Lot # | Country | Images | Description | Starting Price | Realized Price | |
1 | BAHRAIN | ![]() |
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Bahrain ARAMCO base, airmail envelope sent from Khobar, Saudi Arabia on 18/11/1946 to USA. Franked 33? Qrsh (SG n 330, 339, 340, 347 and 354) with stamps killed by Khobar postmark with date handwritten. Most probably carried by Freddie Bosworth's aero-taxi from Khobar to Barhain where the BOAC airline planes landed. SCARCE. |
€ 100 | Unsold |
2 | BAHRAIN | ![]() |
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Bahrain, 1980/1981 two FDCs franked with Falcon and Electricity Golden Jubilee stamps (SG n 271/278 - 279, 381/382, 228a, 229b and war effort 194). NICE. |
€ 10 | € 20 |
3 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, page with forty Turkish stamps with different CILICIE overprints cancelled by bilingual ADANA postmark on 11/8/1919 Noted six high values of 25 and 50 Piastres (Yvert n 18, 19, 20, 53, 75 and 76). NICE. |
€ 120 | € 150 |
4 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 7/4/1919 to Mersina franked 6 Piastres by strip of five and single 1 Piastre blue stamps overprinted (Yvert n 8). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 40 |
5 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 7/4/1919 to Mersina franked 6 Piastres by strip of six 1 Piastre blue stamps overprinted (Yvert n 8). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 60 |
6 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Ottoman stationery envelope of 20 para uprated with pair of 20p blue and strip of three 20p red sent from Tarsus on 2/4/1919 to Mersina (Yvert n 5 and 16). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 80 |
7 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 7/4/1919 to Mersina franked 50 Piastres by vertical pair of 25 Piastres red (Yvert n 18). RARE. |
€ 40 | € 160 |
8 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Ottoman envelope sent from Tarsus on 16/4/1919 to Mersina franked 3 Piastres with pair of 20p red and pair of 1P purple with inverted overprint "CILICIE" on the left stamp (Yvert n 36b and 40). NICE AND RARE. |
€ 40 | € 320 |
9 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Ottoman envelope sent from Tarsus on 16/4/1919 to Mersina franked 4 Piastres with pair of 1P blue and vertical strip of four of 20p red without overprint "Cilicie" in the lowest stamp (Yvert n 8, 40 and 40g). NICE AND RARE. |
€ 40 | € 320 |
10 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 23/4/1919 to Mersina franked 6 Piastres by single, pair and strip of three 1 Piastre blue stamps overprinted small "CILICIE" (Yvert n 32). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 60 |
11 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 23/4/1919 to Mersina franked 6 Piastres by two strip of three 1 Piastre blue stamps overprinted small "CILICIE" (Yvert n 32). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 60 |
12 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 24/4/1919 to Mersina franked 20 Piastres with block of four 5P black and brown stamps (Yvert n 17). UNCOMMON. |
€ 40 | € 70 |
13 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Registered envelope sent from Tarsus on 19/5/1919 to Mersina franked 7 Piastres strip of seven 1 Piastre blue stamps (Yvert n 9). SCARCE. |
€ 40 | € 70 |
14 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 8/8/1919 to Adana franked 1P and 10p with two single and two block of four 5/2p olive-green stamps (Yvert n 17). UNCOMMON. |
€ 40 | € 60 |
15 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 8/8/1919 to Mersina franked 1P and 20p with block of four 5/10p green and single 1P blue stamps (Yvert n 61 and 70). NICE. |
€ 40 | € 80 |
16 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 9/8/1919 to Adana franked 6P and 30p with 5P, 1P, 20p, 5p and 5/10p stamps (Yvert n 60, 61, 68, 70 and 73). VERY NICE. |
€ 40 | € 80 |
17 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 9/8/1919 to Adana franked 6P and 30p with 5P, 1P, 20p, 5p error "Cilfcfe" and 5/10p stamps (Yvert n 60d, 61, 68, 70 and 73). VERY NICE and SCARCE. |
€ 40 | € 130 |
18 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Registered envelope sent from Mersine on 18/11/1920 to Italy franked 10P and 10p with single 10p, single & strip of five 1P, and two strip of three 20p red with variety "20C" on position 41 (Yvert n 60, 61, 68, 70 and 73). Arriving on 7/12/1920. NICE. |
€ 90 | € 130 |
19 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, envelope sent from Tarsus on 18/1/1921 to Adana franked 7P with single 1P with millesime, pair with "c" in "Cilicie" missing and vertical pair of 2P green (Yvert n 92 and 93). NICE and SCARCE. |
€ 40 | € 110 |
20 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, Registered envelope sent from Mersine on 22/1/1921 to Italy franked 10P by single 1P blue and single & pair 2P green with unrecorded error first "S" of "PIASTRES" inverted in the middle stamp (Yvert n 92 and 93). NICE and SCARCE. |
€ 120 | € 130 |
21 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, stationery envelope of 20 para uprated by pair 1 Piastres blue sent from Mersine on 12/10/1921 to Tartous, Syria (Yvert n 92). VERY NICE and SCARCE LATE USAGE. |
€ 100 | € 130 |
22 | CILICIA | ![]() |
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Cilicia, lot of ten envelopes from Tarsus with different franking. |
€ 400 | € 420 |
23 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt Austrian office, incoming prepaid folded letter sent on 17/2/1852 to Alexandria showing Constantinople's Austrian Lloyd postmark. The letter containing the receipt of 250,000 French Francs paid to the "Banque de Constantinople" by the Egyptian banker Sonnino on behalf of the Egyptian government as a vassalage tribute to Turkey. The Bank was founded in 1847 and liquidated in 1852 and can be c...onsidered the ancestor of the Ottoman Imperial Bank. VERY RARE DOCUMENT.read more |
€ 500 | Unsold |
