1898 Picture pc to Haifa with Turkey 20pa tied by superb strike of Bur. Amb. Jerusalem-Jaffa bilingual cds, very fine (Image)

1875 Envelope to Holland, franked Egypt 1874-75 1pi unaccepted and not cancelled, cover with manuscript ‘T’ & ‘SCHIFFSAMT No.1/11.11.75/Corfu’ cds alongside, cover flap faults, scarce usage (Image)

CANDIA 1872 Cover with contents from Heraklion franked by 1867 10s blue tied 19 August 1872 cds (Gregorian calendar) via Syra and Piraeus (8 Aug. 72) to Kythera/Cerigo 15 Aug.72 (Julian calendar), franked for inland rate by 20L blue, mixed franking from Kythera are scarce, cert Simmermacher (Image)

PREVESA 1874 Cover with contents from Prevesa franked by 1867 10s blue tied 27 Dez. 1874 cds (Gregorian calendar) to Kerkyra (Corfu) 16 Oct. 1874 (Julian calendar), franked for inland rate by 20L blue (just touched), the PREVESA cancel in sans-sérif font (only 4 such covers recorded), ex P. Protonotarios, signed Vlastos, cert Simmermacher (Image)

VARNA 1872 Four cover fronts all with 3-colours frankings 1867 3s +5s +15s tied by Varna thimble cds, very fine, scarce (Image)

1840-1913, Attractive mint & used collection neatly written up on 121 exhibition pages showing the basic issues mint plus postal stationery, then a wide range of cancellations and frankings incl. Belgrad, Kotor, Alexandria, Saloniki, Candia (incl. mixed frankings with Greece), Cavalla, Janina, Canea, Scio-Cesme, important Constantinople section, Smyrna thimbles, Adrianopel, Samsun, Beiruth, Jerusalem, DDSG section incl. three covers (Est. € 2’400/3’400) (Image)

1872-1914 Selection of 7 covers, 1 postal stationery card and one part letter bearing postmarks of Serres, Rhodes, Canea, Vathy, Candia, Scio Cesme and Metelino (this registered to London), mixed but interesting group (Est. € 300/400) (Image)

TUNISIA 1865-77, Old-time collection of 11 covers showing various frankings and postmarks, noted 1872 Cover to France with 40c rose +20c blue with “PP” + “COI POSTALI ITALIANI” + “12” French tax, 1877 Cover to France with 30c brown tied by boxed “PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI” with “DA TUNISI” alongside, etc., foxing, rarely offered (Est. € 2’000/3’000) (Image)

1901 Colour litho picture postcard of Jericho franked 5pa rose (tear at left) bearing violet bilingual JERICHO 6.4.01, alongside hotel cachets of Hotel du Parc and Jordan Hotel, some stains otherwise very fine and very clear postmark and cachets (Image)

1901 Postal stationery card 20pa red bearing bilingual SAFED 2 9.8.01 cds to Amsterdam, with rebut and decédé marking returned to Palestine, vertical crease in middle otherwise fine and very clear postmark (Image)

JERUSALEM: 1917 (Dec 3) Postcard with 30pa total franking tied by two strikes of all-arabic “bridge with bars” Quds / 2 cds (Bale 886; C&W fig. 16), Jerusalem censor hs below, used a few days before the British Occupation, card with creases (one corner and towards bottom), very fine appearing (Image)