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Lot #4222
EGYPT Turkish Occupation
1915 piece franked with 2pa and 4pa Ottoman adhesives, tied by bilingual "Ibin" 26.5.15 pmks, fine (Ibin was the only other Post Office to operate in the Sinai)
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$130.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #4223
EGYPT Turkish Occupation
1915 picture postcard from Aleppo to El-Arish, franked with 10pa and 20pa Ottoman pictorials, tied by departure and arrival pmks, fine, uncommon usage, signed Nakri. Only a few examples of the bilingual El-Arish pmk have been recorded on cover (one of the first objectives of the Turks was to take El-Arish, the principal town in the Sinai. This was accomplished at the end of October 1914 and El-Arish remained in Ottoman control until early 1916, when the Egyptian Expeditionary Force was able to clear the Sinai Peninsula)
Envelope
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #4224
EGYPT Turkish Occupation
1915-16 Sinai Campaign, selection of 13 different postmarks on pieces, including Asludj, Bir ul Abid, Birin, Daika, Wadi Sherif, Wardi, etc., all identified and neatly displayed on exhibit page, fine
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$375.00
Bidding Closed

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