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A Turkey lot on ebay, looked like common material, but hiding there in the blurry picture, was a stamp I had never seen before, I could not read anything but the shape was mysterious. I sniped a bid at $5 for the lot, and won it at $1.93 Here was the mysterious fellow.   |
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| Edited by rod222 - 08/17/2017 7:39 pm |
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Seek help: In my $1.93 lot, these 4 Postage Dues. They still mystify me. Can members offer their opinion on my ID accuracy please ? Thank you.  |
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Postage dues, from top left: 1. Isfila 77 - 5 kurus - 1872 2. Isfila 61 - 25 kurus - 1868 3. Isfila 67 - 1 kurus - 1870. (could be #66 - 20 para - can't see denomination! That giant hole in the middle looks unique to me - never saw it before!) :) 4. See #1 - same - #77 Some other cinderellas from Paris!  |
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Top stuff, thanks Michael, Thank you. Hey! no smart remarks about holes in the middle. I don't hear you complaining about Jam Donuts  Hang around for a few days, I'll be showing my Holy Grail up close in vivid colour, and also some $100 stamps from my $1.93 Lot, I'll need confirmation. |
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The hole-in-the-middle stamp is a gem - no complaints from me! This is one of my favorites - can't see it very well, but it's completely cut in half in the middle. (It is actually in 2 separate pieces!) Found it in a dealer's box at a show - marked 'free' - told the guy I couldn't resist the price!  |
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 Ha that's funny. My $1.93 auction Lot, continues to surprise, these two have been "repaired" as yours, cut right through, these, on a diagonal. They have been repaired using a cellophane type material, a member here once posted about a film one can buy to save documents that are breaking apart through age. Query: Why use "kurush" for the early Postage Dues? are they not in "Piastres" ?   |
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| Edited by rod222 - 08/19/2017 1:17 pm |
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Page Updated: Turkey / Romania DBSR : Danube Black Sea Railroad : Local Carriage.  |
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Hi Rod, Quote:
Query: Why use "kurush" for the early Postage Dues? are they not in "Piastres" ? "Kurush" and "Piastre" are the Turkish and French names for the same coin. So this is nothing specific to the postage dues. It makes sense for a Turkish catalogue like Isfila to use "kurush". My Pulko catalogue does the same. |
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Thank you kindly, Nigel.
I thought that was the case, reading Scott it seemed Piastre ceased 1926
So it is nice to get the interchangeablity confirmed.
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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 1980 Steiner Page 9.  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 1981-1982 Steiner Page 10.  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 08/20/2017 03:33 am |
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