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5381

1919-20 Liberation of Serbia, selection of 11 covers or cards on exhibit pages, military mail from different units at Bitolj, Krusevac, Skopje, Tsarevo Selo, Cetinje, Podgorica, Berane, Veles, Belgrade, Uzice & Vranje, some censored, various destinations, fine and well described group (Image) (image 5381a) (image 5381b) (image 5381c) (image 5381d)

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Current Opening Price...$140.00
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5382

1921 (4 July and 12 Sep) two covers were sent by Lt. Col Frank Giles of the Royal Engineers, member of the "British Delegation Serbo-Bulgarian Boundary Commission", oval cachet and "British Commissioner Serbo-Bulgarian Boundary Commission" four-line cachet, each with 2p franking, sent by diplomatic pouch to London, one with central toning, unusual diplomatic mail pieces (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5383

Military Mail. 1914-15 World War I, selection of 15 covers or cards on pages, variety of Serbian military mail from Kombinovana (Combined) Division, Komanda Odbrane Beograda (Belgrade Defense Command); Timok., Morav. Division; Drina Division; Limska Brigade; Uzice Brigade, Money Order envelopes, different censor markings, handstamps, etc.

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5384

Military Mail. 1914-17 Austro-Hungarian Invasions and Occupations (2) of Serbia, 60 covers or cards on exhibit pages displaying various FPO markings used by the Austrian army in Serbia, two cards sent by troops in Belgrade, with "Tabori Postahivatal 40" markings used 6-7 December 1914, one with an excellent cachet of "Commando K.u.K Donau Flotille" (Danube Flotilla), "Loznica" datestamps, "Etappenpost Umka", Usce, Uzice (Registered, censored cover to Belgrade), Aleksandrovac in Serbien, Arangjelovac, Valjevo, Velika Plana, Veliko Orasje, Vucitrn, Zabrez in Serbien, Bosnian stamps overprinted "Serbien", used on registered covers from Belgrade to Sarajevo, cover with "mixed" horizontal and diagonal overprints, used from Belgrade to Vienna, Money order form, complete Telegraph form sent by department of the military government in Belgrade, Fieldpost card from Grocka (rare), others with early and late usages, 1917 (15 Nov) from Ljubovia, registered cover from "Mitrovica am Kosovo", with corresponding Registry label, as well as other usages from small towns and communities in Serbia (Image) (image 5384a) (image 5384b) (image 5384c) (image 5384d) (image 5384e) (image 5384f) (image 5384g) (image 5384h) (image 5384i) (image 5384j) (image 5384k) (image 5384l) (image 5384m) (image 5384n) (image 5384o) (image 5384p) (image 5384q) (image 5384r) (image 5384s) (image 5384t)

Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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5385

Military Mail. 1915 Official cover of Serbian Red Cross society from Palnaka to the International Red Cross in Geneva, also two Russian Red Cross cards, with special cachets, posted from Cuprija and Vrnjci in April and July 1915, one to Estonia, the other within Serbia to Nish and forwarded to Oreovica (the Russians provided humanitarian assistance through their Red Cross missions. Examples of actual mail from those missions is extremely rare) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5386

Military Mail. 1916 cover and card with "Serbien" overprinted stamps, each with "Zensuriert K.u.K. Zensurstelle Belgrad" and additional markings, sent from FPO 131 to Zepce (Bosnia) and Vienna, fine (Image)

Current Opening Price...$140.00
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5387

Prisoner of War Mail. 1915-18 Selection of Austro-Hungarian POW mail, 6 covers or cards from Kramata, Budapest, Belanovitza, Nish, Velika Plana and Parchim, addressed to Germany, Trieste, Szeged, Geneva, also inbound mail, with or without franking, different censor markings, fine (Image) (image 5387a) (image 5387b)

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Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5388

Postal History. 1919-20 King Peter Issue, selection of 20 covers, cards, Postal Money receipts, etc., neatly displayed on 14 exhibit pages, philatelic and commercial mail, registered covers, including one from Pojega to Shanghai, another with single 1d franking, sent from Belgrade to USA, some extraordinary covers franked with multiples, bisect of 50pa on receipt for registered mail from Obrenovac to Valjevo, provisional postal markings, late usages, mixed frankings with stamps of Yugoslavia, etc., (Image) (image 5388a) (image 5388b) (image 5388c) (image 5388d) (image 5388e) (image 5388f) (image 5388g) (image 5388h) (image 5388i) (image 5388j) (image 5388k) (image 5388l) (image 5388m) (image 5388n)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5389

