386. Auktion

1876, 4 kr. deep yellow on vertically laid paper, full to wide margins, light part cancelled ZENDJAN, signed, very fine

1928, First Flight BUSCHIR-TEHERAN and First Flight MECHED-TEHERAN by German ´Junkers´, cover with 6ch. lilac-red and 5 Kr. airmail stamp of 1927, boxed related cachet and arrival cds alongside, one tiny toned, the other fine

1942, Three covers with different WW II Anglo-Soviet-Persian and Farsi censor sealing labels, including Pan American Air Mail Service label on and flown cover from Teheran to New York, franked with eight 3 Rilas Reza Shah and 50 d., two additional covers to New York and Switzerland, minor faults, otherwise fine and attractive

1892-1923, Seven stampless covers showing fine cancellations, Ispahan, Schiraz, Kum, Isfahan No.2, Barfrouch and thimble type Sandok, fine group

1975/85 ca., 13 aerograms unused, including rare overprint "THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN" 1979, Shah provisional issues 

1975/85 ca., aerograms, 16 unused, all different, including Shah provisionals and overprint issues

1899, BEYT LAHM TELGRAF VE POSTAHANESI 1311 (Coles-Walker no.113, 25 Pts.) very clear violet cancellations on postcard “Souvenir de Bethlehem” bearing two 10 Para green to Germany with arrival mark MAGDEBURG 26.4.99, very fine Palestine & Turkey postal history!

"CAIFFA 1 - 12/2/18" bilingual octogonal d.s. (Coles-Walker no. 60, Haifa) on envelope to Berlin with transit marks Beyrouth and Stamboul on reverse, fine and scarce

"CENTRAL COMITE KNESSETH ISRAEL JERUSALEM PALÄSTINA" preprinted envelope from US 1910 bearing 5 c. blue tied by Kingston c.d.s. and french Levant arrival mark "JERUSALEM PALESTINE 28/6/10" on reverse, tiny flaw at left, otherwise fine and scarce Israel forerunner

"DJENINE 2.6.18" (Coles-Walker no.67) on back of registration receipt bearing 5 paras on 10 paras block of 22 stamps showing six clear strikes of this scarce cancellation (20 points). On front black all arabic oneliner "the registration fee was paid in stamps" used in Djenine, tiny spots, unrecorded. The receipt was mounted in a registration booklet and is roughly turn off, otherwise fine. A very interesting postal history document of Palestine

1917, Rehonoth / Jaffa postcard (rounded corners) cancelled by all arabic violet fieldpost mark "DÖRDÜNCÜ ORDU KARARGAHI KUMANDANLIGI" (Fourth Army Headquarters Command), oval all arabic censor mark "MUAYENE OLUNMUSDUR" alongside, adressed to Dersaadet, some faults and corner flaw, scarce Palestine postal history

"FORWARDED BY THE AMERICAN CONSULATE JERUSALEM PALESTINE" blue mark on Austrian Levant cover bearing 1 pia. ultramarine tied by "JERUSALEM 15/5/906" c.d.s. to Oakland California with arrival mark on reverse, vertical fold, shortened at right and tiny toned, otherwise fine, a very scarce usage

“HAYFA TELGRAFHANESI” (Coles-Walker no.62, RRR) all arabic violet cancellation on telegram from Beyrouth with file punch and some crease, otherwise fine, very scarce

 “JERUSALEM 10.10.01” c.d.s. on parcel card bearing 5 pia. on 1 kr. rose, addressed to Hungary, parcel label “Jerusalem Öst. Postamt 41” alongside, on reverse transit marks Jaffa 12.10.01, Triest 30.10.01 and Budapest 9.11.01, customs label on front, coupon cut at left, fine, signed Burger

"JERUSALEM 2 - 20.1.13" octogonal d.s. (KUDÜS-Ü SHERIF 2, with bars in segments, Coles-Walker Type B0), on Turkey 20 paras postal stationery card, transit d.s. "PORT SAID * 21.1.13", to Berlin with commercial message on reverse. An excellent strike on a very fine card, beautiful and attractive 

