Charity & Local – BalkanPhila

1922 Greece Kutahya Censored Cover

Kemal Giray — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:57:38 +0000

Greece – Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922): 1922 cover franked with “GREEK ADMINISTRATION” hand stamped 20pa Ottoman pictorial stamp tied by Kutahya datesamp to Istanbul. Reverse censor cachet and 5 November cds.

1917a Turkey Red Crescent PoW Agency to Russian Red Cross

Kemal Giray — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:30:09 +0000

Türkiye: circa 1917 Ottoman Red Crescent Society Prisoners of War Commission imprinted official cover to Russian Red Cross Bureau in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1929 Turkey Red Crescent Aviation Fund to Germany

Kemal Giray — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:55:28 +0000

Türkiye: 1929 cover to Germany franked with 20pa on 1k, 2k and 10k pictorials, 1k Red Crescent and two 20pa Aviation Fund obligatory tax stamps tied by Istanbul datestamp.

1921 Aintab Local Card to England with Error

Kemal Giray — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:58:32 +0000

Turkey – Syria – Ain Tab Local: 1921 (21 August). O.M.F. Syrie 1 Piastre handstamped on 20pa of 1917 Ottoman postal stationery card with handstamp double variety to London tied by AINTAB datestamp. Card sent by an officer in the British Military Mission (BMM) during Anglo-French occupation. Aintab, later Gaziantep, was ceded to Turkey on
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1873 Turkey Bursa Istanbul City Post Dulos Cover

Kemal Giray — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:12:30 +0000

Ottoman Turkey: 1873 (14 June). Folded cover to Istanbul franked with 20pa and 1pi irregular perf. of 1870-71 Dulos stamps for single weight of 1 ½ letter rate tied by triple box BRUSA 81 (vilayet Hüdavendigar, A&P type 5) handstamps. Reverse franked with 1pi SEHIR (City) overprinted Dulos stamp for local delivery fee tied by same
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1964 Turkey Cyprus Charity Set **

Kemal Giray — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 06:57:47 +0000

Turkey: 1964 Joint Charity Help to Cyprus Stamps unmounted mint set. **

1940 Charity Stamps Hatay Postcard

Kemal Giray — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:11:12 +0000

Turkey: 1940 postcard titled ‘Les cascades de Daphne au Hatay’ to Istanbul franked with 1/2k Red Crescent and P.Y.S. overprinted 20pa Child Welfare obligatory tax charity stamps tied by Ankara datestamps. Unusual usage of charity stamps as postage. Red Crescent corner cut out but still scarce. Isfila K40, C14

1897 British Levant Reply Card Istanbul Athens

Kemal Giray — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 09:19:18 +0000

British Levant – Turkey: 1897 (12 April). QV 1d reply postal stationery card to Greece struck by BPO Constantinople datestamp and 15 April Athens arrival cds.

1881 Turkey Local Post 20pa Card

Kemal Giray — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:37:48 +0000

Turkey: 1881 pre-cancelled GALATA * POSTE LOCALE 20 UPU postal stationery card overprinted “Sehir” (City) for to be used locally in Istanbul.

Turkey Children Protection Society Postcard

Kemal Giray — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:10:59 +0000

Turkey: Unused Himaye-i Etfal Cemiyeti (Society for the Protection of Children) charity postcard.