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Public Auction #78, Nov. 22, 2009. [758 lots available]

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1

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

EMBOSSED COLOR PICTURE POSTCARD c.1900 Showing Turkish Stamps in Use in the Holy Land with B/W View of Jerusalem Unused, undivided back, Clean & VF! Photo. Estimated Value $150 [PPC MB]

$75

2

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

AKKA (ACRE) UNLISTED NEGATIVE ARABIC SEAL in BLUE Clear strike ties 1pi Turkish Revenue on Document VF & RARE! Photo. Estimated Value $1000 [DOC MB]

$350

3

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

AKKA / Acre (ACRE) T4 POSITIVE SEAL on TELEGRAM Nice strike, folded twice, bit missing at upper left, o/w VERY SCARCE! Photo. Estimated Value $600 [TLG MB]

$200

4

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

BEIT-UL-LAHM (BETHLEHEM) PM2 Receival Datestamp on Turkish 20pa Postal Card sent from Baalbek to an Italian Catholic Priest in Bethlehem, JERUSALEM transit datestamp PM18 Message on back datelined Balbek 8 June 1914 written in Italian, F-VF. Photo. Estimated Value $200 [PC MB]

$100

5

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

BEIT-UL-LAHM (BETHLEHEM) PM2 "6.11.1916" Datestamp ties 20pa Postage & 10pa War Orphans Tax stamps on Sepia PPC (David's Tomb) to Prague Boxed Turkish & Austrian Censor markings, VF & Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$150

6

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

HAIFFA (HAIFA) PM6 Double Ring Datestamp (date indistinct, c.1890's) ties 1pi stamp on "DEPOTS GENERAUX, ZICRON-JACOB, CAIFFA (Palestine)" Printed Corner Card Cover to Alsace Backflap torn off obliterating most of receival b/s, still attractive. Photo. Estimated Value $200 [CVR MB]

$75

7

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

CAIFFA1 (HAIFA) PM10 "5.9.1917" Datestamp ties 2x 20pa Postage & 10pa War Orphans Tax stamps on "OTTO FISCHER HAIFA, (Syrien)" Printed Corner Card Cover to Zurich, Switzerland Boxed Turkish Censor marking, Zurich receival b/s, cover with vertical fold, 20pa stamps bit oxidized, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [CVR MB]

$125

8

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

CAIFFA1 (HAIFA) PM10 "30.7.18" Datestamp struck 3x ties 10pa & 1pi Postage & 20pa War Orphans Tax stamps on 20pa Postal Card sent to Leipzig, Germany Clean, VF & Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PC MB]

$125

9

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

CAIFFA1 (HAIFA) PM10 "32.7.18" (!) Datestamp ties 1pi Postage & 10pa War Orphans Tax stamps on Cover to Frankfurt, Germany Turkish & Austrian Censor markings, backflap torn but intact, still F-VF. Photo. Estimated Value $250 [CVR MB]

$100

10

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

CAIFFA2 (HAIFA) PM11 "15.5.16" Datestamp ties 20pa pair on "SALOMON & LEVIN, Jerusalem & Caiffa / DROGUERIES" Printed C/C Cover to Darmstadt, Germany Turkish Censor marking, VF! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [CVR MB]

$100

11

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

CAIFFA1 (HAIFA) PM12 "6.4.18" Octagonal Datestamp ties 1pi Postage & 10pa War Orphans Tax stamps on PRISONER of WAR COVER sent to German POW in British Camp at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa via Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland Beyrouth, Stamboul & Geneva transit b/s's, boxed Turkish Censor marking, VF & VERY RARE EXHIBIT ITEM! Photo. Estimated Value $1500 [CVR MB]

$500

12

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

HALIL UL RAHMAN (HEBRON) NEGATIVE ARABIC SEAL T1 on Complete Turkish Telegram from Gaza, "discovered in 1971 therefore unrecorded by F.W. Pollack", center horizontal fold does not detract from appearance, VF & RARE! Muentz Photo Certificate. Photo. Estimated Value $750 [TLG MB]

$250

13

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JAFFA PM5 "22 APR 1890" Double Ring Datestamp ties 20pa Postal Card sent to Jerusalem Violet boxed Arabic "El Kuds" marking, message on back written in German, VF & RARE! Photo. Estimated Value $750 [PC MB]

$300

14

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JAFFA5 PM20 "14.3.16" Octagonal Datestamp struck twice ties 10pa pair on 20pa Entire to Stuttgart, Germany with nice violet fancy oval h/s "Jml. KNOLL / SARONA bei JAFFA" Violet Austrian Censor mark (and Turkish Censor on back), vertical fold, o/w VF & Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$125