1899, registered cover written in Bethlehem bearing four 20 Para violet on front and reverse illustrating 2 Piaster rate, each tied by "JERUSALEM 14/AVR/99" c.d.s., "JERUSALEM PALESTIN R No. 528 KUDÜS TAAHHÜT" bilingual registration mark alongside (Bale RC-T6), usage on mail from Bethlehem unrecorded, very scarce Turkey & Palestine forerunner

1912, "NASRE - 8.11.912" c.d.s. (Coles-Walker 79), on Turkey 20 paras postal stationery card, to Berlin with commercial message about natural remedies and medicine on reverse, tiny crease, otherwise fine, an excellent strike

“SAFED 1” octogonal d.s. (Coles-Walker no.89) on censored envelope to Galizien via Beirut (10.4.18) and Stamboul (28.4.18) bearing 1915 Provisional 10 pa. block of four and single, framed Constantinople censor mark and Beyrouth censor with crescent/star, sender cachet ‘Simon Steinholz Saffed Palestine’ on reverse, vert. crease, otherwise fine, an attractive cover

“REMLE” segmented c.d.s. (2.10.909) in black on official stamples envelope to JAFFA with arrival mark on reverse, all arabic REMLE COURT violet mark on both sides, tiny toned and some border faults, shortened on two sides, otherwise a fine strike. (Steichele = 43/03)

"YAFA" (Jaffa, Coles-Walker no.136) clear deep blue cancellation on 20 Para brown postage due, very fine and scarce

1915, YAFA SANSÜR OLUNMUSDUR extremely fine strike of Jaffa Star and Crescent censor h.s. in violet (CM3 type, unlisted in Collins) on cover bearing 1914 10 pa. green and 20 pa. brown cancelled by octagonal “Jaffa/5” d.s. (Steichele = 22/17 + 22/32). Addressed to Clerc at department of accountancy Jerusalem with arrival mark 28/9/331 (1915) some crease and faults, backflap missing. PROFI archive has only two other covers recorded, this censorship was only used for domestic mail. 

1930, "PHARES DE PALESTINE JAFFA" violet mark on bilingual Lighthouse & Ship document from Port Said to Caiffa with 7 m. carmine and signature, fold, otherwise fine
 

1992-2008, collection mint never hinged, including S/S and gold booklet Christmas 2000

1916, Cammuri complete set of three values, unused, very fine and not so common

1905, PERIM ISLAND: Postcard showing "The Oriental Hotel", bearing India 1 a. carmine cancelled "ADEN 31/JA/05" d.s. to Vienna with arrival mark, message "we arrived today and are leaving soon to Djibouti", tiny corner crease, otherwise fine and very scarce

1893, 3 C., 5 C. and 10 C. three Presidential SPECIMEN perfins envelopes, complete very fine trio

1912/14, two postcards from Monrovia to Germany and France, fine pair

1910, "DERNAH 18.12.910" c.d.s. on commercial imprint envelope with rare single franking 20 pa. red, to Tripoli with arrival mark, few tiny spots and light border crease, otherwise fine, scarce Turkey forerunner

1953, Habitai Marocain Ain Chock Air Mail 40 f., épreuves de luxe printed on silk, signed, very fine

1916, Complete set of four surcharged values, all unused, Cert. Graus. Additional two values showing different surcharge colours, fine and a scarce offer

1866, Maximilian 7 c. lilac grey , lithographed, two singles, mostly good to large margins all around, with San Luis Potasi district overprint and 58.1866 consignment number, centrally-struck with Franco / S. Luis Potosi c.d.s. (28 Nov), most attractive. (Scott 26)

1868, 6 c. black on buff, horizontal strip of four, clear to large margins, tied to 1871 folded cover from San Luis Potosi, vertical fold through one stamp, but a scarce franking (Scott 46)

1934, Pro Universitad 12 stamps including air mails 10 pesos, mint never hinged but some fingertips, fine (Yvert 491-98, A55-A58)

1959, UPU Booklet with FDC on each page, fine (Yvert 94-106)

1941, Security Banknote Co. Proofs, three Dario 10 c., all imperf. Bromide-photo proof in red and Bromides two, in issued and unissued designs, from printers archive, fine

1857, Entire letter from Lima via British P.O. in CALLAO with c.d.s. on reverse in black, thence via London with "GB / 2F 87½c." accountancy marking in black taxed at 30 décimes, usual file fold, otherwise fine