Greek – BalkanPhila

1852 Greek Levant Istanbul Entire to Patras

Kemal Giray — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:32:36 +0000

Greek Levant: 1852 (5 April). Folded complete entire from Istanbul to Patras tied by KONSTANTINOUPOLIS * TOURKIA datestamp, G. Melas & Co * Constantinople merchant cachet and ΔΠ hand stamp which indicates that postage paid to destination. Reverse Athens transit and 10 April arrival cds’s.

1874 Greek Levant Istanbul Mourning Entire to Syros

Kemal Giray — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:26:25 +0000

Greek Levant: 1874 folded complete mourning entire to Greece franked with 40l of 1867-69 Hermes Head tied by Konstantinopoli Tourkia datestamps, oval GLAVANY-ZINO * CONSTANTINOPLE merchant cachet and on reverse Syros arrival cds. ΔΠ indicates that postage paid to destination.

1922 Turkey Bandirma Greek Censored Cover

Kemal Giray — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:33:23 +0000

Türkiye – Greek Levant: 1922 (10 May). Cover to Istanbul franked with 20pa and 4 1/2pi on 1pi Ottoman pictorial stamps for single weight five piasters internal letter rate tied by BANDIRMA 1 (A&P type 11, RR) datestamps Greek Bandirma censor cachet and 11 May Pera arrival cds.

1921 Greek Levant Smyrna Red Cross Cover

Kemal Giray — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:15:27 +0000

Greek Levant: 1921 (27 December). N. J. Manusso, Smyrne imprinted merchant registered cover to Italy franked with strip of six 20l and 5l definitive stamps, 5l Women’s Patriotic League Badge and two Π.Ι.Π. overprinted Red Cross postal tax stamps tied by Smyrna datestamps, 14 January 1922 Italian transit and next day Catania arrival cds’s. Clipped
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1921 Greek Levant Izmir Error Cover to USA

Kemal Giray — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:09:27 +0000

Greece: 1921 (1 December). Leon Minassian Greek Post Office, Smyrna imprinted Armenian merchant registered cover to United States franked with six E T overprinted 30l of 1916 and 1l block of four of 1913-23 lithographic issue one with Dot after E of EΛΛAΣ error and 5l Women’s Patriotic League Badge of 1915 postal tax stamps
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1870 Turkey Greek PO Constantinople Hermes

Kemal Giray — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:59:28 +0000

Türkiye – Greek Post Offices: 1870 folded entire to Piraeus franked with 5l and 40l large Hermes heads tied by Constantinople datestamp, 4 February Athens transit and on reverse same day arrival cds’s.

1878 Greece P.O in Turkey Entire to Syros

Kemal Giray — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:11:21 +0000

Greece Post Offices in Turkey: 1878 folded entire to Syros franked with 40l large Hermes stamp and tied by Greek Post Office in Constantinople datestamp.

1920 Greek occ Turkey Smyrna Cover

Kemal Giray — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 07:39:32 +0000

Greece: 1920 (31 March). Greek occupation of Smyrna, Turkey military cover with violet cachet on reverse.

1899 Ottoman Postcard Prinkipo to Austria

Kemal Giray — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:45:15 +0000

Ottoman. 1899 (30 MARS) picture postcard of Constantinople franked on reverse with 20pa and tied by boxed PRINKIPO date stamp to Austria.

1857 Greek Levant Istanbul Entire to Syros

Kemal Giray — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:40:27 +0000

Greek Levant: 1857 (2 August). Folded complete entire to Greece struck by KONSTANTINOUPOLIS * TOURKIA (Vlastos type II) datestamp. ΔΠ indicates that postage paid to destination. Reverse 4 August Syros arrival cds.