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GERMANY - XX
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1942 (27 Julio) WWII, Berlin - Japan, Tokyo via Siberia. Fkd envelope bilingual address, 25 pf rate, tied cds. Rarity transit (via neutral Turkish aviation) At this time Germany and Russia were at war, but the soviet union allowed mail to transit via Turk |
U$
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160
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AUSTRIAN Levant
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1905 (17 July) Turkey, Mersina - Jaffa, Palestine (25 July) 20 par ovptd pink stationary card. Very scarce inter overseas p.o. usage with depart + arrival cds on the front. |
U$
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110
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AUSTRIAN Levant
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1910 (7 May) Turkey, Trapezunt - Wien, Austria (11 May) comercial 1 pi dated blue fkd envelope, tied depart cds + arrival dated reverse. Fine scarce origin usage. |
U$
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70
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Germany 1921-4
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1923 (31 July) Munich - Turkey, Istambul via Italy. Inflation 800 mark rate fkd comercial envelope tied rolling cachet + poste restante for which Turkish stamp applied as p. due, tied arrival cds. Fine and very rare posible combination at this specific hy |
U$
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160
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BC - Cyprus
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1909 (23 May) Turkey PO admin. Lefke local single 1 pi fkd envelope, tied bilingual cds, reverse arrival cachet. Scarce item. |
U$
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200
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TURKEY
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1916 (10 Febr) WWI Galata - Germany, Nuremberg. Registered insured for 250 frs multifkd envelope ovptd issue, reverse five red wax seals + arrival, mns R-cachet, triple censorship. Most scarce postal service at war time. |
U$
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180
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TURKEY
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1886 (13 March) Brousse - Pera, Constantinople, 20 para red stat card, depart blue box town cachet, bilingual cachet alongside. Fine and appealing item. |
U$
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65
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TURKEY
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1942 (9 April) Yesilkoy - England, Leeds, Yorkshire. Air WWII censored multifkd envelope via Middle East - Egypt. Nice usage + routing + tied cds + R-cachet. Fine. |
U$
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100
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FRENCH LEVANT
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1882 (15 March) Salonique - Constantinople, Turkey (19 March) EL with text fkd Sage 25c bister type I, tied cds + arrival reverse at French PO also. Fine. |
U$
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65
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FRENCH LEVANT
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1860 (17 Sept) Turkey, Constantinople - Livorno, Italy (27 Sept) EL with text, unfranked + taxed, cds depart + arrival reverse. Nice condition. |
U$
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75
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TURKEY
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1944 (18 Sept) Malaya - Switzerland, St. Gallen (7 Oct 45) Land sea mail fkd envelope via Egypt - Lisboa (26 Feb 45) retramed for lack of postal land communication till October. 13 months transit! Very interesting following rate protocol. |
U$
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160
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RUSSIA
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1884 (1 Feb) Tiflis, Georgia - Trebizonde, Turkey (13 Feb) 3k black stat card via Odessa + arrival Russia PO oval cachet. Rarity Black Sea postal connection survival. |
U$
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240
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RUSSIA
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1886 (24 March) Charkoff - Constantinople, Rusian post office at Turkey (17 March) via Odessa. 3 kop red stat card, transited on front and reverse. Better dest usage. |
U$
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85
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FINLAND
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1918 (18 Jan) Wiipuri - Tenijoki (27 Jan) + retour. Multifkd package card with Russian + Turkish mixed fkd issues, tied cds. Nice condition + scarce. |
U$
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100
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LIBIA
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1908 (12 June) Turkish PO, Dernah - France, Marseille (20 June) Fkd env at 40 para rate (20c x2) Via Italian PO at Canea / Greek Island. Superb usage. |
U$
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360
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China - XX
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1943 (19 Sept) WWII. Manchuria, Japanese Occup, Yenki - Switzerland, Luzern via Turkish airmail fkd envelope route: Siberia - Tiflis (Georgia) - Erzerum (East Turkey) - Istanbul (13 Nov) - Sofia (Bulgaria) - Wien (Austria Nazi Occup) - Basel (Switz) carri |
U$
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450
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China - XX
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1943 (13 Sept) Manchuria, Japanese Occup Harbin - Switzerland, Zurich (6 Nov). Registered multifkd envelope via Turkish airmail Istanbul control (30 Oct) Out of Allied censorship |
U$
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600
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China - XX
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1943 (10 Sept) Manchuria. Japanese Occup Harbin - Switzerland, Zurich (26 Oct) Via Istambul, Turkey (21 Oct) Multifkd registered envelope cancel by Turkish neutral airlines out of Allied censor control. XF+. |
U$
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750
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GrB - British Levant
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1867 (21 May) London - Galata, Turkey (Dec 10) 6d lilac fkd env + red cachet "UNCLAIMED" "NOT CALLED FOR" (xxx/R) VF + almost six month transits prevous to. Nice usage. Scarce marks. |
U$
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450
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INDIA
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1886 (8 Jan) Bombay - Constantinople, Turkey, British Levant (25 Jan) Registered tricolor QV multifkd env "B" grills at 7a rate transits reverse + three tied red wax seals. Fine + better dest. |
U$
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300
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