FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Stamp Auctions

Lot 489 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

Lot 489 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1878 (30 Jan) FL franked with vertical pair of 15c gray lilac (Type Sage), tied by blue "Salonique, Turq. D. Europe" departure cds, repeated alongside, fine and attractive usage from Salonika, with Marseille arrival pmk
Estimate: $150

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 490 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

Lot 490 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

1901 (Mar) picture postcard from Constantinople to France, franked with 10c Type Sage, tied by departure cds, with handstamped "Orient-Express" and Paris-Etranger transit pmk, fine Orient Express item
Estimate: $150

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 433 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 433 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1874 (Mar) outer FL from Salonika, via the French Post Office in Constantinople, where two pairs of 20c blue were added, underpaying for further passage to Livorno, where penalty rate was charged with the addition of a horizontal pair of 50c Italian Postage Dues, framed "Affranchisement Insuffisant" and arrival pmks, fine
Estimate: $500

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 435 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 435 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1857 (5 Mar) FL from Constantinople to Paris franked with single 10c and pair of 20c imperf. Napoleon, tied by "1890" small numerals in lozenges and boxed "PD", red "Paquebots de la Mediteranee", faint "Telemaque" and numerous transit & arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine early usage of French adhesives from Constantinople
Estimate: $500

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 205 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 205 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1857 (28 Oct) FL from Constantinople to Milan, franked with 20c and 80c Empire (each with three margins, cut in at top or at left), tied by "3707" numeral pmks, with red "Piroscafi Postali Francesi" cachet, arriving via Genova, where 80c was cancelled (6 Nov) and used as postage to Milan, arriving on 7 Nov and re-addressed to Adro, with 11 November pmk on back, signed Calves, with 1999 Robineau certificate. An unusual item used from Constantinople via Italy to Lombardy-Venetia
Estimate: $400

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 206 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 206 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1861 (13 Feb) unfranked FL from Samsun to Constantinople, with oval merchant's cachet at bottom left, conveyed via a French ship of the Trebizond-Constantinople line (there was no French postal agency in Samsun), boxed "Mer Noire" (Black Sea) applied by the French Post in Constantinople, charged "10" (decimes) for unfranked mail, with "Constantinople Turquie 28 Fevr. 61" arrival cds on back, departure and arrival docketing, fine
Estimate: $500

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 5175 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions The Beville Collection of Worldwide Stamps 1840-1950

Lot 5175 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions The Beville Collection of Worldwide Stamps 1840-1950

1923 1pi20pa on 35c violet, error instead of 7pi20pa, l.h., slight perf. toning at top, otherwise fine, signed Brun, Calves, Economist, with 1998 Behr certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,400
Estimate: $300

Cherrystone Auctions The Beville Collection of Worldwide Stamps 1840-1950

FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire
Lot 456 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 456 - FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1874 (Mar) outer FL from Salonika, via the French Post Office in Constantinople, where two pairs of 20c blue were added, underpaying for further passage to Livorno, where penalty rate was charged with the addition of a horizontal pair of 50c Italian Postage Dues, framed "Affranchisement Insuffisant" and arrival pmks, fine
Estimate: $500

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FRANCE French Offices in the Turkish Empire