Petite Treasures – Mai 2026

“SAFED 1” octogonal d.s. (Coles-Walker no.89) on censored envelope to Galizien via Beirut (10.4.18) and Stamboul (28.4.18) bearing 1915 Provisional 10 pa. block of four and single, framed Constantinople censor mark and Beyrouth censor with crescent/star, sender cachet ‘Simon Steinholz Saffed Palestine’ on reverse, vert. crease, otherwise fine, an attractive cover

1873, „HUDEIDA“ all arabic cancellation in blue on 2 pia. brick, (Brand-Ceylan Type XVIII no.49), tiny crease, otherwise fine. 

1890, „SANA' A“ all arabic cancellation on 2 pia. olive-green, (Brand-Ceylan Type XVIII no.100), tiny toned, otherwise fine. 

1892, "AB POSTA SUBESI" (“IBB” Isfila & Coles Walker unrecorded type) blue all arabic cancellation on 20 Para dull violet block of four, paper remain on reverse, short perfs and minor faults, a great rarity of Jemen & Turkey postal history, showpiece!

1892/1914, Ottoman Post Offices in Yemen: eight cancellations on stamps and piece including HODEIDA no.1, 2, 5, 6, Hudeida without number and Camaran Coles-W. Type C2, a scarce arrangement of Turkey forerunners

1892, „CAMARAN“ all arabic cancellation on 2 pia. ochre, (Brand-Ceylan Type XVIII but not recorded, Coles-W. and isf. unrecorded), tiny faults, fine. An important rarity of Yemen!

1901, „TAIZ“ all arabic cancellation on 1 pia. blue, (Brand-Ceylan Type XXI/No. 17), tiny faults, still fine and very scarce Turkey forerunner

1911, "HODEIDA 3 - 10/12/11" bilingual turkish arrival mark on french domestic letter with 10 c brownish-red, forwarded from Versailles to Yemen, ms. "via aden" in blue and ADEN transit mark on back, slight traces of carriage. Very extraordinary "incoming mail" without further tax information, fine and unusual.

1915, US 2 c. red postal stationery envelope used uprated and registered from "CHATHAM N.J. SEP/2/1915" addressed to American Mission in "Adana Syria", transit New York "Sep/29/1915", redirected via "BEYROUTH 5 - 16/11/15" and "Istanbul 7/12/15", retour to US with several arrival marks in January 1916. At left unrecorded censor label "BEYRUT POSTAHANESI" (Beyrouth Post Office), crescent and star military censor mark "BEYRUT ASKERI SANSÜR HEYETI" and turkish ms. "iyade" (retour) and "Amerikaya" (to US) on front. A unique censor cover and showpiece for a Lebanon and Turkey postal history collection

1897, Sanjak of Djebel Lübnan: Turkey postal stationery card 20 pa. dull claret on buff, cancelled by bilingual "BAABDA 27/5/97" circular datestamp (Coles & Walker unlisted, isfila fig. 2 - rated 'RRR'), written in Deir-El-Kamar (Liban/Syrie), transit mark CONSTANTINOPLE GALATA 4/JUIN 97 and on reverse arrival mark PARIS 8/Juin 97. Superb and very rare, only three recorded. 

1915, Sanjak of Djebel Lübnan: Turkey postal stationery envelope 1 pia. blue, cancelled by bilingual octogonal “ALIE LIBAN 29.1.5” datestamp (Coles & Walker no.49, rated 'RR'), addressed to Damas, some crease and flaw at right, otherwise fine and scarce, less than ten recorded. 

Beirut Hamidiye Square Office: Turkey pair 10 pa. green tied to cover 1900 from Hamidiye Square Post Office in Beirut to Constantinople, cancelled by bold strike of circular "BEIRUT'TA HAMIDIYE POSTA SHUBESI / 306" handstamp in blueish-grey (Coles & Walker fig. 39, isfila fig. 1 rated 'RR'), with Beyrouth cds. alongside, on reverse Dersaadet and Beshiktash arrival marks, small part of flap missing, otherwise very fine. An exceptional strike. Note: Hamidiye Square was formerly known as Burj Square, it was re-named in 1894 in honour of Sultan Abdul Hamid. 

