378th Auction

„AN CANIB POSTA-I TIRNOVA 1262“, arabic black negative seal, clear strike on entire letter to Istanbul. Very fine. Opinion Todd AIEP.

„AN CANIB POSTA-I TIRNOVA 1262“, arabic blue negative seal, clear strike on cover to Istanbul, rated in manuscipt „2,10“ piastres. Very fine. Opinion Todd AIEP.

„AN CANIB POSTA-I TIRNOVA 1262“, arabic blue negative seal, clear strike on registered entire letter to Istanbul, rated in manuscipt „4,20“ piastres. Very fine. Opinion Todd AIEP.
 

„TIRNOVA“, dotted handstamp, clear and almost complete strike on Tughra 20 pa. yellow with additional part strike of battal cancel. A vertical crease is hardly visible, otherwise very fine. The only recorded strike of this handstamp, unrecorded by Isfila and Basaran. Ex Hitzler

„TIRNOVA“, all arabic double circle, clear strike tying Duloz 1875, 20 pa. green and 1876, 1 pia. (applied damaged at bottom) to entire letter to Constantinople. Fine and fresh. Opinion Todd AIEP

„TIRNOVA“, all arabic double circle, clear strike on postal stationery envelope 1869, 60pa. brown, to Constantinople with adjacent arrival mark (1877); somewhat roughly opened, otherwise fine. Very scarce usage of an postal stationery envelope used on Bulgarian soil. Ex Hitzler

„TIRNOVADJIK JAN 24 (block)“ bilingual cds. in violet, clear large part strike on 1892, 20 pa. in horizontal pair (left stamp damaged corner) on piece. A fine strike of this rare handstamp of which only few stamps/pieces but no covers have been recorded. Ex Hitzler

„TUTRAKAN“, all arabic double circle in greenish blue, almost complete and clear strike, centrally struck on Duloz 1875, 20 pa. green. Very fine and extremely rare; just few strikes on singles stamps but no covers have been recorded from this small village at the Danube. Ex Hitzler
Reference: illustration copy of the Isfila handbook
 

VARNA: „Liva Mustasariflik VARNA 284“, administrative arabic negative seal, good strike on cover from the governor of Varna to the second army headquarter at Ruscuk. Very fine and scarce. Ex Hitzler

VARNA: „Varna Orman Liva Idaresi“, administrative arabic negative seal of the forrest administration, superb strike on cover to Prevadi with adjacent arabic „important correspondence“. Very fine and scarce. Opinion Todd AIEP

„AN CANIB POSTA-I VARNA 256“, arabic blue negative seal, clear strike on ‚Tartar‘ form for letters to Shumnu with agjacent „AN CANIB POSTA-I SUMNU 260“. Very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP.
 

„AN CANIB POSTA-I VARNA 256“, arabic blue negative seal, good strike on ‚Tartar‘ form for letter to Sofia with agjacent „AN CANIB POSTA-I SOFYA“. Very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP.

VARNA: 1864, entire letter from Varna to Ruscuk, franked with Tughra 2nd printing, 1 pia. with large margins, tied with ‚battal‘ postmark. Very fine. Signed Nakri with certificate.

VARNA: 1864, entire letter from Varna to Ruscuk, franked on reverse with Tughra, 3rd printing 20 pa. in horizontal strip of four with good to mostly large margins, tied upon arrival with dotted „Ruscuk“ handstamps. One stamp lightly affected by cover crease, otherwise very fine and fresh. A rare multiple and very attractive letter. Signed Kuyas, opinion Todd AIEP.

„VARNA“, dotted handstamp in blue, nice clear strike with full name on 1865, Duloz 5 pia. carmine. Very attractive and fine example of this rare handstamp, of which only three singles stamps but no entires been reported. Ex Hitzler
 

„VARNA 81“ all arabic double circle, nice strike on 1865, 2 pia. blue on entire letter to Deraliye. Two file folds not affecting the stamp. Fine and very scarce entire. Certificate Isfila

„VARNA“, large all arabic double circle, 2 clear strikes tying postage due 1869, 20 pa. yellow-brown/brick and 2 copies yellow-brown/brown to entire letter to Ruscuk. A very fine and extremely rare entire. Ex Kraivanoff.  Signed Nakri and opinion Todd AIEP

„TELEGRAFve POSTAHANE-I CEDID VASILIKOS 1303“, all arabic negative seal, superb strike on 1892, 1pia. on piece. Very fine and rare. Ex Hitzler

„VASILIKOS 10 4 07“, cds. with date bridge, superb strike in violet on 1905, 20 pa. on cover to Constantinople. Very fine and rare. Ex Hitzler.

