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 Lot 5749 - irak - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4Airmail 1919: First Baghdad-Cairo RAF Flight, cover to Portsmouth endorsed on obverse "On Active Serivice", franked on reverse with Sept 1918 ¼ a. 5 pa. dull purple-brown, ½ a. on 10 pa. green and 1 a. on 20 pa. red all tied by framed "POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F. / AERIAL MAIL. BAGHDAD-CAIRO / BY 31st WING R.A.F. MESOPOTAMIA" cachet struck in red with despatch cds "F.P.O. 55" alongside in black (Feb 24) with arrival (March 1) in black. Overall tone spots but a cover of enormous rarity. Muller #3 = 20'000 pts. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4irak |
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 Lot 5750 - irak - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 41918/21: Group of covers (3) with 1919 cover to UK franked ½ a. on 10 pa. green strip of three tied scarce KIFRI (IRAQ)" cds's (Sept 28) in black, 1921 cover to Cairo with ½ a. on 10 pa. green and 1 a. on 20 pa. red tied Baghdad cds's with scarce "BAGHDAD / DUE" handstamp in black, arrival verso (Nov 7); and 1923 large cover, some edge wear, registered to Gulbenkian in London franked on reverse ½ a. on 10 pa. green and 1 a. on 20 pa. red (eight examples) all tied by "Lower Baghdad" cds's (Jan 30) in black with "SUB, LOWER BAGHDAD" registration label on obverse. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4irak |
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 Lot 1287 - irak dienstmarken - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 21932 (April): Official 1 d. on 25 r. violet, wmk. Multiple Script CA sideways, a very fine used lightly used example of this rare stamp. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 650. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2irak dienstmarken |
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 Lot 1285 - irak - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 21932 (April): ½ d. on 10 r. scarlet, wmk. Multiple Script CA sideways, a fine used example of a very elusive stamp, much under-catalogued by SG. Cert. RPSL (2015) Gi = £ 200. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2irak |
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 Lot 1286 - irak - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 21932 (April): 1 d. on 25 r. violet, wmk. Multiple Script CA sideways, a very fine used example of this rare stamp. Signed Todd AIEP Gi = £ 550. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand – The ‚KOOYONG‘ Collection - Day 2irak |
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 Lot 1301 - übersee irak - Peter Harlos Auctions 46. Harlos AuktionTürkei 1 Pia. auf Brief mit zweisprachigem Stempel Kerbela nach Persien, persische Durchgangsstempel Crmanschah 15.10.10 und Koum 22.10.10., Ankunftstempel Isfahan 29.10.10 Peter Harlos Auctions 46. Harlos Auktionübersee irak |
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 Lot 1302 - übersee irak - Peter Harlos Auctions 46. Harlos AuktionTürkei 2 x 20 Pa. rückseitig auf Brief mit violettem zweisprachigem Stempel Nedjef Echref nach Persien, persische Durchgangsstempel Crmanschah 31.10. und 1.11. und Koum 26.11.10. und 7.11.10, Ankunftstempel Isfahan 10.11.10, Umschlag ist links ca. 2 cm verkürzt, mit Inhalt Peter Harlos Auctions 46. Harlos Auktionübersee irak |
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 Lot 02276 - irak - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2Iraq: 1957, 28 K. ovpt. Silver Jubilee of Iraq Red Crescent Society, overprinted 1957, 28 K. ovpt. Silver Jubilee of Iraq Red Crescent Society, overprinted double, mint never hinged MNH, (SG£325); plus a normal copy for comparison. Condition: ** (mint never hinged) Catalog number(s): SG 395a Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2irak |
