Brit. Post Turkey - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 5163 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 21880/83: Great Britain ½ d. slate, 2 d. rose and three 2½ d. lilac, all used on registered 1884 cover to Mauritius paying the 10 d. rate for under 1 ounce and 2 d. registration, tied by "C" obliterators in black with "British Post Office / Constantinople" cds in red below (Aug 16). Mailed via London (Aug 20) with "Registered / Mauritius" arrival also on obverse (Sept 23). Peripheral toning but a rare rate and destination. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 55 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1Beirut Provisional 1906 (July 2): Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine on ordinary paper, overprinted LEVANT and further surcharged "1 Piastre" locally by the American Press, an unused example of good colour, fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare stamp unused with just 600 stamps surcharged. Cert. BPA (2022) Gi = £ 1'500. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 56 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1Beirut Provisional 1906 (July 2): Great Britain 2 d. grey-green & carmine on ordinary paper, overprinted LEVANT and further surcharged "1 Piastre" locally by the American Press, a used example tied to small piece by "Beyrout / British Post Office" code C cds in black (July 2, 1906). A fine example of a scarce stamp with just 600 stamps surcharged. Signed Proschold. Cert. BPA (2022) Gi = £ 700. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 57 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1Brtitish Levant 1854/1913: The collection with 1854/55 group of three 1 d. reds used in the Crimea, GB 10 d. red brown vertical pair cancelled "F87" of Smyrna in black, 1885/88 12 pi. on 2 s. 6 d. lilac unused and used, 1893 40 pa. on Jubilee ½ d. vermilion with "Overprint Inverted" variety used (certs. RPSL,1906 (signed E. Denny Bacon) and BPA 2001) and three 'normals' each on small piece, Beyrout Provisional 2 d. grey-green & carmine used on small piece cancelled by oval "Registered / Beyrout" datestamp (genuine but with repaired tear at lower right), 1909/10 group of nine values overprinted by hooded SPECIMEN, 1911/12 1 pi. on 2½ d. blue (shades) unused (7) with differing perfs., 1921 Seahorse unused set of three with 10 s. showing "Surcharge Double, One Albino" variety (cert. BPA) and "MEF" George VI 5 s. red and 10 s. ultramarine optd. SPECIMEN etc. Condition varies but many scarce noted (34 items).rnrnrnrn Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 58 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 11892/1922: Collection British Offices consisting of forty entires, of which twenty-six are used, including several forerunners containing letter to a Madame Siemens, sent by the Ottoman Railway Company and a Postcard to Manchester with a tied Hotel labels serving dependent on the clientele as "Royal Hotel" or "Berliner Hof". Other Destinations include the United States with a fine postage due and France. Lovely lot. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 54 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1Crimean War 1855: Great Britain 2 d. blue, wmk. Small Crown, perf. 16, three examples (lettered CJ, DJ-DK) used on 1855 cover to Salisbury, endorsed "From the Black Sea Fleet" and "Via Marseilles", tied by "O*O" obliterators in black. Reverse with POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY" cds (Nov 15) in red and London (Nov 27) and Salisbury cds's. An attractive and scarce cover. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 263 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 31887/1921: The selection of varieties and SPECIMENS, with 1887 4 pi. on 10 d. purple & carmine with "Large 4" variety, fine og. (Gi = £ 225), 1902 80 pa. on 5 d. dull purple & ultramarine with "Small in 80" variety fine used (Gi = £ 200), 1913 1¾ pi. on 4 d. deep grey-green an unused strip of three, first stamp with "Small pointed 4" variety (Gi = £ 50+), together with 1902/3 hooded SPECIMEN set of three (Gi = £ 160), 1921 1 s. bistre-bistre in a horizontal pair and Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. brown optd. SPECIMEN (Gi = £ 300), generally fine, a scarce group. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 279 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 3British Field Office in Salonica 1916 (March 3-9): Overprinted '"Levant", the unused set of eight values complete, all fresh and very fine, part to large part og. All are signed. Just 360 full sets can exist. Rare Gi = £ 1'400. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 258 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 31885/88: Surcharged 40 paras on Great Britain 2½ d. purple on blue, an unused example variety "Surcharge Double", colour slightly faded but extremely rare - unlisted by Stanley Gibbons - large part og. Cert. RPSL (1973).rnNote: Surcharged in a horizontal Setting of eight clichés, three show a small 'S' in PARAS. The stamp offered above has one surcharge with large 'S' and one with the small 'S'.rn Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
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 Lot 274 - brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 3Crimean War 1855: Great Britain 1 d. red-brown, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 16, three single examples used on 1855 cover to Dorking endorsed "October 22nd" at lower left, tied on arrival by London '48' numeral obliterator applied in Greenwich. Reverse with repairable flap tear showing "POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY" code B cds in blue (Oct 23), and London and Dorking (Nov 7) datestamps. Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 Day 3brit. colonies Brit. Post Turkey |
