| Lot # | Country | Images | Description | Starting Price | Realized Price | |
| 1 | BAHRAIN | ![]() |
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Bahrain. Air mail cover from BAHRAIN sent on 20/12/1947 to England, franked for 12 Annas using a purple block of twelve, block of four, a pair and two singles, plus a 2a vermilion stamps (SG n 39 and 44). NICE AND INTERESTING LATE 1947 MAIL. |
€ 100 | € 100 |
| 2 | BAHRAIN | ![]() |
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Bahrain. Air mail cover from BAHRAIN sent on 9/9/1949 written by the brother of Mohmmad Khafaj, recipient in the DESERT LOCUST SURVEY based in SHARJAH, franked for 3 Annas using a and 3a (SG 51 and 56). INTERESTING EARLY MAIL TO DLS in Sharjah. |
€ 40 | € 130 |
| 3 | CYPRUS | ![]() |
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Cyprus. One and a half page of 1880/1950s used stamps together with a group of seven covers/post cards sent between 1947 and 1956 to Lebanon and Egypt. INTERESTING. |
€ 20 | € 30 |
| 4 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt. British Military Office, envelope sent on 9 May 1885 during Sudan Campaign by Robert Frederick Cumming, Surgeon to Scots Guards based along the Suakin-Berber railway under construction. The Scots Guards were under command of Gen. Lyon Fremantle and were tasked by keeping guard along the railway construction sites against Meharist raids. The Corps used the military post office based is Suaki...n or Handub and according to Proud underlined by Smith, between April 6 to May 6, 1885. Franked for 2d (SG 190) killed by 1C "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE EGYPT". Transit in Greenock on 19/5 arrived in Dunoon on 20/5/1885. RARE. read more |
€ 800 | Unsold |
| 5 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt. Envelope censored sent from SAN STEFANO on 16/7/1916 to Colombo, franked for 5mll red (SG 77). Opened by censor in Colombo underlined by square seal dated 3 August 1916. Arrived with several transits on the back. VERY NICE DESTINATION. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
| 6 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt. 1931 Post Card unused with Graf Zeppelin flying over Muhammad Ali's mosque. VERY NICE AND FRESH. |
€ 20 | € 35 |
| 7 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt. Air Mail censored envelope sent from B.P.O. E 602 on 20/12/1939 to Kirkee India. Franked for 60mll using six 10mll red ARMY POST stamps (SG A 13). Arrived on 24/12/1939. VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 8 | EGYPT | ![]() |
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Egypt. Incoming taxed Air Mail envelope from Liberia commemorating the "REOPENING AIR MAIL SERVICE AERO MARITTIME" sent from Monrovia on 15/9/1943 to Al Maza airport re-sent to Cairo city and taxed using 1ml postage stamp (SG 248 and Michel, Liberia 353, 356 and 358). INTERESTING. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 9 | INDIA | ![]() |
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India. Roket gram with 2Rs special postage seal "dog and climber" sent by "ORYON R 86" rocket on 29/9/1935 to Sikkim. Recorded as n S 13. SCARCE. |
€ 80 | Unsold |
| 10 | INDIA | ![]() |
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India. Airmail cover sent to Cardiff on 1/4/1938 franked for anna bright-green, 4 annas olive-green and 6 annas bistre stamps killed by rare TPO on rail line to Karachi were "KARACHI AIR" PM was affixed on 7/4/1938. RPSL photoexpertise. SCARCE. |
€ 300 | Unsold |
| 11 | INDIA | ![]() |
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India. Cardboard covered by Japanese paper with photograph of Gandhi and bilingual print of the Belgaum Session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Sent registered at Printed Matter rate from PARK STREET CALCUTTA on 21/1/1948 to the well know Emil Khayat in Beirut, franked for 6A using block of four 1 Annas green stamps (SG 301). Arrived in Beirut on 31/1/1948. SENSATIONAL SOUVENIR. |
€ 300 | € 300 |
| 12 | INDIA | ![]() |
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India. The three First Flight Covers BOMBAY-CAIRO-GENEVA-LONDON, all from Bombay on 8/6/1948 franked for 12 Annas (Michel n 185), sent to Cairo with censor mark (9/6/48), to Geneve (9/6/48) and to London. INTERESTING. |
€ 40 | € 40 |
| 13 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1915 MNH 3ch Coronation stamp with error INVERTED overprint "SERVICE" (Scott n O43) with mini sheet borders. FRESH. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 14 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1920 MNH Azerbaijan Rebellion issue, two 6sh/100d, one with DOUBLE PERFORATION at the right (Persiphila n R40). FRESH AND INTERESTING. |
€ 40 | € 70 |
| 15 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1920 used Gilan Jangali Rebellion issue, two 12sh and three 24sh mounted on paper-photo taken from Persiphila catalog, all cancelled by IRAN RED ARMY'S SPECIAL POSTMARK (Persiphila n R53 and R54). Mherdad Sadri certificate. SCARCE. |
€ 200 | € 420 |
