386th Auction

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

BULGARIA: 1863/1914 (ca.), written up collection with almost 60 covers/letters and cards and about 100 pieces and single stamps. Strengh in Duloz with partly very rare cancellations and nice frankings, 6 entires with mixed frankings with Constantinople local stamps, 2 postal stationery envelopes, etc., etc. Many items with certificates/opinions. A remarkable collection.                                                  

BULGARIA: 1845/76 (ca.), almost 120 covers, letters and postal forms with a variety of postal and official seal cancels, including many scarce and rare strikes, like "An Canib-i Postahane-i Samakov 1274", "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I TIRNOVA", "An Canib-i Posta Ruscuk 265“, "Postahane-I Sofya 1278", "AN CANIB-I POSTAHANE-I ZAGRA-I ATIK 272", "POSTAHANE-I SUMNU 1278", "POSTAHANE-I KIZANLIK 1278“, etc, etc. One of the most extensive collections of this kind. Almost all items with certificate/opinion.                        

1840/1910, cancellations study of ‘Ottoman Empire in Bulgaria’ on stamps and on piece from Prefilatelic to 1910, Tirnova, Tatarpazari, Tirnovadjik, Varna, Vasilikos, Vidin, Zagra, Zagra-i Cedid, Shumnu, Samakov, Ruscuk, Ruscuk, Bergos, Cirpan, Daridere, Dobnica, Filibe, Haskovo, Hazargrad, Islimiye, Cesir Mustafapasha, Cuma, Cuma-i Bala, Kalofer, Kaspican, Kircaali, Menlik and Nevrokop, many clear and full cancellations, some drawing details added on piece, a scarce offer of Turkey forerunners

1973/95, Stock blocks of four in glassines mint never hinged, (not complete) plus few FDC, a scarce offer

1918/20, interesting accumulation containing a specialized trident handstamp collection, neatly written down by city, including some multiples, few signed UPV a.o., good condition

1918(ca.), Odesa tridents, mint never hinged lot of 26 varieties (inverted, displaced), fine condition, all with Pateman guarantee notes on stockcards in envelopes

1918/20 (ca.), group of over 130 mint never hinged/unused and used stamps, including Revenues and West Ukraine, some scarcer material with a fine choice of Tridents most neatly identified by Bulat numbers, noted Sarny and Klintsi, also some forerunners with Russia Mi.-Nr. 81Bxb 10 roubles imperforate used (3) with “ODESSA”, “KHARKOV” and “KIEV”, overall in good condition, many signed Bulat BPP, UPV or with Pateman guarantee notes, a most useful specialist lot

1920/30(ca.), mint never hinged group of 54 stamps with Vienna imperforates, West Ukraine, Currency stamps etc. Ex T Pateman on stockcards in envelope

1918, Ukraine Tridents, 10 overprinted sheets ranging from the 2 kopek to the 10 rubles, noted Odessa, Kharkov, etc., with some strikes in violet and black, one sheet with additional strikes in the upper margin, some signed Ukr.-Phil. Verb. e.V., an interesting lot

1770/2014, in the beginning mostly unused, later mint never hinged, in the main catalogue numbers apparently complete collection from papal states incl. airmail, postage due and officials, beginning with a folded letter with complete led seal from pope “CLE: MENS PAPA X I V.” (ca. 1770), further a cover with colour franking Mi. 6+9 to Württemberg (1855), provisionals set Mi.-Nr. 39-44 unused cpl. signed Zumstein, including all airmail sets with e.g. 140-48 cpl., etc., mint never hinged from ca. 1965, good condition, in three hingeless albums

1928/2023, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, fairly advanced in the Michel numbers, from 1940 mostly complete, overall in very fine condition, neatly housed in 5 hingeless albums

1929/60 (ca.), mnh and unused stock in stock book, including provisional issue (3)

1929/82, unused and later mnh collection, Provisionals unused with certificate A. Diena

1952, group of 20 mint never hinged souvenir sheets “Centenario del 1° Francobollo dello Stato Pontifico”, mostly very fine (Mi.-Nr. Bl 1)