386th Auction

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!

1875 1c blue, 2 copies, tied by intaglio corks with adjacent “ST. THOMAS 12/2 1876” to entire letter to New York, datelined St. Thomas, 9th of February,  with oval Lamb & Co (Forwarding Agents) anchor handstamp. The franking  paying the 10c rate for carriage on the King Line, whose King Richard called at St. Thomas on its final northbound journey on February 12; postmarked on arrival in Baltimore with two “BALT / PAID ALL” c.d.s. Edge creasing and vertical filing folds, of trivial importance given the tremendous rarity of this cover, being the only recorded example carried on this final trip of the King Line. Certificate Philatelic Foundation (2025) (Scott 179)

"The inclosed letter was recovered from the wreck of the Steamer Metropolis, lost on Currituck Beach, North Carolina, January 31, 1878" printed on reverse of Postal Service entire with printed 'Division of Dead Letters' return address at left, cancelled by cork with adjacent "Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 12" circular datestamp, addressed to St. Thomas, Danish Westindies. Very Fine, a most unusual usage, the Metropolis was bound for Para, Brazil and was driven ashore during a gale near the Kitty Hawk Signal Station -- 102 lives were lost -- this official entire was used to transit pieces of mail recovered from the wreck (Scott UO16)

1869/76, Yokohama French Office, alluring group of 11 covers, showing an impressive display of tariffs from the 1866 to 1876 period, some better items with Laureated 80 c. and 40 c. tied by Dotted Diamond  “5118” to envelope to France with alongside cds. “YOKOHAMA 15 MAI 71” (scarce 1,20 Francs tariff valid six months from January until end of June 1871), two 1876 envelopes the first one franked at the 1 Franc tariff (endorsed “Voie Française”, French paquebot to Marseille), the second at the 1,10 Francs tariff (endorsed “Via Brindisi”, British paquebot), some faults but a rare duo exhibiting both routes, also some underfranked mail, etc., some signed Calves, mixed condition. 

1881/1914, Imperial Post Offices in Transcaucasia, interesting collection of 69 covers and cards, including postal stations on the Georgian Military road, some better items with 1917 registered envelope from the anti-plague station “ZURNABAK YELIZAV. PROTIVOCHUM STAN.”, 1909 postcard from “NOVYI-AFON SUKHUM.”, 1914 free frank envelope from “AKHMETY TIFL.”, 1904 postcard with blue cds. “ANANUR TIFL.”, 1904 postcard from “BYELI KLYOUTSK TIFL. G.”, also mail from Dishet, Kazbek, Kobi, the meteorological station Mleti, etc., together with two envelopes with different types of the 1899 provisional violet registration label from Tiflis. Slightly mixed condition, neatly housed on expertly described album pages

1918/23, Civil War Issues, fine group of circa 140 mint never hinged/unused and used, including Revenues and Areas, some scarcer items throughout with some gutter strips and inverted overprints, noted Siberia, Chita, Armenia, Kharkov provisional overprints, etc., overall in good condition, neatly housed in one booklet

1891/1900, Russian Mail to Latin America, fine group of 9 registered covers, some good destinations with Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile, San Jose in Costa Rica, Buenos aires in Brasil, better routes with registered envelope from “VLADIVOSTOK 21 NOV. 1890" to Rio de Janeiro with transit cds “NAGASAKI 21 DEC 1891”, “REGISTERED 25 DEC 1891 YOKOHAMA”, New York transit registration etiquette and reverse arrival (some faults), etc., slightly mixed condition

1918/23, Armenia to Transcaucasia, mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, many scarcer items throughout with Pateman guarantee notes, overall in fine condition, neatly housed in one booklet

1906, Ganzsachenkarte 10 C. auf 10 H. rosa mit “JAFFA a 17/11/06 ÖSTERR. POST”, mit rs. Text nach Breslau mit Ankunftsstempel, etwas bügiger Bedarfsbeleg aus Palästina mit klarer Abstempelung