VIDIN: 1869, official envelope to the Danube province government in Ruscuk, showing clear strikes of administrative arabic „Imperial land registry office“ and „Directorate of the Danube province“ next to „important correspondence“. Very fine and scarce. Certificate Isfila

VIDIN: 1870, official envelope within the Vidin district, showing clear strikes of administrative arabic „Administrative Council of the Vidin district “. Very fine and scarce. Certificate Isfila

„TELEGRAFHANE-I VIDIN 274 / ADM.on TELEG.que IMP.le WIDDIN“, negative seal, clear strike on manuscript telegram form with text from Ruscuk to Vidin. Very fine and extremely rare. Signed Nakri and opinion Todd AIEP (Isfila RRR)

„AN CANIB-I POSTA-I VIDIN 256“, arabic negative seal, 2 good strikes on registered cover to Constantinople with annotation „3/7“ for the weight of three dirhems and the postal fee paid of 7 piastres. Small paper fault affecting one seal slightly, otherwise fine.  Ex Schäfer and Heimbüchler

„AN CANIB-I POSTA-I VIDIN 256“, arabic negative seal, clear strike on cover to Constantinople. Very fine and scarce. Ex Schäfer and Heimbüchler

„AN CANIB-I POSTA-I VIDIN 256“, arabic negative seal, superb strike on postal receipt form for mail carried to Constantinople. Ex Hitzler. Signed Nakri

„POSTAHANE_I VIDIN 1278“, all arabic negative seal, nice clear strike on money order form for a shipment of 48.066 piastres and 13 paras to the central tax office at Constantinople. Very fine and rare. Ex Hitzler
 

YANBOLU: 1871, official envelope with superb strike of negative arabic seal „District governor Yanbolu“. Very fine and scarce. Certificate Isfila

„YANBOLU“ all arabic double circle, clear strike on fiscal stamp 10 pa. on printed registration receipt for a letter to Adana. Very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP (Isfila RRR)

YENI PAZAR: 1876, official envelope with superb strike of negative arabic seal „Director of Yeni Pazar sub district“. Very fine and scarce. Ex Schäfer and Heimbüchler. Opinion Todd AIEP

ZAGRA-I ATIK: 1853, letter she with manuscript dispatch notation „Zagra“ to Constantinople, strike on arrival by blue negative „An Canib-i Posta Deraliye 268“ on reverse. A fine and scarce early cover. Opinion Todd AIEP

„AN CANIB-I POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 272“, all arabic negative seal in black, very clear strike on registered letter  sheet 1859 to Constantinople. Very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP

„POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 1278“, all arabic negative seal in black, very clear strike on registered lettersheet 1863 to Constantinople. Very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP

„POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 1278“, all arabic negative seal in blue, very clear strike on registered lettersheet 1863 to Constantinople. Filing crease, otherwise very fine and rare. Opinion Todd AIEP

„ZAGRA-I ATIK“ dotted handstamp in watery blue on Tughra 20 pa. with additional strike of battal handstamp, very fine and rare

„ZAGRA-I ATIK“ dotted handstamp in watery blue on Tughra 3rd printing 1 pia. in horizontal strip of three on letter sheet (with part of contens) to Deraliye, here additionally tied by black battal handstamp. Very fine and extremely rare; according to Isfila handbook the only recorded entire with the dotted town cancellation. Opinion Todd AIEP

„ZAGRA 81“ all arabic double circle, four good strikes on 1865, 20 pa. orange and 1 pia. Lilac-grey on entire double rate letter to Constantinople. A fine and scarce franking with quite rare cancellation. Opinion Todd AIEP