366. Auktion März 2018

LEBANON: Beyrouth 1892, 1900: Two large registered covers franked with 7x1pi 1892 or 6x1pi 1900 sent to Hamburg, scarce rates, with small imperfections

1888/1911, Group of 13 items from "SAMSUN" (2 registered envelopes and 1 postal card), "SMYRNA" (4 envelopes, one being registered and 2 postal cards) & "CONSTANTINOPEL I or III (two registered envelopes, one postal card and one wrapper to Crete), interesting lot

1860s/1910s, Collection of postmarks, hundreds of stamps with various types of cancels with strong emphasis on Crete that includes blocks, Epirus with "PREVESA" and "JANINA," Samos and Chios, but also including Albania & other offices. Noticed some "VOLOS," a partial "LEROS," a couple "LARNACA DI CIPRO," among many others; stock cards and glassines full of wonderful stamps with great cancel types to list here. Overall, stamp quality is high, but this is a postmark collection so some stamp faults should be expected. Very high catalogue, excellent for study