British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1885-88 40pa. on 21/2d. and 80pa. on 5d. handstamped “SPECIMEN”, and 12pi. on 2s.6d. handstamped “CANCELLED”, with gum, mainly fine. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1902-05 10d. dull purple and carmine on chalky paper, interpanneau blocks of 32 and 24 from the left and right of the sheet, head plate 1, duty plate 1, panes W and X, stamps mainly superb unmounted, six in the larger block with adherences on gum (G.B. Spec. M43(1), cat. £11,790 as unsurcharged single stamp). (56) Ex Aurelius.

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1902-05 12pi. on 2s.6d. and 24pi. on 5s. marginal blocks of four, unmounted mint, the first with minor gum toning and the latter with mild gum creasing, otherwise fine and scarce in blocks. S.G. 11, 12. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: A mint K.E.VII group, incl. 1911-13 4pi. on 10d. corner block of eleven, 12pi. on 2s.6d. corner pair, etc. (5 items)

British Levant: Cancellations and Covers: 1891 (Jan. 17) 1/2d. postal stationery wrapper addressed to New York, used from Beirut with hooded datestamp. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Cancellations and Covers: 1897 (Sept. 7) registered envelope to Germany bearing 1896 4pi. on 10d. tied by B.P.O. Constantinople c.d.s. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Cancellations and Covers: 1898 (Jan. 14) size G 2d. registered postal stationery envelope to London bearing 1887 40pa. on 21/2d. pair cancelled light central Smyrna registered oval, with Jan. 30 arrival datestamps. Ex Malim. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Cancellations and Covers: 1902 (Feb. 11) 1d.+2d. surcharged 40pa. postal stationery registered envelope to Birmingham, uprated 1pi. on 21/2d., with B.P.O. Constantinople c.d.s’s and Feb. 15 arrival backstamp. Photo. (Image1)