| 16 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. OVERLAND MAIL handwritten route on cover sent on 10/11/1935 from Teheran TO IRISH FREE STATE. Franked for 1,50 Rl using a pair of 75dh orange stamps (Persiphila n. 897). INTERESTING OVERLAND DESTINATION. |
€ 80 | Unsold |
| 17 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. Pre-printed cover from Cabinet of the President of the Council of Ministers sent on 11/7/1936 from Teheran to Belgium (maybe from H. Esfandiari itself, to decipher the red wax seal). Franked on the back side for 1,50 Rl using a pair of 75dh orange stamps (Persiphila n. 897). INTERESTING COVER WITH SCARCE RED WAX SEAL APPLIED. |
€ 30 | Unsold |
| 18 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. OLYMPIC, two incoming covers from Germany with the two mini sheets issued for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, sent from Hamburg on 10/1/1937 and Stuttgart on the same day to the German Consulate in Teheran (Michel Block n. 5 and 6). One arrived on 20/1/1937. INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL. |
€ 180 | Unsold |
| 19 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. Mohammed Reza Shah first issue MNH 10Rl brown orange & black (Scott 900) with CENTER MOVED UPWARDS. VERY NICE AND SCARCE. |
€ 80 | € 110 |
| 20 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. Mohammed Reza Shah first issue complete set of eighteen values in MNH (Scott 876, 878, 880, 882, 884, 885, 887, 888, 890, 892, 893, 895, 896, 898, 900, 902, 904 and 906). Some values with rubber very slightly disturbed, which is normal in this set. RARE SET WITH VERY FRESH APPEARANCE. |
€ 1,000 | € 1,000 |
| 21 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1941 circa, Official Issue stamps, MNH 50d brown black, 3R dark lilac brown and the rare 30R violet & bright green (Persiphila n. 952, 957 and 961). RARE. |
€ 300 | Unsold |
| 22 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1941 circa, Official Issue stamps, the first eleven values of the set used (Persiphila n. 949/959). NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 23 | PERSIA IRAN | ![]() |
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Persia Iran. 1967, Passport page of Kuwait's visa, with 1R, 20R pair, 100R and 200R Revenue Stamps. VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 24 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Original copy of the telegram sent from Constantinople on 28 June 1915, signed by Guenther, the German railway agent in Turkey, to his inspector in Baghdad, regarding the possible assignment of the Salahie railway line. HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. |
€ 20 | € 25 |
| 25 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Telegram written in French, issued in Galata on 2 July 1915 sent to Iraq signed by Guenther. Transcribed at the telegraph office of KARCHI YAKA attested by the negative postmark "KARCHUYAKA (KERH) POSTA VE TELGRAF MARKEZI" and by the circular one with date (erroneous year) "KARCHI YAKI (KARKH) 2/7/25". The text confirming the Turkish government's decision to independently manage the Salahie... railway section. VERY RARE POSTMARKS ON DOCUMENT.read more |
€ 900 | € 900 |
| 26 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Incoming Registered cover sent from Biarritz France by air mail line Cairo-Baghdad on 1/4/1924 to Himadi in Baghdad re-sent to Diwaniyeh. Franked to pay six surface and air mail rates at 8,25FF (according to the new rate start on 19/1/1924), using 5ct, 20ct, 50ct pair, 1FF x2 and 5FF (Yvert 158, 139, 176, 121 and 123). Arrived on 25/4/1924. VERY NICE AND SCARCE. |
€ 400 | Unsold |
| 27 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Registered cover sent from Baghdad on 3/12/1930 to Paris. Franked for 6 annas using a, 1a, 1a and 3a (SG 41, 42, 43 and 45). VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 28 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Air mail cover sent from Shatar Al-Arabi Hotel in Baghdad on 8/8/1938 to England. Multicolor franked for 52 fils using King Ghazi 1fl, 2fls, 3fls, 4fls x2, 5fls, 8fls, 10fls and 15fls stamps (SG 172, 173, 174, 175176, 177, 178 and 179). VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 29 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Air mail cover sent from Baghdad on 10/9/1938 to England. Franked for 33 fils using King Ghazi 8fls and 25fls stamps (SG 177 and 181). VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 30 | IRAQ | ![]() |
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Iraq. Opened by censor air mail cover sent from Basra on 17/12/1943 to Bombay India. Franked using King Ghazi 50fls (SG 184). Arrived on 31/12/1943. VERY NICE. |
€ 20 | € 20 |
| 31 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1924, used Hejaz UNRECORDED revenue, overprinted three lines on 1 Qursh blue "Government of the Arab East - Aid (for) Hejaz Railway", cancelled by blue PAID FEES seal. Revenue stamp unrecorded by Ross & Kaplanian but described and shown in Rose & Anz article for ONEPS magazine in n. 1 Vol. 13, in January 2025. VERY RARE. |
€ 180 | Unsold |
