franked with 10C Austrian Crete , tied with Italian "LA CANEA...", fine to very fine

EPIRUS: Janina 1902/13, Italian Post Office Overprint Issue, group of 7 postal stationery cards, including five sent to Wuerzburg, different cards and stamp frankings to pay the registration fee, a short lettercard sent registered to Palermo and an Italian Levant card canceled-to-order with additional postage stamps affixed. Very clean and interesting lot.  

Janina 1902/14: Group of 13 items (5 postal cards, 1 free of charge registered cover sent by the Consulate, 5 envelopes, 1 registered cover and 1 arrival) franked with overprinted Italian stamps (x11) or Italian (x1), Properly posted mail, or some philatelic mail correctly franked, very fine to excellent condition

ALBANIA: Argyrocastro 1918/19: Two locally censored envelopes (one registered), franked with 5C +pair of 10C, tied with "Poste Italiane ARGIROCASTRO 9.3.19" and "6.11.18" cds, both sent to Egypt. Scarce and fine

Himara 1916: Censored registered envelope, overfranked by the sender, all the stamps tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 22.12.16" cds, sent to "THESSALONIKI 16.Jan.17" cds via "Valona" (censorship) and "Bologna" cds. Rare and very fine, ink stain

Himara 1917/18: Two censored envelopes, both franked with 25C, tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 30.8.17" and "6.11.18" cds, sent to "Minia" and "Port-Said" cds respectively, via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and fine, some imperfections

Himara 1918: Censored envelope, franked with 5x5C, tied with "Poste Italiane HIMARA (Albania) 20.7.18" cds, sent to "Port-Said" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and fine, stain

Kanina 1916, Italian Post Offices in Levant and Valona, philatelic cover franked with complete 1909/11 Valona set and 1906 and 1910 Italian Levant Special Delivery stamps tied by "KANINA (VALONA)" cds. Some light toning, otherwise very fine and seldom seen. 

Premeti 1917: Censored registered envelope, franked with 10C +40C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 26.11.17" cds, sent to "Lowell USA" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare commercially used and fine, one corner torn

Premeti 1917: Censored registered envelope, franked with 50C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 9.8.17" cds, with unusual registration label, sent to "Bern" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and very fine

Premeti 1918: Censored registered envelope, franked with 10C +40C, tied with "Poste Italiane PREMETI 11.2.18" cds, sent to "Bern" cds via "Valona" (censorship). Rare and very fine

1906/14: Group of 5 covers (3 registered), franked with "Albania 40pa/25c" used at Scutari (1906), or "Scutari" (x3) and "Durazzo"

1906/17, Four philatelic covers, one registered from Durazzo to Germany franked with Italian Levant, one from Scutari to Berlin with Italian Albania 1902/08 values, a registered censored cover from Delvino to Italy franked with Italian stamps, and an unaddressed cover with three "Janina" overprint high values. Very clean. 

MACEDONIA: Salonica 1908/13, Two covers and two registered postal stationery cards, including uprated Italian Levant; an Italy PSC cancelled with "SALONICCO" cds, all three cards sent to Germany. The one large registered cover is franked with the 1909 values up to and including the 20pi Salonicco set, addressed to Constantinople and an unaddressed cover with 7 stamps. The large registered cover with a middle vertical fold and usual wear and tear, cards are very fine. 

Salonica 1913/14: Group of 3 covers (2 registered), franked with various "Salonicco" tied with 2 different datestamps. Properly posted mail, scarce during the Greek period and fine - Very fine

TURKEY: 1909/22, Three registered philatelic covers, including a 1909 with "CONSTANTINOPOLI II" cds to Germany and a 1909  franked with a single 20pi Italian Levant.

Constantinople 1908/22: Group of 3 items franked with overprinted Italian stamps and the rare postal card 4pi+20pa/40C "Constantinopoli" (1922), tied/canceled with various cds, interesting items

OCCUPATION WW I and II: Santi Quaranta 1917: Cover franked with pair of 5C +10C, tied with "Base Navale S. QUARANTA 17.Mag.1917" violet cds, censored by the Commander, sent to Italy. Scarce and fine, roughly opened at the top

Aegean islands, Crete & Dodecanese 1941/42: Nine items franked with various Italian and/or Rodi stamps, tied with "Posta Militare" (121 Sez.A, 62 Sez.A, 62) cds or mute datestamps, from Samos, Syros, San. Nicolo, Cos and Rodi. Interesting material

1941, WWII Occupation of the Ionian Islands, Postal Stationery Issues, Argostoli typographical Cefalonia and Ithaca type II overprint with isola instead of isole on Greece 1939, 1dr & 8dr postal stationery envelope with rounded flap. Very fine and scarce.

1941/43, WWII Italian Occupation of Corfu Postal Stationery Issues,  Corfu unused 5dr red postal stationery card, very clean and very fine.

1909/10 Offices in Mt. Athos, Meteline, Salonique. Mint & Used, includes mint Mt. Athos 70pi and 1910 Cyrillic Overprint Issue complete; a Salonique 1909 Issue complete mint; Meteline 1909-10 complete, two sets (one used on fragments with doubtful cds and one mint), several values of the different sets used, and up to and including the 7pi of the Russian Levant Portrait set (Romanov) on fragment tied by violet "SALONIKI" cds. The complete mint sets are hinged and Fine to Very Fine and most are backstamped. 

Salonica, Chios, Mount Athos, 1898/1903: 6 items franked with various Russian Levant, tied with "R.O.P.iT. SALONIKI", "R.O.P.iT. CHIOS" and 1 item with arrival "R.O.P.iT. ATHON". Three of them philatelically inspired and one front, interesting lot

AEGEAN ISLANDS: Chios 1860: "Compagnie Russe CHIO 18.2.60" double framed rectangle in blue, on stampless entire folded letter sent to Volo. This letter is reported in Tchilinghirian (ex Snegireff collection), extremely rare, a must for the Russian Levant collections

Chios 1865: "5" diamond of small dots cancellation in blue, tying a 2pi 1865 on entire folded letter (dateline 15.May.1865, old Style) sent to Jaffa Palestine (Papazis correpondence). Only one similar letter is reported in Tchilinghirian (supplement), extremely rare, backstamped by J.U. Schmitt