Armenia & Cilicia, Family group 22 x 27½ cm, original photo signed by Garabed K. Solakian, famed Armenian photographer active in Konya at the turn of the twentieth century. The fold on the right line does not affect the photo. SCARCE.

Cilicia, original photo of an armenian family group dated in Beirut on 14/10/1925. 22½ x 29 cm. SCARCE.

Cilicia, original photo with handwritten text on the front in Armenian translated to "Garo with the Armenian battalion uniform of the French troops for Cilicia - Beirut 13/10/1919". 12½ X 17½ cm. RARE.

Bahrain 1938/41, sixty-one copies (61) in MNH conditions, 1 Rupee stamp in two big block, including two bridges cross and some vertical bridges. CERTAINLY INTERESTING AND SCARCE.

Bahrain 1966, folding presentation souvenir, issued by Harrison & Sons, containing the complete stamps set with Shaikh Isa bin Salman portrait considered the first stamps issued by Bahrain's independent postal administration (SG n 139/150). VERY NICE.

Bahrain, 1979/92 two passport pages with 5Dh and 10Dh Revenue stamps (Cooper, revrevd n. R59 and R60). CERTAINLY INTERESTING AND SCARCE.

Cyprus. MNH Independence 15+2 complete set of overprinted stamps (SG n 188/204). NICE.

Cyprus. 1880s/1960s a few hundred used stamps. NICE.

Egypt French office, folded letter paying four 80ct rate sent from Alexandria on 25/6/1861 to Lighorn Italy Kingdom, franked for 3Fr and 20ct using a pair of 40ct orange and a single & a pair of 80ct carmine (Yvert n 16 and 17) cancelled by diamond 3704. Still using the Grand Duchy blue cancel on arrival on 4/7/1861. SCARCE HIGH RATED LETTER.

Egypt French office, stationery wrapper for newspapers of 5ct green on cream type "COLONIE POSTES" sent from the french military post office "CORR. D'ARMES - ALEXANDRIE" on 14/7/1895 to Paris. RARE WRAPPER USED IN EGYPT.

Egypt French office, Registered envelope sent from Alexandria on 4/3/1898 to Tunis via Marseille (9/3/1898), franked for 50ct with two 25ct Sage type II, cancelled by a small double circle "ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE". Arrived on 12/3/1898. Alcohol and wine topic. SCARCE DESTINATION AND ROUTE.

Egypt, 1895-1914 group of eighteen (18) Covers, postcards, stationery postcards and stationery envelopes. All from Alexandria with French stamps or with ALEXANDRIE French stamps issue. SCARCE AND NICE ENSEMBLE.

Egypt, 3mls Stationery sent from GHESIREH PALACE HOTEL on 1/2/1899 to Shanghai China. Underpaid rate of 5mls and "T" seal for taxed mail applied. RARE DESTINATION FROM EGYPTIAN HOTEL.

Egypt, small stationery cover unsealed for 5ct France, overprinted in red "ALEXANDRIE" with back millesime 031. Sent from Alexandria on 25/3/1900 to Belgium. SCARCE.

Egypt French office, postcard of "Alexandrie Catacombes" sent from Alexandria on 25/1/1902 to Paris, franked for 10ct with 2ct, 3ct and 5ct French stamps overprinted "ALEXANDRIE" (Yvert n 2, 3 and 5). VERY NICE.

Egypt, postcard of "Assuan" sent from CATARACT HOTEL ASSUAN on 7/3/1913 to Danmark, franked for 5mls stamps faded (watermark visible). SCARCE HOTEL CANCEL.

Egypt, two covers with letters to Damascus sent from CAIRO STATION on 31/12/1922 and FAGGALA CAIRO on 10/4/1923 both franked by using three 5mls stamps (SG n 102 type I and type II). NICE ENSEMBLE.

Egypt French office, cover sent from Alexandria on 15/2/1923 to Paris, franked for 15mls by a Blanc 1ml/1ct, a strip of four 2mls/5ct and a Mouchon 6mls/15ct (Yvert n 50A, 51 and 53) cancelled by double circle "ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE". SCARCE.

Egypt, postcard of "Port Said General View" franked for 10 Milliemes by 25ct Port Said stamp overprinted "10 MILLIEMES". Sent from PORT SAID on 15/12/1923 to Germany. NICE.

Egypt French office, Registered envelope sent from Port Said on 7/8/1925 to Paris, franked for 40mls by a two Mouchon pairs 10mls/25ct (Yvert n 70). On back very clear sealing wax with "PORT-SAID EGYPT - POSTES". SCARCE STAMPS USE.

Egypt, 15/10/1933 First Day Cancel on 10 air mail stamps (SG n 193/194, 196/203). NICE AND SCARCE.

