Petite Treasures – May 2026

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

1914, stamp booklet ‘City views Constantinople’ 10 piastres, two booklet panes 10 para green, two 20 para red and one 1 pia. blue, tiny toned, (isfila catalogue value 1.210 Euro)
  (Isfila KO7)

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

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

1876, 20 pa. green and 1 pia. yellow on large piece tied by all arabic EDIRNE in black to Constantinople, at arrival 1 pia. yellow with Shehir overprint cancelled BACHTCHE CAPUSSI 14/3/76, fine city post.

1922/24, Istanbul 34 Shehir cancellation proofs on thin paper, few showing different types on front and back, many types are unrecorded in postal usage, also first latin alphabet cancellations without arabic script. A very scarce selection from the calligraphy archive of early republic. Very Fine.

1941, National Defense Tax Stamps: 5 values up to 10 krs. deep blue, each 25 mint never hinged sets in sheets with margin imprint on top, 5 krs. and 10 krs. complete sheets of 25, lower values few stamps apart, very fine and extremely scarce. (Isfila M2-M6)

Provenienz: Max Plantinga Coll. (D.Feldman ‘The Duloz Issues’  publ. 2009, p.138)

1915, Ottoman Red Crescent charity stamps booklet mint never hinged, nine panes complete and one pane missing two stamps, some glued, great rarity of ottoman philately and one of the most rarest booklets worldwide

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

1963, ‘FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE’ souvenir sheet with overprint ‘5 TL.’ mint never hinged, very fine.

1941, WW II National Defense issue complete set of five values with top margin imprint, mint never hinged, very fine, attractive and scarce. (Isfila M2-M6)

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, Complete set of 7 values in mint never hinged blocks of eight, high value 1 Lira with very scarce margin imprint, very fine, largest recorded mint never hinged blocks of this issue, a red cross/red crescent 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

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

1914,  Registered envelopes 1 pia. all three sizes overprinted SPECIMEN. Small size beige paper, medium size yellowish-white normal paper (unrecorded isfila), large size beige paper (fold), all unused, fine and a very scarce offer (Isfila AN120,123,124spec.)

1914, 1 pia. brown postal stationery registered envelope used uprated with Sultan Vahdettin Accession on the Throne 50 pia. green and block of four 5 pa. orange, all tied by 'GALATA 8 - 12.9.21' cds. to Forst Germany with arrival mark. Verf fine and an extremely scarce usage. (Isfila AN120, 906, 925)

1916, 1 pia. registered postal stationery envelope, medium type, used uprated performing 5½ pia. rate tied by GALATA 17/12/16 c.d.s., boxed all arabic censor Galata and violet censor mark Zemun and two large ZEMUN wax seals on front, to Zürich with arrival mark 28/12/16 on reverse, vertical crease, otherwise fine and very attractive

1916, 1 pia. registered postal stationery envelope, large type, used uprated ‘valeur declaree’ performing 15 pia. 10 pa. rate tied by GALATA 20-17/9/16 cds., boxed all arabic censor Galata and violet censor mark Zemun, bulgarian transit ‘TZARIBROD-GARE 20.9.16’, to Wien 26.9.16 with arrival mark on reverse, intact red wax seals ‘Marcus’, ms. ‘Wert 1800’, vertical folds, otherwise fine and scarce (Isfila AN124)

1876, 20 pa. gold on purple postal stationery card, unissued in these colours, handstamped "ESSAI" in black on front of card and further handstamped on reverse with blue cachet ‘DIRECTION DES POSTES INTERNATIONALES CONSTANTINOPLE’. Small imperfections but a very rare card. (Isfila AN8essay)

1876, 20 pa. dull lilac on grey postal stationery card, unissued in these colours, handstamped "ESSAI" in black on front of card and further handstamped on reverse with blue cachet ‘DIRECTION DES POSTES INTERNATIONALES CONSTANTINOPLE’. Small imperfections but a very rare card. (Isfila AN8essay)

1876, 20 pa. purple on lilac postal stationery card, unissued in these colours, handstamped "ESSAI" in black on front of card and further handstamped on reverse with blue cachet ‘DIRECTION DES POSTES INTERNATIONALES CONSTANTINOPLE’. Small imperfections but a very rare card. (Isfila AN8essay)

1862, "P.P.ÜCRETI ALINMISTIR" (Postage Paid) greenish-blue handstamped formular envelope, unused, usual crease and fold, otherwise fine. (Isfila F1A)

1862, "P.P.ÜCRETI ALINMISTIR" (Postage Paid) black handstamped formular envelope, unused, usual crease and fold, otherwise fine. (Isfila F1)

1870, Two formular cards, one bearing 20 pa. green, both unused, tiny toned, otherwise fine pair.

1879, 20 Para violet postal stationery cut out tied by Constantinople 24/Juil 1879 c.d.s. to Formular card 1870 issue to England with arrival mark on reverse, message by A. Glavany who has send only few of this cards, Isfila unpriced, few tiny crease, otherwise fine. Showpiece for the advanced Empire and Postal Stationery collector!
 

1904, Wrapper stationery 5 pa. yellowish-brown used uprated with 5 pa. newspaper ‘matbua’ issue cancelled barred boxed GALATA in blue to Dresden, very fine and scarce. (Isf. cat. value 150€++). (Isfila AN63)

1863, First print 5 piaster deep rose with  good margins on two sides, dividing line at left, closed at bottom, clear cancelled black "NISH" in dots (Brandt-Ceylan Type IIA-9, Nish / Serbia), very fine. First printings of Turkey Tughra issue with city cancellations are great rarities of this issue and less than five from all cities are recorded. (Isfila 2)

1902, Wrapper stationery 20 pa. red and 1 pia. blue used. 1 pia. cancelled barred P.I.O. with arrival mark Dresden 17.3.05 on reverse, very fine and an extremely scarce pair (Isfila AN71, AN72)

1871, Duloz postal stationery envelope 6 pia. lilac-grey fine used, clear cancel of box type 'Galata 81', used local in Istanbul to Yesilköy, tiny border crease and toned, this envelope is difficult to find used and in this good quality! (Isf. cat. value 1.360€) (Isfila AN7B)

1908, Postal stationery letter card 1 krs. light blue unfolded proof, unused, very fine and extremely scarce (Isfila AN97proof)

1901, Four postal stationery envelopes, 20 pa. and 1 pia., unused, tiny crease, otherwise fine (isfila cat. value 200€) (Isfila AN39, 43, 45-46,)

1905, Envelope postal stationery 20 pa. red on grey-blue used uprated with 4x5 pa. newspaper ‘matbua’ issue performing 40 pa. = 1.pia. rate, cancelled barred boxed GALATA to Dresden with arrival mark 24.3.05 on reverse, tiny border toned, otherwise fine and a scarce usage.  (Isfila AN40)