386th Auction

1930, Pictorial Issue, 5th London Printing, set of 22 up to 500 pia., mint never hinged, fine (Isfila catalogue value 1.050,-€) (Isfila 1211 - 1232)

1935, Women's Rights Congress 20 pa. – 100 k. complete set mint never hinged, fresh and well-centered, very fine (Isfila 1324-1338)

1942-1948, President Ismet Inönü, specialised assortment of 28 perf. and imperf. proofs and unadopted essays, colour trials, without inscription etc. all mint never hinged/unused, a scarce group

1966, Europe Cept 130 k. vertical gutter block of four, mint never hinged, top left printing error in "Cumhuriyeti", very fine

1865, 10 Para light brown (unrecorded shade), unissued postage due, plate flaw VIII-50 "white points at the crescent", unused n.g., very fresh and bright colour, usual perfs, extremely scarce (Isfila n.g. 4.000,- Euro) (Isfila 29 BE064)

1867, Duloz issue 20 Paras and 1 pia. postage due imperf stamps (no gum), 1 Piaster with inscript "Bes Gurus", additional 2 pia. unissued unused with perf and gum, tiny faults otherwise fine and scarce trio  (Isfila 41 ES88, 45 DE11)

1870, 1 pia. brown unused with original gum with part of bottom stamp, usual rough perf, very fine and fresh, (Isfila catalogue value 600,-€) (Isfila 67)

1868, 2 pia. brown unused with original gum, usual perf, very fine and fresh, signed (Isfila catalogue value 1.800,-€) (Isfila 59)

1871, 25 pia. brown postage due block of eight, mint never hinged, very fine (Isfila catalogue value for mh 430,-€) (Isfila 78)

1896, cover franked with 1 pia. blue with ms. on top right ‘from letterbox’, stamp cancelled with negative ‘T’ in black, blue ‘T’ in circle and PERA & GALATA c.d.s. alongside, with 1 Pia the letter was underfranked, on reverse 2 x 1 pia. black postage due cancelled with BROUSSE c.d.s., very nice and unusual cover on exhibition page

1901, Stampless cover from Saloniki Greece to Skopje Mazedonia with circle "T" for Taxe, at arrival pair postage due 20 pa. black on red affixed and tied by "USKUB (GARE) 25/2/901" c.d.s., these stamps are scarce on cover, tiny border toned, otherwise fine and attractive! (Isfila 175)

1913, Booklet 12 pia. complete with eight panes of six 10 para green, all mint never hinged, clip original, fine

1913, Booklet 12 pia. complete with two panes of six 1 Pia. blue, all mint never hinged, clip original, fine
 

1914, Booklet 10 pia. complete, with two panes 10 para green, two panes 20 para redbrown and one pane 1 Pia. blue, very fresh quality, all mint never hinged, clips original, very fine (Isfila catalogue value 1.250 Euro)
 

1967, Two stamp booklets including 250 krs. and a booklet 10 x 10 krs. not catalogued in Michel, both mint never hinged condition, very fine (Isfila KC 7, 10)

1967, Stamp booklet 250 krs. containing sheet of 25 x 10 Krs, (not catalogued in Michel) mint never hinged, very fine (Isfila catalogue value 240€)

1913/67, five different booklets, some faults, still fine group mint never hinged/unused

1942, set of nine values in mint never hinged complete sheets of 25 with margin, few lower values split up, high value 25 Krs. complete sheet are only few recorded, very fine and a red cross rarity!

1944, Nurse & Crescent 1 lira imperf block of four, color trial proof on chamois paper, an extremely scarce block of four, very fine, a red cross rarity!

1952, "Nurse & Child" 1 krs. on 3 krs. olive brown red, inverted overprint on large block of 40, margin on three sides, mint never hinged, very fine. Very attractive block for an advanced red cross collection!

1955, Nurse and child, three high values of issue for the Red Crescent, mint never hinged, all in luxury condition, very fresh colours

1962, ‘FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE’ souvenir sheet with overprint ‘1 TL.’, mint never hinged, Michel unrecorded, very fine and scarce

1916, 1 pia. registered postal stationery envelope, large type, used uprated performing 13½ pia. rate tied by GALATA 20-30/7/16 c.d.s., boxed all arabic censor Galata and violet censor mark Zemun to Leipzig with arrival mark 8/8/16 on reverse, fine and scarce

1917, 20 Para red postal stationery card, scarce essay with imprint "T9" on right bottom, very scarce, only few recorded

“VAN ”, all Arabic blue postmark (Coles-Walker No.3, AP No.1, RR) clear cancelled on large part envelope with pair 5 pia. blue 13 ¼ perf. and postage due 1868 2 pia. brown rough perf, arrival mark Dersaadet (Istanbul), part of envelope at right and left shortened, some crease and few spots, otherwise fine and scarce 16 pia. rate, certificate TOPS

1848, Turkish Steamship Company Entire letter written in Bursa / Brousse shipped from Mudania to Constantinople struck with oval negative seal handstamp with central P.P. (Posta Pagata) in black. The first handstamp introduced by any Turkish Steamship company. Cover with filing folds and tiny toned, otherwise fine. An exceptional strike of a very scarce marking

1861, Constantinople to Brousse folded envelope with content, bearing superb oval straight line ‘Franco’ in blue with manuscript “PP” in red alongside, usual file fold, otherwise fine & scarce

Provenienz:  C. Arsman Collection (D.Feldman 2012)

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

1890, Bagdad provisional issue 1 piaster on 2 piaster bisect diagonally tied with clear "POSTAHANE-I HANEKIN 95" to piece, fine

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

1938, air mail issue 1 p. and 3 p. on cover together with six stamps performing 10 pia. rate, all tied by ALEXANDRETTE 15.4.38 c.d.s. to USA with transit BEYROUTH 16.5.38 c.d.s. fine and scarce

1938, Air mail set ½ p. to 25 p. complete 8 values, mint never hinged

1938, Air Mail set of eight values, complete mint never hinged, very fine (Scott C1-C8)

1938, Air Mail issue complete set of eight on Tripoli Marseille flight cover, cancelled ANTIOCHE 9.5.38 c.d.s. to USA with transit TRIPOLI LIBAN 11.5.38 c.d.s. fine and very scarce (Scott C1-C8)

1938, Atatürk mourning set complete 5 values, mint never hinged