385th Auction

1863/1999, mixed collection incl. some early issues, in three hingeless albums

1898/1920 (ca.), vier Alben mit vielen verschiedenen ungebrauchten und gebrauchten Ansichtskarten von Palästina und wenige andere Orte, Schwerpunkt Jerusalem ab Karten der Kaiserreise mit besseren, dazu gestempelte Teilsammlung Syren 1919-38 im Vordruckalbum

1900/17 (ca.), small accumulation on covers and (official) paper sheets, incl. Tur-u sina, Armistice, Abolution of Capitulation, unissued mount Sinai values, etc.

1921/55, valuable holding in to stock books with many better issues, often in blocks, some varieties and specialities, containing for instance Mi. 754-66, 767-78 mnh and unused with handstamp "SPECIMEN", Women Congress in blocks of eight, single sets mint and used and with overprint "Specimen", etc., etc. A great lot

1927/44 (ca.),  accumulation of complete sets or special commemorative cancels on pieces and paper sheets, incl. Izmir exhibition 1927 and 1928, 1930 Sivas, 1935, women congress, etc.

1938/53, Mi. 1029-40 and 1072-75, 50 sets in sheets and Mi. 1248 and 1348-59 in sheets of 25, all mnh

1938, Izmir fair, Mi. 1019-28, 50 sets in sheets, mnh

1939/40, First anniversary of death of Ataturk, Mi. 1063-70, 50 sets in sheets, mnh

1941, airmail surcharge,Mi. 1110-12, 50 sets in folded sheets, mnh

1948, Mi. 1202-16 in blocks of 25, mnh

1863/74 (ca.), one unfranked and 9 franked entires including one Tughra letter, the others all coulor or multiple frankings, 6 with certificates.

1886/1931 (ca.), interesting lot with 34 cards and covers, all sent to or received from Constantinople, incl. some early ottoman stationery cards, also some Levant with Austrian censorship marks, etc.

1898/1980 (approx.), over 100 covers and cards with lots of interesting material, including early airmail, good frankings such as women's congress on various covers, etc.

1914/60 (ca.) interesting group with 14 cards and covers, with many interesting, e.g. British Occ. in Iraq Mi. 3 (9) on registered cover to constantinople, Turkey Mi. 233 with upper margin on registered cover, three complete wrappers with newspapers, etc.

1919/1939, group of five covers, comprising two 1919 overprinted Cilicia frankings, uprating postal stationery covers, cancelled-to-order at Adana, 1938 Sandjak / d'Alexandrette overprinted Air Post set of eight from Antioch to New York, and two 1939 Hatay and Sandjak / Alexandrette franked covers from Kessab, fine.

1924/34, collection of fourteen flight covers, with both domestic flights as well as examples to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Greece, note myriad frankings, registered mail, handstamped cachets, etc, some with filing folds or small faults, an overall fresh and fine group.

1927-32, Turkish Aviation Society, group of over sixty stamps in singles, pairs, and blocks of four, with errors and varieties including imperforate between pairs and blocks, noting sets including 1930 Surcharges as singles, with some multiples (Mi. 15/20, Isf T15/21), 1933 set in unmounted blocks of four (Mi 24/6), 1933 unmounted set of singles (Mi 27/29), etc, an interesting group, mostly fine.

1923/58, Turkish Society for the Protection of Children, a near-complete collection, over 125 singles plus blocks and souvenir sheets, with all major sets unmounted mint, including 1942 and 1948 sets in blocks of four, some faults in places, a valuable assembly, overall quite fresh and fine.

1923/52, Turkish Red Crescent, collection of mostly unmounted stamps, comprising approximately 80 singles and 15 blocks, including 1944/45 and 1946 sets in unmounted blocks of four, 1952 imperforate miniature sheet, etc, some small flaws, else a fine and high-cataloguing group.

