380th Auction
16-17 & 20-25 March 2023 in Wiesbaden
1865, 1 ghr. lilac-grey tied by blue boxed “BEYRUT” to entire letter, tiny spots, otherwise fine, certificate BPA (1966)
1880, 1 pia. black/blue gray, tied by Aksaray arabic cancel, to reverse of cover to Lofca,Bulgaria, additionally franked for the (new) foreign destination with 1876/77, ¼ pia., tied by blue Istanbul cds.; adjacent blue Cyrillic "RUSCUK 7 5 80". A very rare and interesting cover. Certificate TOPS
1914, Views of Constantinople booklet with complete panes, two panes 10pa green and 20pa. red each and one pane 1p. blue, mint never hinged, covers some stains and small wrinkles, scarce
1915, Star and Crescent 25 pia. green, overprint type I, unused, fine, certificate Engler (1997) and Nakri AIEP (2020) (Mi. 2.400,-)
UNISSUED: 1915, Star and Crescent 5 pa., overprint type II on issue 1908 instead issue 1910, unused, fine, rare, certificate Nakri AIEP (2020) (Isfila 549FF03)
1864, 1 pia.on red brown, nice margins, tied by fine dotted 'battal' to entire letter from Kotel to Rustschuk, very fine, opinion Todd AIEP
1 pia.and 2 pia, on red brown, ample to wide margins, tied at arrival by fine dotted "RUSTSCHUK" to entire letter, very fine, opinion Todd AIEP
„AN CANIB-I POSTA-I VIDIN 256“, arabic negative seal, clear strike on cover to Constantinople, rated 3 pia. 20pa.. Very fine and scarce, opinion Todd AIEP
"HEZARGRAD IGNE BEKCI ISTASYONU“, all arabic single circle, clear strike on Duloz postage due 1869, 20 pa. brown, on small piece, fine and rare
"ISLIMYE“, greenish-black triple framed arabic handstamp, clear strike on Duloz 1868/70, 1 pia. yellow and 20 pa. green, on entire letter to Filibe, very fine, certificate Nakri (2017)
„RUSCUK“, dotted handstamp, clear strike tying Tughra postage due, 1 pia. with clear to wide margins, to entire letter from Kotel to Ruscuk. A very fine and scarce letter. Certificate Nakri (2017) and Holcombe (1994)
"NISSYROS 4-8-908", fine strike in blue on pair 1908, 20 pa. rose on small envelope to Athens with transit- and arrival marks. One stamp tiny rounded corner, cover with light bends, otherwise very fine. A very rare cancellation. Illustration copy of ISFILA-handbook.
"PESKOKEFAL" black hexagonal handstamp on entire letter letter from the Monastery of Piskokephalo, dated 1872. A very rare postmark, just 6 stampless entires recorded.
"RETMO ", arabic octagonal marking, 2 clear strikes on 1876, 1 pia. in vertical pair, on small registered envelope to Istanbul, additionally franked on reverse with 1 pia. local stamp for distribution in Istanbul (damaged when cover was opened). A fine and scarce entire.
VOLOS: "GOLOS TELEGRAF VE POSTAHANESI 1314", very fine strike in blue on 1892, 1 pia. on commercial cover to Constantinople. A very fine and extremely rare entire.
1857, 3 Sgr. orangelb im waagerechten Paar und Einzelwert 1 Sgr. karminrosa in Mischfrankatur mit 4 Pfg. grün gegitterter Grund je mit Nummer "1" auf innen nicht ganz kpl. Faltbrief mit nebengesetztem EKr. "AACHEN 27.5.(58)" via Triest nach Constantinopel mit Teil des Ankunftsstempels. Die beiden Einzelmarken repariert und die Briefvorderseite mit Reinigungsspuren, trotz der Einschränkungen eine dekorative und portogerechte Mischfrankatur mit 3 Sgr. für das Postvereinsporto und 4 1/2 Sgr. ausgewiesenem Weiterfranko, Fotoattest Brettl A.I.E.P. (2014)
1915/2020, mint never hinged, unused and used stock, including souvenir sheets Bl. 32 Ba+b (3) etc.
OTTOMAN POST OFFICES: 1865/97 (ca.), specialized collection with used stamps, partly on fragments, and 14 cards and covers. Better items such as "SUDA" (3), "LASID YENIKOY" (6), "KANDIYA" on envelope, etc. ,overall fine to very fine condition, an attractive assembly of that area
1863/2008, unused and used collection, in the main numbers apparently complete except for a few values incl. Mi.-Nos. 229-245 as well as very good part Beetle overprints, Mi.-Nos. 799-806, 807-825 etc., good condition
1865/1957, mint, unused and used collection with good issues like Mi.-No. 857-67 unused, 868-81 mint, 913-34 used, plus postage and compulsory surcharge stamps
1867/1920, group with four specialities resp. rarities with mint never hinged variety IV unused (FA Nakri A.I.E.P), mint never hinged variety 173IC (FA Nakri A.I.E.P), mint never hinged variety 377 DDK used (FA Nakri A.I.E.P) and mint never hinged variety 735F unused (overprint variety "337" instead of "1377", FA Englert), good condition
1876/1926, group with covers and cards as well as some loose stamps and covers with various postmarks, including Mi.-No. 29 in a block of four or vertical strip of 3 on two covers, Mi.-Nos. 355 and 379 on postcard from Adana and Mi.-No. 633 multiple franking on a complete parcel postcard from Balikossir.
1920/47, interesting collection with 65 covers, cards and postal stationary with emphasis on foreign mail with many R covers, parcel registration cards incl. incoming mail, censors, interesting frankings and special features, neat on album pages with inscription
1843/80 (ca.), mounted postal history collection with about 35 unfranked and franked covers and postal coupons as well as some loose stamps, including rare postmarks like "An Canib Postahane-i Kazanlik", "Postahane-i Filibe" and "Zagra-i Atik Postahane-i 1278", coloured frankings, 2 covers with combination frankings with city postmarks of Constantinople, 4 values Mont Athos with Ottoman postmarks, etc. Very interesting object