1872-1921 Group of Ottoman stamps with cancel interest incl. Yemen plus a selection of 19 covers incl. Palestine, noted Nasrie, much of interest.

1880 envelope to Istanbul franked on the reverse with 1870-71 5pi blue pin perf, 1876 20pa pale green and 1876 1pi yellow pair, all cancelled by good strikes of the Monastir (modern day North Macedonia) Arabic script cancel in blue-green, with Stamboul arrival adjacent, fine and attractive. (Image)

1905-20 Foreign Post Offices in Constantinople, three covers incl. Russian Levant 1905 to Moudon, Switzerland, with interesting contents of the stamp dealer Tchakioji & Yaremdji, Italian P.O. 1919 "POSTA MILITARE" sent registered to Bern, and 1920 France P.O. with Semeuse franking cancelled "TRESOR ET POSTE 506B" to Zurich, fine to very fine.

1913-14 selection of 12 stamps with "SPECIMEN" perfins with additional cancel of the Gabon UPU reference archive collection.

1913 Recapture of Adrianpole set of 3 with "SPECIMEN" perfin and punch hole, further struck with "SPECIMEN" type BEC2a hs from the Bechuanaland UPU collection.

1914 Pictorials set of 17 and four Star Ovpt values with "SPECIMEN" perfins affixed to archive page and struck with "COLONIAS" hs in red in Portugal before being forwarded for to Goa for their UPU reference collection. (Image)

1914 Pictorials set of 17 with "SPECIMEN" perfins, some minor tone spots on the gummed side noted on the 200pi otherwise fine to very fine.

1914 Overprinted Star set of five with "SPECIMEN" perfins, hinged to album page piece from an unidentified post office archive.

1921-22 group with "SPECIMEN" handstamps incl. 1921 surcharges (4 values) singles and also in strips of three on archive page piece from the Mauritania UPU archive, 1922 War Orphans set of 8 and 1922 Parliament House set of 6.

1921-23 variety of 33 stamps incl. postage dues affixed to a post office archive page, each with bilingual "SPECIMEN" hs and cancelled by crayon, two stamps interestingly with double strikes, attractive.

1921 National Unity set of 11 plus 1923-25 50pi all with bilingual "SPECIMEN" hs, one with some minor toning otherwise fine to very fine.

1922 Postage Due set of five with bilingual "SPECIMEN" hs, very fine.