Lot 53052 – UNIQUE USAGE OF THE RECTANGULAR CANCEL
2pi blac
Lot 53052 – UNIQUE USAGE OF THE RECTANGULAR CANCEL 2pi blac
Turkey » Tughra Issue » 1863-65 2nd Printing: Wide Spaced, Thin Paper
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
12’000 EUR
Auction date
Sat 6 Dec 2014 at 14:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
UNIQUE USAGE OF THE RECTANGULAR CANCEL
2pi black on blue-green, with red control band in red at bottom, neatly tied on 1865 folded cover to Mersina by superb DERALIYE triple boxed rectangular cancel (Brandt type III-12), with French post office CONSTANTINOPLE/TURQUIE cds & “10” tax marking alongside, a superb usage and unique on the Tughra issue
A late usage of the Tughra issue with the very rare boxed cancellation which was normally only used on the Duloz issue
Note: Illustrated in Basaran (2010) page 69 Catalogue ref: 5
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