15

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JAFFA NEGATIVE ARABIC SEAL T4 on GERMAN TELEGRAM dated "23.1.14" Folded twice, F-VF & Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $400 [TLG MB]

$200

16

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

ERIHA (JERUSALEM) (NOW JERICHO) PM3 "17.3.13" Octagonal Datestamp ties 20pa stamp on Color PPC (Bedouin Sheik) sent to Japan! Port Said & Nagasaki transits & Tokyo receival cds, message written in English, card has water stain & some other faults (scrape on view side at upper left) still Very Scarce Destination! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$175

16A

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

ERIHA (JERUSALEM) (NOW JERICHO) PM3 "11.5.13" Octagonal Datestamp ties 10pa stamp on Color PPC (Bedouin Escort) sent to Belgium Velaine-sur-sambre receival cds, clean, VF & Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$175

17

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM7 "OCT / 31 / 98" Double Ring Datestamp boldly struck 5x ties 6 different stamps (5pa surcharged pair to 5pi values, 9pi total franking!) on REGISTERED PRINTED COVER for VISIT of KAISER WILHELM II sent to Hannover Fancy Violet Double Oval Handstamp on back: "EVANGELIISCHES PEARRAMT / BETHLEHEM", slight soiling, still Scarce Early Printed Cachet! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$125

18

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM8 Double Ring Datestamp (indistinct date) as receival b/s on Registered Cover to Jerusalem Sent from Cleveland, Ohio, w/ 5c & 8c stamps tied by magenta "OCT / 6 / 1899" cds, New York Reg'y Exchange Label, NY transit b/s, roughly opened at bottom, some soiling still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $150 [CVR MB]

$75

19

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM8 Double Ring Datestamp (indistinct date, c.1890's) as receival b/s on Cover to Jerusalem with 2x10pa & 20pa Turkish stamps tied on back by Arabic cancel struck twice Bit soiled, small piece of backflap missing, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$150

20

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM11 "8.9.909" Double Ring Belt Datestamp (faded Violet) ties 20pa Postage & 1pi Registration Fee on Registered Cover addressed in Arabic VF & Very Scarce! Unrecorded m/s Registration mark & Dated 3 years later than last date noted in Collins. Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$125

21

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM13 "1.7.915" Double Ring Belt Datestamp struck twice ties 20pa Postage & 10pa War Orphans Tax stamps on UPU Post Card to Magdeburg, Germany Turkish Censor, green & black "Abgeriest" ("moved away") label & m/s note at top (in German) explaining addressee's absence, Beyrouth transit b/s, message on back written in German, bit wrinkled, o/w F-VF. Photo. Estimated Value $150 [PC MB]

$75

22

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM1 PM15 "14.4.911" Double Ring Belt Datestamp ties 10pa stamp on Color PPC (Tomb of Lazaras) sent to Marstetten, Switzerland, Underfranked & charged Postage Due on arrival with blue m/s "10" (paid by Swiss 10c Due tied by arrival cds) Card bit wrinkled at left, edge scuffs, stamps some toned perfs, still RARE! Photo. Estimated Value $500 [PPC MB]

$250

23

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM PM18 Indistinct Datestamp ties 10pa stamp on Printed Matter Rate Printed Cover from "Jerusalemer Warte" sent to Wurttemberg, Germany, Unusual Large Oval Turkish Censor marking "CONSTANTINOPLE / 14 SEPT 16" machine transit b/s, horizontal fold, at bottom of cover, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [CVR MB]

$100

24

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM2 PM22 "6.3.15" Octagonal Datestamp ties 1pi stamp on Printed Corner Card Cover of "Fr. Vester & Co. / THE AMERICAN COLONY STORES / JERUSALEM, PALESTINE" Sent to Portland, Maine, boxed Turkish Military Censor marking applied in transit at Beirut, "7" in circle Censor Marking on back, VF! Photo. Estimated Value $150 [CVR MB]

$75

25

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM2 PM22 1916 Octagonal Datestamp (part only, as stamp it tied on back of cover has been removed) Registered Censored Cover to Cologne, Germany, Boxed Registry marking RC5 Turkish & Austrian Censors & Cologne receival b/s, slightly water stained, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $350 [CVR MB]

