386th Auction

1892, BESKENTA: 1 pia. blue on envelope tied by blue "BESKENTA POSTA SUBESI" all arabic type cancellation (Coles-Walker No.79, A&P Type 06, no.6, RRR). According to A&P two on cover recorded, some crease, an important Turkey and Lebanon forerunner

1894, BRUMANA: 1 pia. blue three stamps on registered envelope, two tied by "BRUMANA POSTA SUBESI" (Coles-Walker No.75, AP Type 04, no.1,RRR) all arabic type cancellation, one stamp tied by BEYROUTH c.d.s., transit “LIGNE N PAQ. FR.  No.3 2/2/94” on front and arrival mark BERLIN 21.294, tiny spot and some flaw on front and border, according to A&P less than five recorded, very clear cancellations, This cover is shown in Coles Walker catalogue 

1905, SOFER POSTA SUBESI 22 - SUCCURSALE POSTE LIBAN 22 (Coles-Walker no.119, RR) on postcard with 20 pa. deep rose to Albi France with arrival mark, clear cancellation, fine and attractive.

1906, DERA 20/6/06 bilingual c.d.s. on postcard to France bearing 1905 issue 20 para on front, clear cancelled, on reverse Malain 1/7/06 arrival mark. Fine and scarce (Coles & Walker no.50)

1890, "TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I ALI EL GHARBI 300" (1886), (Bayindir no.1 RRR, isfila unrecorded) red arrival mark on reverse of cover bearing Baghdad local bisect stamp 1 pia. on 2 pia. on front, tied by "POSTAHANE-I BAGDAD" all arabic cancellation. Cover with some edge tears, still fine strikes of these unusual cancels and an important rarity of Turkey and Iraq postal history

1915, “GAZA 3.1.15” c.d.s. on cover bearing 1 pia. 10 pa. rate with Damas transit mark to Germany, ms. "seen and objected by censor" with signature and large oval all Arabic "GAZA ASKERI HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" ('Military Hospital Gaza chief doctor'; if the sender was an officer in the hospital, the chief medical officer had to censor) and signature mark, transit mark Damas and red censor label Istanbul. A Palestine and Turkey WWI rarity

"HAYFA POSTA SUBESI 1287" violet all arabic postmark (Coles-W.No.52; 20 Pt.) on postcard Haifa bearing Turkey 20 pa. dull violet with transit mark "ALEXANDRIE 1/8/97" to Germany with arrival mark "WEISSER HIRSCH 25/8/97", fine and very scarce

"JAFFA-JEROUSALEM" railway ds. on postcard bearing 5 Para ochre, flaw on top right, to Constantinople, very scarce 5 Para imprimes maritime rate, two tiny corner crease, otherwise fine and very attractive

Provenance: C. Arsman Coll. (D.Feldman 2010)

 "KUDS 2" all Arabic c.d.s. (Bale 886, JERUSALEM 2) on postcard with censor mark to Adana Turkey, fine and very scarce

NABLUS (Coles-Walker no. 71), very clear all arabic oval one frame cancellation on reverse of envelope bearing 1 piaster greyish blue, addressed to Jerusalem, tiny spots, otherwise fine, mounted on exhibition page, scarce

“NAZARETH FEV/22/900” c.d.s. and all arabic "TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I NASRE" (Coles-Walker no.75 & 78, 25 Pts.) on 20 para postal stationery card to France with arrival mark Avignon 5.Mars.01 on reverse, fine and scarce Holy Land & Palestine forerunner!

1916, Death certificate officially registered from Naplous sent with stamples wrapper to a military address "Firka 19 Alay 35" (Regiment 35, unit 19) tied by cds. "NAPLOUS" and fieldpost cancellation "SAHRA POSTASI 35" alongside, all Arabic "NAPLUS VATAN HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" (Nablous Homeland Hospital chief doctor) under wrapper and signature, a Palestine WWI rarity

1892, "AB POSTA SUBESI" (“IBB” Isfila & Coles Walker unrecorded type) blue all arabic cancellation on 20 Para dull violet block of four, paper remain on reverse, short perfs and minor faults, a great rarity of Jemen & Turkey postal history, showpiece!

