388th Auction

1909, ‘MECQUE 6’ bilingual cancellation (Coles-Walker no.39, Uexkull Type 1) on cover Mecca to Istanbul, franked on the reverse with 1908 issue 1 pia., “Istanbul Mevrude” arrival postmark alongside, sender cachet ‘Ismail Aloff’, very fine and well cancelled exhibition piece

1880, “POSTAHANE-I SHAM 1279” Folded envelope from Damas to Beyrouth with pair and single 20 Pa. green, all tied by clear all arabic "POSTAHANE-I SHAM 1279" to Beyrouth (Isfila no.2, R), unrecorded green oneliner “Damas Le 24 Mars 1880” alongside, right stamp of pair showing plate flaw missing ‘20’ (white tablet), light fold and tiny toned, otherwise fine, scarce and very attractive Syria postal history.

1896, TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I HALEB 1319 (A&P no.16) violet cancellation on telegraph, usual file fold, clear and in this colour a very scarce cancellation of early Syria & Turkey

1858, Folded tissue-paper envelope bootlegged from Smyrna, Turkey to Boston, carried by Capt. Watson ‘Ship Henry Hill’ with 122 bales madder roots, ms. “Via Trieste” inside, letter with embossing and black sender cachet F.C. Blackler Smyrna on reverse. At arrival in US Franklin 1 c. blue type V tied by black “PAID” in circle to envelope and red “Boston Mass. Nov/12” arrival cds. on front. Tiny file fold, otherwise Very Fine and a scarce usage.

1840/1912, Vilayet of Selanik / Salonica : The collection on leaves with covers/ cards (19) including 1840 prefilatelic envelope front with all arabic SELANIK in blue, Tatar Post documents with clear cancellations of Yanya 256, Yenisehir Fener 257, Salonique 258, Cavalla 2651903 cover at 1 pi. rate tied TIMOUR-HISSAR cds, 1906 card with 5 pa. pair tied by bold YALILAR / (SALONIQUE) datestamp in purple, 1910 cover with 20 pa. pair tied SERRÉS/1 cds, scarce 1911 and 1912 covers with 1 pi. frankings tied SERÉS/3 cds's, 1912 20 pa. rate cover tied CAVALLA/4 cds, cards from SERRES (one cancelled in violet), 1910 cover with 1 pi. tied CAVALLA cds, 20 pa. card cancelled by superb DRAMA cds. etc. A generally fine group.

1897/98, Ottoman military occupation of Thessaly: six covers franked with octagonal military stamps, all properly posted, with Volos, Domokos Kalabaka, Trikhala cds., very unusual; one cover with very scarce gutter pair 10 pa. from Volos, sheets and additional forgery study, good to very fine

1935/60, over 30 FDC and covers with attractive frankings, including Womans Congress 1935 up to 10 krs. on registered cover to England, mainly fine to very fine.

1840/1918, "ALL ARABIC CANCELLATIONS COLLECTION" on old selfmade album pages according to Brandt & Ceylan Types, starting pre-philatelic period with covers from Uskub, Konia, Bursa, Edirne and Ankara. Including 7 Duloz covers with cancellations of Nigde Posta Subesi 1287 (negativ type), Adana Turquie, Dersaadet 3 etc. and 25 pia. single stamps cancelled Bagdad 1865 and P.I.O. 1871, over 150 stamps with clear town cancellations, three postcards with arabic type cancellations of Eskishehir and Edirne Rüstem Pasha Hani, few different, but mainly fine.

1863/1919, mostly unused and used collection incl. postage due stamps with three unused stamps Mi.-No. 1, many overprint issues with better material, varieties and other special stamps, mostly fine

1865/1980 (ca.), Collection of mostly excellent copies of the “Duloz” issues with nice and clear cancellations in a very lovingly designed album, 1 pia. yellow 1871 corner margin block of 15, ‘Arabkir’ on 1875 block of nine, ship cancels ‘Vapur’ and numeral railway marks, 1, 2, 3 and 6 of Smyrna Aidin railway. Lost territories with clear cancellations of Irak, Bulgaria, Greece with islands, Lebanon & Palestine, Albania and Yugoslawia, nice pieces and multiples, neatly in two albums, plus 22 Duloz envelopes. Coles & Walker handbooks Part 1, 2 and 4.

1865-1930, extensive unused/used collection with strength in Duloz issues, including many complete sets and better issues, including a specialized album with postage due stamps in both conditions with many high values, Duloz issues with varieties and interesting cancellations, overall in good condition, neatly housed in 6 stockbooks

1876-1890, interesting collection of Empire issues in album, including rare 5 pa. and 25 pia. stamps, tete-beche and reverse prints, imperforated issues, colour varieties, perforations varieties, letters and fronts, postal stationerys, etc.

