386th Auction

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

1938/53, Mi. 1029-40 and 1072-75, 50 sets in sheets and Mi. 1248 and 1348-59 in sheets of 25, all mnh

1938, Izmir fair, Mi. 1019-28, 50 sets in sheets, mnh

1941, airmail surcharge,Mi. 1110-12, 50 sets in folded sheets, mnh

1945/2000, collection used and unused, 1952-53 blocks 2x, FDC, few perforation errors in album

1948, Mi. 1202-16 in blocks of 25, mnh

1960/2010, stock blocks of four in glassines in a small box, all mint never hinged

1980-2010, collection in large album, many complete sets and years, all mint never hinged

1924-35, The Five Month Experiment ‘Aero Espresso Italiana’ collection on Exhibit leaves, the superbly written up collection showing the link between Italy and Istanbul via Athens, with cover from Brindisi to Constantinople and return flight (1927)  showing Airmail 1 lire 20 c. brown, further two early flights from Turkey 1924 with one cover Istanbul-Paris and one card Istanbul-Prag-Weimar, from the Greek leg with 1926 Airmail usages (incl. a mint set), 1926-30 Postes Aeriennes Stamboul eight covers, A.E.I. labels, Airmail label sheet, and original 1926 Booklet for the new service, Winter time-table for 1933/34 etc. A superb collection. 

Provenienz: Bill Robertson (Corinphila 2014)

1902/26, 23 Covers, cards, money orders and stationery including cancellations, registered mail, censor in folder

1919/1939, group of five covers, comprising two 1919 overprinted Cilicia frankings, uprating postal stationery covers, cancelled-to-order at Adana, 1938 Sandjak / d'Alexandrette overprinted Air Post set of eight from Antioch to New York, and two 1939 Hatay and Sandjak / Alexandrette franked covers from Kessab, fine.

1919/23, "THE TURKEY IN ASIA POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION" : Collection on 55 exhibition pages showing covers / parcel cards / money orders of Angora Period. Revenue stamps used postally by overprints of 1920 and 1921, ex Michel No.690-752. Including rare handstamped overprints “1336”, many bisect usages, scarce postal rates, Anatolian censors, mixed frankings with ottoman stamps and postal stationerys. Many covers are from important collectors as Passer, Arsman, Kuyas, Kinsky, Verschoyle and Max Mayo. Knowledgeably compiled and explained by  Turkey expert Max Plantinga. - A very rare offer - in large album

1870-2000, Postal stationery collection mint and used starting Duloz envelopes including scarce usages, postcards specialized with colours and types, unfold  answering cards, good envelopes from 1900 to 1917 including five star overprints, letter cards and Specimen overprints

1868/1922(ca.), interesting accumulation of cancellations, often times of the “Lost Territories” of Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, including all arabic “NEVREKOP”, “LESKOFCA”, BURGAS, RUSCUK, PLEVNE, GABROVA, HASKÖY, VARNA, YANBOLU, PLOVDIV, HAZARGRAD, PETRIC, DOIRAN, MONTH-ATHOS, POGON and also Doiran, Ayion-Aros, Mont-Athos, Pargha, Rodos, Pogon, Preveza, Tasos, Kalymnos, Stankeui, Sumbeki, Cariot, Isketche, Karaferie, Hania, Selanik, Zaghor, Canea, Zelhovo, Volos, Janina, Gumulcune, Cavalla, Drama, Dimetoka, Debre, Kesendire, Kandiya, Kozana, Kaspican, Petrich, Nigbolu, Plovdiv, Hazargrad, Yanbolu, Gabrovo, Haskoy, Varna, Kazgan, Ruscuk, Petrich, Plevne, Pazarcik, Nevrakop, Leskofca, Mustafa-Pasha, Filibe, Svilingrad, Cuma, Tirnovo, Daridere, Samakov, Kizanlik, Zagra, Cirpan, Sofya, Bagdad, Tokat, Amasya, Urfa, Aydin, Debaa, Bahcecik, Ergani Madeni, Bafra, Burdur, Hama, Konya, Izmit, Diyarbekir, Beyrut, Sivas, Beypazari, Goynuk, Bilecik, Arapkir, Bandirma, Akka, Kirk Agach, Odemis, Nazilli, Galata, Hamidiya-posta, Sirketi Hayriye, TPO seals etc., all neatly arranged on stock cards