1915, US 2 c. red postal stationery envelope used uprated and registered from "CHATHAM N.J. SEP/2/1915" addressed to American Mission in "Adana Syria", transit New York "Sep/29/1915", redirected via "BEYROUTH 5 - 16/11/15" and "Istanbul 7/12/15", retour to US with several arrival marks in January 1916. At left unrecorded censor label "BEYRUT POSTAHANESI" (Beyrouth Post Office), crescent and star military censor mark "BEYRUT ASKERI SANSÜR HEYETI" and turkish ms. "iyade" (retour) and "Amerikaya" (to US) on front. A unique censor cover and showpiece for a Lebanon and Turkey postal history collection

1879, Turkey 1 Pia. yellow pair (1875 issue), one diagonally bisect tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE SUEZ 1/MAI/79" blue cds. to piece at arrival. J.v. Uexkull writes in his book "The postal history of Saudi Arabia" : "Sometimes mail from Jeddah was posted on board the steamer to Suez without going throuh the Jeddah Post Office. Such items were either cancelled in ink on board the steamer and then postmarked in Suez or left uncancelled" (page 37), fine and fresh, a unique bisect usage of an ottoman Duloz issue in Saudi Arabia!

1916, Türkei 1 pia. blau Ganzsachenkarte für Offiziere mit violettem „Stern & Halbmond“ überdruckt, abgestempelt “KAIS. DEUTSCHE MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No.14 - 12/4/16”, nebengesetzt rein arabischer violetter Stempel des türkischen Hauptquartiers im Irak „IRAK KARARGAHI 1“, rs. Text auf Deutsch “Versuch die von uns belagerte Festung einzunehmen”, geschrieben am 12.4.16 (17 Tage vor der Eroberung von Kut Ul Amara) von “Ismail Bey Adjutant der 6. Armee” (unter General Freiherr von der Goltz) an Albert Friedemann in Leipzig. Sehr selten und hochinteressante Postgeschichte

"SINOB RASADAT-I HAVAIYE SUBESI 1330" (Luftfahrtbeobachtung Sinop, AP1) auf Türkei 10 Para grün Ganzsachenkarte geschrieben von einem deutschen Offizier ‘Kais. Osmanischer Leutnant M. Müller’ an der deutsch-osmanischen Feldwetterstation in Sinop am Schwarzen Meer 1916, mit Zensur Istanbul nach Braunschweig, extrem seltener Stempel mit dem nur vier Belege bekannt sind
 

1861, 1 Sgr. rosa und zwei Einzelwerte 3 Sgr. ockerbraun je mit klarem DKr. “GOERLITZ 26.4.66” als tarifgerechte 7 Sgr.-Frankatur auf komplettem Faltbrief mit Weiterfranko-Vermerk “fr. 4” (Groschen) wie Wien nach Constantinopel mit Ankunftsstempel. Die Marken mit waagerechten Bug und der Faltbrief mit senkrechter Faltung (oben kleiner Einriss hinterlegt), ansonsten in guter Erhaltung. Ein optisch ansprechender Brief mit seltener Destination 

1863-1996, collection on KA-BE album pages, starting first issues ‘Tughra’ Mi.1-4 and P1-P4, mostly unused/mint, including many rarities and scarce issues, Duloz including many 25 pia., 1884 5 pa. violet, Sultan's journey 1911 completely unused, 1st London printing 1914 complete to Sultan 200 Pia, six-pointed star with peak values, PTT 1917 overprints apparently complete, Genova 1922 and 1923 crescent/star issue up to 500 pia green unused, airmail 1928-1931 up to ‘Bes Lira’ unused, early republic including 1935 women's congress and B.o.B. very well represented. A top-quality collection

1863-64, Album page showing the first issues of Ottoman Empire. Specialized including first prints 2 pia. (Mi.3I) and 5 pia. (Mi.4I), third prints on thick paper Mi.1III and 2III, second printing and postage due issues in both colours, two stamps used, all others unused with full to wide margins and very fresh colours, a scarce offer

