Syria. Stationery card of 20para sent from "BABTOMA (DAMAS)" on 23-7-1911 to Beirut. SCARCE QUALITY.
Auction #29
By: Cedarstamps
Cedarstamps Auction #29
This is a very special auction with some proofs of color, blocks, sheets of Lebanese stamps that have not appeared on the global market in the last fifty years.
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Lot #242 - syria
Syria. Censored receipt of telegram made on a provisional form, originated from Damascus, franked for 1 Piastre by pair of 20para blue stamp cancelled with the rare Circular postmark “ŞAM (TELGRAF) 2 ١۰/۹/١٣٣٤“ (corresponding to 10/9/1918). On the written side was affixed the censor seal “Şam Markazi Çenzur Hayati”. B. Longo photoexpertise. RARE, ONLY SOME EXAMPLES RECORDED ON DOCUMENT.
Lot #243 - syria
Syria. Censored cover sent from Aleppo to Cairo franked 1 Piastre by 1P deep indigo E.E.F. stamp cancelled with "HALEP 3" on 26/12/1918. Back affixed a very clear censor seal in Arabic "Aleppo military censorship 1337" together some with transit postmarks. SCARCE EARLY DATE.
Lot #244 - syria
Syria. MNH, complete set of French Levant stamps in block of four overprinted "T.E.O." and values. Noted the 2 Piastres with comma after "T" in position 47 (Maury n 11/20). A. Roumet Photoexpertise for the 20 Piastres. VERY NICE AND RARE BLOCK OF FOUR IN MNH STATUS.
Lot #245 - syria
Syria. MNH, complete sheet of 3ct of French stamp overprinted "O.M.F. Syrie 75 CENTIEMES". Noted all features described by Kaczmarczyk in his book including the inverted "S" correction in position 144 much rarer than the error "S" inverted, in addition, due to an accordion fold during the overprinting phase, some stamps have badly overprinted currency values as in positions 1, 2 and 3 (Maury n 36). B. Longo signature. VERY NICE AND RARE SHEET...
Lot #246 - syria
Syria. O.E.T.A. Zone (Est) telegram form, with a message issued in Hama, directed and transcribed in the Umranye Telegraph Post Office (located in Syria near Hama, now named Massyaf) on 8 December 1920. It shows the Ottoman bilingual postmark in violet “OUMRANYE 8/12/20” type II postmark with bars in the crescents. B. Longo photoexpertise. RARE CANCEL USED ON SCARCE DOCUMENT FORM.
Lot #247 - syria
Syria. Cover sent Aleppo to Wien, Austria, franked 1 Piastre by 1P/5ct further overprint by BLACK ROSETTE. Stamp cancelled with "HALEB 5" on 17/12/1920. SCARCE.
Lot #248 - syria
Syria. Cover sent from Damascus to Marseille, France, franked for 3 Piastres by OMF 1P/3mls Syrian Kingdom yellow stamp. Cancelled with "DAMASCUS 1" on 6/8/1921. SCARCE MOURNING COVER.
Lot #249 - syria
Syria. MNH, Turkish stamp surcharged 10p/20p pink, with further black overprint “O.M.F. Syrie 1 Piastre” INVERTED, issued in Aintab in the Summer 1921 (Yvert cat n. 5 unrecorded error but well described by A. Kaczmarczyk in his book). B. Longo photoexpertise. VERY RARE AND WONDERFUL QUALITY.
Lot #250 - syria
Syria. MNH, block of ten 15ct French green stamp overprinted SYRIE &5ct, with "millesime" 3. (Maury n 113). VERY NICE.
Lot #251 - syria
Syria. MNH, block of twenty 30ct Pasteur French red stamp bilingual overprinted “SYRIE 1, P. 50” with overprint moved down, causing the total absence of Arabic overprint in the top row; also in the top row on position 3 show “1, P. 5o” with small “o” (both variety recorded by Kaczmarczyk) and finally a small fold of the paper near the bottom right hole has highlighted a double perforation which attests the presence of the guide holes before...
Lot #252 - syria
Syria. FFC sent from Damascus on 7/9/1926 to Deir El Zor, franked with complete air set Syria stamps bilingual overprinted in green "AVION" (Maury n 26/29). INTERESTING.
Lot #253 - syria
Syria. FFC sent from Damascus on 22/6/1929 to Berne, Switzerland via Naples. Franked front-back moreover with complete air set Syria stamps bilingual overprinted "Secours Aux Refugies". Remarkable the two errors on 3 and 10 Piastre: respectively without value "2" and missing "X" in "Aux" (Maury postage n 188, air n 30/33 with 31a & 33b, 34/37, and 38). RARE ERRORS STAMP ON COVER.
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