5pi black on rose, blue band at bottom, used bottom marginal horizontal pair, with clear dot & line cancel, very fine (Isfila Specialised No. 2 PV03) (Image)

1863-65 Second Printing 20pa black on yellow, central control band, used tête-bêche (foot-to-foot) block of eleven (Types VIIA-VIII/VI-IIa), showing blue dotted cancel, exhibition showpiece (Isfila 3TB02) Provenance: Passer, Brandt & Kuyas Price: CHF 12’000 (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 1pi black on grey lilac, control bands foot to foot, used TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, showing four tête-bêche pairs, a fine & scarce block (4) (Image)

2pi black on blue-green, single & pair, plus 1pi single, all with control bands in red at bottom, superbly tied by “battal” on envelope from Samsun to Trabzon. Attractive military correspondence and rare seven piastre franking on the unusual Black Sea route Provenance: Bombieri Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 162 (Image)

2pi black on blue, horizontal PAIR & Third Printing 20pa, both superbly tied by dot & line cancels on 1864 envelope from Deraliye to Islimiye in Bulgaria. A stunning showpiece, a very fine & extremely rare usage of the two piastre in a pair Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 33 (Image)

1pi black on grey-green, on 1864 folded cover from Sarajevo to Vienna, via Brood & Sissek, in combination with Austria 15k and both tied by BROOD/IN/SLAVONIEN/6.AUG 4-line ds in black, crease through Austrian adhesive, a stunning showpiece Only two such combinations recorded (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four head to head (Types VIIIa-IX/II-III), fresh & very fine (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 TB02) (Image)

20pa yellow, trial printing for the third issue on thin paper, block of six (Type A-C/I-K), very fine & an extremely rare multiple Provenance: Filmer, Bombieri & Bosford Note: The tabulation of the block reports and type are according to Kuyas (Image)

20pa yellow, trial printing for the third issue on thin paper, right sheet marginal block of four (Type C-D/K-L), very fine & an extremely rare multiple Note: The tabulation of the block reports and type are according to Kuyas (Image)

20pa yellow, trial printing for the third issue on thin paper, block of four (Type A-B/A-B), showing dramatic printing flaws & large distance between top and bottom pair, very fine & an extremely rare multiple Note: The tabulation of the block reports and type are according to Kuyas (Image)

1pi grey, trial printing for the third issue on thin paper, five singles in different shades, unusual & scarce (5) (Image)

1pi black on grey, selection of five proofs, showing shades from pale grey to dark grey, an attractive group displaying the characteristics of the 2nd & 3rd printings (5) (Image)

5pi black on rose essays, attractive & valuable assembly of eight singles in four different shades from light to dark in each case, showing some marginal singles, unusual & rare group (8) (Image)

5pi black on rose essay on thin paper, vertical pair, showing “BESER” plate flaw, very fine & a scarce multiple (Image)

5pi black on brown rose essay on thick paper, vertical pair, very fine & a scarce multiple (Image)

5pi black on rose essay on thin paper, block of four. An extremely rare multiple (Image)

5pi black on rose-brown essays on thin paper, attractive & valuable assembly of four singles, showing array of shades, unusual & rare group (4) (Image)

2pi black on blue, attractive & valuable assembly of six unused singles in three different shades from light to dark, all with red band at top or bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (6) (Image)

2pi black on blue, red band at top, unused with large part gum, bottom marginal single, very fine to superb (Isfila Specialised No. 1 PV03) (Image)

2pi black on blue, red band at bottom, unused with part gum, right marginal single (Isfila Specialised No. 1 PV03) (Image)

2pi black on blue, red band at top, unused single showing “dot on line at the bottom” plate marking (Image)

THE KUYAS STRIP OF FIVE 2pi black on blue, red band at top, used horizontal bottom left corner marginal STRIP OF FIVE, very fine and extremely rare The second largest recorded used multiple Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2007) page 60 Provenance: Passer, Beraha, Brandt, Kuyas (Image)

2pi black on blue, attractive selection of cancels on six singles & two pairs, showing battal, dot & line, plus two types of Deraliye cancels, mixed to very fine, a rare group (10) (Image)

2pi black on blue, red band at top & bottom, used left marginal vertical pair, bottom single with horizontal crease, a rarity as only very few are recorded (Isfila Specialised No. 1 PV04) (Image)

2pi black on blue, attractive & valuable assembly of thirteen used singles, four with red bands at bottom, five with red bands at top & four showing red bands at top, bottom and sides, unusual & rare group (13) (Image)