Lot 60043 – Ottoman Post Offices

Plovdiv-Filibe: 1876 cover from Plovdiv to Constantinople bearing Duloz 1868 issue 20 para green and 1875 issue 1 pi. orange-yellow tied by very clear strikes of Arabic double-circle “Filibe 81” handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 19), reverse with “Şehir-City Post” overprinted 1 pi. yellow for the İstanbul city delivery fee (İsfila YPO 119) tied by bilingual Lianos type “Bachtche Capussi” oval datestamp, the adhesive damaged on opening the envelope, signed Nakri