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1906 overprinted "Levant", 1pi on 2d, used, v.f., with 1983 BPA certificate,
Cat. Val. £700
Estimate: $250
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1893 40pa handstamped surcharge (type 1, with broken "S") on Great Britain 1/2d vermilion, cancelled by B.P.O. Constantinople 27.2.93 cds on cover addressed to Germany, with additional Constantinople cds and Sayn (3.3.93) arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage, with 2011 BPA certificate. This provisional surcharge was in use for five days (Feb 25-29), only at the Constantinople and Stamboul post offices
Estimate: $400
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1921 18 3/4pi on 1sh bister brown, overprinted "Specimen" (Samuel Type GB 23), v.f., with 2001 BPA certificate
Estimate: $150
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1876 cover franked with 2 1/2p Victoria, tied by "C" in bars, endorsed "Via Varna", with red "British Post Office Constantinople" departure pmk alongside, sent to Manchester, backflap missing, with arrival pmk. Also included is a 1p stationery card, canceled "F 87", with corresponding Smyrna at left, sent in 1885 to Liverpool, fine
Estimate: $200
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1885-88 12pi on 2sh6p lilac, bluish paper, h.r., v.f. (SG 3)
Cat. Val. £550
Estimate: $150
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1885-88 12pi on 2sh6p lilac, bluish paper, top sheet margin example overprinted Specimen (Samuel type GB14), minor h.r., fresh and fine
Estimate: $500
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1902-21 Specimen overprints, selection of four singles and a horizontal pair, with 12pi on 2sh6p KEVII bottom sheet margin single, 18 3/8pi on 1sh, others overprinted Levant 1/2p and 1p (with BPA certificate), plus pair of 1sh, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
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1921 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses, set of three surcharges, also additional 2sh6p single and vertical pair overprinted Levant, all overprinted "Specimen" (Samuel type GB26), l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
Estimate: $400
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1881 Great Britain Revenue 1d purple, watermarked Orbs, canceled by bold "C" obliterator of Constantinople, with 1995 BPA certificate,
Cat. Val. £650
Estimate: $250
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1885-88 selection with five singles and a block of four, 40pa on 2 1/2d lilac, block of four, 40pa on 2 1/2d, 80pa on 5d and 80pa on 5d, all overprinted Specimen in black, plus additional 80pa on 5d and 12pi on 2sh6p overprinted "Canceled", l.h. or h.r., last with BPA certificate
Estimate: $500
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