Postal Stationery. 1882-1904 collection on 17 pages, with 47 mostly used postal cards, reply cards, Money Order forms and lettersheets, all issues represented, showing numerous origins and destinations, provisional government issues, etc., fine and well presented exhibit. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045146598

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Current Opening Price...$700.00
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5390

Local Issues. 1919 Prekomurje, two covers from Lendvavasarhely and Belatnicz, with locally overprinted Hungarian stamps, the former missing backflap, the latter addressed to Ljubljana, signed Marjanovic (Prekomurke (across the Mura) is in present-day Slovenia) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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SERBIA Serbo-Bulgarian War

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5391

1885-86 selection of seven military stationery cards used from Bela Palanka, Belgrade, FPO 3 and FPO 4, also Nish and Leskovac, both special military postal cards supplied free to the troops and sent to Belgrade, with arrival pmks (Rasic states that "Fieldpost correspondence of the Serbian army during this short war is rare") (Serbia and Bulgaria, both felt that the Treaty of Berlin should have awarded them more territories at the Ottoman Empire's expense. King Milan Obrenovic demanded that Bulgaria cede some of its territory to Serbia and declared war. A swift Serbian victory was expected, but Prince Alexander of Bulgaria won the decisive battle at Slivnitsa (Nov 17-19, 1885), defeating the invading Serbs and subsequently pursuing them back into Serbia. He accepted an armistice only when Austria intervened in Serbia's defense. Milan abdicated in 1889, passing the Serbian crown to a regency in the name of his son Alexander) (Image) (image 5391a) (image 5391b) (image 5391c)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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SERBIA Balkan Wars

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5392

1912-14 a 42-page exhibit with 79 covers and cards, starting with military forerunner usages by soldiers utilizing Ottoman cards and postmarks prior to their own fieldpost services being established (Ktirchovo, Pristina, Mitrovitza, Monastir, Guevgelia, Uskub), Manuscript markings from Pirot (receipt for telegram), TPO Railway cancelations, Military Post HQ markings (Alexandrovo, Katchanik, Kumanovo), Military hospitals, Sanitary Train handstamps. FPOs from Biotolj, Debar, Djevdjelija, Ferizovic, Gilyane, Gostivar, Katchanik (stated to be the most elusive of the 26 town postmarks introduced during the Balkan War, with fewer than five example recorded), Kichevo, Karatovo, Nova Varosh, Ohrid, Prijepolje, Prilip, Radoviste, Tetovo, Vucitrn, Weles; Serbian troops in Greece (Salonica in manuscript and cds, two postcards and telegram form); troops in Montenegro (Djakovica, Istok, Plevlje); troops in Albania (Drac, Lesh); troops in Bulgaria (Kustendil, Jedrene, Kadikej-Jedrene straight line and two circular types); troops in Romania (Caracal), annexed territories postmarks (Kavadar, Pristina, Prizren, Preshevo, Skoplje, Radoviste), also a postcard from Military Headquarters showing Russian Red Cross hospital cachet, sent to Kiev, Ukraine. A splendid presentation, all items extensively described, creating a virtual tour illuminating this highly interesting period of European history leading up to World War One. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045146258

Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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SERBIA Serbian Troops Abroad

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5393

1916-18 Salonica Front, collection of 50 covers or cards on expertly described 22 exhibit pages showing Field Post Offices established for the Serbian Army at Salonica, Serbian Army Radio Station "S.P.504", with bilingual French/Cyrillic "Controle Postal Militaire Serbe", variety of censor markings, illustrated military stationery cards, Morava and Drina Division markings, regimental cancelations, Registered card with "two heads" stamps of Serbia franking, another registered cover with Greek franking, sent by a Captain Branko Zdelar, second in command of the Serbian Navy at Salonica from the gunboat "Solaire" (only recorded example of naval mail from this period), incoming mail, cover from the Liberation of Bitolia to Salonika, etc. An unusual collection, with many rare items (Image) (image 5393a) (image 5393b) (image 5393c) (image 5393d) (image 5393e) (image 5393f) (image 5393g) (image 5393h) (image 5393i) (image 5393j) (image 5393k) (image 5393l) (image 5393m) (image 5393n) (image 5393o) (image 5393p) (image 5393q) (image 5393r) (image 5393s) (image 5393t) (image 5393u)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5394

