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Auction: 6010 - Important Stamps & Covers of the World - Washington Philatelic Exhibition Auction
Lot: 217

x Turkey Liannos´s Post (Constantinople) 1865 (Oct.) Perkins, Bacon composite essays (4), each with printed circular vignette with handpainted Star and Crescent in centre, hand-drawn or handpainted rectangular background and border outlined in pencil, each on piece of card numbered "1" to "4". A magnificent and unique group from Perkins, Bacon & Co. Estimate US$ 7,500-8,500Note: This post was begun at the suggestion of the Turkish Government, which admitted itself incapable of organising a satisfactory postal service in Constantinople and its environs. The post was authorised by Imperial Decree, dated August 15 1865 and the service was begun on December 1, chiefly as an inter-city service, although letters were also collected and forwarded abroad. literature: Perkins Bacon Records, Vol. II, page 636

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