1863/65, Tuhgra, interesting forgery collection with over 200 stamps, including tete beche pairs, extensively described in French language on 21 pages, ex Brandt collection

1863-1940, collection on album pages with interesting section on provisional Angora issues 1920/21, some usual cut obliteration on cancelled higher values, incl. Isf.no.960, 968, 972, 978, 979, 980, 981, 995, 1014-16, 1017-19, 1025-27, 1035, 1036-41, 1042-46, few spots, mostly fine

1863-1990, collection starting first issues in large stockbook with good values 1915 five-pointed star issue, good unused/mint never hinged early Republic sets, B.o.B. and Red Crescent
 

1863/1942, unused/mint never hinged and cancelled collection in two albums, starting first issues and Duloz 25 pia. 1865, some better issues and Angora, good early Republic, also newspaper and postage stamps, stamps for the Red Crescent and a part of Cilicia, mostly good condition

1863/80, Collection on four Maury Album pages, starting photographic proof Serbia Michel III (Mihailo) Obrenović (under consent of the Ottoman Empire as the hegemonic power), Turkey first issues 1863 including postage due, 1865 to 1871 25 pia. postage and postage due and two imperf stamps, Liannos locals, Kustendje Romania local issue 20 pa. green and orange proof, three newspaper stamps Journ/x/en Franchise, DDSG mint and used, Eastern Roumelia RO overprint, few different, mostly fine
 

1863-1960, album mostly mint never hinged, starting used first issue and ottoman, Republic mostly mint never hinged with blocks of four, some perforation errors and varieties, red crescent
 

1863/1930, small collection on three approval cards starting first issues no.1-4 cancelled, mostly fine used 

1865/1910, "ALL ARABIC CANCELLATIONS COLLECTION" on old selfmade album pages according to Brandt & Ceylan Types including 28 Duloz covers, cancellations of Gemlik, Bandirma, Tekfurdagi, Siroz, Iskodra, Damas, Karahisar, Izmit, Halep, Bursa & Ankara, most fine to very fine in large album

1865-2000 ca., collection in large album, many blocks of four unused, classic part used, later issues mint never hinged

1865/90, Back of the Book on three album pages including Local & Shehir overprints, Liannos, Baghdad Locals I-III, uprated, overprinted and bisected Empire issues

1865-84, Duloz issues mint and used, including 25 pia. 1865, imperf stamps, bisect on piece, local overprints, postage due and good cancellations

1873, The Duloz 10 Para Study by Max Plantinga: 22 pages showing enlarged photos of the 10 pa. perforation 12 and 12½. One of the most difficult Duloz issues including scarce plate flaws, value erased and redrawn stamps, partially double black prints, ‘on para’ script retouche, broken inscriptions, heavy frame lines, different types of overprint at top and bottom lines including heavy frame lines, ‘moon in moon’ variety, different types of black print, short and large “A” (elif) varieties, Shehir overprints, Mont Athos overprint with scarce Gumuldine cancellation. A rare opportunity to acquire a highly specialised study collection.
 

1892-1919, collection with strength in WWI overprinted issues including Sinai unissued set (perforated, unused n.g.), many overprint varieties, inverted and shifted overprints, pairs and blocks, 1917 P.T.T. Ox-Head set many high values and errors, Jaffa overprints, some different but overall a very interesting collection build up over decades

1892/1914, Railway Constantinople – Moustafa Pasha, small exhibit collection with 14 entires and some single stamps and pieces, some rare postmarks including negative seal.  

1900/17 (ca.), small accumulation on covers and (official) paper sheets, incl. Tur-u sina, Armistice, Abolution of Capitulation, unissued mount Sinai values, etc.

1918/21, Collection of late Ottoman Empire stamps. SPECIMEN overprints on Michel No.685-88, 4½ Piaster issue with inverted overprints, shifted and double overprints, prints on reverse, offset and souvenir set L´Armistice etc. in folder