Auction #22

Libya Kingdom. Post Card (San Antonio Garden - Malta) sent by airmail from Tripoli on 1/3/1952 to England, franked for 6 MAL by 1 and 5 MAL stamps overprinted "LIBYA" for use in Tripolitania. SCARCE POST CARD RATE.

Libya Kingdom. Official mail cover sent by air from "BERENICE N 1" on 27/4/1953 to London, England, with Bengasi transit on back. Franked for 35 mills by pair of 5 mills and a 25 mills stamp, bilingual overprinted "Official". The pair presents the UNRECORDED ERROR "typographical space moved between m and i". VERY RARE.

Libya Kingdom. Registered Official mail cover sent from "BENGHAZI N 2" on 29/1/1955 to Tripoli. Franked on the back side for 30 mills by three 10 mills stamps, bilingual overprinted "Official". VERY NICE AND SCARCE STAMPS USE.

Malta. Advertising cover of Italian shipping company "FLORIO RUBATTINO", sent from Malta and franked with a copy of 2½p cancelled by the rectangular Italian shipping seal "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI" apposed in Siracusa on 1/8/1892. RARE, LATE SHIPPING SEAL USE.

Malta. Advertising air mail cover sent from Valletta on 15/12/1939 to Egypt with double censor. SCARCE CENSORED MAIL.

Oman. Cover sent from Muscat on 27 April 1910 to Bombay with several arrival cancels. SCARCE.

Oman. 1975, Fournier progressive proof on gummed paper of Eradication of Illiteracy stamp. NICE AND SCARCE.

Pakistan. Lot of two Air Mail covers sent respectively from Karachi on 15/10/1957 and from Lahore on 3/12/1960 to Milano and Torino, in Italy. On both covers was used the 2 annas stamp "anniversary of independence", but in the Italian city, the postmaster consider the red stamp affixed on the second cover not in accordance with UPU Regulation and applied the taxation of 40 ITL, consequential the esplication seal translatable into: "Invalid...

Palestine. Russian Office, commercial use of reply part 4k stationery card, sent from Jaffa on 17/3/1899 (corrispond to 29/3/1899 Gregorian calendar) to the French Postal Agent in Jerusalem, obviously without arrive cancel. Short notice about the confirmation of the failure to notify successful reception of a small packet sent to Jerusalem. EXCEPTIONAL MAIL SENT FROM JAFFA TO JERUSALEM, THE ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED.

Palestine. Ottoman office, postcard of "Tiberias fishing-boat" sent from Nasre (Nazareth) on 6/9/1904 to France. NICE.

Palestine. Italian office, postcard sent from Gerusalemme on 11/5/1913 to France with the new cancel used after the Italian-Turkish war on 1911/1912. Franked with a overprint stamp "Gerusalemme 10 Para 10". RARE.

Palestine. Ottoman Office, censured postcard (Caiffa Syrie Couvent du Mont Carmel Ed. J. & B. Zahlan - Caiffa) sent from Caiffa #1 on 12/9/1918. Franked recto-verso for 30 paras. RARE, one of the last document recorded sent from Haifa under Ottoman administration before the Megiddo's battle.