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ISRAEL - HOLYLAND Ottoman Empire continued...

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6221

1917 two souvenir covers, each with 5pa franking, canceled "Ashludj" (south of Beersheba) and "Tel-Edid" (near Mitla-Pass), fine and very rare (Image)

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6222

1918 (19 Sep) 20pa stationery card uprated with additional 10pa red, used to Bulgaria, with "Nasra" (Nazareth) departure, Fieldpost 92 mark, scarce, signed Nakri (Image)

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ITALY

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6223

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1893 (10 Dec) cover to Rome, franked with 20c Umberto, tied by violet "Divisione Navale Italiana in America" pmk, repeated on back, with Rome (29 Dec) arrival, fine (a Brazilian military and naval rebellion in 1893 raised fears for the safety of foreign nationals in the country. Italy sent a 6-vessel naval squadron to Rio de Janeiro. Mail from this expedition, the first official Italian Forces Abroad, was franked at domestic rates and canceled with the special "Divisione Naval Italiana in America" pmk) (Image)

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6224

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1893 (3 Dec) cover to Rome, franked with 20c Umberto, tied by violet "Divisione Navale Italiana in America" pmk, repeated on back, with Rome (12 Dec) arrival, fine (a Brazilian military and naval rebellion in 1893 raised fears for the safety of foreign nationals in the country. Italy sent a 6-vessel naval squadron to Rio de Janeiro. Mail from this expedition, the first official Italian Forces Abroad, was franked at domestic rates and canceled with the special "Divisione Naval Italiana in America" pmk) (Image)

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ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE

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6225

1922 (26 Sep) "window" envelope and postcard to Italy, each showing the rare "R.Poste Italiane Smirne" (Royal Italian Post Smyrna) three-line handstamps, fine examples of this provisional marking used in Smyrna following the "Great Fire". (Greece seized Smyrna in 1919 as the Ottoman Empire collapsed. The Turks took it back on 9 September 1922. Four days later the Turkish army set fire to Smyrna's Greek and Armenian quarters. American and Greek ships rescued some 250,000. Perhaps 100,000 more died. Some sources say the Turks marched another 100,000 out of the city and into oblivion. Smyrna is called Izmir now) (Image)

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6226

1923 selection of 14 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing military and naval markings, civil mail from Smyrna and Constantinople, Registered covers, Italian and surcharged stamps on covers to Switzerland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, etc., all neatly described, mostly fine or better (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (All Images)

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SOLD for $700.00
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6227

1923 (27 Mar) registered cover to Basel, franked with "Constantinopoli" surcharges to 90pi, also Special Delivery, fine and attractive philatelic cover, with arrival pmk (Image)

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6228

46-52,53-55

1923 (25 Sep) Large Surcharges, nine different (without red 7 1/2pi on 1 Lire), canceled by Constantinopoli Poste Italiane cds on locally addressed cover, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and attractive souvenir of the last day of service of the Italian Post in Constantinople (Cat No. 46-52,53-55) (Image)

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SOLD for $450.00
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6229

Naval and Maritime Mail. 1923 "Comando Divisione Navale del Levante", large cover registered to Rome, with "Constantinopoli Posta Italiana" handstamped registry label, 2pi and 2x10pi franking, violet Naval Operations handstamps, some toning and filing fold away from the stamps (Image)

SOLD for $140.00
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ITALY ITALIAN LEVANT - General Issue

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6230

Sass.66-75,E3, 9-13

1923 unissued surcharges, set of eight, plus Special Delivery, n.h., occasional gum toning as often, prepared but not issued (in March 1923, what was to be a final set of eight Italian definitives surcharged in Turkish currency was prepared. Before it was issued however, it was decided that the stamps should be overprinted with the name "Constantinople", since it was the only Italian civil post office still operating in Turkey). Also included is a set of five unissued overprints for "Smirne" (l.h.), cat. €829 (Cat No. Sass.66-75,E3, 9-13) (Image)

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ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA

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6231

Military Mail. 1903-04 card and cover, each with Italian franking, the letter Registered to Savona, with rare "Comando Truppe Italiane in Cina" registry label, some toning, signed Diena (Image)

SOLD for $1,800.00
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ITALY Italian Intervention forces in North Russia

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6232

1919 (14 Apr) cover, with letter from "R.R.Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente Comando" to Lt. Padley, commanding the British Troops, Krasnoyarsk, delivered by courier, clear violet handstamps, cover with tape stains at sides, otherwise fine (Image)

