Lot
2700 
Turkey, 1863, 20pa black on yellow, in combination with 1863, 2pi black on greenish blue, horizontal pair + Postage Due 1863, 5pi brown red (2+J4) with right 2pi with "broken upper frame line" major plate flaw and 5pi due with" broken tughra" plate flaw, all second printing on thin paper colored through, on 1863 cover to Filibe (Plovdiv), Bulgaria, canceled by dotted "Battal" handstamps; some light cover staining, Very Fine, illustrated in M. Basaran Cover Story (page 115); with 2013 G. Todd certificate. Scott No. 1 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE THREE-COLOR FIRST ISSUE FRANKING ON MAIL TO BULGARIA.
Realized: $3,000