0593/94. Young woman with mushroom, clock & bag of money, hand-colored/tinted real photo postcard published by RPH. mailed within Turkey TCV (indistinct cancel) 1908, back paper browning with age, minor corner & edge wear. $7.00 cw(r)t

"2. Vue intérieur St.(sic) Sophie Galérie." Showing the interior of the church in color, undivided back, unused, light toning in front message area, tiny bend at one corner, trivial corner wear. $5.50 ti

"238 Constantinople  Dolma Bagtché et panorama du Palais du Sultan" sepia-tone real photo postcard with good contrast & pleasing composition, slight oxidation, very late usage at Mitchell Louisiana. $2.50 t

    "3. Vue intérieur St.(sic) Sophie Galérie." Showing the interior of the church in color, undivided back, unused, light toning in front message area, tiny bend at one corner, trivial corner wear. $5.50 ti

"51364 / Portefaix  Salut de Constantinople /  Ludwigsohn Frères, Place Karakeny 21, Constantinople" showing men moving a heavy object on poles, black & white postcard with dark red caption on undivided back, unused, mild corner wear & rounding, corner crease. $7.50 t

"5.  Vue intérieure de St.(sic) Sophie (Peristyle)." black & white post caard with undivided back, unused, fresh appearance. Caption error: the abbreviation should be Ste. $8.00 ti

"6. Vue intérieur de la Mosquée Soulémanié." color on undivided back, unused, trivial wear at the corners. $7.00 ti

"7. Vue intérieure de las Mosquée Soulémanié" color on undivided back, unused, small bend at one corner, tiny spot in caption area. $6.50 ti

"75. CONSTANTINOPLE. Cérémonie du Selamlik" black & white from Papeterie F. L. Loeffler, unused, light album marks on back, good edges. $8.00 t

"79. CONSTANTINOPLE. Ste Sophie" black & white interior, quality card from NPG, unused, fresh appearance. $4.00 ti

"90. CONSTANTINOPLE. Intérieur de Grand Bazar", black & white from NPG, made in Germany, corner crease. Interesting details. $4.50 t

    "96 / Constantinople. Fontaine de Sultan Ahmed." sepia-tone real photo postcard with matte finish & slight oxidation, back dated 1923 with clear address handstamp of Hatchik Hatchadourian. $5.00 tg

    98% complete BRITISH POST OFFICE / MY 14 13 / CONSTANTINOPLE hand cancel ties one-penny stamp overprinted LEVANT franking post card to England, message comments on stamp. Front: Real photo "42 CONSTANTINOPLE  La Tour de Galata". Long corner crease misses stamp side of back, small corner crease at bottom hits nothing. $20.00 t-b NEW / NOUVEAU / NY

    "Anatole Hissar on the Bosphorus" unused Tuck Oilette post card number 7724, signed Azarian art. Scene is in Constantinople Turkey. $3.75 att

    "Bosphore. Eaux douces d'Asie. 7783 / Salut de Constantinople." Showing people in two rowboats, color on undivided back, writing on back, small scrape near back edge, corner & edge wear but a beautiful image. $6.00 ts

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    "Coiffeurs turcs. Constantinople" also with Arabic writing, unused post card, lightly toned back, corner wear & rounding, heavy album marks on front. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 bt

"Constantinople. Bosphore. Une panoramique de Beyterbey" color, circa 1912, numbered 7494 on back, unused, lightly toned back, trivial wear at 2 upper corners. $3.00 t

"Constantinople. Bosphore Vue du Yénikeuy, côte d'Europe." color, circa 1912 but very late usage at Constantine Michigan, small chip missing from one corner, other corners worn. $1.50 t

"Constantinople. Eyoub" color, circa 1912, numbered 7496 on back, unused, toned back. $2.25 t

    "Constantinople. /  Fontaine de la Mosquée à Cyoub /  Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople. 1122." with many pigeons in the foreground, color on unused undivided back, light album impressions at the corners, light album marks on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

"CONSTANTINOPLE. Grand Cimetière d'Eyoub" showing 3 people in a cemetery, unused real photo, corner crease. $5.00 tc%

"Constantinople. Intérieur de Ste. Sophie." Showing the interior in color, numbered 101 / 4858 on back, unused, trivial wear at 2 corners, exceptionally colorful. $2.50 ti

