20pa black on brick red, without control band, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR (head-to-head) (Types VIII-IX/XI-X), some usual creases as expected with these thin paper issues, a very fine & rare mint multiple (Image)

20pa black on brick red, without control band, mint right sheet marginal TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR (head-to-head) (Types III-II/IV-V), some usual creases as expected with these thin paper issues, a very fine & a rare mint multiple (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on brick red, postage due, without a control band, unused TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR (Types III-II/IV-V) without gum, showing two tête-bêche pairs head to head & dramatic pre-printing paper flaw, very fine & a rare block (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 11 BV24) (Image)

20pa black on brick red, with blue control band at foot, horizontal pair neatly tied by line & dot battal cancel (Brandt Type I/2) in black, on 1864 small neat envelope from Corlu to Deraliye (Istanbul), very fine & a scarce usage of the brick red shade as a pair Note: Illustrated Basaran (2010) page 81 (Image)

1pi black on brown, blue control band at foot, two singles & 20pa single, all neatly tied by blue “battal” on small neat native envelope, slightly reduced at right, very fine & rare mixed postage & postage due franking (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 2pi black on red brown, with blue control bands foot to foot, used tête-bêche block of four (Types I-II/VII-VIII) on small fragment, showing attractive plate flaw, very fine & an extremely rare used multiple (4) (Image)

2pi black on brown & 1pi black brown, blue control bands at foot, both neatly tied on folded entire by clear “battal” applied on arrival, very fine & a scarce usage (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, no control band, unused showing “double ornament on left” variety, fine & a rare variety (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, red control band at foot, unused single showing “double ornament on left” variety, fine & a rare variety (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, blue control band at foot, unused single showing “double ornament on left” variety, fine & a rare variety (Image)

THE KUYAS STRIP 5pi black on reddish brown, with blue control bands at foot, STRIP OF SEVEN & two vertical tête-bêche strips of three & one single all tied to large cover front, apparently the stamps do not belong to the cover, an unusual item Provenance: Passer, Brandt & Kuyas (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, blue control band at foot, used single & single on fragment with normal pair, each showing “double ornament on left” variety, fine & rare varieties (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, with blue control band at bottom, tied by neat blue “battal” on envelope to Constantinople, cover crease, a very fine cover (Image)

THE DE BEER STRIP 5pi black on brown, with blue control band at bottom, COMPLETE STRIP OF TEN, plus additional single, strip of three & strip of four, all tied on large part cover front by neat black “battal”, an important exhibition showpiece (Isfila 18) Provenance: De Beer, Brandt & Kuyas (Image)