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Post Offices in the Turkish Empire: General Issues; 1874 2lira scarlet mounted mint with heavy hinge remains, part original gum, well centred, violet expertising handstamp on reverse, few gum wrinkles otherwise sound, SG 9 Cat £250.
Post Offices in the Turkish Empire: General Issues; 1874 60c lilac very fine used neat oval barred cancel in black, well centred and fine example, SG 8 Cat £225.
Post Offices in the Turkish Empire: General Issues; 1881-3 Complete set of six values fine used, mainly fine, SG 12/17 Cat £208.
Post Offices in the Turkish Empire: Jerusalem; 1909 Complete set of eight mounted mint, with usual gum tropicalisation, all fine frontal appearance, key 20pi on 5l is centred NW, 40pi on 10l has pulled perf, huge catalogue value set, SG 125/132.
Social Republic: Express Letter 1944 1l25 green and 2l50 red-orange both unmounted mint, fine and fresh, SG E41/2 Cat £294 for mint. Sassone 19/20 cat Ï750 for unmounted mint.
Eritrea: 1903 1c brown in a irregular block of 13 unmounted mint (usual brownish gum) showing Colonia Eritrea overprint INVERTED variety, scarce positional piece, SG 19a. Cat £1300+.
Post Offices in Turkey: Postal Stationery: Circa 1909 Parcel Post card of Italy 1L 75c brown on yellow overprinted LEVANTE (22cm x 12cm) and a 'Bullettino di Spedizione' card 60c brown on buff (16cm x 12cm) also overprinted LEVANTE in PRISTINE unused condition. Very attractive and rarely found in such condition (2)
Papal States: 1854 Entire from Ferraria to Venice bearing 5b black on pink (SG 20) tied with indistinct Ferraria cds with same alongside year dated 1854 with clear Venezia cds on reverse; two vertical filing creases do not affect stamp and do not detract from appearance of item
Parma: 1854 (15 Oct) Entire Letter to Modena bearing 15c rose tied PARMA / 15/ OTTOBRE 3 line h/s in black, and Modena arrival backstamp. Sassone 7 cat Ï750.
1901 (22 Mar) Registered cover to London bearing Llandovey Falls 1d red strip of 3 on reverse tied by nice OLD HARBOUR squared circle cancels (showing circular outer ring from the handstamp), and attractive JAMAICA REGISTERED oval in black on obverse along with R oval and red regd London arrival. Horizontal fold otherwise mainly fine.
1932 2d black and green & 6d grey-black and purple in mint blocks of 4 hinged on one stamp, with some gum crazing on both; but still a nice looking and scarce pair of blocks SG 111 & 113 Cat £292
1935 Silver Jubilee 1½d blue and black hinged top left corner marginal mint block of 4 with bottom left stamp (U/M minor gum bend) showing short extra flagstaff variety, SG 115b Cat £130. Nice positional piece.
