By: Corinphila Auction AG
lot # 2732 - türkei portomarken
Incoming Mail to Smirna 1846/1949: Covers/cards (23) with 1846 entire locally carried with "BRITISH CONSULATE / SMYRNA" Arms handstamp on reverse, cover from Aleppo to Izmir struck with negative seal on despatch, rare 1859 cover with "P/Anchor/P" handstamp and "Porto Piastre 6½" rate label, 1860 cover from Southampton to Smyrna franked 6 d. lilac, 1871 cover from Lyon franked France 1867 20 c. blue (2) underpaid and charged "6" décimes due, 1874 cover with Italy 1863 40 c. red with superb "Lloyd Agenzie / Smirne" displaying well on flap, 1882 cover "via Pireo" with Austrian Levant 10 soldi blue tied SALONICCO cds, 1903 card from Italy underpaid at 5 c. and taxed with Austria 20 pa. green Postage Due, 1904 card from China with 4 c. brown to Vathy, Samos via Suez and Smyrne, 1908 card from Warsaw with ROPiT Office arrival cds in violet, and registered 1925 Parcel Card from Hungary etc. A fine lot.
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