20pa black on red-brown, brick & brown, attractive & valuable assembly of fifteen mint & unused singles in three different distinct shades, including the particularly rare brown shade, all with blue band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (15) (Isfila 7,11,15) (Image)

THE LARGEST RECORDED UNUSED MULTIPLE TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF TWELVE 20pa black on brick red, postage due, control bands foot to foot, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF TWELVE (Types IX-XI/X-VIII/IV-II/III-V) with full gum, showing six tête-bêche pairs, left vertical strip of four rejoined to vertical block of eight (Isfila 11) An outstanding & stunning exhibition showpiece (Image)

THE LARGEST RECORDED UNUSED MULTIPLE TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF TWELVE 20pa black on brick red, postage due, without control bands tête-bêche head to head, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF TWELVE (Types VI-I/I-VI) without gum, showing six tête-bêche pairs. (Isfila Specialised No. 11 BV24) A stunning & remarkable exhibition showpiece (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on brown, postage due, control bands head to head, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, showing two tête-bêche pairs, fresh. (Isfila Specialised No. 15 TB02) Very fine & an important block from the rarest of the postage due shades (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on brick red, postage due, without control bands, unused left sheet marginal TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR (Types III-II/IX-VIII) without gum, showing two tête-bêche pairs head to head, very fine & a rare block (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 11 BV25) (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 light brown, neatly tied by strike of the blue battal cancel, on small neat 1864 entire to Halep, Syria, usual cover creases, very fine and scarce single franking (Isfila 15) Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 76 (Image)

20pa black on red-brown, brick-red & brown, mint Type study with some varieties, all neatly mounted & written up on album pages, with a total of 14 singles, three pairs & seventeen mint tête-bêche pairs (Isfila 7,11,15) Provenance: Kuyas

1pi black on red-brown, brick, rust brown & brown, attractive & valuable assembly of twenty mint & unused singles in four different distinct shades, including the particularly rare brown shade, all with blue band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (20) (Isfila 8,12,16) (Image)

THE LARGEST KNOWN UNUSED MULTIPLE TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF THIRTY 1pi black on brown, without control band, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF THIRTY, showing fifteen tête-bêche pairs head to head (Isfila Specialised No. 16BV25) A remarkable exhibition showpiece and one of the most important items of the Tugra issue Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2007) page 91 (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 1pi black on brown, control bands head to head, unused TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR, showing four tête-bêche pairs, a fine & scarce block (4) (Isfila 16) (Image)

1pi black on red-brown, postage due, with blue control bands at foot, in combination with 20pa of the same shade, neatly tied on 1864 folded entire from Kazgan, by arrival Ruscuk dotted town cancel (Brandt Type IIB/10) in black, very fine & scarce (Isfila 8+7) Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 110 (Image)

1pi black on red-brown, brick-red & brown, mint, Type study, all neatly mounted & written up on album pages, mixed lot comprising 14 singles mostly mint, 4 pairs: two of which are used, seven mint tête-bêche pairs, the group contains a majority of the 12 character types (Isfila 8,12,16) Provenance: Kuyas 33 1863 2nd printing 1 piastre Postage Due – mixed lot comprising 14 singles (3 used), 4 pairs (2 used), 7 têtebêche pairs (all mint). The group contains majority of the 12 character types and a variety of colours ranging from brick red to brown

2pi black on red-brown, brick, rust brown & brown, attractive & valuable assembly of twenty mint & unused singles in four different distinct shades, including the particularly rare brown shade, all with blue band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (20) (Isfila 9,13,17) (Image)

2pi black on red-brown, with control bands in blue foot to foot, mint tête-bêche pair, fresh, very fine & rare (Isfila Specialised No. 9 TB01) (Image)

2pi black on red-brown, with a central blue control band, used tête-bêche (foot-to-foot) BLOCK OF FOUR (Types I-II/VII-VIII), on small fragment showing part of blue “battal” superimposed by the block, fresh, very fine & an extremely rare used multiple (Isfila Specialised No. 9 TB01) (Image)

2pi black on brown, with control bands in blue foot to foot, used tête-bêche vertical strip of three foot to foot, somewhat smudged cancels, very fine & a rare used multiple (Isfila Specialised No. 17 TB01) (Image)

UNIQUE USAGE OF THE TOWN CANCEL 2pi black on red-brown, with control band in blue at bottom, tied by blue dotted town cancel of Edirne (Brandt Type IIB/3) on large part 1864 folded entire to Edirne, some cover creases. Extremely rare two piastre single franking & apparently a unique usage with the town cancel on the Tughra issue Expertise: signed Kuyas Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 94 (Image)

2pi black on brown & 1pi black on red-brown, with control bands in blue at bottom, all tied by blue “battal” on folded entire from Pazarcik in Bulgaria to Deraliye, a fine cover showing mixed value and colour combination (Isfila 17+12) Expertise: signed Kuyas Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 99 (Image)

2pi black on red-brown & 1pi black on brick-red, with control bands in blue at bottom, both tied by black “battal” on 1863 folded entire from Kazgan to Ruscuk, both in Bulgaria, some cover creases somewhat affecting the stamps (Isfila 9+11) A fine cover showing mixed value and shade combination Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 102 (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, brick, rust brown & brown, attractive & valuable assembly of twenty mint & unused singles in four different distinct shades, including the particularly rare brown shade, all with blue band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (20) (Isfila 10,14,18) (Image)

5pi black on brown, with control bands in blue foot to foot, unused tête-bêche BLOCK OF FOUR (Types XII-XI/VI-V), very fine & an extremely rare unused multiple (Isphila Specialised No. 18 TB02) (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, with control bands in red head to head, unused tête-bêche BLOCK OF EIGHT (Types IX-XII/III-VI) showing the unissued RED BAND, very fine & an extremely rare unused multiple (Isphila Specialised No. 10 BV34) (Image)

5pi black on red-brown, two singles & Second Issue Postage 20pa, with control bands in blue or red at bottom, both tied by black “battal” on envelope to Sumnu, some cover creases & flap faults (Isfila 10+3) A very fine cover showing mixed value and issue combination (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)