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SOLD for $280.00
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ITALIAN COLONIES Fiume

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6233

13-17,19-20

1919 (29 Mar) Telegram sent to Trieste, franked with eight different stamps, including 50f, 75f, 80f, 1kr, 2kr, 5kr and 10kr (White Numerals), all but 80f with Typographed Machine overprint, also a single 5f green, all tied by Fiume departure markings, Telegraph Censor cachet, some wrinkles, fine and considerable rarity, signed Raybaudi, with his 1997 certificate (10kr on cover is catalogued at $9,750) (Sass.21, Euro 21,000) (Cat No. 13-17,19-20) (Image)

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SOLD for $1,800.00
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6234

1919-22 selection of five covers or cards, including two French Forces postcards, canceled "Tresor et Postes 520" and "Poste aux Armees" (13 Jan and 9 Mar 19), another ppc (defective) franked with 5c Semi-Postal canceled by a specially prepared circular cachet inscribed "Citta di Fiume/Il Comandante", additional photo postcard of D'Annunzio, personally dated and autographed (rare), plus 1922 card with "Governo Provisorio" franking, sent to Serbia, fine (during the First World War, General D'Annunzio was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army. As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce) (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images)

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SOLD for $230.00
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ITALIAN COLONIES Libya

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6235

Military Mail. 1911-12 collection of 70+ covers or cards, well described on 15 exhibit (and 14 partly decommissioned) pages, showing Italian Army operations in Libya, "Corpo D'Armata Speciale", "Direzione D'Intendenza Speciale", "Ia Divizione Speciale/Tripolitania" markings in black and in red (rare), Registered mail from Army Corps Tripolitania, also Second Division used from Cyrenaica ("II Divisione/Bengasi"), subsequent expansion to Bu Sceifa and Zuara, postmarks of "Posta Militare Ferua", "Tolmetta", "Tolmetta Merg", plus many others. A fine showing (Italy invaded Libya in September, 1911, under the orders of Prime Minister Giovani Giolitt. By mid 1912, both the Italian and the resistance forces had suffered significant losses and numerous casualties. With the war seemingly reaching a stalemate, efforts were made by international leaders to bring the war to a peaceful end. Diplomatic efforts prevailed with the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on 17th October 1912, in Geneva) (Image)

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SOLD for $2,000.00
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ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba

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6236

1925-26 collection of 16 covers or cards on exhibit pages, covers from "Kismaio" (Chismaio), registered mail, cover to New Zealand, stationery cards, Money Order form with special stamps used to send Lire 300 to Milan, cover to Sweden, etc. (Oltre Giuba (Trans-Juba) was a short lived Italian colony in the south-western part of today's Somalia. The Colony was awarded to Italy in 1924, with part of the northern portion of the Kenya territory, commonly called Jubaland or Trans-Juba, ceded to Italy) (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (All Images)

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SOLD for $4,750.00
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ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Basa Altant

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6237

1944 (16 Dec) cover to Genova, franked with 25c, 30c and 50c "Base Atlantica" overprints, tied by departure pmks, Opened by Censor label at left, with arrival pmk (Image)

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ITALIAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Italian Occ

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6238

Sass.2A,4A

1941 50p orange, 1d brown rose, each with handstamped "Co.Ci.", used on individual printed matter cover fronts canceled "Ortner" (11 June) and "Ljubljana" (23 June), v.f., the latter with a Croatian stamp added as a souvenir, signed Chiavarello, rare (catalogued as used off cover) cat. €18000 (Cat No. Sass.2A,4A) (Image)

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6239

Sass.2B,3B,4B

1941 50p orange, used on home-made card from Ljubljana to Vrhnika, handstamped "T" and charged 1d postage due, with pair of 50p violet added on arrival. In addition, there are two commercially used covers, one franked with pair of 1d green, another with a single 1.50f red, tied by Ljubljana pmks (27 April and 30 May, 1941), used locally or to Vrhinka, with arrival pmks, signed Raybaudi, etc., one with certificate, cat. €12000 (Cat No. Sass.2B,3B,4B) (Image)

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6240

Sass.12,13A

1941 10d violet (machine overprint), 15d brown (handstamped overprint), used with the complete set of Postage Dues on registered, locally addressed cover, Ljubljana 2.V.41 cds, fine-v.f. (catalogued as used off cover) cat. €9000 (Cat No. Sass.12,13A) (Image)

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