24 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt British office, envelope sent from Alexandria on 19/12/1868 via Marseille to London franked with 1 Shilling green stamp killed by type Z2 postmark recorded by SG. SCARCE. |
€ 100 | € 170 |
25 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt British office, folder with letter sent from Alexandria on 9/1/1869 to Liverpool franked with 6d violet stamp killed by type Z5 postmark recorded by SG. SCARCE. |
€ 80 | € 80 |
26 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt, MNH 1946 Cairo Aviation Congress 30 mill stamp with overprint inverted (SG n 314a). B. Longo photoexpertise. RARE. |
€ 200 | Unsold |
27 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt, MNH 1946 Cairo Aviation Congress 30 mill stamp with double overprint (SG n 314b). B. Longo photoexpertise. RARE. |
€ 200 | Unsold |
28 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt Palestine Gaza, MNH 1959 55/100 mill stamp with double overprint (SG n 100a). Signed B. Longo. RARE. |
€ 100 | Unsold |
29 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt, two covers respectively sent after the Suez crisis, from Cairo on 27/11/1956 and 2/1/1957 with the emblematic seal "SUEZ CANAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF EGYPT". The first cover sent to US, the second to Somalia (arrive cancel applied). NICE AND SCARCE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
30 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt, 1936/1958 eleven FDC. INTERESTING. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
31 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt, 1960 two FDC with Sport campaign of Olympic Game issued stamps and mini-sheet. INTERESTING. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
32 | FRANCE & COLONIES | ![]() |
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France & Colonies, 1960s/1970s, 767 envelopes shipped from the former French colonies of West Africa all bound for France. Interesting ensemble from the early post-colonial period. INTERESTING |
€ 400 | Unsold |
33 | INDIA | ![]() |
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India, airmail cover sent to Cardiff on 1/4/1938 franked with anna bright-green, 4 annas olive-green and 6 annas bistre stamps killed by rare TPO on rail line to Karachi where "KARACHI AIR" PM was affixed on 7/4/1938. RPSL photoexpertise. SCARCE. |
€ 400 | Unsold |
34 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1902 MH revalued 5ch/1K, 10ch/1K and 12ch/1k Service overprint stamps (Scott n 05/07). NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
35 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1905 MH revalued 1ch/1K and 2ch/5K overprinted in black, magenta and violet (Scott n 405/406 and 408/409). NICE. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
36 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1906 mint without gum revalued in black 1ch/1K red, 1ch/2K green and same two with "PROVISOIRE" overprint (Scott unlisted). NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
37 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1915 MNH 9ch Coronation stamp with error double overprint "COLIS POSTAUX" (Scott n Q24). FRESH. VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
38 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1915 MNH 24ch Coronation stamp with error INVERTED double overprint "COLIS POSTAUX" (Scott n Q24). FRESH. |
€ 30 | € 30 |
39 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1915 MNH 3ch Coronation stamp with error INVERTED overprint "SERVICE" (Scott n O43). FRESH. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
40 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1921 MNH complete set issued in pair commemorating Coup d'Etat of Riza Khan with INVERTED OVERPRINT (Scott n 540/550). NICE AND FRESH. |
€ 150 | € 150 |
41 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, 1935 MNH originally block of four broken in two pairs of 9ch Prussian blue and vermillion stamps overprinted "POSTES IRANIENNES" (Scott n 814). NICE AND FRESH. |
€ 50 | Unsold |
42 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, piece of cover franked with two vertical strips of three Registered paper seal used as stamps from ABARGHOU on 24/7/1905. UNCOMMUN. |
€ 50 | Unsold |
43 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from ACHTIAN on 10/9/1907 to Teheran via Koum, Tabris. Franked with pair of 3ch green lion stamps (Scott n 353). RARE. |
€ 150 | € 150 |
44 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from ARDEBIL on 22/11/1898 to Tabris. Franked with 5ch yellow lion stamps (Scott n 108). UNCOMMUN. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
45 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from ARDISTAN (on blue) on 26/2/1918 to Isfahan via NATENZ. Franked with two strips of three 1ch Ahmad Shah stamps (Scott n 481). SCARCE ON BLUE. |
€ 50 | Unsold |
46 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, back side only of envelope sent from ASTARA (on purple) on 19/-/1908 to or via Teheran. Franked with three 2ch gray lion stamps (Scott n 352). UNCOMMON ON PURPLE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
47 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from BUDJAR-GUERROUS on 22/6/1916 to Senneh via GHERVEH. Franked with 6ch Ahmad Shah stamps (Scott n 486). UNCOMMON. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
48 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from BARFROUCH on 27/4/1908 to Teheran. Franked with 1ch and 5ch lion stamps (Scott n 351 and 354). UNCOMMON. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
49 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from BORAZDJAN on 19/8/1906 to or via Bouchir. Franked with pair of 3ch/5ch lion stamps (Scott n 400). UNCOMMON. |
€ 40 | Unsold |
50 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia, envelope sent from BOUROUDJER on 13/6/1893 to Isfahan. Franked with 10ch rose Nasser-eddin shah stamp (Scott n 85). VERY NICE. |
€ 40 | Unsold |