$125

26

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM2 PM22 "8.9.17" Octagonal Datestamp ties 1pi pair Postage & Registration Fee & 20pa War Orphans Tax stamps on back of Registered Censored Cover to Lausanne, Switzerland (forwarded to Berne) with Very Rare Ottoman "German style" Red & Black "JERUSALEM" bi-lingual Reg'y Label (RL-1 / Bale R-71 Rarity "S3"!) Letter impounded & Censored by British (faint h/s) & French (tape), Stamboul transit b/s, cover open at left & top, backflap missing, still VERY RARE - A GREAT EXHIBIT ITEM! (Collins notes only 12 covers recorded!) Photo. Estimated Value $3000 [CVR MB]

$500

27

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM5 PM25 "24.1.14" Octagonal Datestamp (Choice Strike!) on 20pa Entire sent to German Military address in "Adis Abeba, Abyssinie" (Unusual Destination!) Cover with vertical fold, still Clean & Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $350 [CVR MB]

$150

28

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM6 PM26 "26.10.14" Octagonal Datestamp (Bold Strike!) on 20pa UPU Postal Card addressed to "Jaffa Colonie Rechobot" (also in Yiddish, mentioning "Kostina" with message on back written in Yiddish) File hole, slight soiling, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [PC MB]

$125

29

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM6 PM26 "1.2.16" Octagonal Datestamp ties 10pa stamp on Printed Matter Rate Cover to Brunn, Moravia, Austria Turkish & 2 different Austrian Military Censor markings, violet b/s's "Deutsche-Sprache" & oval German / Hebrew "Vereinigtes Altenhaus / 'MOSCHAB SEKENIM", couple hinge remnants & vertical fold, still Most Unusual! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$150

30

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM9 PM29 "9.2.14" Octagonal Datestamp ties 20pa stamp on Color PPC (1910 Commemorative Card for Marienkirchen in Jerusalem) sent to Germany Message written in German, corner bends & small faults, still Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$150

31

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM9 PM29 "27.7.14" Octagonal Datestamp ties 5pa pair on Color PPC (Shepherd's Field near Bethlehem) sent to Bavaria, Germany Corner bends & small faults, still Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [PPC MB]

$125

32

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM 1904 Registered Cover Addressed to "Right Revd. Jacob Saul Elyachar / Grand Rabbin de la Palestine / Jerusalem / Palestine" sent from Bombay, India (stamp & cancel removed from back but with remnant of red wax seal showing origin), Sea Post Office & Suez transit b/s's, faint boxed Registration marking & violet "REGISTERED." (straightline) & oval "FORWARDED BY / E.D. SASSOON & CO. / BOMBAY" markings on front, Unusual! Photo. Estimated Value $200 [CVR MB]

$100

33

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM 1915 Censored Cover to Jerusalem with Bold Strike of Violet Boxed Military Censor CM4, franked with 3x20pa stamps tied by "12.8.15 / MERSINE" Datestamp struck twice Damas transit b/s, cover slightly reduced at top, backflap missing, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $200 [CVR MB]

$100

34

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM 1915 Censored Postal Card to "Ober Rabbiner / A. J. Kuck / in / Jaffa" (Chief Rabbi Kook) with Clear Strike of Violet Boxed Military Censor CM4, sent from Cincinnati, Ohio, uprated 1c Postal Card w/ 1c stamp added & tied by June 8 machine cancel Message on back written in Yiddish, somewhat toned & stained, still Scarce! Signed Sorani. Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PC MB]

$125

35

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

QUART. ISRAELITE (JERUSALEM) PM3 PURPLE TRILINGUAL POSITIVE SEAL & PM7 "23.1.907" Double Ring Belt Datestamp (both Choice Strikes!) tie 5, 10 & 20pa stamps on Cover addressed to Rishon Le Zion (last date of PM3 as noted in Collins!) Clean, VF & Scarce Combination Use! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [CVR MB]

$125

36

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

QUART. ISRAELITE (JERUSALEM) PM6 "7.8.904" Datestamp on "BULLETIN DE RECOMMANDATION" (REGISTRATION RECEIPT) for Article mailed to Cairo Folded twice, still Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [RCT MB]

$150

37

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

QUART. ISRAELITE (JERUSALEM) PM7 "1.10.908" Datestamp on Receipt Printed in Hebrew Clean, VF & Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $500 [RCT MB]

$200

38

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

QUART. ISRAELITE (JERUSALEM) PM7 "26.2.911" Datestamp ties 10pa stamp on Printed Matter Rate Printed Corner Card Cover "Allg, TALMUD-TORAH SCHULE & HOCHSCHULE ETZ-CHAJIM / JERUSALEM (Palastina)." sent to Augsburg, Germany Vertical fold, o/w F-VF. Photo. Estimated Value $175 [CVR MB]

