Lot 70117 – 1859 Outstanding Ottoman Maritime Porto Piastre collection : A remarkable group of seventeen covers
Lot 70117 – 1859 Outstanding Ottoman Maritime Porto Piastre collection : A remarkable group of seventeen covers
Turkey
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
7’000 – 10’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 7 Dec 2017 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1859 Outstanding Ottoman Maritime Porto Piastre collection :
A remarkable group of seventeen covers all some a fine array of many different manuscript values on the “Porto – Piastre” labels including 3/4pi, 2pi, 2 1/2pi, 3pi, 3 1/2pi, 5 1/2pi and 6 1/2pi, plus an array of different cachets alongside these being large circular “POSTA DEI PIROSCAFI OTTOMANI CONSTANTINOPOLI / P.P.”, boxed “P.P.” with anchor, straight line “Franco” in blue, an wonderful and rare assembly, all signed “Guilio Bolaffi” and “AD” (Alberto Diena) 700: Rarities of the World
Catalogue
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