The Stamps Of Turkey / Turkiye: On Steiner Pages.

Index to Previous SCF Page 33.





Simple Introduction to British Post Offices in the Levant.

Postmarks
Author Jean Mirza
http://www.levantineheritage.com/pd...n_Empire.pdf





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Istanbul : How it got its name.

Standing on the edge of Anatolia, a Greek word, Greeks had lived there for 1000's of years.
Anatolia, a Greek word meaning "Land where the sun rises"

1000 years ago, another people arrived there, and when they met people on the road, they would say "Where are you going?"
and they would normally answer in Greek ... "Ace tem Poli ".........to the city.

Ace tem Poli ..........Istanbul

BBC
Byzantium...A tale of 3 cities.
Simon Sebag Montefiori

Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks!

Nice stamps Makanudo.
Post back if you need ID, or the route to understanding these.
Cheers.

@rod222,
I enjoy this thread very much and I just felt like sharing some newely aquired stamps.
I hope this doesnt interfere with the spirit of the thread.
Thanks!

Manukado,
Not at all, not at all.
We welcome all contributions.

We encourage inclusiveness, all voices /threads carry the same weight, in our noble hobby.

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Boy Scout Bugler
Cinderella
Hipstamp $3

Hi Rod,

McDonald lists this as a Red Crescent Youth Organisation issue from the 1960s, one of a set of two from a booklet, all perforated on one side like this.

The other value in the same design is 10 kurus blue-green and red.

G'day Nigel,
surprised to see that in McDonald.
A very elusive tome, still searching for it on CDRom
Thank you.

My nemesis,
Florence Nightingale Postal Tax sheet. (Just cannot afford it)



French Levant
France Sc#27 1862 Orange CV : $1,300 - $8
Postmark "Grands Chiffre" #5098 - Smyrne / Smirna
(Losange de Points)
CV €70

Further reading
http://robert.desert.chez-alice.fr/smyrne.htm

Just scrolled through 34 pages.
Rodney, your collecting prowess and your knowledge never ceases to amaze. Bravo sir!
And you are obviously in very good company.

Nice words James, Thank you.
I can assure you, I had an inordinate amount of help from Michael and Nigel.
In the beginning I knew diddly-squat.

Basically, I am the collector, they are the Philatelists.
It has been a good journey though,
Well within my budget, the album feels good, and by all accounts a medium collection. Nice to hang on to.

Exposes the lack of knowledge though in a lot of material being sold on sites around, mis-representations and forgeries abound.
I could not have done it alone.

One negative, I cannot read Arabic, so the study of Postmarks must be left to others unfortunately.

Query :

Has SCF seen your fabulous work on the Canadian War-tax?
if not, I urge you to post.........

You are too kind, sir. I did post the exhibit way back when, and have been adding to it periodically (the exhibit, not so much the post).

https://goscf.com/t/40126&SearchTer...nada,war,tax

Postmark.
Guess
Gare Sirkedji Rail Terminal?

Sc#97 1892
1 Piastre CV: $110 / $4
On mutilated Stationery fragment. 1st January 1894
The paper has held up reasonably well for 123 years.



Beautiful Architecture.

Postmark : Unknown.

MUENCHEN B Ü ? 31st August 1898

Sc#100 1897 5 paras on 10 paras surcharge CV $3/$1