Los 5643

1863: 20 pa. black on thin yellow paper, a sheet marginal example, used with 2 pi. black on thin blued paper and 5 pi. black on rose, all with good margins for the issue, on cover from Kayseri to Istanbul tied by dotted 'battal' handstamps in black. The cover carried at 4 dirhems weight over a 149 route hour journey = 7½ piastres; with slight part of envelope at left but with full original contents. A rare and most appealing first issue franking. Cert. Nakri (2024)