283325 | Europe ➝ Turkey ➝ Turkey - lost Ottoman territories
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ALBANIA: "HAIMARA (KHIMARA) 31 12-1907", bilingual cds. on envelope with 1 pia. blue to Triest with arrival mark. This is the only example of this type Haimara cancel known on al complete postal document
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BOSNIA: 1864, folded envelope with Turkey Tughra issue 20 pa. red-brown and 5 pia. brick postage due, tied by "BOSNA" in dots (Isfila no.2, RR) to Brod, usual file fold, scarce and seldom offered envelope from Passer collection, ex Passer, Otto Hornung
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BULGARIA: 1841, folded envelope with contents, manuscript "ISLIMIYE" (today Sliven) to Constantinople with deep blue arrival mark "AN CANIB POSTANE-I DERALIYE 257" (Isfila no. 3, RR), extremely scarce early mail from Sliven where 1841 no postal cancellation was in use
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IRAQ: 1876, "ERBIL" boxed all Arabic cancellation (Isfila no. 1, RR, Arbil), on cover franked with 2 pia. black on brownish, addresed to Bagdad from a well known correspondance, small border flaw and few tiny spots, a scarce cancellation
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IRAQ: 1913, "KERBELA 1", blue cds. (unrecorded on cover) on parcel card to Pera with arrival mark on reverse, usual obliteration cut, a rarity
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IRAQ: 1891, "MUSUL 81", blue box type (Isfila no. 3) cancellation on official cover with rectangular "tahrirati mühimme" (important mail) and official seal "MOSUL EMLAK HÜMAYUN IDARES" (Mosul Land Registry), little rough opened on top, very scarce and unusual Ottoman forerunner
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VELJETRINE: Bilingual date stamp on 1909, 1 pia. and 2 pia. on registered envelope to Istanbul with arrival mark; slight opening faults on reverse; a scarce registered item
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LEBANON: 1912, "AIN EL SELAM" on 20 pa. postal stationery card (Isfila no.1, (RRR), C/W Fig. 80) to Denmark with arrival mark on front, scarce and clear mark on an important forerunner, expertised Nakri
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LYBIA: 1905, 20 pa. tied by cds. "EGADI PIRUSCAFO POSTALE" to commercial cover from Benghazi, somewhat reduced in size
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ISTIB: "ISTIB ", arabic boxed marking in black, clear strike on postcard 20 pa. 1888 to Paris with adjacent transit and arrival marks of Uskub and France; card with tiny tear at right, otherwise fine and very rare; only one other strike is known on entire
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LYBIA: 1911, commercial envelope from Benghazi, franked with 1909, 20 pa. tied by Italian ship post cancel "PIRUSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO MARCO AURELIO 5 GIU. 11" and somewhat faint adjacent red "BANCO DI ROMA * LINEA DI NAVIG. TRIPOLI ZYRENAICA ALESSANDRIA / PIRUSCAFO ROMA"; a rare cover
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SYRIA: 1909, Zor (also known as Deyr el Zor, clear cancellation on reverse of cover with 10 pa. in block of 4 to Istanbul with arrival mark, on cover a very scarce cancellation (Coles-Walker no. 49, Isfila no.1 RR)
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CAMARAN ISLAND: 1895/1912, 2 covers and postcard with clear cancellation "CAMARAN (ILE)" and bilingual "CAMARAN" in black and violet
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TAIZ: "TELEGRAF VE POSTA HANE-i TAIZ", negative seal on telegram; several folds and a large tear in the upper part of the telegram backed (all quite imperceptible); a very rare item
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HOLY LAND: 1913, "BEIT-DJALA" (Coles-Walker 111) on 1 pia stationery envelope front via Jerusalem 6 to Belgium, only few covers from this small village recorded
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HOLY LAND: 1918, "CAIFFA 1" (Coles-Walker 60) on "avec reponse" cover to Germany via Beyrouth and Constantinople with red censor label on reverse, only "AR" cover known from Caiffa, a rarity
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HOLY LAND: Russian Levant registered cover with extremely scarce registration label on reverse ms. "Caifa" & "352", clear cancellations "ROPIT KAIFA" and at arrival in Germany additional railway registration label affixed on front, on reverse transit marks Constantinople and arrival mark Friedenau, a Levant rarity
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HOLY LAND: cover from Haifa to Geneva, sent to a POW in Pietermartizburg Natal South Africa, very unusual and scarce
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HOLY LAND; 1915, "GAZA", cds. on cover with Damas transit mark to Germany, large all Arabic "GAZA ASKERI HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" (Military Hospital Gaza chief doctor) and signature mark under ms. "seen and censored", a Palestine WWI rarity
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HOLY LAND: 1916, stampless cover from "JAFFA 5" (oct. type) to Roumania with postage due 50 bani on reverse, censor marks Beyrouth and Constantinople, few creases, very unusual
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HOLY LAND: 1875, "YAFA" (Coles-Walker 135 & 136), two different types of blue cancellation on Turkey Duloz issue, "AKKA" box type, "SAFED" on pair and "JAFFA" on block of 4, very attractive and scarce Palestine forerunners
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HOLY LAND: Hebrew Newspaper with Turkey 5 pa. tied by Jerusalem cds. and tax revenue 2 pa. brown alongside, 8 pages complete, tiny border toned, fine
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MEDJDIL: "Telegraf ve Postahane-i Mecdil" and "Telgrafhane-i Gaza", good to very clear strikes on military correspondence telegram form; a fine and very rare item of Holy Land postal history, only few similar items known
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HOLY LAND: Death certificate officially registered from Naplous sent with wrapper to a military address "Firka 19 Alay 35" tied by cds. "NAPLOUS" and fieldpost cancellation "SAHRA POSTASI 35" alongside, all Arabic "NAPLUS VATAN HASTAHANESI SER TABIBI" (Nablous Homeland Hospital chief doctor) under wrapper and signature, a Palestine WWI rarity
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ALBANIEN: 1901/05 (ca.), 4 Ganzsachenumschläge mit Negativstempeln "Ji Karyesi", "Labova-I Zir", "Peskopi" und "Serakenichte"