1865, Steamer and Eagle 10 para brown/blue, fresh colour and wide margins all around, lightly used with blue crayon, fine (Image)

1865, Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre plate proof in black on white paper with vertical network, without gum, scarce, fine, sign. Prof. Winterstein, Pohl (Image)

1865, Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre plate proof in blue on white paper with vertical network, without gum, scarce, fine (Image)

1865, Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre, two singles in distinctively different shades from different printings, both with good margins all around, tied by blue cds. "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMIRNE 9.4" to envelope (reduced at right) to Tripoli, extremely fine and rare franking of the same value from two different printings, certificate Mikulski (1999) Provenance: Caspary                      The Agathon Fabergé Collection (Harmer's of Bond Street, 1940, lot 173)                      Corinphila 105th. Auction (1998)   (Image)

1865, Steamer and Eagle 2 piastre, three singles, mostly good margins, only one stamp touched at left, all tied by blue indistinct Smyrna cds. to folded lettersheet to Mersina, right stamp affected by vertical filing crease, a trifle stained, otherwise fine, an attractive and scarce cover, signed Alberto Diena and Holcombe with certificate (1993) Provenance:  The Agathon Fabergé Collection (Harmer's of Bond Street, 1940, lot 194)                       The Julius Steindler Collection "Shipping Companies stamps" (Robson Lowe 1972) (Image)

1863, 6k. light blue, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused without gum, very fine (Image)

Ganzsachen: 1895, double card 4 k. used from "CONSTANTINOPEL....97" without text via Odessa to Hattingen, Germany with arrival mark, fine (Image)

1910, 10 Para auf 2 K (2) und 1 Pia. auf 10 K. in kpl. Bogen zu 200 Marken, postfrisch (Mi.-Nr. 50, 52)