"Constantinople. Kiosk, aux Eaux-Douces." Showing a beautiful woman catching a small fish from a boat, color, circa 1912, numbered 185 / 8216 on back, unused, fairly fresh. $4.25 tf

"Constantinople -- Le Pont de Stamboul" showing many pedestrians on the bridge, color, circa 1912, made in Italy, unused, lightly toned back, mild corner & edge wear. $3.25 tb

"Constantinople le pont du côte de Stamboul" including 2 streetcars on the bridge & some small ships nearby, unused real photo from Isaac M. Ahitouv. $6.50 t

"Constantinople. Mosquée Souleymanié et Corne d'Or / 12" real photo from Isaac M Ahitouv, unused, tiny spot on back, otherwise fresh. $4.00 t

"Constantinople. Mosquée Validé" showing boats passing near it, color, circa 1912, unused, toned back, small scrape at the top center edge, lacks freshness. $2.00 t%

"Constantinople. Péra et Galata" including several small boats in the foreground, color, unused, lightly toned back. $3.00 t. More toning on the back. $2.50 t

"Constantinople. Place de Top-Hané" including a somewhat indistinct double-decker streetcar in the foreground, color, circa 1912, unused, toned back. $5.00 tsek-Kalderim" color from S. N. Nicolaïévitch, unused, internal crease, minor corner wear & rounding. $2.00 t

"Constantinople Scutari" including two small ships in the foreground, sepia-tone real photo, very late usage at Millport Pennsylvania, heavily toned back, 2 small nicks near one corner, low-contrast /  grayish, toning along top front edge. $2.75 t

"Constantinople.  Ste. Sophie.  La Galerie / 140 / 4435" showing an interior, color, circa 1908, unused, light toning along one front edge. $4.50 ti

"Constantinople. Ste Sophie. Le Member." color, numbered 189 / 8220 on back, unused, fairly fresh. $3.25 t

"Constantinople Scutari" with a panoramic view, sepia-tone real photo, very late usage at Landisburg West Virginia, heavily toned back. Scutari is a suburb of Constantinople. $5.50 t

    "CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY" with art depicting Sophia Church, ships in the Bosphorus, a street scene, man & woman in costume; from Arbuckle coffee, 1891 copyright, Detailed information about the city & the coffee on the back. Ad card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aft

"Constantinople.  Vue Panoramique de la Corne d'or." color, unused, lightly toned back. $3.00 t

    "DEVANT UNE MOSQUÉE" showing seated men reading the Koran, color on undivided back, Th. E. L. No. 15, unused, trivial wear at 2 corners. $7.50 t%

    "Fontaine des Eaux Douces d'Asil. Constantinople /  Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople. 1149.  Photogr. Abdullah." with 6 sheep grazing & a man selling what looks like pretzels from a small portable stand, color on unused undivided back, light album marks on front, small corner bend. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

    "Fontaine de S. M. L'Empéreur Guillaume, Stamboul. /  Constantinople. / Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople. 1263.  Phot. Sébak & Joaillier." color on unused undivided back, light album marks on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

"GALATA KÖPRÜSÜNDEN YENI CAMININ GÖRÜNÜSÜ /  New mosque at Eminönü / Istanbul" mailed 1965 by US serviceman on the ship Sampson (DDG10) to Ohio at the 5-c rate, wear at bottom corners. $2.50 t-t

    "Hamals. / Souvenir de  / Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople.  1119. Photogr. Sébah..." showing 4 porters resting with a large-barrel load, color on unused undivided back, light album impressions at the corners, tiny but nonetheless noticeable scrape near top front edge, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

HAVA HARP OKULU /  TURKISH AIR FORCE. Continental Ilford real photo post card showing its Douglas DC-3 (YSL-52) parked, good focus, contrast a bit low, writing on back identifies. $7.50 a(m)t NEW / NOV / BAGO

"Intérieur du Grand Bazar (Tcharschi).  8750. / Salut de Constantinople." color on undivided back, unused, wear at 2 corners. $6.50 t

"La Colonne Serpentine sur la Place de l'Hippodrome CONSTANTINOPE / No. 108. Editeurs Au Bon Marché, Perà." black & white on undivided back, unused, good edges. $6.00 t

