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| 1997 |
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 Gallipoli Campaign 1916: Turksih Feldpost card endorsed "Feldpost" at top, mailed to Vienna
with bilingual "FELDPOST / MIL. MISS. / A.O.K. 5" datestamp (June 17). The card, thanking a well wisher for his greetings for his victory against the Allies, mailed by General Liman Von Sanders, Commander of the Turkish-German forces at Gallipoli and
previously head of the Germany Military Mission with the Marshall's manuscript inscription at left and handstamped signature in violet on reverse. Superb. Ex collection Keith Tranmer. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 1998 |
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 Gallipoli Campaign / German Field Hospital 1916: "Feldpost" cover from a Major at Bigalli,
Gallipoli to Stuttgart endorsed "Deutsch Militar Mission - Konstantinopel" struck with circular bilingual "DEUTSCHE MILITAR MISSION / FELDPOST" datestamp in violet (Feb 25) with circular "DEUTSCHES FELDLAZARET BIGALLI / V. ARMEE" in violet at right,
File fold but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 1999 |
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 Caucasus Front 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 29" Field Post
Office datestamp to 1915 postcard from an Officer of the 29th Division, XI Army Corps with circular Unit seal in violet at left, based at Baiburt after the battle of Sarykamish. Scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2000 |
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 Caucasus Campaign 1917: Turkey 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Hauptmann Hans
Fasching from the HQ of the Turksih 3rd Army in Armenia, mailed to Constantinople and addressed to Feldpost 451. Struck on despatch by fancy circular "K. u. k. Instructions Detachement / Haupt. Fasching" and "Zensuriet" violet cachets and equally
fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 33" Field Post datestamp (Dec 8) in black. Turkish Censor in black below. Rare and very fine.rnNote Hauptmann Fasching was in charge of instructing the use of Mountain Artillery units operating against the Riussians in Armenia
and Persia. Mail from Austrian units operating in this theatre of war is rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2001 |
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 Caucasus Front 1917: Official stampless cover from 2nd Army Headquarters struick with very
fine "SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Sept 7) in black. Envelope with slight trim at right and unfortunate photographic corner fault but a fine strike. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2002 |
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 1914: 20 pa. red used on 1915 postcard tied by "Kizil-Toprak" cds, addressed to Field Post
Office on Gallipoli front with "SAHRA POSTASI / 4" arrival cds (Nov 17) with rectangular framed 4th Division Censor cachet applied below. The 4th Division was sent from Bulair in July 1915 to make up for the heavy losses in the Battle of Zighin Dere
(Gully Ravine). Some aging but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2003 |
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 1914: 10 pa. green used on 1 pi. blue postal stationery envelope to Switzerland, tied by
"SAHRA POSTASI / 13" Field Post Office datestamp (Oct 7, 1916) of the 2nd Army, based post-Gallipoli at Tchataldja, Constantinople. Censorship negative handstamp of 2nd Army and framed Censor alongside, reverse with red wafer seal and Davos-Platz
arrival cds (Oct 28). Scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2004 |
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 1916: 20 pa. red and 10 pa. carmine used on 1916 cover from Constantinople to Banderma tied
by "CONS-PLE 1" datestamps, reverse with Banderma arrival (Nov 4) and fair strike of "SAHRA POSTASI / 9" Field Post Office datestamp (5th Army) applied in transit. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2005 |
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 1916: 1 pi. ultramarine and 10 pa. rose used on 1916 cover, flap missing, to Stamboul
(backstamped June 14) each tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 61" Field Post Office datestamps in black, with violet countersigned Unit Censor handstamp of the 7th Division at lower left. In the Spring of 1917 this Division was moved to the Palestine front at
Beersheba and Gaza. Some minimal aging but a scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2006 |
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 1916: Austrian Feldpost pink letter-card addressed to Constantinople struck with circular
negative "SAHRA POSTASI / 65" Field Post Office handstamp utilised by the 20th Division of the 15th Army Corps, at this date in Galicia serving with the Austrian Army. Constantinople Censor no. 44 on obverse and reverse with arrival of Istanbul 4.