1876, Duloz four complete sheets in large folder, including 5 Pres,½ Pres, ¼ Pres, 1¼ Pres. (Mi.22-24, 26), most fine, few perfs apart and little different, isf. catalogue value over 2.500 Euro

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

1900/80, Collection unused including newspaper set 1909, Star and Crescent 1922/23, Red Crescent issues with perforation errors and varieties, air mails 1937, Atatürk sets 1927-1930, Specimen

1900/80, Collection used including good part Turkey in Asia, different overprint Types, bisects, newspaper sets, Star and Crescent 1922/23, Red Crescent, air mails, Atatürk sets, some occasional faults, mostly in good and fresh condition 

1914/18, WWI Collection including mint set ‘Crescent and Five pointed Star’, London printings, mainly unused and fine.

1917, OX-HEAD (PTT) Issues specialized collection on 24 selfmade album pages including a mainly used set, many high values 25 pia. on piece, some blocks und multiples, 19 covers with pure PTT-Frankings, some of them registered to Germany, a collection that is difficult to assemble in such richness.

1920/69, mostly unused/mint and cancelled collection ‘Republic of Turkey’ in album with some better and complete issues Angora Government (Mi.705-708, 714-15, A721, 728H inverted and double), as well as some special items, including Mi. No. 754-766 unused (better signed or cert.), Sivas Railway (Mi. 913-934) unused. Many better stamps signed, condition from slightly flawed to flawless. 

1920/23, Turkey in Asia collection on eight album pages starting with first issues, including Mi.739, 742 mint and used, specialized with inverted and double overprints, shifted overprints and errors, plate flaws catalogued according to the book by Max Mayo

1921/55, valuable holding in stock book with many better issues, often in blocks, some varieties and specialities, containing for instance First Adana set (Mi. 754-66), Crescent issue with 500 pia. green (Mi.825) and Sivas Railway complete sets unused, Women Congress mnh, imperf sets, air mails and official issues in blocks of four, etc. A great lot

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

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

1960/2004, Stamps in blocks, all mint never hinged, including complete sheet animals 1979, 43 souvenir sheets, very fine.

1900/24, 24 covers & cards including P.O. abroad, Cavalla, Salonique, Levant P.O., censors, registered and incoming mail, mostly different condition

1917/25, 48 parcel cards and money transfers, mainly early republic, including 1917 order from Elvechre with bisect stamp to ministery of war, good cancellations of Dardanelles, Sparta, Chorlou, Tarsus, Manisa etc., some different, mainly fine.

1875/80, KATCHAK overprints (contrebande) in black, blue and red on 74 Duloz stamps including inverted and tete-beche overprints of different types, unusual, scarce and attractive.

1925/60, Turkish Air Assosiation Collection of stamps, covers and documents including early issues, revenues, aid stamps with covers, mounted on 25 album pages, mostly fine.

1900/30, hundreds of revenues on documents mainly cancelled with all arabic ottoman cancellations.

1848/1916, 23 envelopes & cards including lost territories of Ottoman Empire, good cancellations, Pirlepe, Cerkes, Ayvalik, Hania, Camaran Jemen, Telegram receipt Jerusalem and Kerkuk, Remle, Jaffa and Bethlehem, some different.

1871/1945, Armenians in Turkey: 20 covers, postcards and documents from Ottoman Empire to Republic with armenian imprints, senders and addresses, monastery document Samsun 1908, two nice postcards armenian village and Ararat, some faults and missing or added stamps, but an interesting collection for collectors with an interest in history.

1870/1918, Postal History of Ottoman Iraq including four covers with cancellations of Kerbela, Bagdad and Nedjef Echref, on stamps Kerkuk, Remadie, Kizlar Bad, Süleymaniye, Hanekin, Hille and Mosul.

1851/1912, delightful exhibit collection with 37 covers and cards, covering the Ottoman, Italian and French Offices in Tripoli including the consular postal services, many better usages with 1851 entire letter from Livorno via Marseilles and Malta to Tripoli de Barberia, 1881 envelope from “TRIPOLI DI BARBERIA” to Livorno with Italian Levant 5c. and 10 c. (x2) tied by mute “annulo a rombi”, official envelope headed “R. CONSOLATO D´ITALIA”  and on reverse its large seal handstamp, 1893 envelope to Constantinople with French Sage adhesives with pearled cds “TRIPOLI BARBARIE 14 FEVR 93” in mixed franking with Turkey 1 pi. adhesive (opened for display), etc.; except for the occasional fault in overall very good condition. An alluring specialist assembly, neatly mounted and described on album pages

1856/1918, Postal History of Ottoman Syria (7), including prefilatelic cover Alep, Tatar post document with cancellations of Damas and Beyrouth, postcard 1890 from Aleppo via Alexandrette and Port-Said via french ship to France, censor marks of Aleppo and Damas, 

1915/57, 43 covers and cards from ottoman period to first fights, including WWI censor cards from Aleppo and Damas, parcel card cancelled Damas 5 to Bagdad overland mail, french mandate with T.E.P.528 and 614, several modern censor marks, parcel tag to USA, additional few old photos of Damas and Egypt ship at harbour, mainly fine.