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1895/98, Taegeuk 25 p. lilac-red, second printing, fresh colours, tied by bisected circle to envelope to Seoul with arrival cds. "SEOUL 29 UIL 02” alongside, the adhesive one short perf at bottom, of no importance, still fine

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1897, Tai Han 10 p.- 50p., orange overprints type I, together with 3 ch., neatly tied by cds. "SEOUL COREE 29 DEC 00” repeated alongside with red framed handstamp "R SEOUL N°” to registered envelope to St Petersburg, Russia, reverse transit via Shanghai and arrival cds., 50 p. light corner crease, some minor peripheral toning at top of no importance, still very fine. A rare and early UPU cover, signed with certificates Robineau (2011) and Scheller (2011)

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1 ch., horizontal pair with upper sheet margin, neatly tied by cds. "SEOUL 20 JANV 02” repeated alongside to illustrated postcard to Tokyo, engaging text in French describing the Korean hairstyles and hats, negligible soiling of no importance, still very fine

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1900, Plum Blossoms 1 ch., horizontal pair of fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "SEOUL 20 JANV 02 COREE” to illustrated postcard to Tokyo, interesting text in French "somewhat like Korea itself, moving at a tortoise´s pace and weighed down by the heavy masses of old baroque customs … Note that the Japanese sit on it!”, very fine

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4 ch., fresh colours, neatly tied by cds. "CHEMULPO 20 APRIL 03” to UPU illustrated postcard to Graz, Austria with transit and arrival marks, very fine and scarce usage

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4 ch., fresh colours, tied by cds."SEOUL 6 JUIN 3" with transit "CHEMULPO” and "SHANG-HAI 12 UIN 03” to UPU illustrated postcard to Paris, very fine

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10 ch. horizontal pair, used with bisected postmark repeated alongside with cds. "SEOUL 4 AOUT 3” and boxed "R SEOUL N°” to registered envelope to Bulle, Switzerland, reverse arrival cds. 18.IX.03, negligible toning on a few perf, otherwise very fine, scarce and attractive usage

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10 ch. neatly tied by cds. "SEOUL 6 SEPT 04” to envelope to USA with reverse arrival "BOWLING GREEN OHIO OCT 14 1904”, the back flap with small closed tear, still very fine and attractive

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1901, UPU postal stationery card 4 ch. used from "Syen Chyun” with transit cds. "CHEMULPO 31 JUIL 03” to Paris, fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 2)

1901, UPU postal stationery card 4 ch. used with cds "CHEMULPO 28 SEPT 01” repeated alongside via Shanghai to Braunschweig with arrival cds., very fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 2)

1884/1960, collection in folder mint and used, starting Mi.I-III blocks of four, imperf and overprinted issues, mainly fine.

1870, Turkey postage due 20 pa. brown, 1869 issue perf. 13¼, horizontal pair and single, tied to entire letter from Beirut to Damas, paying the rate for three dirhems up to 100 route hours; each tied by fine strikes of small triple boxed "BEIRUT / 81" handstamps in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 4), tiny toned, stamps and postmarks excellent.

1900/82, interesting holding in stockbook, modern part unused, noted Italian Post Offices in Libia, Eritrea, Somalia, Benadir and Africa Orientale, overall in good condition

1851/1912, delightful exhibit collection with 37 covers and cards, covering the Ottoman, Italian and French Offices in Tripoli including the consular postal services, many better usages with 1851 entire letter from Livorno via Marseilles and Malta to Tripoli de Barberia, 1881 envelope from "TRIPOLI DI BARBERIA” to Livorno with Italian Levant 5c. and 10 c. (x2) tied by mute "annulo a rombi”, official envelope headed "R. CONSOLATO D´ITALIA”  and on reverse its large seal handstamp, 1893 envelope to Constantinople with French Sage adhesives with pearled cds "TRIPOLI BARBARIE 14 FEVR 93” in mixed franking with Turkey 1 pi. adhesive (opened for display), etc.; except for the occasional fault in overall very good condition. An alluring specialist assembly, neatly mounted and described on album pages

1999/2004, Collection unused in album, including 33 souvenir sheets, booklets, all mint never hinged

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1881/99 (ca.), unused and  used small collection including several tete beche pairs

1890/1985, unused and used collection, including five 1887/1904 postal stationery cards