
384. Auction - 1101
1885 (February 20), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, two singles, each tied to stationery card by blue circular grid cancel, corresponding “Poste Jambol” despatch c.d.s., to Arthur Maury...

1885 (February 20), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, two singles, each tied to stationery card by blue circular grid cancel, corresponding “Poste Jambol” despatch c.d.s., to Arthur Maury...

1885 (February 24), 5pa black & olive, perforated 13.5, two singles affixed at either side of postal card, paying the 10pa inland postcard rate, 5pa paying only the rate for local delivery, tied b...

1885 (March 1), 10pa black & green, perforated 13.5, and 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, each tied to postal card to Guadalajara, Mexico, by circular grid cancels, neatly-struck Pos...

1885 (March 20), cover to Hamburg, franked on reverse with four 5pa lilac & pale lilac horizontal pairs, perforated 11.5, tied by green circular grid cancels, struck on front with bold Poste Yambo...

1885 (March 24), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, tied to postal stationery card to Kazanlak by circular grid cancel, neatly-struck Tchirpan c.d.s. below, a lovely example of the 10pa in...

1885 (April 17), 5pa lilac & pale lilac, perforated 11.5, block of four, tied to back of cover by two bold strikes of circular grid cancel, bilingual Haskeuy despatch c.d.s. on front, Istanbul c.d...

1885 (April 26), 5pa lilac & pale lilac, perforated 11.5, tied to cover to Adrianopel by circular grid cancel, blue Plovdiv despatch c.d.s. alongside, partial blue Constantinople c.d.s. transit ba...

1885 (May 30), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, two singles affixed to postal stationery card, tied by green grid cancels, matching Tatar Pazardjik despatch c.d.s., addressed to Vienna a...

1885 (June), cover franked with two 5pa perf 11.5, one each of 10pa, 20pa, and 1pi, perf 13.5, tied to reverse of registered cover to Kehl by circular grid cancels in blue, front with partial Plovdiv ...

1885 (July 4), 10pa green & light green, two singles, perforated 11.5, tied to postal card to Plovdiv by green circular grid cancel, Stanimaka c.d.s. despatch alongside, reverse with Sofia transit...

1885 (August 5), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, tied to inland postcard from Slivno to Stara Zagora, with green c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Aug 8), a fine example of this less-common c.d...

1885 (August 7), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5, tied to postal card to Plovdiv by blue circular grid cancel, Poste Slivno despatch c.d.s. alongside, showing the inverted “7” date slug,...

1885 (August 23), post office document from the Tatar Pazardjik Post & Telegraph Office, to the Post Office in Sliven, struck with double Post Horn negative seal “East Rumelian Post / T. Pazardjik...

1885 (August 28), three 1pi black & blue, perforated 13.5, two on reverse, all tied to registered cover to Arthur Maury in Paris by blue circular grid cancels, neatly-struck “Poste Yamboli” despat...

1885 (September 2), 5pa lilac & pale lilac, perforated 11.5 (4), 10pa green & light green, perforated 11.5 (2), and 1pi black & blue, perforated 13.5, tied to back of cover to Hannover, Ge...

1885 (September 2), 10pa green on light green, perforated 11.5, tied to cover from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv, with green c.d.s. despatch and blue c.d.s. receiver (Sep 5) both struck on front, fine and a...

Incoming Mail: 1885 (September 27), newspaper “Tirnova Constitution”, No. 171, franked with 1st lilac Lion of Bulgaria, tied by Sofia c.d.s., to Plovdiv, with c.d.s. receiver (Sep 29) alongside, a sca...

1885 (December 15), cover to a member of the Eastern Corps in Sarambei, franked with 20pa rose on pale rose, tied to official cover by circular grid cancel on black, postmarked with neatly-struck Plov...

1885 (August 16), 5pa lilac & pale lilac, perforated 11.5, horizontal pair, tied to postal card with circular grid cancel, Kazanluk despatch c.d.s. at left, to Kotel, with blue c.d.s. arrival back...

1886, three postal stationery covers to Freiherrn Adolph von Gissa in Plovdiv, with a 7k stationery cover from Libau (June 4), a 10pf uprated Bavarian stationery cover from Bamberg, and 10pf Cro...

1885, 5pa lilac (2 singles and one pair), 10pa green, (2), 20pa black on rose (1), and 1pi (1), all overprinted Type I in black or blue, used save for one 10pa example, a small study showing contrasti...

1885, 5pa black on olive, Type I, overprint in blue, affixed to postal card for local usage, with attached reply card, both unused, ink stain at lower right, else fine, handstamped Zagorsky, with his ...

1885 (September 18), 5pa black on olive, perforated 13.5, overprint Type I, tied to local postal card by Poste Slivno c.d.s. in blue, a most unusual and scarce usage of the 1881 5pa value overprinted,...

1885, 5pa lilac (2) and 10pa green (2), perforated 11.5, overprint Type I in blue, with one of each denomination showing regular and aniline ink varieties, the odd trivial perf flaw, else a fine and u...

1885, 5pa lilac and 10pa green, perforated 11.5, overprinted Type I in blue, aniline ink varieties, each affixed to an individual postal card, the 10pa with attached reply card, a fine duo.