Austrian post offices in the Ottoman Empire
Austria and other European nations maintained an extensive system of post offices in the Ottoman Empire, typically motivated by the unreliable postal system of the Ottomans.
First and last service period
Stamp issues
Beginning in 1863, stamps of
The Jubilee issue of 1908-1914 included directly values in paras and in piasters.
Gallery
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2 soldi, 1863 Lombardy Venice issue, cancelled at Preveza, Rare.
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5 soldi, 1864 Lombardy Venice issue, cancelled at Preveza
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15 soldi, 1864 Lombardy Venice issue, cancelled at Preveza
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Rare blue CAVALLA cancellation (Kavala)
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5 soldi, 1867 issue, cancelled at Preveza early in 1875
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10 soldi, 1876-83 issue, cancelled at Preveza in 1877
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10 soldi, cancelled Costantinopoli Lloyd Istanbul in 1883
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1888, 1 piaster overprinted, possibly used atHerakleion(Candia)
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1 piaster overprinted, used atCaneain 1895
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2 piasters at Rhodes in 1895
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1906, 10 paras used at Beirut
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1908, 2 piasters
Some of the 1867-1883 soldi issues are rather common in unused state, contrary to the kreuzer equivalent. An extreme case is the 2 soldi yellow fine beard, lately issued in 1882: the ratio in value is 5000![8]
Postal stationery
The first items of Postal stationery to be made available to Austrian post offices in the Turkish Empire were envelopes in 1863.[9] A total of 10 different envelopes in soldi currency were issued up to 1877, these were valid for use till 31 October 1884. Only one envelope was ever issued in French currency in 1908 (5 Centesimi for Jerusalem).
Postal stationery postcards were first issued in 1873[10] in soldi currency, 5 different postcards were issued. Then in 1888 these were replaced by an issue in Turkish currency, a total of 13 different items were issued before these were replaced by postcards in French currency in 1903. A total of 8 different postcards are known in French currency.
Only one 10 soldi lettercard was issued in 1886.[11] Four different 1 Piaster lettercards were issued in 1888, 1890, 1900 and 1908.
During the period of Turkish currency three different
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of Austria
- Austrian post offices in Crete
- Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine
- Stamps of the Levant on Wikimedia Commons
References and sources
- References
- ISBN 9780521291668. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Mueller Handbook 1961, Austrian Post Offices in the Levant
- ^ Österreich 1850-1918, Spezialkatalog und Handbuch, von Dr. Ulrich FERCHENBAUER, Wien 1981 (in German), p.407
- ^ Ferchenbauer 1981 p.408
- ^ Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, Edwin MUELLER, 1961 (in English and German)
- ^ Die Poststempel auf der Freimarken-Ausgabe 1867 von Österreich und Ungarn, Edwin Mueller, 1930 (in German)
- ^ Ferchenbauer, p.429-448
- ^ 2000 € for a truly used stamp, versus 0.4 € unused (Yvert Catalog 2005)
- ^ Ferchenbauer 1981, Ganzsachenumschläge p.546
- ^ Ferchenbauer 1981 Korrespondenzkarten, p.549
- ^ Ferchenbauer 1981 Kartenbriefe, p.548
- ^ Ferchenbauer Streifbänder p.552
- ^ Higgins & Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog
- Sources
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
- AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- ISBN 0-356-10862-7
- ISBN 0-521-29166-6