Italian – BalkanPhila https://www.balkanphila.com Postal history, stamps, archives, postcards, ephemera, books Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:37:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.balkanphila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Italian – BalkanPhila https://www.balkanphila.com 32 32 1908 Italian Levant Turkey Buyukdere to St Heliers Jersey https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1908-italian-levant-turkey-buyukdere-to-st-heliers-jersey/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:07:27 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=98991 Italian Levant – Türkiye: 1908 postcard titled ‘Prairie de Bouyukdere’ to St Heliers, Jersey franked with 20pa. on 10c. tied by Constantinopoli datestamps. ed. Georges Papantoine

]]> 1921 Italian Occupation Scalanova Kuşadası Military to Livorno https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1921-italian-occupation-scalanova-kusadasi-military-card-2/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:44:18 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=95102 Read More "1921 Italian Occupation Scalanova Kuşadası Military to Livorno"]]> Italian Occupation of Türkiye: 1921 (11 September). Italian Military Freepost Card to Livorno struck by Poste Italiane * Scalanova (Anatolia) datestamp oval “R. POSTE / BATTAGLIONE / “SCALANOVA” hand cachet. signed by Enzo Diena and Nakri (retailed it $3,000)

Kuşadası (Scalanova) civil post office opened on 23 March 1921 replacing Military Post PM162 datestamp and continued to operate until 10 August 1922

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Kuşadası (Scalanova) civil post office opened on 23 March 1921 replacing Military Post PM162 datestamp and continued to operate until 10 August 1922

]]> 1921 Italian Occupation Scalanova Kuşadası Military to Livorno https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1921-italian-occupation-scalanova-kusadasi-military-card/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:20:28 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=95100 Read More "1921 Italian Occupation Scalanova Kuşadası Military to Livorno"]]> Italian Occupation of Türkiye: 1921 (17 November). Italian Military Freepost Card to Livorno struck by Poste Italiane * Scalanova (Anatolia) [Kuşadası Türkiye] datestamp and violet circular “R Corpo Spedizionario in Anatolia * Ufficio Genio” hand cachet. signed by Enzo Diena

Kuşadası (Scalanova) civil post office opened on 23 March 1921 replacing Military Post PM162 datestamp and continued to operate until 10 August 1922

 

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]]> 1922 Italian Levant Istanbul Registered to Frankfurt https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1922-italian-levant-istanbul-registered-to-frankfurt/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:05:05 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=66720 Italian Levant: 1922 (10 September). Registered cover to Germany franked with two 7,50 pi Turkish currency surcharged 60c Italian stamps (Sg. 85) tied by Constantinopoli datestamp. Reverse 20 September Frankfurt arrival cds’s.

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