1856, entire folded letter with commercial content written in SHEMLAN cancelled “BEYROUT 10 NOV SYRIE”, red PAQUEBOT DE LA MEDITERRANEE and taxe “10” alongside, on reverse Marseille transit and Lyon 27/11/56 arrival mark, usual file fold, fine

“NAGASAKI 18.NOV.97 JAPAN” cds. on Russia 1897 7 k. blue and 3 k. carmine-rose on cover originating from Vladivostok with boxed "PAQUEBOT" and YOKOHAMA 22.11.97 c.d.s. alongside, via "Gensen", Korea (where the Paquebot) was applied, forwarded to Hannover, very fine, with arrival postmark 8/12/97. A very rare ship cover

1889, Bagdad provisional issue 1 piaster on 2 piaster bisect diagonally on envelope, tied by "BAGHDAD TURQUIE" c.d.s. with arrival mark "KERBELA 15/NOV/89" on reverse, shortened at left and tiny toned, otherwise fine. In PROFI archive earliest recorded usage of the Bagdad provisional, very scarce

1892, Baghdad provisional issue 1 pia. on 2 pia. yellow bisect diagonally tied by clear "POSTAHANE-I BAGDAD" to cover, addressed to ERBIL with boxed arrival mark (Brand-Ceylan no.IX-52) alongside, few tiny spots, otherwise fine, a very attractive and scarce Iraq and Turkey local forerunner

1892, Baghdad provisional issue 1 pia. on 2 pia. yellow-olive on yellow diagonally bisected tied by all arabic negative mark “POSTAHANE-I BAGDAD” to cover, arrival mark “POSTAHANE-I HANEKIN 95” (Coles-Walker no.19) on front, vertical fold, shortened at right and cut on flap, otherwise fine, a very scarce Local issue

1919, E.E.F. 9 pia. olive yellow on late used ottoman parcel card tied by ADANA 3 - 3/10/1335 (1919) c.d.s. addressed to Istanbul with arrival mark on reverse, usual cut through the stamp, fine

1871, "SHAM 81" handstamp in black (Coles & Walker no. 31, Damascus) framed all arabic cancellation on folded envelope with content, bearing Duloz 2 pi. orange-red, diagonally bisected, cut to shape, addressed to Beirut, usual file fold and tiny toned, otherwise fine. A scarce Syria forerunner

1894, "HODEIDA" clear blue all arabic on cover back only. Coat of Arms 2 piaster 1892 issue used bisect diagonally and blue "HUDEIDA 7 MART 310" c.d.s. alongside, black arrival mark Istanbul five weeks later "MAKRIKEUY 13 NISAN 310" cds., european date "93" adjustment wrong as often, arabic date 1894 is correct, very scarce and attractive Turkey forerunner!

1911, "HODEIDA 5" c.d.s. clear blue (Isfila no.13, scarce colour) on commercial cover with imprint bearing 1 Pia. blue block of four, transit mark PORT TAUFIQ and arrival mark BEYROUTH alongside, shortened at left, extremely rare and attractive 4 Piaster rate for a heavy letter from Yemen to Lebanon!

1903, HAVANA CUBA JAN/22/1903 c.d.s. on postcard bearing France 10 c. red, tiny toned, otherwise fine, a very scarce and unusual usage

“BASRA” (Coles & Walker no.43, RRR*) cancellation on 1876 cover with 20 Para green / violet to Kermanchah / Irak with arrival mark on reverse, shortened on top and corner flaw, this cancellation is unknown on cover at Isfila, great rarity of Turkey & Iraq postal history 

“KERYE BACHI (BAGDAD)” Turkish cancellation (Isf. no.2) on telegram form.  A scarce ottoman forerunner, very clear cancelled

“KIAZIMIE 23/9/07” c.d.s. (Coles-Walker no.31) on 1908 cover with 1 Pia. blue to Teheran with arrival mark, fine and very clear Iraq forerunner

“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

"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

Provenienz : ex Arsman (D. Feldman 2011)

 “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)