Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Stamp Auctions

Lot 6036 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6036 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 1 piastre black on green glazed paper, fresh colour close margins to slightly touched, unused without gum, small surface scratch at bottom, otherwise fine, believed to be the sole unused copy, certificate Scheller (2009)

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6037 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6037 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 1 piastre black on green glazed paper, fresh colour and good margins, used with four-line cancel, tiny and unimportant corner bend at lower left, a fine example of this rare stamp, signed Diena with certificate (1986) and certificate du Vachat (2010)

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6032 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6032 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

"BELL'S ASIA MINOR STEAMSHIP Co. SMYRNA AGENCY" perfectly struck blue four-line handstamp on folded letter to Triest with adjacent cds. "SMIRNE 4/2 71", once the cover was received by the companies agent in Izmir it was transferred to the Austrian Lloyd Company where the cover was charged with "20" (soldi) as postage due, reverse with arrival mark, a very fine entire showing a perfect strike of the very rare handstamp of which only two are recorded

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6038 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6038 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 2 piastre black on green glazed paper, fresh colour with superb large margins, used with part of well readable 'Joly' handstamp in blue, minor thin on reverse, otherwise a fine example of this rare stamp, signed Calves

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6033 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6033 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

"THE ASIA MINOR SCREW STEAMSHIP Co. ADALIA AGENCY" three-line handstamp on folded letter from Adalia to Chios, an attractive entire with very rare blue strike of the three-line handstamp, certificate Vachat (2010)
Provenance: The Pasha Collection of Islamic Stamps and Postal History (Spink 2011)
                      depicted in S. Ringstrom and H.E. Tester "The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World - Part 2" page 25
 

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6039 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6039 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 2 piastre black on green glazed paper, fresh colour with superb large margins, used on small piece with part of 'Joly' handstamp in blue (Mr. Joly presided over the Company), a fine example of this rare stamp, certificate du Vachat (2010)

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6034 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6034 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

"THE ASIA MINOR SCREW STEAMSHIP Co. SMYRNA AGENCY" perfectly struck blue three-line handstamp on folded letter to Triest with adjacent cds. "SMIRNE 4/2 71", once the cover was received by the companies agent in Izmir it was transferred to the Austrian Lloyd Company where the cover was charged with "20" (soldi) as postage due, reverse with arrival mark, a very fine entire showing a perfect strike of the rare handstamp

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6040 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6040 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 2 piastre black on green glazed paper, fresh colour close margins to slightly touched, tied by four-line cancel "BELL'S ASIA MINOR STEAMSHIP CO. SMYRNA AGENCY" to large part of folded lettersheet to Makri-Fethiye, the stamp lifted for inspection, a very rate item with only 3 covers recorded, signed and certificate Scheller (2009)

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6035 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6035 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

1868 Lithographed 1 piastre black on green glazed paper, cut into at top, but showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, used, an attractive example of this rarity, signed Schlesinger and certificate Scheller (2009)

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail
Lot 6003 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail -  Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

Lot 6003 - thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail - Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

The "Admiralty" stamp with manuscript "3 3/4", fresh colour and good margins all around, used on folded lettersheet from Constantinople to Broussa with boxed ''P Anchor P" alongside, a fine and attractive cover, certificate du Vachat (2009)
Provenance: depicted in S. Ringstrom and H.E. Tester "The Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World - Part 2" page 118

Heinrich Koehler Auktionen 373rd Heinrich Köhler auction - Day 1

thrace Turkey - Ship mail issues, Ship Mail