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Orco-Expo Auction, Fullerton, CA


Turkey and Uruguay
 
 
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Lot 2112

Turkey, Highly Specialized Collection, predominantly mint and highly specialized collection of 1863-2007 issues housed in fourteen albums or stockbooks, incl. 1863-64 first issue, thick paper 20pa., 1pi., 1865-76 Duloz issue with 1865 color trials (six of each value) 25pi. red-orange, 1867 25pi. vermilion, proofs, blocks, varieties, reprints, 1884-86 25pi. black, 1891 printed matter 10pa. to 5pi., 1892 2pi. Tête-bêche pair and block of four, 5pi. dull purple "50" at upper right, 1894 printed matter 5pi. dull purple "50" at upper right, 1901 overprint and 1908 internal postage sets, 1901, 1901 1905 overprint Foreign postage sets, varieties, 1908 Printed Matter set, 1909 set and printed matter set, 1911 Sultans Visit, 1913 G.P.O. Constantinople set, 1914 200pi., 1915 10pi. On 100pi. surcharge inverted, 1915 Star and crescent issue with many varieties 1917 Bulls head overprinted with many varieties, 1922 War Orphans sets with and without overprints, 1923 Izmir set, 1923-26 with values to 500pi. With varieties, 1924 Treaty, 1926 to 200g, 1927 and 1928 Izmir sets, 1929-30 New Currency, 1930 Railway, 1933 Suffragettes, 1934 Izmir, a fantastic and largely compete range of later issues with miniature sheets, Postage Dues, Officials, Red Crescent with 1912 and 1915 se-tenant strips of five, Obligatory Tax, Aviation Fund with 1926 set, 1927 set, 1930 5L. on 15g. (Scott RAC 23), Alexandretta, Hatay, etc., condition throughout mostly fine to very fine, needs close inspection.
Estimate $10,000-15,000.
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Realized
$11,500
Lot 2113
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Turkey, and Northern Cypress Collection, in 2 Scott Specialty albums, mostly hinged with some in mounts (for souvenir sheets and blocks), mixed mint and used thru #757, then appears to be all mint, largely complete from #554 to year 2012 incl. Back-of-Book for same period, also incl. Alexandretta, Cilicia and Hatay, plus Palo hingeless album for Northern Cypress for 1974 to 2012 with hit and miss coverage until about 1998, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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Realized
$920
Lot 2114

Turkey, and Related Cover Group, 13 covers and 4 postcards incl. German Offices in Turkey, French Offices in Cilicie, India to Smyrna, Cilicie (philatelic), Turkey to Switzerland, also 6 unused postcards from the area, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-350.
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Lot 2115
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Turkey, Accumulation in Small Box, some on pages (incl. cancels) or in glassines, but much loose, incl. sheet, blocks and some covers, who knows what you will find, mixed condition.
Estimate $400-600.
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Realized
$288
Lot 2116
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Turkey, Mint and Used Accumulation, one mostly mint collection on album pages to 1952 with some Colonies and Offices incl. Foreign Offices in Turkey, one mint collection in stockbook to 1950, one binder of mint and used on stockpages concentrated on 1920's with dupl., much Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$288
Lot 2117
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Turkish Cyprus, Mint and Used, thousands, majority n.h. dupl. stock, majority 1980's-90's period with dupl. up to approx. 100, some in complete sets, clean, fine to very fine.
2008 Scott $17,000.
Estimate $1,000-1,300.
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Lot 2118
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Uruguay, Collection to 2009, Two Scott specialty albums filled with mint/used in the early period and predominantly mint o.g. to n.h. from 1950's to end with nice range of Airmails incl. C14-60 both mint and used, etc., please look closely as this is an extensive offering seldom seen from this area with high cat., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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Realized
$2,990








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