379th Auction

1882, 30 st. violet/light green, tied by small Tatar Pazardjik cds. to registered letter to Sofia, very fine

1882, 50 st. blue/orange rose, tied by small bilingual Sliven cds. to registered letter to Germany, very fine

"RUSENSKA MILITARY CENSOR", large sensor label on reverse of registered envelope from Gorna Orjahovitsa Railroad Station to Prague. One of 3 reported. Opinion Penev.

1915. "COMMAND SAMOKOV CENSOR", large violet provisional  handstamp on cover to Sophia; the only recorded entire with this censor mark. Opinion Penev

1915, "CENSORSHIP COMMISSION ORHANIE / VIEWED", provisional censor mark clear on postcard to Sliven; franking cancelled by pen strokes. Just 3 strikes on entire reported. Opinion Penev.

1915. "STANIMAKA-COMMAND-PASSED", large violet provisional  censor mark on postcard to Sophia

1915, "CENSORSHIP COMMISSION IKHTIMAN / VIEWED", provisional censor mark clear on postcard with small bilingual cds.

1918, pre-printed military envelope for official mail between the units, used within the 49th infantry Regiment on the Salonika front with violet seal on front and reverse. Very rare in used condition.

1882, 25 st. blue/light blue, two copies, tied by blue bilingual "PHILIPPOPLE 27 II 86" to registered letter via Gabovo to Kopenagen, Denmark, very fine, signed Mikulski

OCCUPATION OF TURKEY: "KINGDOM OF BULGARIA-CENSORSHIP DEPARTEMENT-KARAGAACH", violett censor mark on postcard from Makri-Keli to Odrin with arrival mark.

"ODRIN 17.V.918" good strike on cash paid postcard with violet dated Odrin censor mark, to Plovdiv

BULGARIAN OCCUPATION: 1916, Gjumjurdjina, postcard with bilingual cds. and provisional straight-line censor mark to Sofia. Opinion Penev "less than 5 recorded"

1916, Xanthi, postcard 5 st. used without dispatch but clear red "inspected by the censor" 

1917, Drama, postcard franked with 10 CT. on 25 st., tied by faint bilingual cds., adjacent clear Drama military censor handstamp. A rare item. Opinion Penev

1917, Soflu, cover to Constantinople, franked with Bulgaria 10 st. , tied by bilingual cds. , adjacent censor commission cancel of Soflu and Ottoman censor mark. Very rare. Opinion Penev

1917, Xanthi, postage free postcard with 6 line sender's cachet of the Malaria Hostpital of the 10th White Sea Division, to Kotel, Opinion Penev

1867, 10 (Kr.) grün, Type I mit blauem Ovalstempel "AGENTIE D.D.S.G. SISTOV" und übergehendem blauem Datumsstempel "5/3" sowie nebengesetztem Ovalstempel "ARPAD 3" auf kpl. Faltbrief nach Orsova, waagerechte Faltung oberhalb der Marke, gute Gesamterhaltung

1867, 10 (Kr.) grün, Type I mit blauem EKr. "SISTOV 6.X.(71)" auf kpl. Faltbrief nach Orsova, einwandfrei

1878, 10 (Kr.). grün, Type II mit blauem Ovalstempel "AGENTIE D.D.S.G SISTOV" auf kpl. Faltbrief mit Tax-Vermerk "10" (Kr.) via "OSTROVA 10.11.79" nach Budapest mit Ankunftsstempel, Marke mit wenigen kurzen Zähnen und winziger Schürfung, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung, eine auf Brief sehr seltene Marke

"D. D. S. G. AGENTIE RUSTZUK", blauer Ovalstempel sauber auf nicht ganz kompletter Quittung, selten (Tschil. Fig.915)

BULGARIAN OCCUPATION: 1916, Struga, postcard with 5 st., tied by provisional "V.Ts." intaglio censor mark

BULGARIAN OCCUPATION: 1917, Nish, telegram form with seal "Telegraph Postal Station Nish"

1917, Prishtina, postcard with bilingual cds. and red censor commission seal of Prishtina. Less than 5 recorded. Opinion Penev

1917, Paracin, registered letter to Nish, franked with 50 c., tied by bilingual c.d.s., adjacent seal of the military censor commission of Paracin

1918, Nish, registered letter from an Austrian  liaison officer to Sofia, with Bulgarian franking, tied by bilingual c.d.s., adjacent Bulgarian and Austrian censor marks