U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 6-7, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1485 TURKEY 1876 small cover from Egin to Dersaadet, franked on back with 2 Piastres on 2g pale orange, tied by negative "Egin Posta Subesi 1288" handstamp, with corresponding pmks alongside, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine, with 2012 Isfila cert. (Isfila 94, Michel 25). Egin (Kemaliye today) is both a town in and one of the nine districts of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Egin was settled by Armenians who emigrated from Van in the 11th century. It became known as a center of Armenian musicians, and later, literary poets  | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1486 TURKEY 1911 Sultan's Visit to Macedonia, four covers and a parcel receipt, franked with total of 18 overprinted adhesives (one faulty) mostly "Monastir", others "Uskub" and "Pristina", one registered to Switzerland, others used internally, except the parcel card which is sent from Monastir to Bucharest, with Romanian postage due added on arrival, fine and rare group. The stamps were issued to commemorate Sultan Resat Seyahat Hatira's visit. Only 500 sets were overprinted and few were used. Covers are extremely rare | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1487 TURKEY 1913 General Post Office, two different unexploded 12pi booklets, each with special government inscriptions stamped on the covers by the postmaster, fine-v.f., interesting and undoubtedly rare  Catalog #239-240 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1488 TURKEY 1919 Armistice Issue, 2 1/2pi orange & olive green, top sheet margin block of 10, n.h., except paper remnant at upper right, v.f. (Mi.640, €1,800 for hinged)  **Catalog #552 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1489 TURKEY 1920 (11 Oct) cover (opened for display), registered from Paris to Geyve, Turkey, refused and returned, with a myriad of transit pmks on back, including Galata, Istanbul, Biledjik, Geive, Ada-Pazar, Mersule, arriving back in Paris on 7 March, 1921. A fine cover of historical interest (with description and routes indicated alongside), rare | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1490 TURKEY 1921 (1 Nov) cover from Eski-Chehir (Eskisehir) to Istanbul, franked with diagonal half of 5 piaster violet, tied by blue departure pmk, with Izmid censor and Ineboli arrival, endorsed "return to sender," fine and scarce usage from Anatolia, ex-Bloch, Passer collections | Price Realized $180.00 |
