Petite Treasures – May 2026

1901, 50 cn. olive-green / rose, light cancelled, usual rough perf, fine

1962, revolution six s/s sets, inscriptions hangul and english, very fine.

1965, Postal stationery registered envelope, stamp black overprinted and with additional stamps on reverse sent registerd express to Germany, additional three air letter including QE 1953 overprinted issue, very fine

1976, Congress of Non-aligned contries 20-45 f., imperf corner blocks of 4, mnh, 2 values each light marginal gum bend

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

1897, Sanjak of Djebel Lübnan: Turkey postal stationery card 20 pa. dull claret on buff, cancelled by bilingual "BAABDA 27/5/97" circular datestamp (Coles & Walker unlisted, isfila fig. 2 - rated 'RRR'), written in Deir-El-Kamar (Liban/Syrie), transit mark CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA 4/JUIN 97 and on reverse arrival mark PARIS 8/Juin 97. Superb and very rare, only three recorded. 

1915, Sanjak of Djebel Lübnan: Turkey postal stationery envelope 1 pia. blue, cancelled by bilingual octogonal “ALIE LIBAN 29.1.5” datestamp (Coles & Walker no.49, rated 'RR'), addressed to Damas, some crease and flaw at right, otherwise fine and scarce, less than ten recorded. 

Beirut Hamidiye Square Office: Turkey pair 10 pa. green tied to cover 1900 from Hamidiye Square Post Office in Beirut to Constantinople, cancelled by bold strike of circular "BEIRUT'TA HAMIDIYE POSTA SHUBESI / 306" handstamp in blueish-grey (Coles & Walker fig. 39, isfila fig. 1 rated 'RR'), with Beyrouth cds. alongside, on reverse Dersaadet and Beshiktash arrival marks, small part of flap missing, otherwise very fine. An exceptional strike. Note: Hamidiye Square was formerly known as Burj Square, it was re-named in 1894 in honour of Sultan Abdul Hamid. 

Provenienz: Dr. Esmer (Köhler, 2017)

1906, "BEIT-MERY (BEYROUTH) 27/7/912" (Isfila no.2) cancellation on railway station postcard La Gare Araya bearing 20 para red via Egypt to France with arrival mark on front, tiny crease, otherwise fine, a scarce Lebanon forerunner.

1938/42, President Edde 4 pia. black-brown, mint never hinged, block of four showing colour trial overprints “2 & ornament” in blue, red, black and green. Signed, very fine and attractive.

1953, Lockheed Constellation 100 pia. imperforated six color trial proofs in different colours, all with sheet margin on gummed paper, mint never hinged, very fine and rare.

1957, Pan-Arabic Sport´s Games, imperf souvenir sheet showing variety double print of black color on thick paper, unused no gum as issued, fine and very scarce.

1959, discus thrower, weight lifter and sports 100 pia. imperf souvenir sheet with double surcharge of black color on thick paper, mint, fine and scarce.

1961, Olympics Rome 1960, souvenir sheet with double print of violet brown color, fencing, cycling and swimming, mint never hinged. Very fine and scarce!

1961, Olympics Rome 1960, souvenir sheet with double print of violet brown color, cycling 15+15 p. value, mint never hinged. Very fine and scarce!

1882/92, Four postal stationery cards unused,General Wiles in two diferent colours (H&G unrecorded), fine.

1893, 3 C., 5 C. and 10 C. three Presidential SPECIMEN perfins envelopes, complete very fine trio

1912/14, two postcards from Monrovia to Germany and France, fine pair

"TELGRAF ve POSTAHANE-I TRABLUS GARB" violet all arabic negative cancellation (Coles-W. No. 17, 25 Pt.) and "TRIPOLI AFRIQUE" c.d.s. (Coles-W. No. 25 & 26), oval "BAD EL AZIME" unrecorded (postponed, arrived too late) on Turkey receipt list, mounted on exhibition page, very clear cancellation, showpiece ex Siala

1910, "DERNAH 18.12.910" c.d.s. on commercial imprint envelope with rare single franking 20 pa. red, to Tripoli with arrival mark, few tiny spots and light border crease, otherwise fine, scarce Turkey forerunner

1953, Habitai Marocain Ain Chock Air Mail 40 f., épreuves de luxe printed on silk, signed, very fine

1957, TANGIER 1857-1957 set of three, each stamp Hyphen omitted, mint never hinged (SG £ 370) (Scott 609-611var.)

1868, Hidalgo 100 c. black on brown, thick figures, usual perf., Monterrey, cons 7-71, unused og., small hinge remnant, fine

1879/99, Five postal stationery answering cards and 17 postcards, all unused and fine.

1894, Wells Fargo five postal stationery envelopes cancelled, including 157 Messenger, Zacatecas, Gutierrez and 138 Mensajero, mostly fine

1959, UPU Booklet with FDC on each page, fine (Yvert 94-106)

1925, Chiffre Taxe overprinted complete set of five, all unused, very fine.

1925, Chiffre Taxe overprinted complete set of five, all unused, tiny gum toned, otherwise fine and scarce.

1940, Security Banknote Co. Proofs, three Revenues with serial no."000000", all imperf. Bromide-photo proofs in issued and unissued designs, from printers archive, fine and scarce.

1940, "PAN AMERICAN UNION" Security Banknote Co. Proofs, 1,25 c. blue with Specimen punch and black imperf. Bromide-photo Proof in unissued design without value, both from printers archive, fine and scarce.

1941, Security Banknote Co. Proofs, three Dario 10 c., all imperf. Bromide-photo proof in red and Bromides two, in issued and unissued designs, from printers archive, fine

1952/81, Four postal stationery aerogramme used, including 6 a. on 6 d. lilac, overprinted issue used, First Flights Berlin and Amsterdam, fine.

1886, Official Stamp essays without the Official overprint, 2 c., 5 c., 7 c., 10 c., 15 c. and 20 c., all in black on thin paper, very fine

1886, Official Stamp essay 20 c. ochre without the Official overprint, additional three imperf proofs on thick paper, one with Specimen overprint, very fine

1858, 2nd issue 1 d. blue and 3rd issue 1 p. red (Background worn), each in horizontal pair with dotted “PASCO”, vf

1860/61, 1 d. blue in a block of six cancelled by dotted TARMA handstamp in black, plus 1  p. brick red worn plate cancelled, fine