385th Auction

1921, First Adana Commemorative Issue, overprinted in black, unused,  unmounted original gum, the 5pa postage due with variety “overprint doubled”, a scarce set never hinged, fresh and fine. (Isf 1051-1063)

1921, First Adana Commemorative Issue, overprinted in black, unused,  unmounted original gum, some perforation flaws, light toning, or small imperfections, but a challenging set, chiefly fine. (Isf 1051-1063)

1921, first Adana commemorative issue 5 pa.- 25 pia. Including postage due stamps, the complete set in blocks of 4, mint never hinged. Few with some separated perforations and postage due stamp 1 pia. with some stained perfs at top, still fine and extremely rare. 5 certificates (ISFILA 1051-63)

1921, First Adana Commemorative issue, overprinted in black, set of thirteen, on piece, cancelled to order, fresh and fine. (Isf 1051-1063)

1924 (circa), unadopted photographic essays, group of four, undenominated, each affixed to small piece, staining largely confined to fragments, mostly clear of essays, a fine and desirable quartet.

1922/3, National Unification Issue, Genoa Printing, unmounted set of twelve, fresh colours, a scarce set, particularly including the high-values, and never hinged, fine. (Isf 1079-1090)

1922, Second Adana Issue, overprinted in black, set of eight in blocks of four, unmounted original gum, fresh colours, fine. (Isf 1071-10780)

1922, 2nd Adana overprint issue, small specialised collection including inverted overprints, specimen, etc.

1922, Turkish Grand National Assembly, set of seven in unmounted blocks of four, including the scarce 3pi on thin paper, typical centering and irregular perforations, fine. (Isf 1096-1102)

1924, Dumlupinar, commemorative c.d.s. ties 3 k. rose Grand National Assembly to unaddressed postal card, a scarce cancellation, unrecorded postally used, fine.

1924, Lausanne Peace Treaty, 1½ pia.-200 pia. in unmounted blocks of four, nicely-centered and of good colour, a scarce set, fine. (Isf 1129-1136)

1924, Lausanne Conference, set of eight tied to registered cover to Switzerland by Haskeui c.d.s. (12 Jan), and second set of eight affixed to cover and endorsed as a presentation to Member of Parliament for Edirne Huseyin Rifki, the latter with some light toning in places, else a fine duo. (Isf 1129-1136)

1923-24, Star & Crescent, First, Second, and Third Printings, selection of 47 examples, with unmounted sets of each printing, complemented by additional shade varieties, fresh colours, the odd small flaw, but a mostly fine group, challenging to assemble. (Isf 1109/1128, 1137/1147, 1148/1157)

1924, Star & Crescent Issue, Second Printing on thick paper, an unmounted set of eleven in blocks of four, the 2 k green with one block each of the “Small 2" and “Large 2” varieties, the latter in a block of six, the 15 k brown with upper sheet margin, overall fresh and of good colour, a rare set, fine. (Isf 1137-1147)

1926, Zirat Bankasi Ankara cachet on picture postcard, franked with 5k, 15k-200k London Pictorial Printing issues, each tied by cachet strike in violet, fine.

1927, First Smyrna Exhibition, overprinted in black or silver, unmounted set of eleven in blocks of four, fresh and of good colour, fine. (Isf 1177-1187)

1927, Izmir Exhibition, complete set of eleven in blocks of four, unmounted original gum, the 15Ghr with trace of oxidization, else a fresh and fine set. ( Isf 1177-1187).

1928, Second Smyrna Exhibition, set of fourteen in unmounted blocks of four, surcharged in black or red, bright colours, rarely offered in such multiples, fresh and fine. (Isf 1188/1201)

1929, First Issues with Latin Characters, London Printing, set of six in unmounted blocks of four, bright colours, fine. (Isf 1205-1210)

1929, 4th London printing, imperf proof 6 k. violet blue on greenish grey thick paper, sheet of 100 stamps by "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co." with imprint at bottom, folded in centre. Very rare.

1930, Pictorial Issue, London Printing, set of twenty two in blocks of four, each with unmounted original gum, fresh colour, a scarce set in multiples, fine.

1930, Opening of the Angora-Sivas Railway, set of twenty two in unmounted blocks of four, surcharged in black or red, colours bright and fresh, well-centered, a challenging set as never hinged blocks, fine and rarely offered.

1934, Smyrna Fair, overprinted in red, set of nine in unmounted upper marginal blocks of four, fresh and chiefly very fine. (Isf 1315-1323)

1935, Women's Rights Congress 20 pa. – 100 k., two sets of fifteen, one set with unmounted original gum, the other tied to piece by commemorative Congress datestamps from the day of issue, bright colours, fresh and fine. (Isf 1324-1338).

1935, Women's Rights Congress 20 pa. – 100 k. in  corner blocks of four, fresh and well-centered, mnh, very fine. (Isf 1324-1338).

1935, Women's Rights Congress 20 pa. – 100 k. in complete sheets of 50, mint never hinged, folded in centre, very fine and rare. (Isf 1324-1338).

1935, 12th International Congress of the League for Women's Rights, 12 ½ + 12 1/2 k Woman Pilot type, four imperforate blocks of six colour proofs in blue, green, brown, and black, each sheet hinged in upper left corner only, the green sheetlet with light diagonal crease in upper left corner, clear of impressions, otherwise fresh and very fine. (Isf 1328var)

1935, 12th International Congress of the League for Women's Rights, 100 k + 100 k Carrie Chapman portrait, fifteen different imperforate colour proof blocks of four on ungummed paper, each with large to very large margins all around, fresh and very fine. (Isf 1331var)

1936, Signature of the Straits Settlements, “1926” for “1936” date error in surcharge, unmounted mint set of six in blocks of four, the lower left stamp of each (position 75 of the sheet) showing the variety, a well-centered and fresh set, scarce and fine. (Isf 1348-1353)

1938, Ataturk Mourning Issue, 8 k light blue, unmounted mint block of four, bright colour, a very fine multiple of this scarce shade. (Isf 1391)

1938, Atatürk Mourning issue, 12 ½ indigo-blue, overprinted “21-11-1938”, unused, unmounted original gum, a fine example of this rare shade. (Isf 1392).

1933, first flight cover Istanbul – Rome with special c.d.s., arrival mark. Very rare

FRANCE: 1870 (18 October), 1863 40 c. Napoleon lauree , tied to folded cover by Paris Star “8” in black, carried by the balloon “Lafayette” to Carcassonne, backstamped upon receipt on 23 October, redirected to Constantinople, reverse with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (4 November), adhesive oxidized, yet a rare destination for ballon monte mail, fine; signed Calves.

1926, Karadeniz Travelling Exhibition, exposition vignette affixed alongside 10k deep blue, the latter cancelled by commemorative “Republique Turque / Agence Postale / Exposition Flottante” Karadeniz ship cancel, postmarked Danzig (2 Aug), reverse with second vignette and pair of 2 1/2k slate Pictorials, some small edge faults, but a scarce cancellation from this famed “floating exhibition," offered with an additional unused vignette, fine. 

1863, Tughra Postage Due issues, unused sets of singles in red-brown, brick red, and brown, mix of original gum and without gum examples, mostly good to large margins, some trivial imperfections as expected of this very thin paper, a difficult set to assemble, fine. (Isf 7-18)

1863, Tughra Postage Due, 20pa black on brick red, head to head tete-beche block of four, without control bands, unused, without gum, large to very large margins on all sides, including left sheet margin, two hinge remnants on reverse, a striking and scarce block, very fine, ex “Sultan”. (Ifs 11 TB02)