Austro-Hungarian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1876 Soldi Currency

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Description

  • Issue Dates: 1876-1882
  • Printed by:
  • Print Process: Typography
  • Perforations: 9² or 10²
  • Watermark: Michel Wz.3

Refined issue. Valid until 31 October 1884. Caution: with this limited use period, truly cancelled pieces are rare, except for the 10 soldi.

Unused stamps

2 Soldi (issued in 1882)
3 Soldi (issued in 1878)
3 Soldi green
5 Soldi (issued in 1878)
5 Soldi red
10 Soldi (issued in 1876)
15 Soldi (issued in 1881)
15 Soldi reddish brown
25 Soldi looks like coarse
25 Soldi lilac-grey (issued in 1882)

Multiples

2 Soldi in block of 4

Used stamps

3 sld circle in Bulgaria.
3 sld circle in 1881 in Greece.
5 sld circle in 1884 in Crete.
10 sld deep blue, ornamented DC in Constantinopel.
10 sld deep blue, LLOYD in Turkey.
10 sld deep blue, 1879 in Egypt.
10 sld pale blue, LLOYD in 1882 in Bulgaria.
10 sld blue, Italian name of Jerusalem in 1883.
15 sld circle in 1881 in Lebanon.

Covers and cards

10 sld circle in Turkey. Sold 125 SF in 2000.
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