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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5121

1900 (19 Feb) 2kr stationery card, used in combination with 1900 1h gray, paying the required 5 heller rate from Rudolfsthal to Vienna, fine and scarce mixed issues franking (Kreuzer and Heller Eagle issues) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5122

1902 (12 Dec) Value declared letter, originally containing 4,000 gulden in banknotes (8,000 Kronen), sent from Sarajevo to Rudolf Friedl in Vienna. The basic postage was 1.65 Kr + 1.92kr for insurance, total of 3.57kr paid with 3x1kr dark rose, plus single 2h, 5h and 50h, all tied on back by octagonal "Sarajevo-Filiale" datestamps, repeated on front, with intact wax seals, minor backflap tears, fine and elusive high value franking (Image)

Current Opening Price...$280.00
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5123

1906 (24 Oct) large part of a registered cover (bottom half of the front/address portion missing), with intact Registry and private pharmacist's labels, franked on reverse with the complete set of 16 (all values current at that time), with Third Coat of Arms (with black denominations) where appropriate and Second Issue stamps otherwise, sent from a pharmacy at "Brcka" to "Kral. Vinhorady" in Bohemia, "K.u.K. Milit.Post Brcka" departure and arrival pmks on back, philatelically inspired, nevertheless remarkable franking which includes the rare 5 krone stamp (Image) (image 5123a)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5124

128-40

1918 Emperor Karl I, 2h-90h complete set of 13, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $338 (Cat No. 128-40) (Image)

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Current Opening Price...$150.00
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5125

141

1918 1kr olive green, greenish paper, h.r., well centered, v.f., cat. $1900 (Cat No. 141) (Image)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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5126

Special Delivery. 1916 3h violet, prepared but not issued large Die Essay on thin card, v.f., rare (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5127

Postage Dues. 1905-07 (31 Apr) cover from Chile to Mostar, Bosnia, insufficiently franked and taxed on arrival with 50 heller Postage Due stamp, tied by Mostar cds, plus 1907 (15 June) cover from Italy to Sarajevo, insufficiently franked with 5x1c Italian stamps, taxed on arrival with 2x4h+5h+6h Postage Dues, undelivered and sent back to the sender at Palermo, both mounted and described on exhibit page (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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BULGARIA

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5128

1885-86 two registered covers to Austria and Germany, first franked on reverse with 2x10st and 30st (originally cut out, but now restored on backflap), tied by "Philippople" departure cds, with "Garkovo" transit and Vienna arrival pmks, the other with single 50st, tied by bilingual "Plovdiv" cds, endorsed "Charge", with intact wax seals and Mannheim arrival pmk on back (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5129

Military Air Post. 1915-16 German Seaplane and Airship Bases at Varna and Xanthi (near the Aegean Sea), four covers or cards, with "Kaiserliche Marine Seaflugstation Bulgarien", "Komando der Seeflugstation Xanti", "Luftschiffhafenbau Jambol" markings, one Registered "Deutsche Feldpost 185" cover with label, sent to Berlin, mixed condition, very scarce group (Image) (image 5129a)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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BULGARIA Serbo-Bulgarian War

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5130

Military Mail. 1885 (11 Dec) free-frank cover with South Bulgarian negative seal reading "Military Headquarters Plovdiv", with Belovo (18 Dec) arrival pmk on back, horizontal filing fold, fine cover with clear markings (King Milan of Serbia reacted badly to the territorial expansion of Bulgaria and launched an unprovoked attack on 14 November 1885. The Serbian army's advance was stopped after the Battle of Slivnitsa and Bulgaria began an offensive which took the city of Pirot. The Austrian minister intervened and brought the hostilities to an end on 28th November 1885) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$180.00
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BULGARIA First Balkan War

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CatNo.

Lot Description

5131

1912-13 collection of 46 covers, cards, Parcel and Money Order forms, neatly displayed and written-up on exhibit pages, starting with first day of fighting, Field Hospital cachet on cover from Kaybilare (17 Oct 1912) to Rustchouk, numerous Army unit cachets, including "Bulgarian Army Occupation Forces Authority", "First Field Army and the Headquarters of the Cavalry Division", Field Hospital "Yambolska Military Hospital" (addressed to Geneva), Money Order for 9 Leva sent from "Gumurdjina" to Sofia, bilingual markings on cards and Telegraph form from "Kavala" (today, a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia), also "Kechane", "Koukouch", "Lozengrad", "Okdjilar", "Porto-Lagos", "Pravechta", "Saray", "Soflou" and "Sofoulia" (one of only two recorded), "Tsaribrode", "Zaribod-Gare", various markings from "New Bulgaria", used in Xanthy, Dedeagatch, Soloun, other towns in Eastern and Western Thrace, few Registered (rare), also card and cover from the Second Balkan War, used from Odrin and Samokov, mostly fine. An insightful presentation (The First Balkan War was an unmitigated disaster for the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria mobilized nearly 600,000 men and fielded a well equipped and professionally trained army, focusing on actions in Thrace and Macedonia) (Image) (image 5131a) (image 5131b) (image 5131c) (image 5131d) (image 5131e) (image 5131f) (image 5131g) (image 5131h) (image 5131i)

