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aristotelian
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Posted 06/06/2016   06:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add aristotelian to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi,
I need help identifying this stamp.
I don't read arabic and can't tell what the bottom lettering says
Thanks



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hani.1991
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Posted 06/06/2016   07:10 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hani.1991 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The one you posted is from 1892, Turkey.
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hani.1991
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The Arabic words translated to "Ottoman Empire". The bottom lettering says "vingt paras".
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Edited by hani.1991 - 06/06/2016 07:38 am
Robi13
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I just found out that the overprint in black means "issued or printed", maybe hani.1991 can double-check if I'm right
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Petert4522
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Hanni.1991, you are correct, it is a Turkish stamp. It is however from 1894 I believe, and it is a newspaper stamp.

Peter
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area66
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vingt is the French word for 20 , so a 20 paras stamps , They also use the piastre on the stamps, the piastre come from Venise I think but was spread by the French. French Canadian still use the word piastre , but we pronounce it piasse and we use it for all the dollars bills, 2 piasse, 20 piasse
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Bamra1
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Gibbons has the date as 1893. The overprint says (approximately) Matbu'a and means For Printed Material
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Edited by Bamra1 - 07/16/2016 04:30 am
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