| 32 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1923 MH, Hejaz 1 Piastre lilac stamp overprinted "Arab Government of the East 9 Sha'ban 1341" further surcharged by arab double handstamp "half piastre" also on the sheet margin (SG n 110b). Signed. UNCOMMON AND CHARMING ERROR. |
€ 40 | Unsold |
| 33 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1923 MH, Hejaz 1P blue stamp overprinted "Arab Government of the East 9 Sha'ban 1341" further typographically overprinted "mustahiqu" (tax due) inverted, all in black (SG n D113b). Signed. UNCOMMON. |
€ 15 | Unsold |
| 34 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1923 MH, Hejaz P red stamp with new handstamp in black "Arab Government of the East 9 Sha'ban 1341" doubled (SG n 113 as type 13b with error). Inevitable inconspicuous light yellowing. Signed. UNCOMMON. |
€ 15 | Unsold |
| 35 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1924 used, a pair of Hejaz P red stamp handstamped "Arab Government of the East 9 Sha'ban 1342" platted positions 7-8 (SG n 127). UNCOMMON. |
€ 10 | Unsold |
| 36 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1924 MH, group of six values Hejaz stamps typographically overprinted in black "Government of the Arab East 1342", all with error "Jukumat" (SG n 125b, 126b pair, 127b unrecorded, 130b pair unrecorded, 131 pair unrecorded and 132 pair unrecorded). RARE ERROR GROUP. |
€ 800 | Unsold |
| 37 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1926 MNH, 5P/13mll ultramarine Palestine stamp in block of four from the bottom edge of the sheet panel; overprinted in black "East of the Jordan" further overprinted in black "mustahqu" (tax due) and value, all in arabic (SG n D170). Signed. NICE AND SCARCE. |
€ 40 | Unsold |
| 38 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1949 MNH, 1mll ultramarine obligatory tax stamp with "PALESTINE" overprint inverted (SG n PT35a). Signed. NICE. |
€ 15 | Unsold |
| 39 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1949 MNH, 2mll carmine obligatory tax stamp with "PALESTINE" overprint inverted (SG n PT36a). Signed. NICE. |
€ 15 | Unsold |
| 40 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1949 MNH, 3mll emerald obligatory tax stamp with "PALESTINE" overprint inverted (SG n PT37a). Signed. NICE. |
€ 15 | Unsold |
| 41 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1949 MNH, 5mll claret obligatory tax stamp with "PALESTINE" overprint inverted (SG n PT38a). Signed. NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 42 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1956 MH, 1mll ultramarine obligatory tax stamp overprinted in black "POSTAGE" for ordinary use (SG n 387c). NICE. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 43 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1956 MH, 15fls grey-blac obligatory tax stamp with "POSTAGE" overprint inverted (SG n 410a). Signed. SCARCE. |
€ 10 | Unsold |
| 44 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan 1956 MH, 20fls chocolate obligatory tax stamp in block of eight from the bottom edge of the sheet with "POSTAGE" overprint inverted (SG n 411a). Signed. SCARCE. |
€ 70 | Unsold |
| 45 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan OVERLAND. Registered cover sent from Irbid on 19/8/1947 to Baghdad, Iraq via Jerusalem by OVERLAND MAIL SERVICE, attested by the red writing in Arabic on the top left corner "attarik assarih" (via Fast road) repeated in English with the addition of "by Overland". Back transit of Amman on 21/8/47, Jerusalem on 22/8/47 and arrived in Baghdad on 24/8/47. RARE LATE OVERLAND MAIL VIA HAIFA. |
€ 400 | Unsold |
| 46 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan (Palestine under Jordan administration), Registered cover sent from Jerusalem on 10/7/1956 to Bethlehem. Franked for 30fls; noted in the postage the use of the rare 1mll ultramarine Obl. Tax overprinted "POSTAGE" further overprinted "PALESTINE" both in red. SG n 395, 408, 409x2 and 422. Signed. RARE STAMP USED ON COVER. |
€ 90 | Unsold |
| 47 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan (Palestine under Jordan administration), Registered cover sent from BEIT SAHUR on 15/3/1957 to Bethlehem. Franked for 30fls; noted in the postage the use of the rare 15mls grey-black Obl. Tax overprinted "POSTAGE" doubled. SG n 391a (unpriced), 423 and 424. Signed. RARE STAMP USED ON COVER. |
€ 90 | Unsold |
| 48 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan, Register air mail cover sent from Amman on 26/12/1966 to England. Franked for 730 fils with a pair of 15fls, 200fls and 500fls (falcon) stamps (SG 452x2, 456 and 628). Signed. RARE STAMP USED ON COVER. |
€ 90 | Unsold |
| 49 | JORDAN | ![]() |
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Jordan. 1969, Phitisanitary Certificate for the export to Syria of 22,000 kilograms of lemons, paying 75fls of customs using 5fls, 10fls and pair of 30fls Revenue stamps (Ross & Kaplianian type A45). VERY NICE AND INTERESTING. |
€ 20 | Unsold |
| 50 | LEBANON AUSTRIAN OFFICES | ![]() |
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Lebanon Austrian Offices. Cover sent from Beirut on 17/8/1885 to Syracuse New York, franked for 10sld eagle blue stamp. Transit Brindisi, New York and arrived on 30/8/1885. UNCOMMON. |
€ 40 | Unsold |