2pi black on dark blue, red control band at bottom, single neatly tied by Deraliye (Brandt Type I/2) battal cancel in black, on 1864 refolded envelope to Edirne (Adrinople), fine & a very rare single franking – blue registration seal at the back. (Image)

2pi black on blue & Third Printing 1pi, both neatly tied by blue dotted cancel on dispatch from Uzunova & tied on arrival by Deraliye (Brandt Type I/2) battal cancel in black, on 1864 folded entire dated 19th of September, a very fine mixed issue franking Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 28 (Image)

5pi black on rose & red, attractive selection of cancels on nine singles & one pair, showing battal, dot & line, plus rare markings of Filibe, Deraliye & Nis, mixed to very fine, a rare group (11) (Image)

5pi black on red, blue control band at bottom, used horizontal pair, with clear dot & line cancel, very fine (Image)

5pi black on rose, blue control band at bottom, used horizontal pair cancelled by dot & line cancel, very fine (Image)

5pi black on rose, blue control band at top, right sheet marginal single used with dot & line cancel, very fine (Image)

5pi black on rose, blue control band at bottom, showing plate flaw top right (Isfila BE141), used, very fine (Image)

5pi black on rose, blue control band at bottom, showing plate flaw at top, used, very fine (Image)

THE SECOND LARGEST USED MULTIPLE RECORDED 5pi black on rose, blue control band at top, used horizontal left marginal STRIP OF FOUR tied on fragment with a single Third printing 1pi by dot & line cancels, showing an array of different plate flaws. Very fine for this extremely rare used multiple Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2007) page 68 Provenance: Kuyas (Image)

5pi black on rose, central blue control band, vertical PAIR tied by both blue (Brandt II) & black (Brandt I) battal cancels, on 1864 folded registered cover addressed to Kevork Hoca at Valide Han in Deraliye, a stunning showpiece as only two such covers are recorded franked with vertical pairs Provenance: Brandt & Kuyas (Image)

5pi black on rose, three singles with two having blue control band at bottom, and one on the top, all tied by dot & line cancels, on reverse of 1864 folded cover from Istanbul to Nigde, dated July 27th, very fine & an extremely rare multiple franking of the five piastre value (Image)

5pi black on rose, left sheet marginal single (some creasing) tied by dotted battal cancel (Brandt Type II/4), on envelope sent to Istanbul addressed to the Local Governor (Mayor), fine & rare Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 36 (Image)