French Post Offices in Turkish Asia,1903-1918  thirteen items with five picture post cards and eight envelopes, military, censored and registered are present, post offices include Mersina, Kerassunda, Smyrna, Rhodes, Trebizonde, destinations including Norway, Scotland, Great Britain, United States, Germany, some faults, most are Fine or better.

CV. 250-300

French Offices in Turkish Empire Collection Balance, 1861-1918 twelve items, two picture post cards, ten envelopes, two folded letters, nice variety of markings iwith Salonique, Dardanelles, Samsoun, Galata, Jerusalem, Tripoli, destinations include Sweden, Switzerland, United States, France, Austria, Germany, condition varies, most are Fine or better.

CV. 250-300

French Offices in Syria Postal History, 1866-1910 nine items including five covers or folded outer wrappers and four picture post cards, Beyrouth, Alexandrette and Lattaquie are represented post offices, one registered, several forerunners with frankings to 4fr values, some faults, most are Fine or better.

CV. 200-300

French Offices in Turkish Empire, Postal Stationery Collection,1904-1914 twelve used items, two entires, one letter card and nine postal cards, one with attached reply and one uprated, postmarks include Jaffa, Samsoun, Constantinople, Alexandrette, Smyrna, Mersina, Lattaquie, destinations include Austria, France, Germany, United States, Switzerland, England, very nice hand selected group, Fine-Very Fine.

CV. 200-300

1862 Cover to Lyon,France 1853 40c (2) just tied on folded letter sheet by "anchor" cancels, black Sinai 12 Fevr 62 cds and boxed "PD", red boxed "PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE", backstamped Marseille, Marseille-Lyon and Lyon 20 Fevr 62 arrival, stamps clear to wide margins, Fine use

CV. 150-200

French Offices in Turkey, Constantinople Usages,1886-1912, ten items, one picture post card, nine envelopes, four registed, there are at least five different Constantinople postmark types, destinations include France, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland, some faults, most are Fine or better.

CV. 150-200

1868 Cover Mersina, France 1862 40c tied on folded letter by bold strike of large numeral "5092" cancel with accompanying "Mersina/ Turquie D'Asia" 5 Mars 68 cds, backstamped Syros (Greece) and partial French arrival, lightweight cover with some light wrinkling but an overall Fine use; 2014 Roumet certificate

CV. 250-300

Three French Offices in Cavalle Covers, first with #12, 1Pi on 25c, second registered cover with #9-12, last with complete set #9-15 on registered cover, F-VF, scarce group

CV. 300-400

5, 1893 1pi on 25c Black on rose, Cavalle Turquie 8 Ap 1902 postmark ties sheet margin single to commercial envelope addressed St Georgen Switzerland,  Very Fine. (Scott $400)

CV. 300-400

1, 1893 5c Green on greenish, Dedeagh Turquie 2 Sep 1901 postmark ties pair to picture post card addressed to Hamburg Germany, Very Fine, scarce on cover (Scott $140) 

CV. 100-150

8, 1900 8pii on 2fr Brown on green, Dedeagh Turquie 16 Sep 1900 postmark ties stamp to registered envelope addressed to Paris France, Very Fine. rare high value on cover especially as single franking, but overfranked (Scott $1,000 on cover, $1,500 as single franking)

CV. 600-900