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All Forums Category: World Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: World Classic Stamps Mint and Used

5 Unidentified Stamps - Turkish Perhaps?

 
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stamps101
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Posted 09/24/2013   11:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add stamps101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I just sorted through a very large collection of worldwide and these are the last 5 I cannot find in Scott's. They look Turkish but I would appreciate any help! Specifically, I would like to know:

Country
Catalog number (Scott if available, but any catalog works)
Catalog value (indicate currency)
Year (unless Scott # provided, in which case I can find year)

Thanks in advance!
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Posted 09/25/2013   12:50 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add scb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
First is Turkey, 1929 postal tax stamp (for Red halfmoon, child care etc), Michel #17. CV. 0.70€

The rest are also clearly of Turkish origin . Third and fourth have the look and feel of revenues IMHO.

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stamps101
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Posted 09/25/2013   02:08 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamps101 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks! One down!
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Posted 09/25/2013   12:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Bujutsu to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I might be sticking my neck out on this one, but, doesn't the 3rd stamp down appear to have Greek lettering in the cancel, or am I reading it wrong??

I admit, the stamp is Turkish, but the cancel is different (?)

Chimo

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stamps101
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It may be Thrace, if that is the case. It seems Turkey, Turkey in Asia, Thrace, and Syria are quite similar in appearance and designs.
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Hi Bujutsu,

You're right, the cancellation is in Greek and in the middle is the Greek form of "Constantinople".

There used to be a large population of Greeks in Turkey, especially in western areas in and around Constantinople/Istanbul and Smyrna/Izmir.

The "Rodosto" cancellation appears to be a postal cancellation from Rodosto/Tekirdag in European Turkey.

The last four are all Turkish revenues.
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Thank you for that info. Is there any monetary value to them? A large part of this collection was Persian and Turkish with quite a few valuable stamps. I have a collector of Turkey looking to trade and just want to have some idea if I'm passing up anything significant or if they are relatively common.
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Yes, these revenues are all fairly common:

10 paras 1909 fixed fees
10 paras 1899 proportional fees
2 paras 1909 fixed fees
10 paras 1879 proportional fees
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Mystery solved. Thank you!
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Bujutsu
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Thanks for letting me know on that nigelc

Turley or Greece is not necessarily my area but I thought I better mention it. Glad I did now <G>.

Chimo

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