    "Le pont de Galata (Karakeuy.) /  Salut de Constantinople. / 2" showing a bridge with many pedestrians, black & white with dark red caption on undivided back, unused, lightly toned back, minor wear at one corner. $5.00 tb

    "Les chiens des rues. / Le déjeuner. / Souvenir de" showing a man feeding several street dogs, sepia-tone on paper yellowing with age. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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    "Life in Turkey. Working girls. 8733" showing many women & some girls working under male supervision, color, All Round the World Series No. 4829, printed in Germany, unused & fairly fresh. Of interest to the social historian. $15.00 ts%

    "Marchand ambulant. / Editeur Max Fuchtermann, Constantinople. 1514  Phot. Sébah à Joaillier" color on undivided back, neat writing both sides, mild corner wear, light album marks on front. The man is a date merchant as shown and specified on the following postcard. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "Marchand de Dattes.  Constantinople." a heavily-laden vendor weighing some dates with a hand scale, color, numbered 12615 on back, unused, corner & edge wear. $20.00 tp

    "Marchandes Musulmanes. / 242 /  9468" showing women street merchants selling cloth & clothing, color, circa 1912, unused, good edges, fresh appearance. $12.00 tw. Same except mild wear at 4 corners. $10.00 tw%

FRUCHTERMANN COSTUME CARDS
Seldom offered.

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). // 1er VALLET DE CHAMBRE / DU GRAND CHEF / DE LA RELIGION //  PROFESSEUR EN CHEF / DES / SÉMINAIRES TURCS //  GRAND CHEF DE LA RELIGION / ET / GRAND JUGE //  GREFFIER / DU / CHEIKH ULISLAM" showing 4 officials in horizontal format; color, Max Fruchtermann number 106, unused, yellowish paper, small spots of toning on back, mild corner & edge wear, toning at front mostly at top & right edges, unusual subject matter. $20.00 tc

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). // 1er VALLET DE CONTROLEUR / GÉNÉRAL DES /  FINANCES //  CONTROLEUR GÉNÉRAL / DES /  FINANCES // GRAND DIGNITAIRE / CHARGÉ DE TRACER / LES CIFFRES DU SULTAN //  DIRECTEUR DE LA MONNAIE" showing 5 financial officials in horizontal format; color, Max Fruchtermann number 118, unused, yellowish paper, small spots of toning on back, noticeable corner & edge wear, toning at front mostly close to or at the edges, unusual subject matter. $20.00 tc

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). //  CHEF DES ENNUQUES NOIRS / HOMME DE CONFIANCE DU SULTAN // SULTAN MAHMOUD / KHAN GAZI N. // PORTE GLAIVE // 1er VALET DE / CHAMBRE DU SULTAN" including the sultan, his chief of the black eunuchs & his valet; color, Max Fruchtermann number 102, unused, yellowish paper, toned back, mild edge wear, toning at front mostly at the edges, unusual subject matter. $30.00 tc

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). //  EXÉCUTEUR DES /  HAUTES OEUVRES //  EXÉCUTEUR EN CHEF / DES HAUTES OEUVRES //  GRAND VIZIR //  LIEUTENANT DES / PORTES DU PALAIS //  OFFICIER D'ORDce / EN CHEF" including various palace functionaries; color, Max Fruchtermann number 104, unused, yellowish paper, lightly toned back, mild corner & edge wear, dark toning near front corners & edges, unusual subject matter. $20.00 tc

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). //  KHOUMBARADJI. / Bombardiers" showing three artillerymen standing, in vertical format; color, Max Fruchtermann number 103, unused, yellowish paper, minor corner wear, lightly toned front, unusual subject matter. The man on the left is an officer. $25.00 tc

    "Medjmoual tecavir (Collection de costumes). //  SALMA NEFERI / Soldats de Police (Patrouille) //  NOBETCHI / Aide de Camp de Lieut. Général //  HASSEKI AGA / Messager du Palais (Officier)" showing 4 men (2 are a police patrol) in vertical format; color, Max Fruchtermann number 115, unused, yellowish paper, minor corner wear, dark toning near front corners & edges, unusual subject matter. The man on the right is an officer. $20.00 tc

