386th Auction

1865/90, Back of the Book on three album pages including Local & Shehir overprints, Liannos, Baghdad Locals I-III, uprated, overprinted and bisected Empire issues

1865-84, Duloz issues mint and used, including 25 pia. 1865, imperf stamps, bisect on piece, local overprints, postage due and good cancellations

1873, The Duloz 10 Para Study by Max Plantinga: 22 pages showing enlarged photos of the 10 pa. perforation 12 and 12½. One of the most difficult Duloz issues including scarce plate flaws, value erased and redrawn stamps, partially double black prints, ‘on para’ script retouche, broken inscriptions, heavy frame lines, different types of overprint at top and bottom lines including heavy frame lines, ‘moon in moon’ variety, different types of black print, short and large “A” (elif) varieties, Shehir overprints, Mont Athos overprint with scarce Gumuldine cancellation. A rare opportunity to acquire a highly specialised study collection.
 

1892-1919, collection with strength in WWI overprinted issues including Sinai unissued set (perforated, unused n.g.), many overprint varieties, inverted and shifted overprints, pairs and blocks, 1917 P.T.T. Ox-Head set many high values and errors, Jaffa overprints, some different but overall a very interesting collection build up over decades

1892/1914, Railway Constantinople – Moustafa Pasha, small exhibit collection with 14 entires and some single stamps and pieces, some rare postmarks including negative seal.  

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

1918/21, Collection of late Ottoman Empire stamps. SPECIMEN overprints on Michel No.685-88, 4½ Piaster issue with inverted overprints, shifted and double overprints, prints on reverse, offset and souvenir set L´Armistice etc. in folder

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

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

1945/2000, collection used and unused, 1952-53 blocks 2x, FDC, few perforation errors in album

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

1960/2010, stock blocks of four in glassines in a small box, all mint never hinged

1980-2010, collection in large album, many complete sets and years, all mint never hinged

1924-35, The Five Month Experiment ‘Aero Espresso Italiana’ collection on Exhibit leaves, the superbly written up collection showing the link between Italy and Istanbul via Athens, with cover from Brindisi to Constantinople and return flight (1927)  showing Airmail 1 lire 20 c. brown, further two early flights from Turkey 1924 with one cover Istanbul-Paris and one card Istanbul-Prag-Weimar, from the Greek leg with 1926 Airmail usages (incl. a mint set), 1926-30 Postes Aeriennes Stamboul eight covers, A.E.I. labels, Airmail label sheet, and original 1926 Booklet for the new service, Winter time-table for 1933/34 etc. A superb collection. 

Provenienz: Bill Robertson (Corinphila 2014)

1902/26, 23 Covers, cards, money orders and stationery including cancellations, registered mail, censor in folder

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.

1919/23, "THE TURKEY IN ASIA POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION" : Collection on 55 exhibition pages showing covers / parcel cards / money orders of Angora Period. Revenue stamps used postally by overprints of 1920 and 1921, ex Michel No.690-752. Including rare handstamped overprints “1336”, many bisect usages, scarce postal rates, Anatolian censors, mixed frankings with ottoman stamps and postal stationerys. Many covers are from important collectors as Passer, Arsman, Kuyas, Kinsky, Verschoyle and Max Mayo. Knowledgeably compiled and explained by  Turkey expert Max Plantinga. - A very rare offer - in large album

1870-2000, Postal stationery collection mint and used starting Duloz envelopes including scarce usages, postcards specialized with colours and types, unfold  answering cards, good envelopes from 1900 to 1917 including five star overprints, letter cards and Specimen overprints

1868/1922(ca.), interesting accumulation of cancellations, often times of the “Lost Territories” of Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, including all arabic “NEVREKOP”, “LESKOFCA”, BURGAS, RUSCUK, PLEVNE, GABROVA, HASKÖY, VARNA, YANBOLU, PLOVDIV, HAZARGRAD, PETRIC, DOIRAN, MONTH-ATHOS, POGON and also Doiran, Ayion-Aros, Mont-Athos, Pargha, Rodos, Pogon, Preveza, Tasos, Kalymnos, Stankeui, Sumbeki, Cariot, Isketche, Karaferie, Hania, Selanik, Zaghor, Canea, Zelhovo, Volos, Janina, Gumulcune, Cavalla, Drama, Dimetoka, Debre, Kesendire, Kandiya, Kozana, Kaspican, Petrich, Nigbolu, Plovdiv, Hazargrad, Yanbolu, Gabrovo, Haskoy, Varna, Kazgan, Ruscuk, Petrich, Plevne, Pazarcik, Nevrakop, Leskofca, Mustafa-Pasha, Filibe, Svilingrad, Cuma, Tirnovo, Daridere, Samakov, Kizanlik, Zagra, Cirpan, Sofya, Bagdad, Tokat, Amasya, Urfa, Aydin, Debaa, Bahcecik, Ergani Madeni, Bafra, Burdur, Hama, Konya, Izmit, Diyarbekir, Beyrut, Sivas, Beypazari, Goynuk, Bilecik, Arapkir, Bandirma, Akka, Kirk Agach, Odemis, Nazilli, Galata, Hamidiya-posta, Sirketi Hayriye, TPO seals etc., all neatly arranged on stock cards

BULGARIA: 1863/1914 (ca.), written up collection with almost 60 covers/letters and cards and about 100 pieces and single stamps. Strengh in Duloz with partly very rare cancellations and nice frankings, 6 entires with mixed frankings with Constantinople local stamps, 2 postal stationery envelopes, etc., etc. Many items with certificates/opinions. A remarkable collection.                                                  

BULGARIA: 1845/76 (ca.), almost 120 covers, letters and postal forms with a variety of postal and official seal cancels, including many scarce and rare strikes, like "An Canib-i Postahane-i Samakov 1274", "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I TIRNOVA", "An Canib-i Posta Ruscuk 265“, "Postahane-I Sofya 1278", "AN CANIB-I POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 272", "POSTAHANE-I SUMNU 1278", "POSTAHANE-I KIZANLIK 1278“, etc, etc. One of the most extensive collections of this kind. Almost all items with certificate/opinion.                        

1840/1910, cancellations study of ‘Ottoman Empire in Bulgaria’ on stamps and on piece from Prefilatelic to 1910, Tirnova, Tatarpazari, Tirnovadjik, Varna, Vasilikos, Vidin, Zagra, Zagra-i Cedid, Shumnu, Samakov, Ruscuk, Ruscuk, Bergos, Cirpan, Daridere, Dobnica, Filibe, Haskovo, Hazargrad, Islimiye, Cesir Mustafapasha, Cuma, Cuma-i Bala, Kalofer, Kaspican, Kircaali, Menlik and Nevrokop, many clear and full cancellations, some drawing details added on piece, a scarce offer of Turkey forerunners

1973/95, Stock blocks of four in glassines mint never hinged, (not complete) plus few FDC, a scarce offer

1918/20, interesting accumulation containing a specialized trident handstamp collection, neatly written down by city, including some multiples, few signed UPV a.o., good condition

1918(ca.), Odesa tridents, mint never hinged lot of 26 varieties (inverted, displaced), fine condition, all with Pateman guarantee notes on stockcards in envelopes