Syria Syria French Levant Post Offices Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20019   French Levant: Envelope to Baghdad, undated, bearing France 1867 Napoleon III 40c orange, with directive “Via Marseille & Beyrouth”. Letter to Stephen Lynch, British consul in Baghdad. Stamp obliterated by 5085 in dotted diamond of the French post in Beirut with red boxed PD to indicate paid to destination. Evidently uncancelled in France and submitted in closed mail bag to Marseille and onwards to Beirut. Correct rate of 40c for letter to 7.5 gr. to a destination in Turkey or Asia Minor. A very rare letter transported along the Beirut-Baghdad overland route. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 1,800 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,800.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM Iraq Iraq Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20020   Iraq: 1869, Baghdad to Bedarieux, France, complete folded letter datelined Bagdad 8 June, sent unfranked via Beirut with circular Beyrouth /Syrie 17.6 and rectangular Paquebots de la Mediterranée; the front shows a 6 decimes taxation marking for first weight step and oval sender’s cachet of Hartmann Roggen & Co, Bagdad. By Messageries Maritime steamer from Beirut to Marseille. With multiple transit markings on reverse. A very rare un-prepaid letter from Baghdad overland via Beirut to Marseille. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 1,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM France Empire Lauré 1863-1870 Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20021   France: 1869, Paris to Baghdad, envelope bearing France 40c Napoleon III tied by 35 large numeral dotted obliterator with Paris Ministère des Finances 26.2 1869 alongside red boxed PD to indicate paid to destination. Endorsement on front “via Marseilles, Alexandria & Beyrouth”. Almost certainly carried by British camel service from Beirut westward across the Syrian desert, but letter is without transit and arrival markings. The letter would probably have taken two weeks to reach Beirut with a further 16 days across the desert. Stamp with minor perforation faults and some browning to envelope. One of two such letters recorded. Ex Patrick Pearson. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 1,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM Syria Syria French Levant Post Offices Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20022   Iraq: 1869, Baghdad to Netstal, Switzerland; folded wrapper datelined Bagdad 27 Nov. franked by pair of France 1867 Napoleon III 30c brown cancelled and tied by 5082 dotted obliterator of French post in the Levant, with circular Beyrouth/Syrie 13 Dec. 1869. Letter with manuscript endorsement “Via Beyrouth & Marseille” and oval sender’s (or forwarder’s) marking of Gabriel Asfar & Fils, Bagdad. On reverse is oval Weber & Cie, Beyrouth of the agents that conveyed the letter to French post in Beirut, together with Basel transit and Nettstal arrival 27 XII 1869. Rare letter from Baghdad via Beirut and Marseille correctly franked 60c for letter of the first weight step. Very fine, the latest of five known letters from Baghdad to Switzerland, and the only one franked at the first weight step. Ex Magnolia, Siegel, May 2023, lot 1242, 2300 USD hammer. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 1,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM Great Britain Postal History Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20023   Great Britain: 1883, Official mail from London War Office to His Highness Ikbal-ud-Dowla in Baghdad. Sent unfranked and showing two strikes of London Official Paid C 27 Ap. 83. Via British PO Beirut and Damascus by the desert route to Baghdad. At this time the overland desert mail was used exclusively for British official mail outside of the standard postal service. On reverse is circular British Post Office Beyrout A My. 7 83. Large mourning envelope with a number of closed tears to the front and a portion missing at lower right that has been cosmetically repaired. With certificate Bernardo Longo (2022), containing the note “The envelope exceptionally using the two transport services confirms the hitherto only hypothesized existence of the British TRANS-DESERTIC service in the period 1876-1914 of which no other examples is known”. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM Iraq Iraq Turkish Post Offices Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 20024   Iraq: 1891, Baghdad to Rovigo, Algeria. Unfranked receipt for return of a registered letter, sent from Baghdad via Damascus and Beirut, Port Said, Modane and Paris to the post office in Rovigo. Evidence that the Ottoman Post used the overland desert route westward to Beirut. On front is Modane a Paris bureau 10.1 1891 and on reverse are Port Said transit 30.1 and Rovigo arrival. Rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20025   Iraq: 1894, Baghdad to Sierra Leone, registered letter bearing on front Turkey 1892-98 1 piaster and pair 20 paras and on back 1 piaster and four 10 paras, to make the 4 pi rate for registered letter with receipt notice. Stamps struck by circular Bagdad Turquie 19 July 1894. Endorsement on front “Via Damas-Beyrouth”, AR handstamp with manuscript “n. 35 de Bagdad” and large UPU Turquie R handstamp; also on front Registered London 11.8 and Freetown Sierra-Leone 1.9 1894. Sent by the overland desert route via Beirut, Port Said, London, and Liverpool to Free Town. Most likely the Ottoman Post conveyed the letter by the British courier service. Stamps with some perforation faults. A most interesting and rare letter mounted on a page with good details on routing and rate, etc. