20pa black on yellow, shades showing light to dark & reverse on white or yellow paper, attractive & valuable assembly of eighteen mint & unused singles in different shades, all with red band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (18) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, with control bands in red head to head, mint tête-bêche BLOCK OF FOUR (Types H-G/A-B), very fine & rare unused multiple (Isphila Specialised No. 19 TB02) (Image)

LARGEST KNOWN USED MULTIPLE 20pa black on yellow, with control bands in red head to head, used tête-bêche BLOCK OF EIGHT, neatly cancelled by Filibe (Brandt type IIb-4) in blue & dot & line in black, very fine & stunning showpiece (Isphila Specialised No. 19 TB02) Provenance: Brandt & Kuyas (Image)

20pa black on yellow, used horizontal STRIP OF FIVE with control band in red at bottom, head to head, neatly cancelled by dot & line in black, very fine & a rare used multiple Provenance: Ferrari (Image)

20pa black on yellow, used horizontal STRIP OF FOUR with control band in red at bottom, neatly cancelled by clear blue “battal”, one with corner crease, very fine & a scarce used multiple Expertise: signed Calves (Image)

LARGEST MULTIPLE USED ON COVER 20pa black on yellow, horizontal STRIP OF SIX, neatly cancelled or tied by dot & line cancel in black & indistinct blue cancel, applied on reverse of folded cover to Istanbul, very fine & an extremely rare usage, showpiece Provenance: Burrus (Image)

20pa black on yellow, six singles, all neatly tied by clear “battal” in black, on neat 1864 folded entire to Karahisar, very fine & an extremely rare usage, showpiece Provenance: Brandt & Kuyas (Image)

20pa black on yellow, pair & single, all tied by blue BEYRUT dotted cancel (Brandt Type II B-2), on folded envelope to Damascus, very fine & a rare usage Expertise: signed Kuyas (Image)

20pa black on yellow, right marginal pair, neatly cancelled by superb dotted cancel of CUMAI-ATIK in blue (Brandt Type II B-2), on neat 1864 folded entire to Ruscuk, very fine & an extremely rare usage, showpiece Expertise: signed Kuyas (Image)

20pa black on yellow, bottom right corner marginal, used in combination with Second Issue 5pi rose, two singles, all tied by indistinct blue FILIBE dotted cancel (Brandt Type II B-2), on registered folded envelope to Constantinople, very fine, colourful & a rare usage (Isphila Specialised No. 19 PV08) (Image)

20pa black on yellow, mint & used Type study, all neatly mounted & written up on album pages, mixed lot comprising 51 singles showing all 12 types, two used pairs, plus “yellow at back” paper error and medium paper varieties Provenance: Kuyas

20pa black on yellow, mint & used “Block Report” & positional study all neatly mounted & written on album pages, mixed lot comprising seven marginal singles, ten pairs, two used strips of 3 & seven tête-bêche pairs Provenance: Kuyas

20pa black on yellow, errors and varieties, all neatly mounted & written up on album pages, mixed lot comprising medium paper, double printing, no control band, yellow at the back, misprinted & part missing colour Provenance: Kuyas

1pi black on grey, grey brown, grey lilac & grey green shades showing light to dark for each shade, attractive & valuable assembly of twenty & unused singles in four different distinct shades, all with red band at bottom, mixed to fine, unusual & a scarce group (20) (Image)

THE LARGEST KNOWN MINT MULTIPLE 1pi black on pale grey, with control bands in red head to head, mint right sheet marginal tête-bêche BLOCK OF SIX, very fine & a stunning showpiece (Isfila Specialised No. 20 PV07) The finest of the three known blocks of six Provenance: Bosford Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2007) page 119 (Image)

MARGINAL TÊTE-BÊCHE BLOCK OF FOUR 1pi black on pale grey, with control bands in red head to head, mint right sheet marginal tête-bêche BLOCK OF FOUR, very fine & a stunning showpiece (Isfila Specialised No. 20 PV07) (Image)

1pi black on pale grey, with control bands in red head to head, mint tête-bêche BLOCK OF FOUR, fresh, very fine & very rare (Image)

1pi black on grey, with control bands in red head to head, used tête-bêche BLOCK OF FOUR, cancelled with clear “battal”, top right corner crease, still a fine & rare used multiple (Image)

1pi black on grey-green, with control bands in red head to head, used tête-bêche pair, cancelled with clear “battal” in blue, some thins & crease, still a fine & rare used pair (Image)

1pi black on grey-lilac, used horizontal strip of four, cancelled by line & dot in black, very fine (Image)

1pi black on grey-green, used horizontal strip of three, cancelled by superb “battal” in black, very fine (Image)

1pi black on grey-lilac, used horizontal strip of three, cancelled by line & dot in black, very fine (Image)

TÊTE-BÊCHE PAIR ON COVER 1pi black on grey-green, with control bands in red head to head, tête-bêche pair, neatly tied on folded cover to Unye by clear “battal” in black, some cover wrinkles, still a fine & extremely rare usage (Image)

THE KUYAS COVER 1pi black on pale grey, used in combination with First Issue 2pi dark blue, Second Issue 5pi rose pair & Second Issue 5pi postage due, all neatly tied on registered envelope to Constantinople by blue “battal” superimposed with clear line & dot cancels, very fine & an exceptional franking This being the only cover recorded showing all three issues Provenance: Kuyas (Image)

1pi black on pale grey, top sheet marginal pair with control bands in red at bottom & 20pa single, all neatly tied on envelope to Constantinople by clear line & dot cancels, very fine & a scarce mixed value usage Expertise: signed Calves Provenance: Bergfeld (Image)