388th Auction

1863, 5 pia. black on brown, used with very clear ‘Battal’ cancellation, blue control band at bottom, showing DOUBLE FRAME variety at left, unusual & extremely rare in this colour (Isfila Specialised No. 18, variety BE112 unrecorded). A gem of Tughra issues.

1870, Postage Due issue imperf essay with deep brown border, 25 Pia. single, thin paper, all very fresh and with deep colour, few tiny thins, fine and very seldom offered!

1873/75, SHEHIR overprints (isfila Type II) in black, blue and red on 1868 Duloz issue 10 pa. lilac, 20 pa. green and 1 pia. yellow, perf 13¼. The complete set unused and very fresh, mostly catalogue unpriced and in unused condition extremely scarce.

1873/75, SHEHIR overprints (isfila Type II) in black, blue and red on 1870/71 Duloz issue 10 pa. lilac, 20 pa. green and 1 pia. yellow, rough perf 5-11. The complete set unused and very fresh, mostly catalogue unpriced and in unused condition extremely scarce.

1873/75, SHEHIR overprints (isfila Type II) in blue and red on 1873 Duloz issue two 10 pa. yellowish-beige, perf 12, unused and fine, catalogue unpriced and in unused condition extremely scarce.

1875, SHEHIR overprints (isfila Type II) in black, blue and red on 1868 Duloz postage due issue 20 pa. brown and 1 pia. brown, perf 13¼. The complete set of 6 stamps unused and very fresh, mostly catalogue unpriced and in unused condition extremely scarce.

1875, SHEHIR overprints (isfila Type II) in black, blue and red on 1875 Duloz issue 10 pa. mauve, 10 pa. lilac (imperf), 20 pa. green and 1 pia. yellow, perf 13¼. The complete set of 10 stamps unused and very fresh, mostly catalogue unpriced and in unused condition extremely scarce.

Interparliamentary Union, 30th Conference 1934, Istanbul, commemorative c.d.s. tying 1 k. olive pair and 2 k. violet Ataturk issues, to Galata, reverse with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (1 Oct), small stain to pair, else fine, (Isfila catalogue value 1.350€)

1843, entire folded letter from “SMYRNE 4.Fevr.1843”, boxed “P.P.' in black alongside, sent to Constantinople with arrival cds. and rate ”8" décimes on reverse, fine and scarce origin.

1858, Turkish Admiralty Steamship Co:  Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "1" (piastre) in ink manuscript alongside the Po. Pe. (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette. Fine and Rare, signed Schlesinger

Provenienz: ex Gregory Frantz (Corinphila 2021)

1858, Admiralty adhesive (-) in deep claret shade, imperforate with large margins on three sides and close but clear at upper right, a used example endorsed "3" (piastres) in ink manuscript alongside the 'Po. Pe.' (Porto Piastre) in the central vignette, on large irregular piece of cover addressed to Smyrne with framed 'P-Anchor-P' cachet in black at left. Very Rare. Cert. Behr (2009).

1867,  Ship Mail entire letter from Constantinople (14/Dec) to Malta, showing extremely rare strike of framed «Valsamachy and Co / steam ship agents / and ship brokers / Constantinople» in blue, inside endorsed “Through”, same company blue oval cachet alongside, addressed to Golcher Esq. Malta and forewarded by Agent “EYNAUD & PARIENTE / SENSALI DI NELECCIO / ED AGENTI / VALETTA MALTA” with blue oval cachet (PROFI archive unrecorded type) on reverse. Two Mediterranean Forewarding Agent cachets on one cover are extremely scarce, tiny ink spots and file fold, otherwise fine and very rare.

1876, "SAKIZ VAPUR SUBESI" (Chio Island, Isfila no.1, RRR) blue cancellation on cover with 1 pia. yellow, few tiny spots, fine and very rare Greece & Turkey postal history. In PROFI archive only two covers recorded.

Provenienz: C. Arsman (Feldman 2010)

1882, Receipt showing violet circle "G.O. JOLY COURMOULI VICTORIA & CO / METELIN" seal mark, vertical crease and tiny flaw, apparently unique Greece forerunner and attractive showpiece, ex Arsman

Provenienz: C. Arsman (Feldmann 2010)

1883, BELL'S ASIA MINOR S.S.Co SYRA AGENCY blue oval cachet on agents bill, vertical file fold, very fine and attractive steam ship document, scarce Greece & Turkey naval postal history, certificate du Vachat!

1883, “G.O. JOLY VICTORIA & CO / CHIO” violet circle cancellation on envelope from CHIO bearing Duloz 20 para green single, tiny vertical fold, scarce and attractive. In Profi archive only this Chio cancel on cover recorded.

