366. Auktion März 2018

1902/13, Complete set of the postal stationery cards and envelopes issued, in all their different sizes. Group of 25 used to a variety of destinations, with or without additional stamps affixed to pay the various rates. Of particular are registered Mi.U2A and Mi.U2B to Bavaria, uprated, among all of the postal stationery cards without additional frankings to Germany, Austria, Hungary, etc. Also included is a group of four France proper 10c postal stationery cards all mailed to different destinations and a small size postal stationery envelope with an additional Offices in the Levant mailed to France. Overall clean.

Canea 1815: Entire folded letter with dateline "Consulat de la Canée 29/3/15" sent to the Sanitary Department of Marseilles, giving information about the plague at the villages and Rethymno. Manuscript "Au Parfum" (of great importance), sealed with black negative seal "ROYAUME DE CANDIE", decorated with lilies. Disinfected upon arrival with 2 disinfection slits, very rare, a must for a postal history collection

Canea 1815: Entire folded letter with dateline "Consulat de la Canée 5/1/15" sent to the Sanitary Department of Marseilles, giving information about the plague at Rethymno. Manuscript "Au Parfum" (of great importance), sealed with wax seal "ROYAUME DE CANDIE", decorated with lilies. Disinfected upon arrival with 4 disinfection slits, very rare, a must for a postal history collection

Canea 1898: Cover insured for 300 francs, franked with 5c +15c +4pi/1Fr Sage, all tied with "LA CANEE 31.Juil.98" cds, together with "CHARGE" straightline, sent to "Le Havre" via "Marseille" cds. On reverse the extremely rare boxed marking used for the insured mail. Unusual rarity, hard to find

Canea 1899: Large registered cover franked with 4pi/1Fr Sage (single franking), tied with faint "LA CANEE 4.Aout.99" cds, sent to "Aue" cds Germany, via "Cattania", rare franking

Canea 1900/01: Two covers franked with 1pi/25c Sage, sent to Scotland, tied with "LA CANEE 9.Nov.00" and "9.Mars.01", the second bearing the scarce "APRES LE DEPART" straightline. Minor faults but very unusual

Canea 1900, 1912: Two corner covers properly posted, one franked with 20pf Bayern tied "LA CANEE 17.Fevr.00" cds sent to Nuremberg, and the other franked with French 25c Semeuse , with "LA CANEE 31.Aout.12" sent to Paris. Unusual franking and very fine

Canea 1901, 1911: Two items properly posted, one cover franked with 1pi/25c Sage tied with Italian "LA CANEA 27.7.01" cds sent to Scotland, and a 10c postal card canceled with "LA CANEA 16.6.11" sent to Nuremberg. Minor faults but very unusual

Canea 1901: Small registered military cover franked with 15c +1pi/25c Sage, tied with "LA CANEE 1.Janv.01" cds, First Day of the 20th Century,sent to "Paris" cds with return markings, unusual

Canea 1914: Large philatelic registered cover franked with 106x1c Crete, large interpanneau (Nr. 3) blocks and singles, tied with "LA CANEE 31.Mars.14", sent to "Athens" via "Piraeus" cds. Offered together with a 2c Crete interpanneau (Nr. 2) sheet, hard to find

Rethymno 1900-07: 2 envelopes franked with Levant or Cretan stamps, canceled with "RETHYMNO" cds, the one with "AR" sent to Greece and Turkey. Also a cover franked with 5L Cretan tied with the "RETHYMNON" cds sent to Germany via the French Post, very clean & interesting

Canea 1897/99: Two registered covers, with "LA CANEE 3.Juil.97" & "26.Fevr.99" cds tying 5c +pair of 1pi/25c and 5c +2pi/50c respectively, with octagonal "R" marking, both addressed to France. The second cover with Naval unit handstamp, scarce registered military mail, clean and very fine

Canea 1902/09: Three military covers franked with stamps overprinted "FM" (for military use), tied with "LA CANEE" cds as follows: 15c Mouchon (1.Aout.02) with violet military handstamp, 15c Semeuse (12.Oct.06) with "Marine Française" handstamp and 10c Semeuse (22.Juin.09), all addressed to France. Good to Very Fine, the oldest one with scotch tape remnants. Two of them are from the Blechev collection

Hierapetra 1899: Cover franked with 5c +10c Sage, tied with three clean "HIERAPETRA 30.Nov.99" cds, sent to France via "La Canée". Additional military h/s "HIERAPETRA CRETE Commandant d'Armes", very rare and desirable

Hierapetra 1899: Free of charge military envelope, handstamped with clean "HIERAPETRA 12.Avril.99" cds, sent to France via "La Canée". Additional military h/s "HIERAPETRA CRETE Commandant d'Armes", very rare and desirable

Hierapetra 1899: Free of charge military envelope, handstamped with clean "HIERAPETRA 2.Mars.99" cds, sent to France via "La Canée". Additional military h/s "Secteur Français, Affaires Indigènes - HIERAPETRA", very rare and desirable

Hierapetra 1899: Front franked with 15c +1pi/25c Sage, tied with three very clean "HIERAPETRA 3.Fevr.99" cds & octagonal "R" marking, sent to France. Very rare registered mail from this small Post Office

