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Auction: 1027 - Autumn Collector's Series
Lot: 1529

Turkey The City Post of Constantinople - The Otto Hornung Gold Medal Collection Fifth Period - Stamps with Overprint 1881 (22 Aug.) envelope from Izmit to Istanbul bearing 1875 1pi. yellow with blue boxed izmid 81 (Coles and Walker 46) cancellation, on reverse 1pi. yellow with blue type III Shehir overprint tied by oval "baghtche capussi" datestamp; some stains but unusual usage of an envelope during the fifth period. Photo Estimate £ 100-120

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