388th Auction

1900, 25 c. light blue/black with manuscript “LADO 30-8-07”, additionally tied by Khartum retta obliterator to postcard to Norrköpping, Sweden with alongside transit bilingual cds “WHITE-NILE -5 IX 1907 *” and arrival cds 3.10.07; the card with negligible lower right corner crease, very fine. A rare usage from the Lado enclave (present-day South Sudan)

“AVIATION-MILITAIRE SERVICE POSTAL SUD TUNISIEN”, violet three-line framed cachet on stampless postcard with adjacent cds “GABES 4 6 18” and arrival cds “MEDENINE 7 6 18”, very fine. A rare military flight card, signed Todd

20 k. blue/red tied by cds “S. PETERBURG 11 DEC 1891” to reverse of a registered envelope to Nagasaki, Japan, addressed to the “care of the Russian Consul, Imperial Russian frigate staff surgeon”, endorsed on front “Via Brindisi”, reverse transit cds “HONG KONG FE 11 92” and arrival mark “NAGASAKI 6 FEB 1892 JAPAN”, very fine and most unusual, in addition two registered covers from Vladivostok to either Hakodate or Nagasaki. A fine trio

1879/83, UPU stationery card 15 (femton) green, neatly used with cds “STOCKHOLM 15 10 90” to Shanghai with transit and arrival cds “SHANGHAI NO 24 90 LOCAL POST”, tiny closed teared at bottom and negligible edge faults, still fine. A very rare card, being the convergence of a most unusual use to an elusive destination

1903, BUR. AMB. BEYROUTH-DAMAS no.2 - 2/10/903 (Isfila no.507, CW unrecorded, Sam-Beyrut Seyyar Merkezi 2) violet on postcard bearing 20 pa. rose-carmine, adressed to Vitteaux France with arrival mark 12/11/03 on front, fine and very scarce railway cancellation and Lebanon / Syria postal history.

1866, Treaty Ports: Shanghai, United Kingdom entire letter from London to Shanghai, cancelled 'Lombard Street / F.O./ Paid / MAR/10/66' cds. in red, endorsed "via Marseilles" on top left. For Late Fee only 1 d. red cancelled and 1/4 d. prepaid in cash by red crayon. Sent via “Care of Messrs. John Burd & Co., Hong Kong”. File fold at bottom, otherwise fine and an unusual entire. The addressee, John Anderson Esq. Mess. W.R. Adamson Co. Shanghai, formed his firm, exporting tea, silk and general merchandise in 1858 in Shanghai and became Chinas greatest export company for tea and silk. In PROFI archive no other forwarding agent covers John Burd Co. to Shanghai recorded.

1897, Coiling Dragons 1 c. yellow, horizontal pair with 1898 1 c. ocher, neatly tied by cds “KUIKIANG 1 NOV 01” to postal stationery card 1 c. rose to Munich, Germany with additional French PO in China Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied during transit with “SHANGHAI 4 NOV 01 CHINE”, arrival “MUENCHEN 8 DEZ. 01” alongside. The card showing some slight soiling on the back, the 10 centimes with a small fault otherwise very fine. A scarce mixed franking combining two Dragon issues

1898, Coiling Dragon ½ c. brown horizontal strip of four together with 2 c. red, all tied by cds. "HANKOW JUNE 01"  to postcard to Austria with additional French PO in China Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied during transit via SHANGHAI for outbound despatch; a ½ c. with a toned perf tip and some ink soiling in the upper right corner not affecting the adhesives, still a fine mixed franking

1 c. ocher, four singles neatly tied by cds “SHANGHAI 7 JUN 01” to postcard to Paris, France, handed over to the French Office with Sage 10 c. black/lilac tied in transit with cds “SHANGHAI CHINE 7 JUIN 01” repeated alongside; one 1 c. with negligible soiling at a corner, still very fine and attractive, certificate Haveman BPP (2024)

1905, Jaffa – Jerusalem Railway: Turkey 10 para green tied by very rare bilingual “Bur.Amb. Jaffa-Jerusalem 1”, without date segment, blue handstamp (Steichele 53/05) to postcard sent from Bethlehem to Prague, alongside arrival cds., fine.

1908, Jaffa – Jerusalem Railway: Turkey 20 para rose-carmine tied by very rare bilingual “Jaffa-Jerusalem 6/4/908” cds., (Steichele RP7) to postcard sent from Jerusalem to Rastatt, alongside arrival cds. 14/4/08, fine.

1870, Turkey postage due 20 pa. brown, 1869 issue perf. 13¼, horizontal pair and single, tied to entire letter from Beirut to Damas, paying the rate for three dirhems up to 100 route hours; each tied by fine strikes of small triple boxed "BEIRUT / 81" handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 4), tiny toned, stamps and postmarks excellent.

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

1856, unpaid entire letter with full content from "TRIESTE 19/9" to Aleppo with front side clear blue "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO ALEPPO", charged "12" Kreuzer to be paid by the receipient, usual file fold, otherwise very fine and attractive

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

1851/57, 12 c. black, a pair and a single, margins in places and right-hand stamp lightly creased, tied by neat „DU BUQÜE JUL 29 1857“ datestamp to yellow envelope routed via New York American Packet (August 1, 1857) and „Prussia closed Mail“, „AACHEN 13.8. / FRANCO“ datestamp and „Franco Preuss. resp.Vereins. Ausg(angs)-Gr(enze)“ instructional marking alongside, to „Zillis, Ct. Bünden, Schweiz, Europa“, tiny border crease and rough opened at left, otherwise fine and attractive.

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.

1899/1909, small group of used, together with two covers and one card from Hankow and Shanghai, mixed condition

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.

1770/1880 (ca.) Mail across the North Atlantic from-, to and via Cuba, exhibition collection with around 100 letters/letter sheets, four of which date from the 18th century, various handstamps such as ‘ISLAS DE BARLOVENTO’ in various types, ‘DE YNDIAS’, ‘PENINSULA’, etc., also various franked letters, including postal forgery and France Napoleon 5 fr. on letter. A very interesting object.

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.

1924/79, interesting unused, mint never hinged and used collection including some better issues and souvenir sheets, mostly fine

1900/82, interesting holding in stockbook, modern part unused, noted Italian Post Offices in Libia, Eritrea, Somalia, Benadir and Africa Orientale, overall in good condition

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.