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 Lot 02272 - irak - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2Iraq: 1851, U.S 3¢ Washington imperforate, (vertical tear re-attached) tied by " 1851, U.S 3¢ Washington imperforate, (vertical tear re-attached) tied by "New York Jan (20)" datestamp on entire from MOSUL IRAQ MESOPOTAMIA to ST. LOUIS, U.S. Lower left ms "STEAMER / D.W MARSH, MOSUL" 3 page letter, datelined " Mosul, Mon. Nov. 23rd 1856 ". The cover was taken to Bagdad per steamer along the Tigris and then carried by British dromedary service through the Syrian desert to Beirut where it was put on board a packet (postal route opened by the British in 1843 between Beirut and Bagdad). The letter travelled nearly 3 months till its final destination, St. Louis U.S. Written by the missionary Dwight Whitney Marsh who was posted at Mosul from 1850 to 1860. After graduating in 1849 he was sent by the The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (A.B.C.F.M) to reopen the station at Mosul, closed in 1845. He sailed from Boston December 7 1849, arrived in Smyrna Jan 20, and arrived in Mosul on March 29, 1850. His voyage went via Beirut (Lebanon), Iskenderoun, Aintab, and Ourfa. In 1852, Mr. Marsh went back to America, and was married in October to Julia White Peck, and brought out his bride early in 1853 to Mosul. On May 5th 1859, his only child, a boy of two, died, and then on August 12th of the same year, his beloved wife passed away in Mosul. It was a blow that led him to return to the U.S in 1860. During his stay in Mosul, Marsh acquired two Assyrian reliefs from Nimrud for his alma mater, saying he hoped students would "look upon the relics of the past and think wisely of time". The reliefs were the first of their kind to arrive in the U.S. In this letter the author makes reference to the Anglo-Persian war (Nov. 1 1856 - Apr. 4 1857) "News from Persia and India is warlike but Persia will probably yield and England be saved the cost of another war - Persia ought to be humbled, she has treated England hautighly" He concludes the letter by saying "I hope slavery will not prevail tomorrow" in reference to the U.S presidential elections which took place on the 4th Nov (18th quadrennial presidential election), where Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont. THIS AMAZING 1856 COVER REPRESENTS THE EARLIEST USE OF A POSTAGE STAMP IN IRAQ AND THE ONLY KNOWN COVER TO BEAR A U.S STAMP. ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS OF IRAQ POSTAL HISTORY. Condition: Cover Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2irak |
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 Lot 02273 - irak - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2Iraq: 1854, Stampless envelope (without contents) sent from Mosul with manuscrip 1854, Stampless envelope (without contents) sent from Mosul with manuscript endorsement "STEAMER/MOSUL" at lower left and "BOSTON / 18 APR / 5 cts" arrival postmark. Reverse side manuscript date "April 22nd `54". Written by the U.S missionary Dwight. W. Marsh (1823-1896) stationed in Mosul (1850 – 1860) to his sister Clarissa Dwight Marsh. The cover was carried by river steamer along the Tigris after which it was taken per dromedary service to Beirut via Damascus through the Syrian desert (postal route opened by the British in 1843 between Beirut and Bagdhad). THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED TRANSATLANTIC MAIL COVER FROM IRAQ OF WHICH ONLY TWO ARE KNOWN Included in this lot is a further letter from the same correspondance: 1860, July 14, stampless four page entire letter (send outside of the post) from CONSTANTINOPLE to ST. LOUIS, MO. USA. Date lined "CONSTANTINOPLE ON BOARD CUNARD STEAMER OLYMPIA, JULY 14, SAT. EVE." Manuscript lower left "Steamer / D.W.". Written by the missionery Dwight W. Marsh (1823-1896) on his last return voyage from Mosul to St.Louis, Mo addressed to his sister. After having spent 10 years doing missionary work in Mosul and area. This letter is his last one written from the Middle East, as he never set foot there again. He mentions interesting chronicles of the events taking place at the time. Regarding the 1860 Lebanon civil war (23 may - 11 July 1860), he says " our souls have been stirred this week by the news from syria and the terrible massacre of christians by the druzes " (Druze turning against the Maronite Christians.Around 20,000 Christians were killed by the Druze, and 380 Christian villages and 560 churches destroyed). He goes on "it will have no slight affect on the future of turkey. may god overrule it for good ". Condition: Cover Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 60th AUCTION - day 2irak |