"Musée de Tanissaires. Constantinople" showing a museum interior with interesting costumes on display, color, numbered 446 on back, circa 1912, unused, toned back, minor corner wear. $3.50 tm

"No. 158 Musulmansen prière." Showing 2 Muslims praying, color, circa 1912, numbered 5430 on back, unused, fresh appearance. $4.00 t

"No. 21 Constantinople. Rouméli-Hissar / et groupe de bohémiens" showing a group of gypsies at water's edge, color on undivided back, numbered 4127 on back, unused, good edges. $10.00 tg%

    "No. 45 Constantinople. Mendiants devant la porte / de la Mosquée Suleïmanié." Showing beggars, color on undivided back, numbered 4416 on back, unused, good edges, fresh appearance. $10.00 tp Tiny spot of toning on back edge & small area of toning near one front corner, otherwise fresh. $9.00 tp

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PAMFILYA. Unused regular-size post card showing its Douglas DC-3C (TC-ALI) at Antalya in October 1989, published in Czechoslovakia, near mint. $7.50 at

    "Ramasseur d'ordures. Constantinople." Showing a dust-bin collector with his shovel & mule, fresh color, circa 1912, unused, numbered 38 on back, minor corner wear, very unusual subject matter. The only postcard we have ever seen with this necessary occupation. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "Roumeli-Hissar. / Constantinople /  Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople.  1252. Photogr. Sébah..." color on unused undivided back, album marks on front, album impressions at the corners, trivial corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

"Rouméli Hissar. Salut de Constantinople." Including a rowboat with sail in the foreground, black & white with dark red caption on undivided back, writing on back, minor corner wear. $4.75 t

    "SALUT DE CONSTANTINOPLE / DOMPTEURS D'OURS" (Bear Show!) The finest Turkish postcard we have ever seen. Mailed June 18, 1901 from the French post office in Galata (a suburb of Constantinople) Turkey using a French stamp, to Chambéry in the Savoie, France. So often when you find a nice card like this, it is damaged...but not this time! Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a larger, enhanced 72-dpi 23-KB scan in .jpg or .tif format $1.50 (with both sides in color), or 274-KB full-size black & white scan of the front image for $2.00. tba

"Salut de Constantinople.  Ste Sophie" showing a seated man & a reading stand, color, circa 1908, unused, very lightly toned back, fairly fresh. $6.50 ti

    "Smyrne -- Ouvriers de Paniers" showing 2 Turkish basket-makers working outside, color, unused, water stain runs along top edge. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"Stamboul. L'Entrée d'honneur du Palais de Dolma-Bagtché" unused real photo from Isaac M. Ahitouv, fairly fresh. $4.00 t

SULTAN AIR (Turkey). Unused continental post card showing their Antonov AN-24 (TC-JUZ) on the ground at Istanbul, tiny corner crease. $4.50 at

    "TA3PB" Izmir short-wave (28.495 MHz) QSL card used 1991, correction on face, good edges. $2.50 t

    "Temple de Diane. Ruines d'Ephèse" showing the ruins by moonlight, monochromatic green with brown caption on undivided back, unused, lightly toned back, minor corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 tm

"TH. E. L. SERIE 1039" showing several men carrying a large barrel-shaped object on poles, color, circa 1912, unused, mild corner wear & rounding. $5.00 t

    "Tour de Léandre. Salut de Constantinople. / 597" showing a couple small boats passing the fabled lighthouse, black & white with dark red caption on brownish paper, undivided back but very late usage at Gladden Missouri, mild corner wear & rounding. $7.00 tl*%

"TÜRKIYE  St. Sophia" showing 2 women seated outdoors, one holding a large plant; unused oversized postcard (longer than most) in near-mint condition. $1.50 ts

"TÜRKIYE  St. Sophia" showing 3 men seated, smoking hookahs; unused oversized postcard (longer than most) in near-mint condition. $1.50 ts

    Two almost complete MR 4 07 / BRITISH POST OFFICE / SMYRNA hand cancels, one tying one-penny stamp overprinted LEVANT, on color postcard mailed to Ohio. Front: "Salut de Constantinople. / Yildiz-Kiosque et la revue militaire  9538" showing a military parade with spectators seen from a high vantage point. Mild corner wear, light toning in the front sky, small spot near left back edge obscures nothing. $35.00 tp-b NEW / NOUVEAU / NY

