388th Auction

Alexandretta: 1869, entire letter to Marseilles, franked on reverse with Turkey 1868 Duloz 20 pa. green and 1 pi. yellow, perf. 13¼, tied by Arabic framed “Haleb” in blue, mailed through the French P.O. in Alexandrette with 1862 Napoléon laureated 20 c. blue, two singles including one with plate flaw “Napoleon with horn”, tied by faint GC “5079” with adjacent red framed “PAQUEBOT DE LA MEDITERRANEE”, on reverse Smyrna French P.O. transit and Marseilles arrival (August 15) cds. The adhesives with negligible faults, still fine and scarce combination usage opened out for display, probably unique with the plate variety, signed Calves

1879, 25 c. black on red rose tied to envelope by CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA 29/OCT/79, bilingual cds., adressed to Aleppo, on reverse french blue transit mark ALEXANDRETTE SYRIA. Turkey 20 para green and 1 piastre yellow 1876 issue tied by all arabic POSTAHANE-I HALEP 1278 (with crescent, A&P #3) on reverse, tiny crease, fine and attractive, vertificate du Vachat (2010).

1931/32, CIDNA airmail post labels ‘PAR AVION’, two different booklets, one large size turkish-french bilingual, punched and without labels, with turkey revenues preprinted on reverse, the other small size containing 27 labels (missing 1) in french showing romanian air mail cover of 1931 imprint with tarifs for all countries on the route. The booklets advertise the 1 day flight from Paris, France to Turkey and retour. CIDNA was the name change from 1925 of CFRNA “The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport”. Fine and scarce.

1918, 5 st. postal stationery card Bulgaria used during occupation of Romania, cancelled SILISTRA 8.4.18, blue german censor mark ‘GEPRÜFT 12.4.18 Postüberwachungsstelle’, black “T” in circle for taxe and blue crayon “10” alongside, addressed at first in latin script than in ottoman to ‘Braila 6th turkish army 15th unit’, so that we can assume that it was transported by the Turkish field post. Text complete written in old ottoman script by a Turkish officer, vertical fold and border faults, otherwise fine. An extremely scarce item of occupation period with turkish and german fieldpost and of great interest to the postal history of Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and Turkey 

"MACIN", all arabic double-circle, clear and complete strike in blue on 1869/71, 20 pa. green. Extremely rare. Certificate Nakri AIEP(2019). Ex Mellon.

"MECIDIYE", all arabic double-circle, clear and complete strike on 1870, postage due 20 pa. Extremely rare. Certificate Nakri AIEP(2019). Ex Mellon.

"TULCA", all arabic double-circle, clear and complete strike in blue on 1869/71, 1 pia. Extremely rare. Certificate Nakri AIEP(2019).

BRAILA: 1843, Entire letter to Constantinopel, upon arrival struck with all Arabic negative "An Canib Posta-i Deraliyye 257" greenish handstamp. Very rare; just 5 entires from this early period have been recorded.

KALAS (GALATZ), "AN CANIB-I POSTA-I KALAS", blue negative seal cancel, nice clear strike on tatar postal document from Shumnu, Bulgaria, to Galatz. Very rare.

"HIRSOVA", all arabic double-circle, clear and complete strike in blue on 1869/71, 1 pia. yellow. Extremely rare. Certificate Nakri AIEP (2019). Ex Kuyas.

“KÖSTENCE” all Arabic double-box, clear and almost complete strike on 10 Pa. revenue stamp (for Postal receipts). Very rare

1921, Foreign Affairs 5 pia. green typo overprinted 1337 block of four, one stamp mh, others mint never hinged, very fine and scarce. (Isfila catalogue value 1.200,-€++)

1863, Tughra first printing 2 pia. deep blue on thin paper, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused with original gum, very fine, certificate Isfila (2017). (isf. cat. value 3.800,-€).

1921, Religious Tribunals 5 pia. ultramarine complete sheet of 25 typo overprinted 1337 without margins as usual, showing all plate varieties, mint never hinged, few perfs tiny crease, otherwise very fine and fresh. In PROFI archive the only recorded complete sheet.

Provenienz: M. Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)

1900/24, 24 covers & cards including P.O. abroad, Cavalla, Salonique, Levant P.O., censors, registered and incoming mail, mostly different condition

1921, Hejaz railway 1 Pia. green carmine typo overprint 1337, strip of four tied on reverse of parcel card with additional franking on front by 'AKTAGH-MADENI 5.5.21' cds., usual parcel cuts, very fresh and scarce.

Provenienz: M. Mayo (Book p.131)

1921, Five stamps with typo overprint including Imperial Registry Fiscal 2 pia slate, all tied to 20 pa. postal stationery envelope by ‘ANGORA 2 - 4.6.21’ cto., stamps are not cut, envelope opened out for display, very fine and attractive franking.

