1898 Registered UPU postcard to Hamburg, Germany franked 1pi +20pa, very fine (Image)

1908 Cover with contents franked 20pa tied by clear DERNAH cds, fine, scarce (Image)

1916-1941 4 censored (Turkish censors) registered covers and cards from Constantinople and 1941 cover from Izmir to Italy with Firenze censor (Image)

1921 Postal receipt card from Yozgad to Denk-Madeni, franked with 547 1/2 Kurus incl. strip of five Religious Tribunal Revenues overprinted for use in Anatolia plus nine examples and a bisect of the 1916-18 5pi, all tied by Yozgad violet cds, Angora and Denk-Madeni cds adjacent (Image)

MONASTIR: 1910 Picture postcard of Monastir (now in Macedonia) with 1909 20pa red tied by bilingual Monastir cds, French arrival bs, very fine (Image)

1831-1963 Old-time accumulation of mint, used, covers cards & cancels, mostly early issues with strength in Tughra & Duloz, plus some cancels on fragments & selection of Anatolia, later incl. 1933 Womens Congress set, mixed to fine (100s) (Est. € 700/1’000)

OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1840-1928, A massive accumulation of 100s of covers incl. early stampless, later envelopes, postcards, documents, postal receipts, official covers from all parts of the Ottoman Empire. Noted Tartar or Camel Post with ca400 postal documents showing Arabic negative seals, later covers incl. extremely rare frankings and cancellations which were assembled over a life-time, origins incl. ALBANIA, BULGARIA, GREECE, HOLYLAND, IRAQ, ITALIAN LEVANT, LEBANON, LIBYA, MACEDONIA, Maritime, Railway, SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA, TURKEY, etc. A stunning assembly and without doubt a great basis for an important exhibition collection & impossible to duplicate (100s of items in three large boxes) Estimate € 40’000 – € 60’000 (Image)

1860-1960, ca.50 covers with various frankings & pmks, see web (Est. € 400/600) (Image)

1863-1899, Collection on old-time Scott pages noted 1st issue, several better values and also a nearly complete range of the postage dues, mostly used, some mint hinged, generally fine to very fine (Est. € 700/1’000) (Image)

1863-1910 Extensive & specialised collection of cancellations mounted in old-time Yvert album showing cancels from Adana to Zafranbolu, the collection is arranged by Brandt cancellation type from arabic triple boxed with scarcer Vapur, arabic double circle with scarcer Bosna, Filibe, Manastir, Mostar, Nis, Ruscuk, Sofia, Tirnova & Zagra etc., arabic double box with scarcer Acre, Menafe, Zahle etc., cancels mostly in black & blue, mixed to fine (100’s) (Est. € 3’000/5’000) (Image)

1863-1934, Attractive mint & used collection in Borek album showing a great deal of completion, Tughras, Duloz, later sets, airs, etc., scissor-cut on Sultan Mohammed V 200pi green o/w rest is generally very fine (Est. € 500/800)

1863-1978, Collection in Scott album including HATAY & THRACE, mostly used or mint hinged, some never hinged, noted better sets & singles including classics, also diverse BOB, etc., mostly fine to very fine (Est. € 200/300)

1881-1914 Accumulation of more than 160 used postal stationery from a variety of different town & with a variety of different cancels, including negative seals, double-circles. barred double-circles etc., mostly in black & blue, also Empire 20pa red unused with Specimen ovpt, mixed to very fine (160+) (Est. € 300/500) (Image)

1888 25pi mint : 105 examples (incl. 42 unused), mixed with mostly fine, Mi. € 4’725 (Est. € 500/700) (Image)

FORGERIES: 19th Century reference collection of the star and crescent issues incl. some genuine, about 150 examples housed on hand written album pages, including diagrams, one of the highlights is an unusual block of 25 of the 25 piastres mauve and buff, a great lot for the specialist (Est. € 300/400) (Image)

FORGERIES: 19th Century reference collection with some genuine, well written-up and researched including diagrams, with over 60 examples including newspaper stamps overprints present, ideal for the specialist (Est. € 200/300) (Image)

1868-1914 Collection of 55 covers & cards, mostly Constantinopoli & Smyrna, but also noted Trapezunt, Alexandrette, Adrianopel & 1x Tripolis in Syria, mixed but mostly fine to very fine

1885 Postal card from Athens to Adana, 10L stationery card, taxed “T” on arrival with Empire 1pi tied blue boxed bilingual RECLAME, unusual & scarce (Image)

1866 Cover with 5p Liannos Local Post, four examples, GALATA 23.01.66 ds on front, Phanar ds on back, very fine, rare (Image)

1866 5p Liannos Local Post tied by negative seal on part newspaper front, fine, rare (Image)

1844 Cover from Constantinople to Pesth with unrecorded (?) blue-green “TURQUIE”, “Constantinople 30 octobre” pmk, boxed PP, Semlin red wax seal and disinfection cachet, very fine, very rare (Image)

1848 CANEA: Disinfected cover to Trieste with boxed PP, very fine, very rare (Image)

1852 SALONICA: Cover to Constantinople with PP in circle, fine, very rare (Image)

1896 Envelope from the Romanian P.O. in Constantinople to Bucharest with 1896 set of three tied by violet “POSTA-ROMANA / COSPOLI” cds, reverse with Bucharest cds and postman’s posthorn hs, fine and scarce having travelled (Image)

1884 Envelope to Chio, franked Empire 20pa neatly tied by fancy G.O.JOLY VICTORIA/AIVALI marimtime cachet, attractive & very scarce (Image)