Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Smyrna [Izmir]: B. Tatikian, Dhu al-Hijjah, 1301 AH [1884 CE]. Lithographic broadside (57.5 x 44cm), text in Ottoman Turkish, including details of stops (in each direction) and fares (including discounts for children), illustration of a stream engine and carriages to head, old folds, a few marginal nicks, area of paper restoration to head with a few letters not preserved, repairs verso
The Smyrna and Cassaba railway was constructed in 1864-5 by a British-run firm, opening in 1866. The extension to Alaşehir was opened a few years later.