Italy, Italian States and Colonies Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad Smyrna
Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20658
Symbol: F
Smyrna. 1908-09 Two Levant 60c stationery parcel cards to Genoa and La Canea, one uprated with Levant 80pa on 50c (defective), both with arrival on reverse.
Opening EUR 150.00
Sold...EUR 150.00
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Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20661
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 2, 3, (espre
1914 (April 7) Registered express cover to Berlin, franked by 20pa on 10c and 30pa on 15c, and express 60pa on 30c, tied by Smyrna cds's on, showing receiving cds on reverse. very scarce. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 340.00
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Sold For 340
Sale No: 22JE
Lot No: 20663
Symbol: F
Cat No: Sassone 82, 85
1922 (Sept) Cover from Smyrna to Stockholm (Sweden), franked by "Leoni" 10c in irregular block of three and 60c, tied by the provisional "R. Poste/Italiane/Smirne" three-line postmark in violet, backstamped on arrival on Oct. 8. A delightful example of this very rare provisional usage. Cert. Colla (1999).
Note: On 9.9.22 Smyrna was taken by the troops of Mustafa Kemal and most of the ex-occupants were made prisoners. Four days alter, in the night on the 13th, a fire of great dimension burst and the area around the harbor was destroyed until the fire was extinguished on the 14th, this affecting post offices, including the Italian military P.M. 171. This office was provisionally reopened -which is believed to have been in function on a battleship- and this three-line provisional postmark was produced, which earliest usage recorded is on 26.9; considering the existing correspondence after the fire, probably the Italian P.O. was the first to be reopened in Smyrna. (Image)