ALEXANDRETTE AND HATAY: 1938/39, complete unmounted mint collections, including postage due

1918/20 (ca.), Ukraine Tridents and Shagiv, mint never hinged/unused and used collection with hundreds, strength in the Tridents with many types represented, incl. Kiev, Odessa, Podollia, etc., together with some cpl. sheets and a few covers and cards, some doubtful items noted. Overall in good condition, a few values signed Bulat, in one album

1918/23, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, strength in the Trident Overprints, noted Podollia, Odessa, Kharkov and Ekaterinoslav, some better values throughout, together with a few multiples and a small selection of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic issues, some values signed Richter, Ukrainian Philatelic Association, etc., neatly mounted and carefully described on self-printed pages, in one album

1930/2013 (ca.), mixed collection incl. complete sets, souvenir sheets, aerograms, frama labels and some FDCs, in five hingeless albums and one stockbook

1918, Issues of Bosnia&Herzegovina/Invalid's Relief, specialised mint collection of 32 stamps, comprising e.g. Michel nos. A19I never hinged signed, A19II signed and opinion Zrinjscak BPP, A20I never hinged signed and certificate Zrinjscak, 20II never hinged signed, 19I block of four, 20II block of four never hinged signed, interesting varieties like A20I "transposed wording" signed, inverted overprint 20I block of four certificate Sips, 19II and 20I inverted overprint (certificate Zrinjscak BPP), 19II and 20I double overprint (certificate Zrinjscak BPP), two proofs 19I (red overprint) signed resp. certificate Velickovic. 

1918/91, in large parts double collected mint never hinged/unused and used in the main catalogue numbers mostly complete collection with e.g. Mi. A 19-29 I used (cert. Prof. Ercegovic BPP), etc., in three hingeless albums and one stockbook

1949, Airmail 3-12 Din., 55x complete sets, many in pairs or part sheets, mint never hinged, good condition (Mi. 575-77)

1945, interesting mostly unused and mint never hinged collection with Issues for Croatia, Istria Mi.-Nr. I-XV, 32Y, Slovenia Mi.-Nr. I etc., mostly good condition

1898/1928, 12 frankierte Briefe, dabei 2 Mischfrankatur mit Indien.

1858/2001, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Officials, some multiples with complete sheets, better items lilke Mi.-Nr. 137-152 in complete set of single imperforate die proofs on cardboard, together with a small selection of postal stationeries, a few dubious items in the classics. Some occasional faults, mostly in good condition, in 3 albums

1867/1987, mint never hinged/unused and mostly used collection, including Postage Dues, some duplicates in the early issues, starting with the Condor issues with better items like Mi.-Nr. 2 unused no gum, etc., some occasional faults as to be expected, mostly in good and fresh condition, a few values signed Georg Bühler, neatly mounted in one album

1843/1995, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Postage Dues and Telegraphs, many duplicates in the classics with Don Pedro values up to the 1000 Reis,   some multiples and a selection of covers, mixed condition in the early issues, later overall in very good condition, in 5 albums

1843 /2015 (ca.) large mint never hinged/unused and mostly used accumulation, including Fiscals and Postage Dues, with an abundance of duplicates starting from the early issues with Mi.-Nr. 22(4)used, 24 block of four unused, 29 unused and used (17), 46(4) used, etc., together with some souvenir sheets and a selection of covers, etc., mixed condiiton, in 13 albums/stockbooks

1843/1918, used collection, some better item with Bull´s Eyes 30 reis (worn plate, horizontal crease), Don Pedro up to the 1000 reis value, the collection unfolds with a lovely group of the early Mute Cancellations, later issues with shades and some duplicates, some occasional faults at places, mostly in good condition, neatly mounted on self-printed pages, in one album

1844/2004 (ca.), extensive used collection with covers, including Fiscals, Varig Company and Telegraphs, starting with as group of Bull´s Eyes up to the 90 reis (mostly with defects), Inclinados with Mi.-Nr. 9 used on small piece, fine group of Verticais duplicates with Mi.-Nr. 18(4), Coloridos with Mi.-Nr. 22(3), followed by an attractive array of the Don Pedro issues with an abundance of shades and cancellations, Mi.-Nr. 46(6), 47(12), along with a small section of the Mute Postmarks, together with some covers, better destinations like Java, etc., a few forgeries noted. Some faults especially in the early issues, later overall in good condition, a few forgeries noted. A usefull lot, neatly housed in six albums

1844/2004 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused collection, starting with a selection of Inclinados and Verticais, some better items like Mi.-Nr. 17 (signed Juchert BPP), followed by an attractive group of Don Pedro up to the 1000 Reis value with Mi.-Nr. 36, 46-47, an abundance of duplicates and variants throughout with Mi.-Nr. 26(3), 27(8), 28(4), 45(3) etc., also some multiples and one sheet, some occasional faults especially in the early issues, otherwise overall in fine condition, neatly housed in two albums

1866/2013 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused accumulation with many duplicates, including Postage Dues, also some souvenir sheets, better items like Mi.-Nr. 26(6), 29(4, some faults), 45(6), etc., mixed condition in the early issues, in one stockbook