366. Auktion März 2018

CRETE: Agios Nikolaos: Official cover sent free of charge, handstamped with the bilingual "Office Sanitaire ST. NICOLAS - CRETE 1881" in greenish-blue, repeated on reverse to seal the flap, scarce and very fine

Canea 1877: "HANYA" oily blue hexagonal postmark in old-Turkish, four superb strikes tying a block of 4x10pa 1875 on large envelope sent to "STAMBOUL 13.Nov.77". Agaogullari type AP04/1. Interesting and impressive item

Canea 1892: "Bureau Telegraphique et Postal KHANYA" black bilingual negative seal, tying a 2pi 1892 on registered envelope, together with "HANIA Nov.15.92" cds sent to Paris 21.11.92 (cds). Not recorded by Agaogullari, but reported in Nicolas & Galinos 85/6, only one cover known

Canea 1897/98, Soldier's mail: Picture postcards (issued by the German spy in Crete, Richard Krüger), both written at Suda Bay. The Ottoman stamps were tied on them with "HANIA" cds, dated "Sep.11.97" and "Mars.7.98" (Blockade of Crete)

Canea 1897, Soldier's mail: 1pi lettercard 1897, with dateline "Kissamo 27.3.97" written in German, canceled with "HANIA 28.Mars.97" cds, sent to "POLA 2.4.97", very scarce origin (Blockade of Crete)

Hierapetra 1871: "YERAPETRA" black hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa 1868 (perforated 13¼) on entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Katochorion 16.June.1871) sent to Neochorion (nowadays Neapolis). Provenance Karamitsos Auction, UNIQUE according to Agaogullari, Superb strike Provenance: Marinakis collection, Kadinopoulos collection

Neapolis 1887: "LASID YENIKOYU" blue hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa black on rose 1880 on envelope. Provenance Karamitsos Auction. Rated RRR by Agaogullari, rare and VF -cover minor faults Provenance: Marinakis collection, Kadinopoulos collection  

Neapolis 1887: "LASID YENIKOYU" blue hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, tying a block of 4x10pa 1884 (perf. 13½) on envelope sent to "STAMBOUL Arrivée 15.Mar.1890". Rated RRR by Agaogullari and VF Provenance:  David Feldman Private Treaty, 2006 (May)

Piskokefalo 1870: PESKOKEFAL bluish-black hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, on free of charge entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Tourtouli Sitias 20.Oct.1870) sent to Neochorion Meramvelou (nowadays Neapolis). Rated RRR by Agaogullari

Piskokefalo 1871: "PESKOKEFAL" oily bluish-black hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, on free of charge entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Tourtouli Sitias 22.Sept.1871, nowadays Agios Georgios) sent to Neochorion Meramvelou (nowadays Neapolis). Rated RRR by Agaogullari

Rethymno 1886: "RESMO" blackish-blue hexagonal postmark in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa black/rose 1882 on envelope, together with "RETHYMO 26.Novembre.1886" cds, sent to "CANDIE 28.11.1886" cds. Both rated RR by Agaogullari, the rarest pmks of Rethymno

Rethymno 1887: "RETHYMO 10.Avril.1887" blue cds on 20pa "réponse payée" postal card 1884 sent to Vienna, rated RR by Agaogullari

Sitia 1884: "ISTIYE POSTA CHUBESI" black negative seal in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa carmin on rose 1884 (perf. 13½) on entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Limin Sitias 7.Jan.1887) sent to Neapolis. Not recorded by Agaogullari, extremely rare Provenance: Prodromos Mellon collection

Sitia 1884: "ISTIYE POSTA CHUBESI" faint blackish-blue negative seal in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa black on rose 1880 on entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Piskokephalo 6.Feb.1884) sent to Neapolis. Not recorded by Agaogullari. Small tearing at top

Suda 1890: "SUDA" bluish gray circular postmark in Old-Turkish, two strikes tying a strip of 4x10pa 1884 (perf. 13½) on envelope sent to "GALATA" via "HANIA Jan.30.1890" cds. Shown in Agaogullari (p. 216, volume 9) and rated RRR. Two items known, this is the better one of the two Provenance: David Feldman Private Treaty, 2006 (May)  

Viannos 1888: "Telegraf ve Postahane-i VIYANOS" blackish blue negative seal in old-Turkish, tying a 20pa 1884 (perforated 13½) on entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Sykologos 10.July.1888) sent to Neapolis. Not recorded by Agaogullari, but reported in Nicolas & Galinos 93/1, possibly the only known item Provenance: Marinakis collection, Kadinopoulos collection, Karamitsos Auction

Candia 1870s/94: 12 items, all postmarked with "KANDIYE" (hexagonal, x5, Duloz issues), "KANDIYE" (hexagonal) together with "CANDIE Turquie" (x4), "CANDIE Turquie" cds (x1) and "CANDIA" cds (x2). Two registered envelopes are included, Very interesting

