BRITISH LEVANT
1855 (March) cover to England franked with a strip of three 1d perf. 16 adhesives (faults) cancelled with two strikes of the 1st type obliterator Crown between stars. Backstamped with the BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE cds code A in green. Faults, but rare. £100

 

  

1894 5 Mar. 40 pa. on 21/2d. stationery envelope with surcharge inverted registered from Beirut to Smyrna bearing 40 pa. on 2 1/2 d. cancelled by c.d.s. A fine and scarce item. £260

 

1865 4d orangle plate 13 block of 9 RD-TF cancelled with the C in barred oval for Constantinopel. Slight imperfections but possibly the largest known multiple of this stamp £100

 

1904 Registered envelope to Java via Suez and Alexandria bearing 80 pa. on 5d. cancelled by British Post Office. Salonica c.d.s. and showing Meester-Cornelis squared circle d.s. on reverse. A fine cover to a scarce destination. £150

 
4 1/2 Piastres on 3d. violet, tied by Constantinopel cds. to postcard to the US with oval AMERICAN COLLEGE FOR GIRLS CONSTANTINOPLE alongside, little toned, unusual £40

 

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