The Stamps Of Turkey / Turkiye: On Steiner Pages.

Rod222.

Kudos re your "cinderella" posting of Feb 10. Interesting heretofore unseen material.

Dulos 1869 20 Paras
Postmarks would need confirmation from a native speaker
The Blue Postmark is a cracker
Still unidentified.

Thanks Jim,
my interest was whetted by a post by SCF Timm, and a Cinderella.
Serendipity struck the following week, when my dealer had some for sale
at ebay.

Rod,

Thank you again for your comments and identification of the postmarks.

Next ones are Scott 22, Michel 15A, Perf 13½:

#Sc 22 Mi 15A A:



#Sc 22 Mi 15A B:



#Sc 22 Mi 15A C:



#Sc 22 Mi 15A D:



#Sc 22 Mi 15A E:



#Sc 22 Mi 15A F:



Any opinions on these?

Whoa! before I start
Stamp "E" has a huge EFO (Error, Freak or Oddity)
A large pimple below the Crescent.
I'd suggest a Perforation chad, has found its way to,
and stuck to, the printing plate.

...and extensive damage down right frame.

External rubbish is generally identified with a print negative "Halo"
or, as I like to think, a Cephied variable star, from our galaxy.

All look OK
Surprised yours are all centrally located in Perforations.
Lots of mine are very poorly centered.

Rod,

Thank you for your answers.

I noticed in #Sc 22 Mi 15A A there appears to be some red ink in postmark. Possibly that is sideways Constantinople citypost overprint, although faint and unclear. Any opinion on that? If I identified it correctly, any opinion if it is a genuine one?

Kuikka,
FYI it is Philatelic courtesy, if suggesting certain information,
it is married to the queried source (if known)
Then all readers / interested can benefit (even expand) from the
information required.

If you have a source, please advise.

Anyhow, onwards....
You are a better man than I, Gunga Din !
I cannot determine the Red Postmark (Not really an Overprint)

What I can say is the Shehir Postmark on the 1 piastre yellow,
can only be "Type 2" (Yastan)
If you deem it Type 2, then you have a genuine Local.
albeit I don't think it would carry much weight on ebay, etc, too faint.

I think even native readers would have trouble determining "Types"
unless they are very clear and crisp.
Image source unknown, sent to me, possible CW (Coles and Walker?)

I also see the red postmark on that first one, but can't tell if it's under or over the blue. It could have been a letter posted from outside Constantinople with a pre-payment for in town delivery, so canceled again after arrival. All you need to do if find the original cover it came off of and replace it where it goes. :)

Thank you very much for your comments, both for Rod and billsey.

The next stamp for opinions is Scott 28 Michel 13B.
This has perforation 5-11. Due to rough perforation I haven't try to determine it precisely. Any comments on it?

# Sc 28 Mi 13B A:

Surprisingly, you can, quite easily.
If you have stamps (any country) with a known, and checked guaging,
you simply marry the edges, together, like magic, the bumps and hollows appear to either match or not.
Using a Perf guage is not up to the task.

I have a set of marked stamps (face down) of known guage on a cropped Hagner, just for such a task.

Starting from the definition of perforation measurement (the perforation number is the number of perfs per 2 cm distance) my best gestimate is perf 8 for this stamp. Stamps with this low perforation are not common, so I have no way to create the sample collection you mentioned in next few months.

Granted,
Canada Scott #124 1912 2c Coil is perf 8, (Vert) if you run across it.

My examples, can be also be exceptions, I have Perf 8's with, as many as
8, 9, and 10 teeth across the top.
They appear to be pin perf bottom and sides, and proper perf separation at top.
They are a wicked brew...

The sewing machine perfs on those issues don't really match up to a perf gauge, since the frequency of the holes across the sheet changed based on how fast the operator fed the sheet through the machine. That's why the perf is listed as 5-11...