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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 1515

Turkey The City Post of Constantinople - The Otto Hornung Gold Medal Collection Third Period - Stamps with Overprint 1879 (7 May) envelope from Yenisehir (Larissa, Greece) to Istanbul bearing on reverse 1874 20pa. green, 1pi. yellow block of seven (one stamp affixed overlapping the edge and another affixed over wax seal) with double ring yenisehir 81 (Coles and Walker 2) cancellations, 1pi. yellow with blue Shehir III overprint affixed for local delivery and cancelled by oval "baghtche capussi" datestamp; fine and scarce. Photo Estimate £ 500-700

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£900