"Vieux Séraï (2d cour, l'allee des cyprès" circa 1920 real photo with very late usage at Ferrellsburg West Virginia, slight oxidation, WP. Location also spelled Saray. $4.00 t

    "Vue du Pont Stamboul Salut de Constantinople" showing many pedestrians on a bridge, black & white with dark red caption on undivided back, unused, small spots of light toning near one back corner, soft bottom corners. $5.00 tb

  WINGS. Continental color photograph showing its Beech Kingair (TC-FBZ) on the ground, good focus & contrast, slight tilt to the composition still a pleasing image. Rare. $5.00 a(p)t NEW / NOUVEAU / NY

"Women weavers at a textile / mill in Tarsus Turkey" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Stanton North Dakota. $2.00 tw*

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SEA BEE AIR, LIMITED (New Zealand). Unused regular-size post card showing its Grumman G-21A afloat on Mechanics Bay, near mint. 1994 copyright, but an earlier image because it crashed & sank (no fatalities) off West Caicos Island in the Turks And Caicos Islands on 15 December 1992 when flying as N3116T. $10.00 atn

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    See also Turks & Caicos stamps. Shown is an unused 6-pence of 1913.

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"I LOVE / MY / WIFE / BUT OH / YOU / KID" color cartoon art signed Carmichael showing boss approaching shapely secretary at her typewriter, mailed Coshocton Ohio 1909, corner & edge wear, one corner badly creased, cancel ink on front. $3.50 ta

"I take the liberty." patriotic with color art showing Miss Liberty at the typewriter with a bald eagle & American flag on her chair, mailed 1907, minor edge wear, cancel ink on front at bottom (fortunately). $5.00 tp

"LOOKING FOR A JOB" showing a woman standing near a man struggling at his typewriter, mailed 1912 from Lafayette Ohio. corner & edge wear, lightly toned back. $5.00 t

"NOT SO FAST" showing a secretary taking dictation from her boss near a typewriter, sepia-tone mailed 1913 from California Pennsylvania, corner & edge wear, pencil writing on back rubbed in places, corner crease, IC. $4.00 tp

"OFFICE WORK IS VERY PRESSING" comic art showing a balding boss bending over to kiss his secretary working at a typewriter, color, mailed 1907, pertinent writing on front, light toning at one back corner, tiny bend at one corner. $5.00 tc

    "Stuck on the Typewriter" color comic art showing a jokester who has just pasted a Kiss Me sign on the back of a secretary working at her typewrite, mailed 1906 in New Springfield Ohio, lightly toned front, soft corners, heavily toned back. Shows attitudes toward working women at the time. $5.00 ts

"THE TYPEWRITE GIRL / Oh, the belle of the office is she: / Office boy, clerks and boss all agree..." undivided back with color art & limerick, mailed 1907 at Youngstown Ohio, lightly toned back, lightly toned front, light amount of cancel ink on front. $3.00 t

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APRIL 16 1889 Syracuse New York cancel on two 1-cent Jefferson franking #6 envelope to Ohio, with interesting typed note on illustrated stationery of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company mentioning speed of delivery & agents & catalogues. Rough opening tears away part of one stamp. $10.00 a-t

JUL 13 89 Syracuse New York cancel on 2-c Washington stamp franking #6 envelope to Ohio, with interesting handwritten calculations on illustrated statement stationery of the Smith Premier Typewrite Company. Rough opening at a short edge damages the stamp, calculations on both sides of the envelope (typewriter related). $5.00 a-t

   
JUNE 4 1890 Syracuse New York cancel on 2-cent dark red Washington franking #6 cover to Ohio, typed note on illustrated stationery of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company & including their copies of two testimonial letters. Envelope roughly opened at edge most distant from stamp. $9.00 an-t*

JUNE 23 1890 Syracuse New York cancel on 2-cent dark red Washington franking #6 envelope to Ohio, typed note on illustrated stationery of the Smith Premier Typewrite Company & including their copies of two typed testimonial letters. One of the testimonials is from the Valley Railroad Company in Cleveland. Envelope roughly opened just missing the stamp also has long crease. $9.00 a-t

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