Description

Original wrappers. 4to. (26,5 x 20,5 cm). In English. [10], xxi, [1], 125, [1], 74 p., color and b/w plates. This auction catalogue consisting of 1646 lots (between 5000-6646) of the whole Cihangir Collection's third and the last part including the postal cancellations and rare seals of the Imperial Ottoman; fine philatelic material like stamps, envelopes, seals. This is one of the best references of the subject. "The Cihangir Collection part III is the most comprehensive collection of its kind, ever formed and offered at a public auction. Represented are all the areas of the lost territories - Europe, Asia and Africa as well as Turkey - mostly on covers and cards, and including many unrecorded seals and cancels. The selection also includes an extensive showing of Quarantine Station selas which are of particular interest to specialists of disinfected mail."