The 73 is likely not real. The letters 'piastres' are not aligned properly at all. The numeral '5' is very suspect. But the biggest red flag on this stamp is the cancel - the color is absurd for the period, and the design is not even close to being accurate.
The 86 is a mess of a stamp. Maybe $2-3 - up to $5 if in with a lot of other stuff I had to have?!
At $50, I wouldn't touch it. For $20, you get a semi-decent #66 & a spacefiller 86, plus a suspect 73...
If I had a nickel for every Eastern Rumelia #15 stamp that I saw advertised as a Turkey #66, I'd have enough money to buy the newly discovered $2 trans-miss sheet & have enough left over for one of those upside-down airplane stamps!
Quote: If I had a nickel for every Eastern Rumelia #15 stamp that I saw advertised as a Turkey #66, I'd have enough money to buy the newly discovered $2 trans-miss sheet & have enough left over for one of those upside-down airplane stamps!
Never mind Michael, Here is Sc#47 Listed at CV $950 for only $1.40
Quote: The 73 is likely not real. The letters 'piastres' are not aligned properly at all. The numeral '5' is very suspect. But the biggest red flag on this stamp is the cancel - the color is absurd for the period, and the design is not even close to being accurate.
Thank you very much, your knowledge is invaluable. All the #66 's I see look dingy, treading water till I find a nice one.
1983 (Would be) Steiner page 9A Steiner does not accommodate this sheet.
Scott: Turkey stopped issuing postal tax stamps in June, 1958. Similar stamps of later date are private charity stamps issued by the Red Crescent Society and the Society for the Protection of Children.
1958 World Childrens Day Unlisted Scott. Pulko Y285-Y287 Issued : 100,000 Appreciation to http://Yanstan.com for identification.
(150 kurus misidentified in Yanstan as "Blue", set of 3 bottom of page )
Apart from the last stamp, these are all from the same 1929-60 general revenue set as the 10 paras stamp on the previous page.
I like the design of the last stamp. This is the low value of the new general revenue set of eight values issued 1957-65 with a range of vertical designs.
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