388th Auction

1916, Tsar Ferdinand 25 st. tied by provisional Coat of Arms cancellation from “SVILAJNAC” to cover with Bulgarian and Austrian censor marks via Sofia and Red Cross in Geneva to Salonika, in good condition

1918, 5 st. postal stationery card Bulgaria used during occupation of Romania, cancelled SILISTRA 8.4.18, blue german censor mark ‘GEPRÜFT 12.4.18 Postüberwachungsstelle’, black “T” in circle for taxe and blue crayon “10” alongside, addressed at first in latin script than in ottoman to ‘Braila 6th turkish army 15th unit’, so that we can assume that it was transported by the Turkish field post. Text complete written in old ottoman script by a Turkish officer, vertical fold and border faults, otherwise fine. An extremely scarce item of occupation period with turkish and german fieldpost and of great interest to the postal history of Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and Turkey 

1869, „RUSCUK 81“, all arabic double circle, clear strike (AP Type:04, No:5, R) on envelope to Constantinople, at arrival Duloz 1868 issue 1 pia. yellow and 20 p. green tied by Deraliye box type to envelope. A fine and rare cover. Signed Nakri AIEP.

Provenienz: Cihangir (Corinphila 2000)

1879/1960, large mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, including Officials, Parcel stamps and Postage Dues, plenty of duplicates throughout and from 1946 apparently mostly only mint never hinged, noted Mi.-Nr. 1 (6), 2 (x2), 10 (x4), 1931 Balkan Games 248 (x7), 257 (x4), 258 (x3), etc., overall in very good condition, neatly housed in two large stockbooks (ex Mi.-Nr. 1-1216)

1979, Europe 80 souvenir sheets Belgrad Exhibition, (Mi.Bl. 84) all mint never hinged, catalogue value 4.000,- Euro

1906/38, RURAL POSTS, specialized collection with 71 covers and cards, showing a fine array of postmarks with many fine strikes, starting with the small undated double cds “VILLAGE POST KORTEN”, the collection unfolds with the larger types and various inscriptions with 1908 “POSTAL AGENCY KOZLUDZHA VARNA AREA”, 1907 “TIVORNO DISTRICT / DEBELETZ COUNTY”, many better items noted with 1937 postal receipt with “SAVING BANK ORDERS a. CHECKS / KALUGEROVO PAZ(ARDJIK)”, 1922 receipt for a registered letter with “V.(ILLAGE) P.(OST) II. DISTRICT SAMOKOV ADMINSTRATION”, etc., all expertly described and neatly mounted on exhibition pages, overall in very good condition. A remarkable specialist assembly, in one album