Lot no. 5877

Sitia 1884: "ISTIYE POSTA CHUBESI" black negative seal in Old-Turkish, tying a 20pa carmin on rose 1884 (perf. 13½) on entire folded letter written in Greek (dateline Limin Sitias 7.Jan.1887) sent to Neapolis. Not recorded by Agaogullari, extremely rare Provenance: Prodromos Mellon collection