1906, "BEIT-MERY (BEYROUTH) 27/7/912" (Isfila no.2) cancellation on railway station postcard La Gare Araya bearing 20 para red via Egypt to France with arrival mark on front, tiny crease, otherwise fine, a scarce Lebanon forerunner.

1910, "DERNAH 18.12.910" c.d.s. on commercial imprint envelope with rare single franking 20 pa. red, to Tripoli with arrival mark, few tiny spots and light border crease, otherwise fine, scarce Turkey forerunner

1879, Turkey 1 Pia. yellow pair (1875 issue), one diagonally bisect tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE SUEZ 1/MAI/79" blue cds. to piece at arrival. J.v. Uexkull writes in his book "The postal history of Saudi Arabia" : "Sometimes mail from Jeddah was posted on board the steamer to Suez without going throuh the Jeddah Post Office. Such items were either cancelled in ink on board the steamer and then postmarked in Suez or left uncancelled" (page 37), fine and fresh, a unique bisect usage of an ottoman Duloz issue in Saudi Arabia!

1891, Coat of arms issue 1 pi. blue, tied by double circle all arabic "MEDINE-I MÜNEVERE" handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 28+29) to envelope to Der-Aliye (Istanbul) with arrival mark on reverse, stamp cut out and replaced (as often seen at this corrospondonce), tiny crease, otherwise fine. A very scarce Saudi Arabia forerunner

1904, Three Ottoman Hejaz Railway revenues 1 Ghr. on piece (perfs toned) and two single 1 Ghr. stamps obliterated by blue and violet manuscript

1871 ca., Folded envelope with content from Damas to Beyrouth with pair 30 pa. green, both tied by clear boxed all arabic "SHAM 81" to Beyrouth, scarce all arabic negative cancellation BEZOURYE (Isfila no.1, RRR) alongside as ususal, vertical file fold and tiny toned, otherwise fine and scarce Syria postal history.

1907, "HAMIDIE (DAMAS) 19.11.907" (Coles-Walker no.47) cds. Turkey on postal stationery envelope 1 pia. blue, via Beyrouth to Germany with arrival mark on reverse, a scarce usage, few tiny border crease, otherwise fine. (Isfila AN89)

1909, TRIPOLI (SYRIE ECHELL) (Coles-Walker no.135) cancellation on OTTOMAN BANK correspondance card bearing pair 10 Para green with arrival mark on reverse, fine

1913, HALEP 8 (Coles-Walker no. 16) octogonal cancellation on 20 para postal stationery card written by a member of Bagdad railway company, arrival mark Berlin, fine, scarce and attractive

1919, “DEIR ATTIE (NEBIK) 26.11.19” octogonal late used Turkey cancellation (Coles-Walker unrecorded) on cover bearing pair EEF 5 m. yellow-orange, “NEBIK 29.11.919” cds. alongside (Coles-Walker no.107), on reverse transit mark PORT-SAID 3/DE/19, addressed to Denmark, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and a very attractive Syria forerunner.

1901, Railway 2 c. black and carmine tied by "Buffalo N.Y. Pan American Exposition Jun/10 1901" to envelope, via New York transit on reverse to Constantinople Turkey, at arrival postage due black on red 20 pa. und 1 pia. affixed and tied by oval "STAMBOUL" in bars cancellation, shortened on left, scarce destination and very unusual attractive mix for this popular issue. (Michel TR P24-P25)

Warin, D. F.: The Postal Issues of Hejaz, Jeddah and Nejd (1927), XII + 130 pages + folded map of Arabia in colour, softcover, edition of 350 copies, front apart, otherwise fine.