British Levant: Turkish Currency: 40pa. on 21/2d. and 80pa. on 5d. values, selection from 1885 to 1899 comprising 1885 and 1887 40pa. on 21/2d., 1885 and 1887 80pa. on 5d. handstamped “SPECIMEN” type GB9, 1902 80pa. on 5d. overprinted “SPECIMEN” type GB17, also examples mainly mint with additional 1887 and 1902 40pa. on 21/2d., fair to fine. (14) Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 80pa. on 5d. study, chiefly used on leaves, most plated with some multiples, flaws and other varieties, comprising 1885 80pa. on 5d. green (68, one handstamped “SPECIMEN” type GB9) incl. a vertical strip of five with good colour on piece, 1890 80pa. on 5d. purple and blue (78, eight mint incl. a block of four), 1902 80pa. on 5d. dull purple and ultramarine (52, twenty-three mint incl. three blocks of four), mainly fair to fine.

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1885-88 white paper 12pi. on 2s.6d. handstamped “CANCELLED” (Samuel type GB14) with B.P.A. certificate (2012), and 1905-08 2pi. on 5d. dull purple and ultramarine on ordinary paper unmounted mint block of ten from the top of the sheet with continuous rule, the first with slight crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 3as, 14. Photo.
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British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1887-96 4pi. on 10d. purple and carmine, specialised selection comprising examples handstamped “SPECIMEN” (type GB15), mint (11, incl. upper right corner block of four) and used (6) incl. large wide “4” [R. 1/4] mint and used, odd imperfection but mostly fine. S.G. 6, a, b. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Turkish Currency: A range of the K.E.VII issues with 1pi. on 21/2d. mint study of printings and shades with multiples and some varieties incl. Harrison perf. 15 x 14 surcharge double, one albino (internal creasing), 2pi. on 5d. mint (11) and used (65, incl. a few multiples) study with De La Rue, Harrison and Somerset House printings, shades and cancellation interest incl. Smyrna, Beyrout, Salonica etc., 12pi. on 2s.6d. selection incl. De La Rue ordinary paper and Somerset House dull greyish purple mint, used (22) with shades and a range of cancellations, and 24pi. on 5s. with De La Rue bright carmine marginal unmounted mint (2), 1912 Somerset House 24pi. on 5s. carmine mint (4, one corner marginal), slightly mixed condition. (136)

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1906 Beyrout provisional 1pi. on 2d. mint, signature on reverse, slightly toned, otherwise fine. R.P.S. certificate (1966). S.G. 15, cat. £1,500. Photo. (Image1)

British Levant: Turkish Currency: 1913-14 30pa. on 11/2d. to 5pi. on 1s., specialised mint collection on leaves with multiples, controls and a number of varieties incl. thin pointed “4” etc., comprising 30pa.on 11/2d. (17, incl. C13 control pl. 1B and 2B blocks of six, also surcharge offset single), 1pi. on 21/2d. (61, incl. A12 pl. 3a (3), 3b blocks of six, C13 pl. 3b (4) blocks of six (5), strip of three and single), 11/4pi. on 3d. (58, incl. B13 and C13 control blocks of six), 13/4pi. on 4d. (54 (one used) incl. B13 control block of six (margin trimmed), C13 (imperf) block of six, (perf.) strip of three, blocks of four and six), 4pi. on 10d. (3), 5pi. on 1s. (8, incl. corner block of six), etc., chiefly fine. (201) S.G. 35-40.

British Levant: Turkish Currency: Postal Stationery: A group of unused postal stationery envelopes, comprising 1892 40pa. on 21/2d. grey-blue (EP35) (3, one handstamped “SPECIMEN” type 9, slight soiling but rare, being one of just three known examples), 1902 40pa. on 3d. brown (RP24), sizes F (3), G (2), H, H2 and scarce K, 1907 1pi. on 3d. brown (RP25), size G print codes DA and CB, size H print code DA, 1908 1pi. on 3d. brown size F print codes, AC, AD and BE, 1911 1pi. on 3d. brown (RP27) with white “W”, size G print codes FE, GE and LE, scarce size K print code EE, 1912 1pi. on 3d. brown (RP28) size G print codes BG, DF, EF and LG, size H print code JF, mainly good to fine. (24 items)

British Levant: British Post Office in Constantinople 1857-1914: U.P.U. 5d. letter double rate, 1885 to 1904, five covers variously franked with Turkish Currency issues, comprising 1885 (Sept. 5) to Kent with 80pa. on 5d. green, 1887 to U.S.A. with 40pa. on 21/2d. lilac (2), 1897 to London with 80pa. on 5d. purple and blue, 1900 to Germany with 40pa. on 21/2d. purple on blue pair, 1904 to U.S.A. with 40pa. on 21/2d. ultramarine pair.