Provinenz : ex Arsman Coll. (Feldman, 2005)

1864, Turkey 20 pa. black on yellow thin paper, a fine horizontal pair (right stamp closed on top) and single, generally good to wide margins, tied to 1864 entire letter from Sarajewo to Mostar, stamps very light cancelled Bosna in dots (Brandt-Ceylan Type IIA no.1, RRR), fine first issue entire.

1866, Entire letter to Brod bearing Postage Due 20 pa. light brown pair, cancelled by double-ringed all arabic ‘Bosna/81’ with dot under ‘B’, (Brandt-Ceylan Type IV no.1, RRR), handstamped in black, a filing crease does not affect the stamps, otherwise fine.

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)

"MISSIS JAN 8 93", cds in bluish green, on postcard dated “Castellorizo 27/XII 92”, via Constantinopel and railway  "CONSPLE-MOUST.PASHA" to Germany. Very rare.

"NASLIDJ ", cds (ISFILA type 3) on postcard with long text, dated 1903, endorsed "via Salonique Athens". Supposed to be unique.

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.

1918, Parcel card for a sending to Taganrog weighting 40 funts (about 16 kg), endorsed “11 (roubles) 80 (kopeks)" and accordingly franked with Kiev Tridents 5 r. and 50 k.  (block of ten and strip of three) in mixed franking with Russia 15 k. (vertical pair), all tied by cds “FUNDUKLEEV KIEV 2 10 18”, reverse ”TAGANROG 22 9 23"; fine and very scarce

1 hr., imperforate printer´s trials with a double print including one inverted and a bloc of six (creased horizontally between stamps), all printed on reverse on map, together with a single printed only on map on reverse, fine to very fine, scarce

1920, Vienna Series, unissued Trident 1 hr., large printer´s trial bloc of 50 printed on reverse of map, fine and scarce

unissued 3 hr., imperforate printer´s trial bloc of 20 printed both on reverse and on map, without gum, very fine and scarce

unissued 5 hr. and 40 hr., imperforate printer´s trial on maps, each as a single and bloc of 8, without gum, very fine and scarce

unissued Mazepa 15 hr., complete imperforate proof sheet with double printing on reverse of a Polish map, slight peripheral wrinkles as to be expected, very fine

unissued, imperforate printer´s trials without gum, with 60 hr. with inverted centre (minor tone spot at top margin), 100 hr. printed with misplaced centre vignette of the 80 hr., also 30 hr. two singles, all printed on map, fine to very fine, scarce 

unissued 60 hr., colour proofs of the centre with double printing on German paper, a vertical pair and single pulls, the pair with tiny corner crease of no importance, very fine

1918 BOOKLET: 1913, Imperial Russia booklet for 2 roubles on black on buff cover, specially issued for the “KIEV POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE”, originally containing nine panes, each of six adhesives for three values of 7 k. (3), 3 k. (3) and 1 k. (3), overprinted in 1918 with violet trident single rubber handstamp (Bulat Kyiv Type 2), only one pane of 7 k. intact, the others either missing or incomplete, 31 adhesives remaining in total, of no importance for this extremely rare item, unrecorded by Bulat (who mentions only one example of the 80 kopek booklet), fine

Provenance: Dr. Ron Zelonka (169th Corinphila auction, 2011)

1918, Emperor Charles I. 25 h., horizontal pair, together with postage due 5h. ted, two horizontal pairs and horizontal strip of four, tied by cds. “DENYSOW 19.III.19” to reverse of registered cover to Winnyzja / Bukowina, some aging, transportation wear and stamps partly applied over the edge, yet and attractive and rare entire, signed Mikulski

1918, Austrian Coat of Arms 5 h., two singles and 40 h. single together with Emperor Charles I. 30 h., all tied by cyrillic cds. “BUCZACZ 4.II.19” to Weiskirchen, vertical fold and minor transportation wear, otherwise fine, a scarce and attractive entire

1918, Emperor Charles I. 15 h., horizontal strip of four and horizontal pair, tied by cyrillic cds. “BUCZACZ 14.III.19” to registered cover to Stanislaw, two stamps fault, vertical crease and some transportation wear, yet an attractive and rare entire

1918, Austrian Coat of Arms 40 h. tied by cds. “PROBUZUNA 1.11.1918” to parcel card to Przemysl with arrival mark, minor transportation wear, otherwise a fine and attractive First-Day-Usage of the newly founded Western Ukrainian People"s Republic on November 1, 1918

1919, Vienna Printing, Unissued 10 Kr. black proof, showing the design within a black frame (44x83mm) on a large pelure paper sheetlet. Some minor toning and folds, despite the faults still attractive. Extremely unusual, the St George issue was prepared but never delivered owing to the occupation of Eastern Galicia by Polish forces