20pa black on yellow, attractive & valuable assembly of sixteen unused singles in two different shades from light to dark in each case, all with red band at bottom, an unusual & rare group (16) (Image)

SECOND LARGEST KNOWN UNUSED MULTIPLE 20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, mint irregular right sheet marginal TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FIFTEEN head to head, with full gum, showing seven tête-bêche pairs, irregular block of five rejoined to upper block. A stunning exhibition showpiece (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF SIX Fancy Control Band Trial Print 20pa black on yellow, red & green bands at top & bottom, mint tête-bêche block of six with full gum, showing red & green Trial Print of the control band, exhibition showpiece (Isfila Specialised No. 3 BV41) (Image)

FANCY CONTROL BAND TRIAL PRINT 20pa black on yellow, with a central red control band & a “green” control band at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four with full gum, showing red & green Trial Print of the control band, exhibition showpiece (Isfila Specialised No. 3 BV40) (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four head to head (Types VIII-IX/II-III), fresh & very fine (4) (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, mint tête-bêche block of four (Types XI-XII/V-VI), fresh & very fine (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 TB02) (Image)

CORNER SHEET MARGINAL BLOCK 20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, unused bottom right corner sheet marginal TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF SIX foot to foot, without gum. A stunning exhibition showpiece (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE USED BLOCK OF SIX 20pa black on yellow, red control band at top and bottom, used tête-bêche (head-to-head) block of six (Types IX-XI/III-V), with very large to huge margins showing large part of adjoining tête-bêche pair at left, cancelled blue dotted pmk, exhibition showpiece (6) (Isfila 3TB02) (Image)

VERTICAL TÊTE-BÊCHE USED BLOCK OF SIX 20pa black on yellow, control bands foot to foot, used top sheet marginal vertical tête-bêche block of six (Types IX-VII/III-II/IX-VIIIb), with very large to huge margins, cancelled by clear black battal, few minor defects, exhibition showpiece (6) (Isfila 3TB02) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, control bands head to head, used tête-bêche block of four, cancelled by clear blue battal, very fine (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 TB02) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, control bands foot to foot, used tête-bêche block of four, cancelled by black battal, some usual wrinkles, very fine (4) (Isfila 3TB02) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, control bands foot to foot, used right sheet marginal vertical tête-bêche strip of three, with very large to huge margins, cancelled by clear blue battal, few usual creases, exhibition showpiece (3) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 PV07) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, control bands head to head, used right sheet marginal tête-bêche pair, cancelled by superb black battal, exhibition showpiece (4) (Isfila Specialised No. 3 PV07) Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2007) page 21 (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE ON COVER 20pa black on yellow, central red control band, tête-bêche pair (foot-to-foot) neatly tied by black battal cancel (Brandt Type II/8), on large envelope to Deraliye, military correspondence, exhibition showpiece (Isfila Specialised No. 3 TB01) Expertise: signed Kuyas Provenance: Bergfeld Note : Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 171 (Image)

20pa black on yellow, left sheet marginal horizontal pair (Types 12-11), neatly tied by clear strike of the black battal cancel, on folded entire to Mavrides at Ruscuk in Bulgaria, usual cover creases, very fine (Isfila 3 PV03) Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 55 (Image)

20pa black on yellow, red bands at bottom, horizontal pair, neatly tied blue dotted town cancellation of BOSNA (Brandt Type IIB/1) in the former Yugoslavia, on 1864 folded entire to Brood, an extremely rare cancel on cover Note: Letter sent to destinations outside the Ottoman Empire during the Tughra period are very rare Expertise: cert. Velickovic (1991) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, horizontal pair, neatly tied by clear strike of the blue “battal” cancel, on large 1863 cover from Bursa (Lefke) to Saffet Pasa at the Military School in Deraliye (Constantinople), usual cover creases, very fine Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 57 (Image)

20pa black on yellow, single, neatly tied by strike of the blue battal cancel, on large part folded cover from Damascus to Beirut, usual cvr creases, very fine, signed Kuyas Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 54 (Image)

20pa black on yellow, Type study with mint & used including some postage dues, all neatly mounted & written on album pages, with a total of 96 singles, showing all 12 types, one used pair & two tête-bêche pairs Provenance: Kuyas

20pa black on yellow, printing errors – the control band applied at the back on the “gum side”, and the gum applied to front of the stamp; all neatly mounted & written on album page, with a total of 4 singles (1 used) & a tête bêche pair of 3 – RRR, unusual and rare group Provenance: Kuyas 10 1863 20 para 2nd printing errors – the control band applied at the back on the “gum side” and the gum applied to front of the stamp; 4 singles (1 used) & a têtebêche pair of 3 – RRR unusual and rare group

20pa black on yellow, printing plate varieties II-c, II-b, & VI-c comprising a single (mint) and seven tête-bêche pairs (1 used & 1 Postage Due ), variety II-c shows the “erased row” on the right margin, unusual and rare group Provenance: Kuyas

20pa black on yellow, plate variety study with mint & used including some postage dues, all neatly mounted & written on album pages, with a total of 34 singles mostly mint, 18 pairs mostly used, 2 strips of 3 used and 25 mint tête bêche pairs Provenance: Kuyas

1pi black on grey, lilac grey & blue grey, attractive & valuable assembly of fifteen mint & unused singles in three different distinct shades, all with red band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (15) (Image)

THE SECOND LARGEST RECORDED UNUSED MULTIPLE TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF EIGHT 1pi black on grey, control bands head to head, mint TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF EIGHT (Types VIII-XI/II-V) with full gum, showing four tête-bêche pairs, a stunning exhibition showpiece (8) Note: Apparently the largest known block has not been seen since 1938 (Image)

THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF EIGHT 1pi black on grey, control bands head to head, used TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF EIGHT (Types VII-X/I-IV) with clear battal cancels, showing four tête-bêche pairs, a stunning exhibition showpiece (8) (Image)