Russian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire 1910

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Description

  • Issue Date : 15 November 1910
  • Designed by : R. Sarrinsch
  • Printed by : State Printing Works (St. Petersburg)
  • Print Process : Oblique overprint on Russian 1909 issue
  • Perforations : 14²
  • Watermark: none
  • Catalogue Michel N°s 39-45, Yvert&Tellier 160-166

Turkish currency surcharges on normal paper covered with intersecting chalk lines.

Stamps

5 Para on 1 K orange
10 Para on 2 K green
20 Para on 4 K carmine

White Eagle embossed

1 Piastre on 10 K blue
5 Piastres on 50 K lilac & green
7 Piastres on 70 K

Large format

10 Piastres on 1 R brown & orange