386th Auction

1875/1971, assembly of 22 cards, letter cards and one military envelope, with among others 1940 fieldpost cover with green military stamp, 10 öre reply card used from “CAIRE 8.II.92” with two postage due framed cachets, also 1893 card with double line “Fra Sverige L.”, etc., mostly fine

1876, Duloz 10 para lilac, tied by all arabic single circle to 'Judicial' journal to Patras, Greece, charged upon arrival and franked with postage due 10 para green/black, tied by c.d.s. "PATRAS 8 JAN 80". Pages with some age wear, still a fine and rare item. 

1876, Crescent 50 paras in horizontal pair and 10 paras, tied by blue c.d.s. "CONSTANTINOPLE 11 …1879" to registered envelope to Brighton, with transit- and arrival marks.

1878/1916, seven covers and postal stationery cards including one franked parcel card from Cilica, with among others 1878 cover with 1876 50 paras from Damascus to Marseille, first postal stationery card 20 para used in 1878 via Messina to Malta with arrival postmark and 1915 overprint issue 25 piaster on 200 piaster tied by cds. “GALATA 1.1.16” to money letter, mostly fine 

1863, Tughra 5 piastres reddish-brown, two singles, fresh colour and with ample to large margins, applied upon arrival and tied by Battal cancel to envelope to Istanbul, addressed in Italian, Coptic and Armenian (written in Arabic). Some imperfections to envelope, as usual. A rare high postage due charge. Cert. ISFILA (1997). 

1884/91, UPU card 20 paras, used with bilingual "BEYROUTH SEPT 9 91" via "HONG KONG OC 7 91" to Macao, with arrival mark on reverse. A most unusual Destination.

1872/1893 (ca), Montenegro, Serbia and Greece, group of three postal stationeries and one entire, including a scarce Montenegro 5 soldi parcel form used with cds “NIKSHIK” to Belgrade, mostly fine

1875/86, group of eight postal stationery card essays and proofs, with Bavaria double card 5 pfennig with handwritten archival date (29.Dzbr.1875), France 15 centimes globe in a square essay, German Empire double card without facial value and 10 pfennig double card proofs with archival date (1886), Greece 10 lepta card with handstamp “SPECIMEN” and Portugal two 1878 cards 20 reis and 25 reis both with handstamp "SPECIMEN", together with Haiti 3 cent on pre-printed “Carte Postale” with handwritten archival date (1882), fine

1907/26, International Reply Coupon Belgium 0,28 franc unused, Netherlands 14 cent used with very early cancel “VLISSINGEN 14.10.07” and Sweden 30 öre on 35 öre with cds "ÖREBRO 4.2.1926", fine