1900/80, Collection unused including newspaper set 1909, Star and Crescent 1922/23, Red Crescent issues with perforation errors and varieties, air mails 1937, Atatürk sets 1927-1930, Specimen

1900/80, Collection used including good part Turkey in Asia, different overprint Types, bisects, newspaper sets, Star and Crescent 1922/23, Red Crescent, air mails, Atatürk sets, some occasional faults, mostly in good and fresh condition 

1920, Religious Tribunals Fiscal pair and single 1 pia. emerald, all tied by ‘BOZYÜK 10.3.21’ cds. to piece, no cuts, fine and a scarce usage from the later bombed P.O. Bozyük during Turkish civil war. (Isfila cat. value 3.600,-€)

Provenienz: Passer, Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)

1921, Hejaz 20 pa. on 1 pia. typo overprinted 1337, bottom margin block of four, mint never hinged, very fine and scarce. (Isfila catalogue value 1.520,-€++) In PROFI archive only two blocks of four recorded.

1920/23, Turkey in Asia collection on eight album pages starting with first issues, including Mi.739, 742 mint and used, specialized with inverted and double overprints, shifted overprints and errors, plate flaws catalogued according to the book by Max Mayo

1921, Court fiscal stamp 50 pia. brownish-yellow with 1337 handstamped overprint, unused, very fine. Signed Friedl. (Isf. catalogue value 1.800,-€)

1863, 1 pia. tete-beche pair double bisect cut on bottom and top, tied to large piece by blue ‘Battal’ cancellation with part of address, toned, flaw and tiny faults, otherwise fine and attractive. Tete-beche usages are extremely scarce.

1917, OX-HEAD (PTT) Issues specialized collection on 24 selfmade album pages including a mainly used set, many high values 25 pia. on piece, some blocks und multiples, 19 covers with pure PTT-Frankings, some of them registered to Germany, a collection that is difficult to assemble in such richness.

1862, Tughra 20 pa. yellow, trial printing for the third issue on thin gummed paper with ‘burele’ ground, right sheet marginal block of four (Type C-D/K-L). (The tabulation of the block reports and type are according to Tevfik Kuyas). Very Fine and an extremely rare multiple. (Isfila catalogue value for single stamps 13.300,-€, block of four is unpriced).

Provenienz: K. Alanyali (ex Sultan, D. Feldman 2013, 2019)

1863, Tughra first printing 5 pia. black on rose vertical pair (less than 10 recorded), central blue band, light cancelled blue and black, showing plate flaw ‘missing corner’ on top left. Very fine, apparently only 2 vertical pairs with this variety recorded, an exceptional and rare showpiece. (Isfila Specialised No. 2 BE108, cat. value 15.000,-€)

Provenienz: K. Alanyali (ex Sultan, D. Feldman 2013)

1920, Notarial Fiscal 50 pia. ochre, unused with good perforation for this issue, excellent centered, issued only 3,000 stamps. Signed K.K. Very Fine (Isfila catalogue value 3.000,- €)

1921, Museum 1 Pia. ultramarine typo overprinted 1337 block of four, top stamps showing large 1337 typo variety, bottom stamps normal small type, all mint never hinged, tiny gum spot and crease at bottom left, otherwise very fine, fresh and scarce. For normal typo mint hinged stamps Isfila catalogue value 9.090,-€++

Provenienz: ex Plantinga (Gärtner, 2014)

1921, Finance Fiscal 1 pia. yellow block of ten top margin, variety inverted overprint and the unrecorded variety ‘bottom row of overprint large overprint type instead of small type’. Block with nine stamps mint never hinged, strip unused. Very fine. This special feature was discovered by Max Plantinga and was a highlight of his exhibition collection, from which you can now purchase a complete page with another three-stripe stamp, which perfectly documents the large and small printing types. 

Provenienz: M. Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)

1920, 3 pia. on 6 pa. deep blue block of four, unused, each stamp light hinged, extremely scarce, signed on hinge ms. Passer (Isfila catalogue value 7.500,- Euro)

Provenienz: Passer, Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)

1921, Court fiscal stamp 1 pia. ultramarin with 1337 handstamped overprint, unused, fine and scarce, certificate du Vachat (2010). (Isf. catalogue value 1.800,-€)

1921, Religious Tribunals Revenue stamp 1 pia. ultramarin with 1337 handstamped overprint, unused, very fine. Signed AK (A.Kicukis) (Isf. catalogue value 3.600,-€)

1921, Museum 1 pia. ultramarine handstamped 1337, used with part cancellation of 'ANKARA 8', light crease, otherwise fine and visually flawless. A used extremely scarce stamp and important rarity of Angora issues. Signed Nouri and Cert. du Vachat (2010) (Isfila catalogue value 9.000,-)

Provenance: M. Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)

1921, Museum 5 pia. dull violet 1337 handstamped, tied by 'ANGORA' cds. to piece, not cut and very fine. Important rarity of Turkey in Asia issues. Certificates du Vachat BPP (2000) and P. Behr (2009). (Isfila catalogue value 9.000,-€) In PROFI archive no other used ‘Violet Museum’ on piece recorded.

Provenienz: M.Plantinga (H.Köhler, 2005)

1920, 3 pia. on 6 pa. deep blue, red handstamped block of 50 with margins on three sides, most mint never hinged and very fine, some perfs and 3rd row apart, large blocks of this issue are very scarce. (Isf. catalogue value for mh blocks 12.700,-€). PROFI archive has not recorded larger blocks than four, an important rarity of Turkey in Asia issues.

Provenienz: Plantinga (Cherrystone 2014)