Canea 1876/98: 16 documents, all postmarked with "HANYA" (hexagonal, x1), "CANEE Turquie" cds (x2) and "HANIA" cds (x13). Two registered envelopes and nine soldiers mail

Collection of Ottoman cancellations on stamps & fragments: Included are the very rare "Telegraf ve Postahane-i YEREPETRE 300" (2 copies known) and the "HANYA 1285" (rated RRR by Agaogullari). The rest are "SUDA" (x3), "LASSYTH YENIKOY" (x8), HANYA (x20), KANDIYE (x31), RESMO (x13)

Rethymno 1894/97: 5 envelopes, all postmarked "RETHYMO" cds

DODECANES: Kos 1901: 20pa 1892 postal card stationery canceled with stunning strikes "STANKEUI Aout.16.901" cds, sent to "Athens" Greece, via "Smyrna" cds and "Constantinople" (Ottoman & French cds). Rated RR in Agaogullari

Leros 1911: Cover franked with 20pa 1909, tied with stunning strikes "LERYOS (ILE) 26.9.11" cds, sent to "Galata". Very interesting and rare, not rated on cover in Agaogullari, but at least two covers known

Symi 1898: Registered and "AR" (return receipt) corner cover franked with 6x20pa 1892, tied with faint "SYMI Nov.98" and violet boxed "A.R.". Additional "R / UPU" and "AR" markings by the Exchange Post Office, sent to Vienna. Very rare and attractive lot

Symi 1909: Registered corner cover with simple franking 2½pi 1908, tied with blue "SUMBEKI 27.2.909" and small negative seal for the registration, sent to Constantinople. Very interesting

Dodecanese 1860s/1916: 9 items postmarked with cds "KALYMNOS" (x3), "LEROS" (x1), "RADOS Echelle" (x1), "Telegraf ve Postahane-i Rodos" (1) and "RHODES" (x3). Also many rare cancellations on stamps & fragments (including "Kalymnos", "A.R. Calymnos", "Sumbeki", "Symi", "Stanköy", "Nissyros" and "Patnos"), Very attractive lot with some scarce postmarks

EPIRUS: 1840s/1912: 8 items, postmarked with seals and postmarks "YANYA", and "JANINA" & "PREVESA" cds. Also many cancellations on stamps & fragments: Included are the rare and scarce "MARGLITZ", "LOROS", "POGHON", "PHILATES", "PARGHA", "AIDONAT" and "METZOVO". Very interesting and scarce

Janina 1877: "YANYA" circular postmark in old-Turkish, tying three pairs of 1pi 1876 on beautiful cover sent to "Bachtce Capussi 14.Apr.77" via "Stamboul". The rarest pmk of Janina, rated RRR by Agaogullari

Metsovo 1898: "MECHOVA Mars.6.98" canceling a 20pa postal card 1892 sent to "München 15.Mars.98", very rare. Not rated by Agaogullari on document, only two items known (both in the U. Schmitt collection)

Metsovo 1899: "MECHOVA Avril.29.99" canceling a 20pa postal card 1892 sent to "München 5.Mai.99", stunning strike and very rare. Not rated by Agaogullari on document, only two items known (both in the U. Schmitt collection)

MACEDONIA: Kastoria 1902/09: Three covers, two different "KESRIE" cds, all sent to abroad with 1pi rate (1901, 1905, 1909), rated RRR & RR by Agaogullari

Polygyros 1903 & Eleftheroupolis 1912: Two items, as follows, 1. "POLYGROS 3.9.903" excellent strike, tying a revenue stamp of registration receipt, 2. "PRAVECHTA 8.5.912" upon arrival on a postal card from Salonica, both rated RR by Agaogullari

1855/1912: 30 various documents and many stamps and fragments with postmarks from Post Offices of Macedonia, including Railway: Salonica, Serres, Drama, Cavalla, Ayion Oros, etc. Needs examination, hard to collect

THESSALY: "ELASSONA Fevr.7.94" (incorrect month, usual for this Post Office) cds tying a 1pi 1892 on envelope sent to "Stamboul Arrivee Mai.15.94", very rare. Rated RRR by Agaogullari

Larissa: Registered cover franked with 2pi +pair of 5pi tied with circular pmk "YENICHEHIR 81", interesting rate

Volos 1878: Pair of 10pa 1871 & 1pi 1870 (postage due) tied on entire folded letter with oval pmk "GOLOS", sent to Janina. Rated RR by Agaogullari -letter faults

1898, "Octagon" Issue, selection of mint and used as well as over 40 covers and fragments. The stamp group offers a mint never hinged set in blocks of four, and used stamps with postmarks from all thirteen post offices. The covers are seemingly philatelic, with various cancels. An unusual cover present is franked with Greek Olympic stamps from Larissa to Istanbul, perhaps confirming the confiscation of Greek stamps found there and the resulting decision by the Greek Post to apply administrative seals on Olympic Games stamps. Covers are overall clean, some with the usual wear and tear, a variety of cancels, there may be some questionable items, but altogether very nice.