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January 14-15, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1211
TURKEY TURKEY IN ASIA
1921 2 Piastres (Amele Pasaport Pulu Uzerine) Laborer's Passport Tax stamp (used in passports of expatriate workers who came to work on the Hejaz Railroad). A total of 182 stamps were overprinted, majority of which however, burnt during the fire in the Bozuyuk post office. Only used copies exist (less than 20), cancelled either at Bozuyuk or Inonu. This example (type III) is ex-Kinsky, with minor thinning and stain at top, signed Herbert Bloch. Only four to five copies of this type are recorded. This is the single most valuable stamp of both Turkey and the Liberation War (Mi.717, Euro 20,000)
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Catalog #25
Catalog Value $22,000
Price Realized
$5,750.00

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