Petite Treasures – Mai 2026

1862, Folded envelope cancelled "CONF. ARGENTINE SAINTONGE 14 DEC 62" oct. ds. and adjacent cds. "BRESIL BORDEAUX 18 JANV. 63" from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux, ms. ‘Voie de Rio de Janeiro’, taxe “8”, fine
 

1852, Entire letter cancelled "ALEXANDRIE EGYPTE 22/AVRIL/52" and handstamped “20” (decimes) for taxe to Marseille. 'NAZZIO & Co ALESSANDRIA' blue forwarding agent mark on top left, file fold, otherwise fine and scarce

1902, LATTAQUIE JUIL/24/902 cds. on envelope bearing 1 pia. violet-blue, commercial lokal imprint, to London with arrival mark on reverse 5/AU/02, fine and a scarce forerunner.

1908, Jericho picture postcard franked with Ottoman, French Levant, Port Said and Egypt adhesives cancelled Jaffa, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Port Said, used in combination with Russian Levant 20 Para on 4 kop. carmine, tied by violet datestamp "R.O.P.I.T  JAFFA", unaddressed but very attractive, fine four-country combination, with the rare Jaffa Ropit cancel.

1861, folded envelope with full content from Calcutta, cancelled boxed "India Unpaid" in black, double rate tax mark “18”, on top left “VIA SUEZ & FRANCE” in blue and “POSS.ANG.V.SUEZ MARSEILLE 12 NOV 61” cds. in red, sender cachet 'Camin & Lamouroux Calcutta" in blue, addressed to famous architect P. Nandin in Nantes, on reverse red “G.P.O. EX CALCUTTA OC.” cds. Paris transit and Nantes arrival marks, usual file fold, otherwise fine.

1851, Lettersheet from Buenos Aires dated 30.Juil bearing boxed red straight line "Pays d"outre mer" and tax mark “10”, via Anvers and Belg. Valenciennes to Marseille with arrival mark of Oct.8 on reverse, tiny file fold otherwise fine.

1903, HAVANA CUBA JAN/22/1903 c.d.s. on postcard bearing France 10 c. red, tiny toned, otherwise fine, a very scarce and unusual usage

1938/42, President Edde 4 pia. black-brown, mint never hinged, block of four showing colour trial overprints “2 & ornament” in blue, red, black and green. Signed, very fine 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.

1920, 100 pia. on 5 fr. blue O.M.F. overprinted, unused, two short perfs, otherwise fine. (Yvert 43)

1924, "A.D.P.O / P.S.2" (Administration Dette Publique Ottomane) surcharge on three turkish revenue stamps, tied provisional to parcel card by "ALEP 26.9.24" to Constantinople, on reverse transit marks ALEXANDETTE 29.9.24, DEURT-YOL 1.10.24 and STAMBOUL ARRIVEE cds., fine and very scarce.

1900, U.S. Postal Station, Paris Exposition, May 19, 1900. Three strikes of duplex postmark (Bomar type P00-01) tying three 5 c green and 10 c black (corner flaw) on cover to Germany with receiving backstamp Wiesbaden 20.5.00 and blue crayon for taxe. Fine and the earliest known usage of this postmark!