Despite imperfections, a scarce survivor. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2007 |
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 1916 (Oct 3): Postcard to Kassa, Transylvania written from Damascus posted at Turkish Field
Post Office (there was no Austrian Fieldpost in this theatre of war in 1916, in the contents at left the writer (a member of Feld Haubitzer Batterei 2/6) says reply to the Militar bevollmächtigter in Constantinople) and struck with very fine "SAHRA
POSTASI / 44" datestamp in black. Framed Turksih Censor at left in black, somewhat over-struck by "UBERPRUFT" in violet. Rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2008 |
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 Incoming 1917: Switzerland 10 c. red postal stationery card, a used example cancelled at
Fribourg (March 17), addresseed to an Austrian soldier in the Detachment Oblt. Elder, Dardanelles; with Austrian Feldkirch framed Censor cachet in red and Turkish framed Censor in black. Struck on arrival with "SAHRA POSTASI / 2" Field Post Office
datestamp in black. Slight edge wear as to be expected but most unusual. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2009 |
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 1917: 10 pa. violet used on 20 pa. red postal stationery card from Stamboul to a Captain
Osman Nuri, Officer Commanding 2nd Company Field Artillery, 52nd Division XVIII Corps near Damascus, readdressed in black ink to 14th Division with large part arrival "SAHRA POSTASI / 44" Field Post Office datestamp. Typical minor imperfections but
scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2010 |
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 1917: 20 pa. red postal stationery card up-rated with 1917 10 pa. violet tied by "SAHRA
POSTASI / 30" Field Post Office datestamps in black of the 30th Infantry Division at Erzindjan on the Armenian front, the 10th Corps suffered greatly at Sarykamish. Scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2011 |
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 1917: 10 pa. on 20 pa. rose and 1916 1 pi. violet & black, used on 1918 cover with original
contents to Stamboul (Aug 28), tied by "SAHRA POSTASI / 76" Field Post Office datestamp in black with circular Unit cachet of an Artillery Battery beautifully struck in red at lower left, believed to be from the Damascus area. Small closed opening
tear at top of cover but rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2012 |
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 Turkish POW Mail 1914: 10 pa. green and 20 pa. red pair used on 1915 cover to a Turkish POW
held in Camp at Mudros on Lemnos tied on despatch by "Aktchê-Chehir" cds's (July 27) with Turkish Censor above and red wafer seal on reverse and Stamboul transit cds (Aug 30). Struck with straight line "CENSORED" in black and circular "CORPS
D'EXPÉDITIONAIRE D'ORIENT / Depot / de Prisonniers / de Guerre" in blue. Some peripheral aging but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2013 |
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 Turkish POW Mail 1914: 20 pa. red and Sept 1915 10 pa. green on reverse, used on 1915 cover
from Banderma to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos, cancelled on despatch (Nov 17) and Censored with red wafer seal on reverse and framed cachet in black. Stamboul transit cds (Nov 20) and Piraeus transits; obverse with framed "CENSORED" cachet in red
applied in Mudros and Greek "Kastron-Mudros" cds. A scarce and fine cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2014 |
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 Turkish POW Mail 1914: 1 pi. blue, two examples, used on registered 1915 cover from Kutahya
to a Turkish POW held on Lemnos cancelled on despatch (Nov 6) and also tied by framed "CENSORED" handstamp in red applied by British forces at Mudros. reverse with Stamboul transit cds (Nov 8), Turkish red wafer seal applied with Turksih Censors (on
obverse) and Piraeus cds's and "Kastron-Mudros" Greek arrival cds's of Lemnos. A rare example of a registered usage that would benefit from being opened for display. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2015 |
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 Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard franked by 1916 5 pa. ochre (2) and 10 pa. green vertical
pair tied by "Ada Pazar" cds's of despatch (Jan 17) and by Stamboul transit cds, to Turkish POW in Camp on Lemnos, "Prisonnier Français No. 141, Mudrod, Ile de Lemnos", with framed Turkish Censor cachet on front and Piraeus transit on reverse. The
last British troops evacuated the Gallipoli Peninsular on 8-9 January 1916 but retained Lemnos. Minor aging but very rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 2016 |
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 Turkish POW Mail 1916: Postcard from Egypt from a Turkish POW sent without chaarge,
cancelled by "Ras El Tin" cds (March 16) addressed to a Turkish POW held in Chemench Camp in Malta, with Maltese circular Censor "PASSED BY CENSOR / ♚ / No. 1074" struck in red on arrival. A most unusual example of mail between two Turkish
prisoners held in two different countries. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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