Lot 30005 – 1916-17 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: After the Ottomans had

Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had
Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had
Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had
Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had
Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had
Stamp of Saudi Arabia » "FEE PAID" Markings 1916-1917 1916-17 "FEE PAID" of Mecca: After the Ottomans had

Lot 30005 – 1916-17 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: After the Ottomans had

Saudi Arabia » “FEE PAID” Markings 1916-1917
Price realised
1’500 EUR
Estimate
1’000 – 1’600 EUR
Auction date
Wed 5 Jun 2019 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1916-17 “FEE PAID” of Mecca: After the Ottomans had been defeated, these were used until the Hejaz postage stamps were ready and during later shortages, bilingual type, unframed with horizontal lines and numbered in manuscript (Uexkull Type E), on postcard to Algeria with “MEKKE 3” datestamp of 30.9.16 (recorded from October) and on a cover to Jeddah with an unrecorded similar type mark from March 1917 but with smaller letters, a very rare pair

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