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20026   Iraq: 1898, Baghdad to Edinburgh, envelope franked by pair of Turkey 1892-98 20 pi tied by circular Ottoman Post Bagdad Turquie 29.12. Manuscript directive “Via Beirut”; on reverse is Edinburgh arrival 26.1 1899. Sent by the Ottoman Post camel mail route that opened in 1881; from Beirut by the bi-weekly Messageries Maritime ship to Constantinople and onwards to Edinburgh. Very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20027   Iraq: 1899-1901, three letters sent by the overland desert route, bearing Turkish 1892-98, 1901 issues. 1899 letter from Baghdad bearing pair 1892 20 pa to Massachusetts, with directive “via Beyrouth”; 1901 stationary uprated by 1901 20 pa “via Beyrouth” to Dunfermline, Scotland; very attractive letter franked by 1901 1 pi from Beirut to Baghdad. Good material from the overland desert route. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20028   Iraq: 1902, Baghdad to Haiphong, Tonkin, Turkish postcard franked by Turkey 1901 20 paras magenta tied by large circular bridge cancel Bagdad 28.8.02. Picture postcard showing panoramic prospect of Bagdad city. Sent via Port Said 17.9, Singapore 11.11, and Saigon 14.12. An attractive postcard sent by the westward overland route via Port Said to a most unusual destination. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20029   Iraq: 1904, Baghdad to Lauban, Germany, postcard bearing Turkey 1901 20 paras magenta, tied by circular bridge cancel Bagdad 22.9. With written directive “Via Beirut -Brindisi”. Sent by the Turkish route that must still have been operating in 1904. Labuan arrival 10.10 1904. Very fine with some light brown staining. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20030   Iraq: 1904, Baghdad to Bonn, Germany, registered picture postcard with view of Bagdad and river bridge, bearing Turkey 1901 20 paras magenta and 1 pi blue, struck by large circular bridge cancel 8.12. 04 and indistinct R handstamp, Bonn arrival 30.12 1904. With light soiling to address side; very fine. A rare registered card from Baghdad. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM 20031   Iraq: 1910, Baghdad to Paris, registered envelope carrying pair of Turkey 1901 1 pi blue with the usual irregular perforations tied by large circular Bagdad January 1910. Attractive commercial envelope from F.D. Maghak, Bagdad (Turquie d’Asie) endorsed “Via Beyrouth” and with large R handstamp. On reverse are transits of Beyrouth 27.1, Port Said 30.1 and Paris arrival February 1910. Very appealing and rare letter conveyed by the westward overland desert route via Port Said. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 AM Egypt 1864-1906 Essays Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30000 E223 1922 Harrison & Sons Essays: 5m dark green essay, presented on a 67 × 70mm sheetlet, slightly reduced. Very fine and attractive, a desirable example of the Harrison & Sons experimental work for the early Egyptian Kingdom issues. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt E223] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 30001 E223 1922 Harrison & Sons Essays: 5m dark blue essay, presented on a 76 × 85mm sheetlet. Very fine and attractive, an important and desirable example of the Harrison & Sons experimental work for the early Egyptian Kingdom issues. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt E223] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 30002 E224 1922 Harrison & Sons Essay: 5m red-brown imperforate essay, printed on watermarked Multiple Crescent and Star paper, watermark pointing down, and affixed to card. A fine and attractive example of this important early essay for the Egyptian Kingdom issues. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt E224] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 1922-1936 King Fouad I Definitives Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30003 , D101h 1923–24 King Fouad First Portrait Issue: 200m mauve, imperforate, in a large lower-right corner marginal block of eight, mint nh. Fine and rare in such a substantial positional multiple (Nile Post $2,200+) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt D101h] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 1,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 30004 D102c 1923-24 First Portrait Issue: £E1 blue and indigo violet, mint nh right sheet marginal imperforate horizontal pair, light creasing, fresh, fine and scarce (Nile Post D102c, $2'400+) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt D102c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 700 Currently (SAN)...CHF 700.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 30005 ,, D106-D124 1927-37 Second Portrait Issue: 1m to 200m extensive specialised collection showing an practically complete set of fifteen different values, all in blocks of four or six showing Royal oblique perforation, with some duplicated values in different shades, plus a specialised assembly of the 5m red-brown, with four different plate blocks of eight or ten, tete-beche gutter block of eight, Royal oblique perforation block of four, tete-beche strip of four and tete-beche gutter strip of four, fresh, fine and a very scarce assembly (150+ and one cover) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt D106-D124] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 600 Currently (SAN)...CHF 600.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM 30006 Proof D106/D123 1927–37 King Fouad Second Portrait Issue: Attractive selection of 15 imperforate values, ranging up to 100m, each with CANCELLED on reverse. Very fine throughout, an appealing and desirable set of Royal imperforates from the King Fouad period. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Egypt D106/D123] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 06:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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