Lot 60041 – Ottoman Post Offices

Plovdiv-Filibe: 1875 registered cover from Plovdiv to Constantinople bearing Duloz postage Due 1870 issue 1 piastre and 2 piastres yellowish-brown tied by very clear strikes of Arabic double-circle « Filibe 81 » handstamp in black (Coles & Walker fig. 19) with Arabic small negative « Taahhüt olunmuştur » (has been registered) seal alongside, reverse showing bilingual Stamboul arrival postmark with recipient manuscript dated notation