OTTOMAN EMPIRE FORCES

COVER from the FOURTH ARMY addressed to Germany, April 1916, with Damascus transit cancels front and back. . Unit clear negative handstamp in upper right-hand corner on cover front. Censored. Photo. Estimated Value $500

SHEET OF REGISTRATION RECIPTS, with 68 stamps tied by 12 BEER SHEVA Negative cancels, unusual. Very high catalogue value. Photo. Estimated Value $750

PICTURE POSTCARD with stamp on front cancelled OTTOMAN FIELD POST OFFICE, #24, August 23, 1914, located south of JAFFA (Tel Aviv). Clean and unusual. Clean and unusual. Photo. Estimated Value $500

FPO #22 CANCEL (3rd Division Palestine) on COVER, 1917, receival cancel on front, with 1pia., 20 para stamps tied to cover FPO cancel (Bale #M33). Scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $1000

OCT. 1917 COVER FROM ISTANBUL, addressed to an officer in the 3rd Army Division stationed along the Gaza/Tel Sheria/Beer Sheva front at that time. On arrival cancelled with Turkish Field Post Office 22 receiving cancel (light) in the unrecorded purple color. The British attacked this front on October 26, and broke through the on October 31 in Beer Sheva, and overran the Turkish positions after a week long battle. Photo. Estimated Value $500

PIECE with 1916 HAFIR CANCEL, Bale #854, high catalogue value. Photo. Estimated Value $400

HAFIR CANCELLATIONS 3x on October 1916 COVER to Damascus (Deutsche Konsulat) with return address "Hafir El-Aujeh--Bir es Seba, Sud (South) Palestina". Scarce, clean. Photo. Estimated Value $600

JANUARY 1915 POSTAL CARD 10 para (+10 para stamp) from Damascus to a German Lieutenant of the German Military force in AUJAH EL HAFIR. Cover addressed "Hafir El Aujeh--Bir es Seba' Sud (South) Palestina", since Beer Sheva was the center housing the headquarters of the Turkish--German military forces. Postcard censored in Beer Sheva, and oval "Examined in Beer Sheva" black cachet applied. Less than 4 are known as such. Extremely scarce. Photo. Estimated Value $750.

OFFICAL POSTCARD for the Inauguration of the BBER SHEVA--AUJA EL HAFIR RAILWAY LINE, showing the planned extension to Kusseima. (only 2 such postcards are known, the other with filing holes). Front of postcard cancelled May 26, 1916 at HAFIR during the inauguration ceremonies, proving it is indeed AUJA-EL-KAFIR. Photo. Estimated Value $1000

COMPLETE SHEET OF 5 REGISTRATION RECEIPTS, with 9 one Piaster stamps tied with three ALL ARABIC BEER SHEVA 2 CANCELS (Collins #PM3). Photo. Estimated Value $750