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French Levant Stamps But Denominations Are French Overprints?

 
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Posted 02/06/2023   3:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add TalkingBear to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
First post here with images so hope this works out.

These 3 stamps are confusing to me. They are french A16 and A19 images and appear to be Levant A2 and A5(?). The overprints in my Scott catalog aren't exactly what I have, or more likely, I'm just missing it.

T.E.O. seems to mean enemy occupied territory? All 3 have that. But the denominations on the first two are in Milliemes which I believe is french. The catalog doesn't show any overprints on the A2 at all.

I see the A5 (Scott #34) for 1pi on the 25c blue but it doesn't have the T.E.O. overprint.

Appreciate you help.

Thanks,
Brian




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Posted 02/06/2023   4:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Willwood42 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Should be Cilicia, but I don't see them in Scott.
Maybe some of the other catalogs
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Edited by Willwood42 - 02/06/2023 4:12 pm
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Posted 02/06/2023   4:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Willwood42 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Never mind, they are Syria, looks like Scott 11, 15 & 16
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Edited by Willwood42 - 02/06/2023 4:15 pm
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"TEO" for Territoires Enemies Occupes" used in 1919 when the French occupied Ottoman Syria in the immediate aftermath of WWI. They were replaced in 1920 with "OMF" overprints (Occupation Militaire Francaise), which were used for the next couple years. France along with Britain divided up former Ottoman lands in the Middle East into mandates between the world wars.
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Posted 02/06/2023   6:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add TalkingBear to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you Willwood42 and gmot! That was a tough one.

Brian
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