$90

39

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

BUR. AMB. JERUSALEM-JAFFA RP2 "MAR 3, 1900" RAILWAY DATESTAMP ties 20pa stamp on UPU Color PPC ("Gruss aus Jerusalem") Undivided back, addressed to Circuit Court Judge in St Louis MO (Mar 28 receival cds) Message on view side written in English, hinge remnants on back at top, minor faults, still Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$125

40

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM: Much Traveled, Forwarded Legal Size 1910 Registered Cover finds its addressee at last in Jerusalem! JERUSALEM1 PM15 "7.3.910" Double Ring Belt Receival Datestamp (struck once on front & twice on back) of travel weary U.S. 2c Entire uprated with 1c, 2c, 3x3c & pair 5c Washington-Franklins (24c total postage) sent on Feb 15 from Elsmere, Del via New York (Registry Exchange label & transit b/s), Berlin, Naples & Cairo (all w/ transit b/s's), Officially Sealed in Italy. Appears messy until you realize how far it went (& its circuitous route!) in a little over 2 weeks! Most Unusual! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$150

41

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

JERUSALEM 1917 SERVICE SUSPENDED COVER Uprated U.S. 2c Entire with 1c & 2c Washingtons tied by Fitchburg, MA machine cancel, addressed to Jerusalem 2-line "Mail service suspended / to country addressed" with violet boxed "OVERT" & "Pointing Hand" markings, 2 US Official Seals wrapped around at top of cover, VF GREAT EXHIBIT ITEM! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [CVR MB]

$150

42

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

NAPLOUS1 (NABLUS) PM10 "22.8.18" Octagonal Datestamp on Printed Form also struck with 2 Damas datestamps Reverse bears 3x1pi stamps tied by Turkish cancels, folded twice, couple tears, Unusual Use! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [RCT MB]

$100

43

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

NASRIE (NAZARETH) PM3 "SEPT 22, 1890" Double Ring Datestamp ties 1pi stamp on Cover to Philadelphia, PA Paris Oct 4 transit & Philadelphia Oct 12 & 13 receival b/s's, F-VF & Very Scarce! Signed "H.Muntz" at Lower Right. Photo. Estimated Value $600 [CVR MB]

$225

44

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

NASRE (NAZARETH) PM5 "4.11.904" Double Ring Belt Datestamp struck 3x ties 10pa, 20pa & 1pi stamps (1901 Ottoman Issue for Foreign Postage, 1pi30pa Registered Letter Rate) on Registered Cover Front to Neuffen, Germany, Boxed "U.P.U. / TURQUIE / R" Registry Marking RC1 Some slight age stains, still RARE! Only 12 Covers recorded by Collins. Photo. Estimated Value $1000 [CVR MB]

$350

45

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

NASRA (NAZARETH) PM6 "16.5.14" Double Ring Belt Datestamp in Blue ties 20pa on Color PPC (Nazareth) sent to Vienna Message written in German, Port Said transit cds, some hinge remnants on top of view side, o/w Clean, VF & Very Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $400 [PPC MB]

$175

46

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

SAFFED (SAFAD) PM5 Double Ring Belt Datestamps dated 24 Dec 1913 to 12 Jan 1914 (5 different strikes) on front & back of Page from Postal Record Book Folded at center, hinge remnants on back at top & side, small edge tears, still Scarce Use! Photo. Estimated Value $250 [DOC MB]

$125

47

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

SAFED1 (SAFAD) PM7 "29.3.17" Octagonal Receival Datestamp on back of Money Order Card (for 570pi 50pa!) sent from Limonowa, Austria with 2x50h stamps, CAIFFA2 PM11 "29.3.17" transit Datestamp Very minor edge faults, still F-VF. Photo. Estimated Value $200 [MO MB]

$75

48

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

SAFED1 (SAFAD) PM7 "5.9.18" Octagonal Datestamp (new latest date!) struck lightly twice ties 4 each 5pa (surcharge) & 20pa stamps (correct 2pi Registered Letter & 20pa War Orphans Tax) on back of Registered Censored Cover to International Office for Peace, Berne, Switzerland, "U.P.U. / TURQUIE / R" Registry Marking RC3, Turkish & German Censor Seals Stamboul transit & Bern receival b/s's, VF & RARE! Photo. Estimated Value $750 [CVR MB]

$350

49

FORERUNNERS

TURKISH POST OFFICE

TIBERIADE (TIBERIAS) PM4 "24.3.914" Double Ring Belt Datestamp ties 4pa stamp on View Side of Color PPC (Sultan's Soldiers) sent to Nazareth Message on back in French, Clean, VF & Scarce! Photo. Estimated Value $300 [PPC MB]

$150

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