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Lot 5696 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5696 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Canea 1901, 1911: Two items properly posted, one cover franked with 1pi/25c Sage tied with Italian "LA CANEA 27.7.01" cds sent to Scotland, and a 10c postal card canceled with "LA CANEA 16.6.11" sent to Nuremberg. Minor faults but very unusual

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5712 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5712 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

San-Nicolo 1899: Free of charge cover sent from "Bordeaux 10.Mars.99, addressed to a soldier at the island of Spinalonga, via "HIERAPETRA 20.Mars.99", "SAN-NICOLO 21.Mars.99" (faint) and "SITIA 22.Mars.99". The three rarest French postmarks of Crete found on one cover! Clean, reduced at right, very desirable

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5728 - france - offices abroad levant -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5728 - france - offices abroad levant - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

DODECANES: Rhodes 1855: Entire folded letter in Greek with dateline "Rhodes 10/22.June.1855", posted from "RHODES 24.Juin.55", sent to "Syros 19.June" (old style), via "Smyrne" cds, with red manuscript postage due "80" lepta. Usual wear and tear and toning

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5691 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5691 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Canea 1815: Entire folded letter with dateline "Consulat de la Canée 5/1/15" sent to the Sanitary Department of Marseilles, giving information about the plague at Rethymno. Manuscript "Au Parfum" (of great importance), sealed with wax seal "ROYAUME DE CANDIE", decorated with lilies. Disinfected upon arrival with 4 disinfection slits, very rare, a must for a postal history collection

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5707 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5707 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Hierapetra 1899: Free of charge military envelope, handstamped with clean "HIERAPETRA 12.Avril.99" cds, sent to France via "La Canée". Additional military h/s "HIERAPETRA CRETE Commandant d'Armes", very rare and desirable

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5723 - france - offices abroad levant -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5723 - france - offices abroad levant - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Metelin 1858: Cover of folded letter franked with 10c (3 margins) +40c (foxed), tied with PC "3771", with boxed "PP" and "METELIN 22.Mai.58" on the cover, carried by the "Paquebots de la Mediterranée" (boxed, in orange). Arrival cds in Marseilles, Rare, but poor strikes

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5686 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5686 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

1902/08, Complete set of the postal stationery cards and envelopes issued, including all their different sizes, all unused, some with pencil numbers, overall clean, a couple with some bends or toning. 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5702 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5702 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Canea 1901/14: 6 registered philatelic envelopes franked with the high values of the 1902 issue, tied with "LA CANEE" or "CANDIA" cds, sent to Germany or Austria, with arrival cds, high catalogue value

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5718 - france - offices abroad Crète -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5718 - france - offices abroad Crète - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Sitia 1899: Free of charge military envelope (embossed "Union des Femmes de France"), handstamped with clean "SITIA 20.Mars.99" cds, sent to Algeria via "La Canée". Additional naval h/s "Marine Française", rare and desirable -roughly opened

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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Lot 5734 - france - offices abroad levant -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

Lot 5734 - france - offices abroad levant - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

THESSALY: Volo 1881: Large fragment franked with yellow 25c Sage, tied with faint oily blue "VOLO 31.Mars.81" cds and linear "Coi Postali Francesi", one of the famous markings used on covers used on mail from Volo

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen Auction #366

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