Neapolis 1899: Small cover bearing the handstamp "District NEAPOLIS Le Lieutenant Commandant" and his signature, franked with 15c Sage, tied with "CANDIE 5.Aout.99", "sent to Paris via "La Canée" cds. Very rare and clean

San-Nicolo 1899: 1c Sage wrapper canceled with two strikes "SAN NICOLO 6.Juin.99" cds, addressed to Paris. Address erased by ink, otherwise very rare

San-Nicolo 1899: Free of charge cover sent from "Bordeaux 10.Mars.99, addressed to a soldier at the island of Spinalonga, via "HIERAPETRA 20.Mars.99", "SAN-NICOLO 21.Mars.99" (faint) and "SITIA 22.Mars.99". The three rarest French postmarks of Crete found on one cover! Clean, reduced at right, very desirable

San-Nicolo 1899: Free of charge mourning cover with "SAN NICOLO 4.Janv.99" cds, together with blue military "4eme Régiment d'Infanterie de la Marine Attaché à l'Ile de CRETE / Chef de Bataillon, Commandant" addressed to Paris via "LA CANEE". The rarest French postmark used in Crete. Clean, a must for the French Crete

Sitia 1897: Free of charge military envelope handstamped with "SITIA 15.Juin.97" cds, sent to Paris, rare and desirable

Sitia 1897: Free of charge military envelope handstamped with "SITIA 15.Oct.97" cds, together with faint "8e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, Bataillon de Crète, Conseil Eventuel", sent to Paris, scarce

Sitia 1897: Free of charge military envelope handstamped with "SITIA 20.Aout.97" cds, together with clean "8e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, Bataillon de Crète, Conseil Eventuel", initially addressed to Tananarive Madagascar, but sent to Villeneuve s/Lor, very interesting and desirable

Sitia 1898: Free of charge military envelope handstamped with faint "SITIA 29.Mars.98" cds, sent to Paris, with additional naval h/s "Marine Française", rare -flap missing

Sitia 1899: Free of charge military envelope (embossed "Union des Femmes de France"), handstamped with clean "SITIA 20.Mars.99" cds, sent to Algeria via "La Canée". Additional naval h/s "Marine Française", rare and desirable -roughly opened

AEGEAN ISLANDS: Chio 1852/53: Two entire folded letters with datelines "Scio li 13,8bre.1852" and "Scio le 23.Novembre.1853", both endorsed & posted by forwarding agent "Pant. Mainetti, Smyrna" from "SMYRNE 27.Oct.52" & "7.Dec.53" respectively with "PP' in black, sent to "Lyon" cds. Carried by "Paquebots de la Mediterranée" (boxed markings). Rated "10" décimes on reverse, scarce origin

Metelin 1845: Entire folded letter with dateline "Metelino 24.1.1845", stamped & posted by forwarding agents "Couturier Salzani Fils", carried by "Paquebots de la Mediterranée" (sender's note). Two vertical disinfection slits, rare cover without any postal marking

Metelin 1852: Entire folded letter with dateline "Metelino li 26.Dicembre.1852", with the cursive "Mételin", sent via "SMYRNE 28.Dec.52" cds. Carried by the "Paquebots de la Mediterranée" (boxed, in orange). Manuscript to pay postage due "10" décimes. Extremely rare, a must for the Lesvos island Postal Historians

Metelin 1858: Cover of folded letter franked with 10c (3 margins) +40c (foxed), tied with PC "3771", with boxed "PP" and "METELIN 22.Mai.58" on the cover, carried by the "Paquebots de la Mediterranée" (boxed, in orange). Arrival cds in Marseilles, Rare, but poor strikes

Metelin 1859 (Ayvalik): Entire folded letter written in Greek, dateline "Kydoniae 5.Nov.1859", franked with 10c +40c (both with 3 margin), tied with very fine PC "3771", with boxed "PD" and "METELIN 19.Nov.59" on the cover, sent to "Syros 11.Nov.59" (old Style) arrival cds. Rare, but poor strike of the Metelin cds

Metelin 1869: Entire folded letter written in Greek, franked with 40c tied with fine GC "5084", with boxed "PD" and "METELIN 14.Juin.69" (all markings in blue) on the cover, sent to "Athens 8.Juin.69" (old Style) arrival cds. Some imperfections of the entire and vertical folding. The Gros Chiffre cancellation of Metelin is more rare than the PC, missing from many collections

DODECANES: Rhodes 1855: Entire folded letter in Greek with dateline "Rhodes 10/22.June.1855", posted from "RHODES 24.Juin.55", sent to "Syros 19.June" (old style), via "Smyrne" cds, with red manuscript postage due "80" lepta. Usual wear and tear and toning

MACEDONIA: Cavalle (1872): 10c Ceres, canceled with genuine GC "5156" in blue, very rare

THESSALY: Volo 1881: Large fragment franked with yellow 25c Sage, tied with faint oily blue "VOLO 31.Mars.81" cds and linear "Coi Postali Francesi", one of the famous markings used on covers used on mail from Volo

Port Lagos 1895: Envelope franked with overprinted 25c Sage, tied with "PORT-LAGOS 13.Janv.95" cds in violet, sent to Constantinople (arrival cds), Rare commercially used cover