1921 Religious Tribunal revenue 1000 kurus brown with hand overprint Osmanli Postalari 1336 type I; a very rare stamp in very fine used condition, free of flaws and cuts; cert. Vachat 1998 and signed Tedeschi. (Image)

1863-65 First tughra issue, 26 mainly very fine used stamps with wide margins all round. All the values are represented including the postage due issue, one tête-bêche pair and a cover; a very scarce lot in this selected condition. (Image)

1863 2ghr black on gray lilac, third printing on thick paper, extremely fine example with good margins all around and an attractive and scarce blue cds of Filibe (Plovdiv) Bulgaria. (Image)

1863 1ghr black on gray lilac, third printing on thick paper, extremely fine unused example with good margins all around, with original gum; an exceptional stamp. (Image)

1863 postage due 2pi dark brown, wide-margined copy struck by light bar and dots cds, Mi €500, very fine. (Image)

1863 Toughra 2pi black on blue, 1st printing, Mi 3Ixa, extremely fine copy with very wide margins and a neat dot and line cancel, a choice stamp (Mi €500). (Image)

1863 Tughra 2pi black on blue, 2nd printing, thin paper, very fine vertical tête-bêche pair, with wide margins and a light cancellation, an attractive tête-bêche pair. (Image)

1863 postage due 5ghr red-brown; extremely fine used pair. (Image)

1863 5pi black on red, an extremely fine copy of the first printing, lightly cancelled, with the typical narrow separation lines visible on three sides, a choice ex. of this issue, Mi €750. (Image)

1863 Tughra 1pi black on grey, 3rd printing, thick paper, extremely fine vertical tête-bêche pair, very wide margins and a light dot and line cancel, the bottom stamp has a light wrinkle at foot otherwise an extremely fine tête-bêche pair (Scott $900). (Image)

1905-20 Foreign Post Offices in Constantinople, three covers incl. Russian Levant 1905 to Moudon, Switzerland, with interesting contents of the stamp dealer Tchakioji & Yaremdji, Italian P.O. 1919 "POSTA MILITARE" sent registered to Bern, and 1920 France P.O. with Semeuse franking cancelled "TRESOR ET POSTE 506B" to Zurich, fine to very fine.

1910 charity stamps, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, 10pa in se-tenant strip of five, mint unhinged (YV 750 eur +150% for MUH); very fine and flawless. (Image)

1916-18, Selection of nearly a 100 imperforate proofs for the diverse pictorial issues and Sultan Mehmed issue, with duplication (also pairs), also noted 2 unissued values of 1917/18 definitives, all MNH, (Mi nos.353U-57U, 477U-84U, 626U without overprint, 629U-36U, XIB, XIVB), valuable group and apparently the remainders of that Vienna Staatsdruckerei find (Image)

1917-23, Marine Fund adhesives, 5 values hinged + 1 single die proof, no gum as issued, etc. (Image)

1920 handstamped overprint 1336 on theatre subsidy 20 paras (Mi 5000 eur); a very fine lightly hinged rarity with only 200 stamps surcharged and a little over 20 stamps recorded today. (Image)

1930-31 postal tax airmail stamp surcharge Bes (five) Lira on 15chr green and yellow, mint unhinged; superb and very fresh in this outstanding condition (Mi 4500 eur), with certificate Vachat 1999 (Image)