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Sale 121
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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