1887 (8 Nov) registered cover (actually 10pf German stationery entire envelope) franked with 40pa (3) and 80pa surcharges, sent from British Post Office in Constantinople to Ingolstadt, Bavaria, wax seals removed from back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk
Estimate: $150
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Lot #317 - GREAT BRITAIN British Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot #318 - GREAT BRITAIN British Offices in the Turkish Empire
1887 40 Paras on 2 1/2p purple on blue, double surcharge, l.h., fresh and fine, with 1933 BPA certificate. A rare stamp, especially in this fine condition (most known examples are faulty) (SG 4a)
Cat. Val. £1,900
Estimate: $1500
Lot #319 - GREAT BRITAIN British Offices in the Turkish Empire
1887 "40 Paras" on 1/2d vermilion, horizontal strip of five, top of the "S" of "Paras" broken (Gibbons notes that the handstamp was damaged during use, hence the defective letter), folded between stamps, separations hinged reinforced between fourth and fifth stamps, others mostly l.h., fine. This is the largest possible multiple of this scarce provisional surcharge (another strip of five realized £10,836 in a 2012 London Sale, believed at...
Lot #320 - GREAT BRITAIN British Offices in the Turkish Empire
1909 (27 Dec) registered picture postcard (Mosque de la Sultan Valide), franked on both sides with nine stamps, including British, German, Austrian, French, Russian, Italian Post Offices in Constantinople pmks, also Ottoman adhesives, sent to Germany, colorful
Estimate: $150
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