1916-18 an 18-pages exhibit with 40 covers or cards, showing variety of cancelations and illustrated stationery cards from France (Fontainebleau, Rennes, Evian les Bains, Le Havre, Jausiers, Toulon, Vichy, Marseille, Paris, Francheville), also diplomatic mail, Serb troops in Corsica; Algeria (Bouzareah); Tunisia (Bizerte, Mogrine), cards from wounded soldiers in Monte Carlo, "Serbian Rest Camp Flowerdown Camp, Winchester" (Great Britain); card each from Italy and Romania. Truly exceptional material. For a complete video of this lot please visit https://vimeo.com/1045146711

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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SERBIA Serbian Troops in Russia

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5395

1916-19 four exhibit pages with 6 covers or cards showing mail from Serbian soldiers, volunteers serving in the Russian army, military and patriotic cards from Ekaterinoslav, Kagul (Bessarabia), Odessa with straight line censor handstamp "SERB.V.KONT" (Serbian Military Control), censored card from the "First Serbian Volunteer Division in Russia", sent from Voznesensk to Tunisia; only reported illustrated Serbian patriotic postcard of the "Second Serbian Volunteer Division in Russia"; "Canadian Siberian Expedition" patriotic envelope from a soldier at Yugoslav Volunteer HQ at Vladivostok to his friend of the 1st Battalion, Second Yugoslav Regiment based in Chelyabinsk, franked on back with Imperial and Kolchak stamps, fine and most unusual group (Image) (image 5395a) (image 5395b) (image 5395c)

Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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SERBIA Corfu Exile Government

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5396

1916-18 selection of 18 covers and cards on exhibit pages, showing Ministerial Postal Station cancelations, censor marks, "POSTES SERBES" handstamps on French and Greek stamps used on commercial covers sent abroad (United States, England, France, Switzerland), French "TRESOR ET POSTES 504" and "512" cds, official mail, incoming mail from Italy and England, postal stationery cards sent by Serbian soldiers, etc. An attractive group (Image) (image 5396a) (image 5396b) (image 5396c) (image 5396d) (image 5396e) (image 5396f) (image 5396g)

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Current Opening Price...$700.00
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SPANISH COLONIES Mariana Islands

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5397

1894-96 Spanish Philippines, 8c single, also 2c (four), used on address fronts of parcels addressed to Germany, each with "Marianas" departure handstamps, rare (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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TURKEY

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5398

1894-96 selection of 13 different proofs of Military cancelations, displayed on pages, showing Military postmarks in Bulgaria, Sofia Railway Station mark, Turkish Danube Stage Trains, Military cancels in Saudi Arabia, Russia, Holyland and Libya, each signed Nakri, v.f., undoubtedly very rare (Image) (image 5398a) (image 5398b) (image 5398c) (image 5398d)

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Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5399

Military Mail. 1917 Ottoman Fieldpost stamps overprinted for use by Officers, collection of 12 covers or cards, including Postal Stationery, also five large pieces, with stamps overprinted with Crescent and Star for the officer's military program, various Field Post Offices and Galata pmks, four cards with German "Marine Schiffspost" markings from "SMS Lorelei", each addressed to Albert Friedemann (famous philatelist) in Leipzig, one from "Adjutant to Field Marshall von der Goltz Pasha", fine and interesting collection from this little known World War I Ottoman and German Offices in Turkey area (Image) (image 5399a) (image 5399b) (image 5399c) (image 5399d) (image 5399e) (image 5399f) (image 5399g) (image 5399h) (image 5399i) (image 5399j) (image 5399k) (image 5399l) (image 5399m)

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Current Opening Price...$1,400.00
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TURKEY Ottoman Empire - "Lost Territories" postmar

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5400

1900-13 balance of an exhibit on pages (items have been previously removed), 21 covers or cards, plus some items on piece, with Turkish Occupation of Serbia, Libya (negative military seal from Djebeli Garbi), Aegean Islands, Albania, Greece and Greek Islands, Bulgaria, Western Thrace and Syria, some interesting and elusive items, mostly fine (Image) (image 5400a) (image 5400b) (image 5400c) (image 5400d) (image 5400e) (image 5400f) (image 5400g) (image 5400h) (image 5400i) (image 5400j) (image 5400k) (image 5400l) (image 5400m)

Current Opening Price...$900.00
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