The Autumn Auction Series #194

1891 Postal card 20pa cancelled bilingual double circle of Hodeida, addressed to Bombay, with Sea Post Office cds alongside, cnr card fault, scarce

1901 Envelope to Constantinople, franked 20pa tied by superb HUDEIDA barred double-circle ds, very fine & scarce

1905-12 Incoming Mail: Covers from Galata, Turkey and India, both addressed to Hodeidah, scarce

1908 Envelope via Aden to France, franked on reverse 10pa pair, 20pa and 1pi all tied by barred double circle Hodeida, Aden bs alongside, fine & scarce

1910 Envelope from Dayr Sa’ada near Zayrak Quartier of Shujaa’al-Din addressed to Mr. Humayan Taje of the family of Commander Suliman Asaf Bek, franked 1909 1pi pair tied barred double-circle Sana, cvr creases and cnr fault, fine and scarce

1911-13 Picture postcards, selection of six different cards mostly with Turkish franking and tied by barred double circle Hodeida, a scarce group (6)

1912-13 Picture postcards, selection of six different cards many with Turkish franking and tied by barred double circle Hodeida/6, a scarce group (6)

1915 Administration Sanitaire de L'Empire Ottoman printed envelope addressed to Camaran, via Turkisk Post in Hodeida and Salif, however as the British had already occupied the region such mail was returned, unusual & scarce

1926 Triangular red negative seal in top right corner of registered envelope addressed to Ahmed bin Saleh el Tahiri in Abbis-abeba, franked on reverse 4b and 10b tied Sanaa cds, showing both registered label and hs alongside, very fine and rare registered usage

1926 Triangular violet negative seal in top right corner of envelope addressed to Col. Jacob, similar seal on reverse, very fine and scarce
(Note: Colonel Jacob was assigned to Aden as an intelligence officer, but belonged to the Arab bureau in Cairo. Accounts state he was captured by tribesmen in 1919-1920 trying to reach Sanaa from Hodeidah. It was later revealed that he had an aborted attempt to strike an oil contract with the Imam...