Lot 60012 – Ottoman Post Offices

Kazanlak – Kızanlık: 1863 Entire from Kazanlik to Constantinople showing very fine strike of Arabic with Crescent “Postahane-i Kizanlik 1278” (Post Office Kazanlak 1861) handstamp in black (İsfila AP02), at top left notation of weight 3 Dirhem / postal charge 3 piastres in manuscript, the only recorded cover showing this extremely rare and fine postal seal, a postal history gem of Bulgarian & Turkish philately, cert. Nakri