Egypt, FDC of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty stamp set sent registered from Mahalla El Kubra on 22/12/1936 to Jerusalem (SG n 245/247). SCARCE FDC.

Egypt, cover with Abolition of Capitulation 20mls blue stamp (SG n 261) sent from SUHAG on 15/11/1937 to Jerusalem. NICE POSTAL TRANSIT IN CAIRO WITH ADVERTISING POSTAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES.

Egypt, censored airmail advertising cover of "BEHERA LAND" (Societe Anonyme du Behera) sent from Alexandria on 9/2/1943 to Springfield USA franked for 247mls using S.B. PERFIN STAMP. SCARCE.

Egypt, censored registered airmail cover sent from Alexandria on 24/10/1950 to Rotterdam Netherland, franked for 64mls using 4mls and a pair of 30mls stamps together United Nation Day Cinderella stamp. SCARCE.

Egypt, 1949/1953 two censored airmail covers, one registered, sent from Alexandria to Genova Italy. UNCOMMON.

Iraq. Ottoman stationery card written on 10/12/17 but sent on 30/12/1917 from ANA (Aana, Anah), a town-stop near the Euphrates river along the old OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE connect Aleppo to Bagdad. Addressed to the Beirut's Ottoman School of Medicine and was censored on arrival. Long message was written in German (Isfila RRR). VERY RARE.

Iraq, British Occupation period. AIR MAIL cover sent from Bagdad on 26/5/1922 to Cairo, rightly franked for 9 Annas using three pairs of 1½ Annas stamps applied on the front and the back (SG n 4). Arrived on 29/5/1922 applied on back. SCARCE.

Iraq. AIR MAIL cover sent from Bagdad on 7/10/1927 to Budapest Hungary via Cairo (9/10/27), franked for 6 Annas stamp (SG n 47). Arrived on 18/10/1927 applied on back. SCARCE DESTINATION.

Iraq. AIR MAIL cover sent from Dhibban on 22/2/1938 to Toronto Canada via K.L.M., franked for 40fls stamp (SG n 47). SCARCE DESTINATION.

Iraq. 1954/1965, four Passport pages with different Iraq Revenue stamps. NICE.

Italy WWII, incoming cover from El Salvador sent on 17/8/1940 to Genova arrived on 26/8/1940. On front and back showing violet seal "BY CLIPPER". Franked for 1,30 Colon with Panamerica Union Air stamps and Sugar stamps. INTERESTING.

Italy WWII, incoming censored Registered/Express cover sent from Zagreb Croatia on 30/9/1941 to Ljubljana during Italian occupation period, via Fiume (1/10/1941), arrived on 3/10/1941. Franked for 17 Dinars using 2D and a strip of 5D overprinted stamps (Michel n 13 and 45). INTERESTING.

Italy RSI WWII, incoming censored Registered FUORI-SACCO cover (for news reports envelope) sent from Amsterdam Netherland on 25/4/1944 to Sport Gazette in Milano arrived on 8/5/1944. Franked for 20ct Cornelius De with stamp (Michel n 417). SCARCE.

Italy WWII, incoming censored cover from Costa Rica sent on 26/5/1945 to Lucca arrived on 5/7/1945. On the front showing rose seal "CORREO AEREO TRANSATLANTICO". Franked for 1,40 Colon with air stamps. INTERESTING.

Jordan, Pharmacy advertising envelope sent from AMMAN on 17/8/1923 to Jerusalem franked for 1 Piastre with SG n. 91. Arrived on 18/8/1923. VERY NICE EXHIBITION COVER.

Jordan, FDC of Inaguration of First Parliament commemorative stamps set (SG n 276/284), sent from EL ZARQA 1/11/1947 to Karim Bu Yuhan in the Border Forces. INTERESTING.

Jordan, Registered cover sent to Lebanon from the JORDAN HOTEL POST OFFICE in AMMAN on 21/11/1970 showing bilingual CDS in blue stuck the Registered bilingual paper seal. Franked for 70fls using 50fls N. York fair and Prince Hassan marriage (SG n 676 and 850). NICE AND INTERESTING.

Jordan. MH 1923, S. Arabia 1 Piastre blue stamp with overprint "Arab Gouvernment of the East" and date strongly displaced vertically, further overprinted "mustahaq" (due). Unrecorded n D113 in SG catalog. SCARCE.

Jordan. 1924 three ½ Piastre stamps, one in bright scarlet and a pair in the RARE Deep Rose Red color (SG n 127 and 127a). SCARCE.

Jordan revenue stamps. 1925, 13mls East of Jordan overprinted in red "revenue 5 mls" (Ross & Kaplanian n 36). SCARCE.

Jordan revenue stamps. 1925, 1P grey overprinted "Hejaz East of Jordan" in black (Ross & Kaplanian n 56). SCARCE.