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Current Opening Price...$2,300.00
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5132

1913 ("Liberated Towns") exhibit page with postcard and two 5st stationery cards with bilingual (Cyrillic/Latin) pmks, including "Alpolou" (18 Jan 1913), Dedeagatch (14 May) and "Dmotika" (9 Feb), first and last addressed to Sofia, the other to Smyrna, minor card creases, otherwise fine. The "Alpolou" marking is considered to be one of the rarest from this period, only two or three examples recorded (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5133

1913 (28 Feb) Ottoman Patriotic envelope (red Coat of Arms on reverse), sent from Lozengrad to Rousse, with red cachet in Cyrillic, reading "Hospital of the Community of St. George of the Russian Red Cross Society", bilingual arrival pmk (4.III.1913), fine and rare, if not unique marking (although not an active participant in the fighting, Russia provided humanitarian assistance to its Slavic brothers in Bulgaria during the conflict) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5134

Military Mail. 1913 Second Macedonian Brigade and Third Army cachets used as postmarks, two picture postcards to Plovdiv and Sofia, the latter with a small negative "Chemins de Fer de la Turkuie D'Europe / Tcherkeskeui" (Railways of European Turkey) and two diff. HQ of the Third Army cachets, fine and extremely rare marking, one of only two recorded (On October 27th, the Railway Bridge at Tcherkesskeui, 50 Miles from Constantinople was blown up by the Bulgars, blocking the Turks' retreat. The railway from Constantinople to Lule-Burgas had been broken at Tcherkesskeui, only twelve miles northeast of Tchorlu, the Turkish headquarters, and fifty miles from Constantinople. The strength of the Turkish forces in the region was estimated at four army corps, about 150,000 men) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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5135

Military Mail. 1913 picture postcard with "Telegraph Postal Station / Tchorlou" cachet (Bulgarian Lion astride the Ottoman Crescent) cachet, addressed to Sofia, also 5st stationery card with a large cachet "Empire of Bulgaria Port Authority Dedeagatch" with Anchor in the middle, with Sofia arrival cds, fine and extremely rare military marking, one of only two recorded (Image)

Current Opening Price...$450.00
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BULGARIA Bulgaria in World War I

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

5136

1916-26 selection of 10 covers or cards on exhibit pages, with Patriotic Postcards used in Gumurdjina, Skopje, Sofia and Phillipople, Liberation of Macedonia commemoratives on covers, 1926 "Sub-Commission for Greek-Bulgarian Emigration in Bulgaria", corner cacheted registered cover to Switzerland, also unissued 50s and 1L stamps for the 1915 issue (not sold until 1921), fine (secretly courted by both sides in World War I, Bulgaria eventually decided in favor of the Central Powers, alongside Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria formally exited World War I on September 29, 1918, having lost some 90,000 soldiers over the course of the conflict) (Image) (image 5136a) (image 5136b) (image 5136c) (image 5136d)

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Current Opening Price...$140.00
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5137

Military Mail. 1915 (25 Dec) picture postcard from "Strumica" to Sofia, franked with 5s Ferdinand, tied by violet Strumica Censor cachet, minor toning, fine and scarce usage from Strumica (present-day Macedonia) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5138

Military Mail. 1916 (21 Apr) military card to Sofia, with bilingual "Vardar" departure cds, violet Horse Artillery military unit cachet, fine and scarce usage from Vardar (present-day Macedonia) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5139

Military Mail. 1916 picture postcard from "Veles" to Sofia, franked with 5s Ferdinand, tied by departure cds, with violet military cachet alongside, three-line censor cachet, fine usage from Veles (present-day Macedonia) (Image)

Current Opening Price...$230.00
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5140

Military Mail. 1916-18 collection of 28 covers or cards, displayed and written-up on exhibit pages, showing Fieldpost markings, one from First Army Headquarters, sent to Vienna and signed by General Bojadieff, commander of the Bulgarian Army, mail from Occupied Turkish territory (Kouleli Bourgas, Odrin), Occupied Serbia (Alexinetz, Babouchnitza, Bela Palanka, Bitolia, Bolevatz, Bossilegrade, Demit Kapia Gare, Despotovetz, etc.), various bilingual pmks, censor cachets, destinations, POW mail, many interesting and uncommon markings, generally fine (Image) (image 5140a) (image 5140b) (image 5140c) (image 5140d) (image 5140e) (image 5140f) (image 5140g) (image 5140h) (image 5140i) (image 5140j) (image 5140k) (image 5140l) (image 5140m) (image 5140n) (image 5140o)

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Current Opening Price...$900.00
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