forerunners and foreign post offices - Stamp Auctions
Lot 119 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1864-1901 Covers from G.B to Jerusalem, the 1864 cover from Staplehurst with Alexandria French P.O backstamp, the four 1893-1901 covers with Jerusalem French P.O backstamps, two also with "GRAND NEW HOTEL / A. & J. MORCOS / JERUSALEM" cachets applied upon redirection from the hotel. One cover (stained) from the painter Mr Holman Hunt. (5). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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 Lot 130 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1918 Turkey 2pa newspaper wrappers (5) and 20pa postcards (3, all uprated) all to major Welsch of the 8th Army Corps, the wrappers sent to Jerusalem or Poste Restante at Damascus (four redirected in arabic), four with violet circular censor cachets; the three cards with octagonal arrival datestamps of Naplous 1, one also with the very scarce Turkish F.P.O 3 c.d.s used at Jerusalem. (8). Photo on Page 29. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 125 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1904-18 Covers and cards with double ring or octagonal bilingual datestamps, comprising a stampless official cover with seal handstamps and Jaffa 2 backstamp; 20pa postal stationery postcard with Nasre c.d.s; parcel cards with Beni-Saab c.d.s or octagonal Naplous 1 datestamps; picture postcards with datestamps of Naplous, Jericho or Bon Samaritan all in violet. (Bale 784m 798v, 799v, 806v, 808, 826, 875). (7). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 120 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1908-14 Covers, cards and wrappers from the German Post Offices at Jerusalem (3) or Jaffa (with boxed "Aus Jerusalem / Deutsche Post"); the French Post Offices at Jerusalem (4) or Caiffa; or the Italian Post Office at Jerusalem. (10). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 131 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryWW1 - German/Austrian Forces. 1916-18 Postcards from German (9) or Austrian (4) forces comprising Turkey 20pa postal stationery postcards (2) and stampless picture postcards (2) with Deutsche Feldpost datestamps with three stars, and other stampless picture postcards with bilingual Feldpost datestamps of Konstantinopel, Jerusalem (with Austrian F.P.O 452) or A.O.K.4 (6), or Austrian F.P.O 452. Also a photograph of German troops and aeroplanes taken at Djenine. Cachets include "K.U.K Sanitatsanstation fur Syrien / Reservespital in Jerusalem". (14). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 126 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1916 Covers and cards comprising 20pa postal stationery cover bearing 10pa pair tied by scarce Meo-Charem c.d.s, postcard franked 20pa to the USA tied superb Quart Israelite c.d.s, and a postcard franked 20pa to a soldier in Germany tied octagonal Caiffa datestamp, all with Star and Crescent censor cachets. Bale 841, 843, 861). (3). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 121 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryAustrian P.O. 1887-1913 Covers and cards with datestamps of the Austrian P.O at Jerusalem (10) or Caifa (5), including 1903 parcel card franked 5pi, 1893 Austria 5sld postcard (torn) disallowed at the Jerusalem P.O and charged 5d in England with "T" handstamp, 1913 Caifa c.d.s on a Post Office receipt and on 1912 registered cover franked 2pi and bearing a yellow registration label, 1888 5sld postcard with "CAIFA" and 1895 5kr postcard with "JAFFA" c.d.s, etc. (15). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 132 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1914-15 Telegrams from Berlin (3) or the Austrian Embassy in Constantinople all to the German Consulate in Jerusalem, sending war reports from the Western front (3) or from the Russian and Tyrolean fronts, one a little damaged, unusual. (4). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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 Lot 127 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryJerusalem - Kuds. 1916 Turkey 20pa postal stationery envelope franked 5pa pair and 20pa, tied by three superb strikes of the Arabic type "Kuds 3" c.d.s (Bale 887, $1,800) with a Star and Crescent censor cachet, very rare. Photo on Page 25. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
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Lot 122 - holy land forerunners and foreign post offices - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRussian P.O. 1901-1914 Cards comprising 1890 Russian Levant 4k postcard with violet ROPIT Jaffa c.d.s and 1902-14 picture postcards franked Russian Levant 1k strip of four, 2k, (2) or 2k pairs (2) tied by ROPIT datestamps of Jerusalem in violet or black (5, three types). (6). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyholy land forerunners and foreign post offices |
