The Stamps Of Turkey / Turkiye: On Steiner Pages.

I see postmasterGS has provided a lot more detail already.

I would agree that for me, your stamp looks much more brownish pink than either brown or reddish-brown.

I would normally keep out of colour discussions but this one is fascinating.

Rod, could you also post your stamp on the Austrian Post Offices thread to bring that back to life?

https://goscf.com/t/57575

Yvert Classique lists perf 12 as brown (brun), or brown-rose (brun-rose), with a 25% premium for brown-rose over brown (used).

That's a nice stamp.

Rod,

Now that I have access to my hard-copy catalogs, I found the Michel listings that shed more light on the screenshot I posted on the previous page.

Michel lists two shades of the perf 12, brownish pink (MiNr 7ICa) and reddish brown (MiNr 7ICb). These would be the equivalent of Sc 7l and Sc 7a, respectively. So, the MiNr 7ICa shown in the screenshot would be close to the shade of Sc 7l.

As it turns out the MiNr 7IA at the left of the screenshot isn't an exact match for MiNr 7ICb, as it catalogs as brown rather than reddish brown.

Gentlemen,
thank you so much for responding with your opinions,
The detailed response was fabulous.

I shall make up an Album Page for the next caretaker of my collection.

I would kind of side on the side of Postmaster, however, alongside my mint Perf 10½, it may be just a light damaged example.

It is further confusing, as my Perf 10½ itself, does not look "brown"

I'll make up a page with your responses, and leave it in the future for the specialists.

Nigel : I was a bit dubious with the Postmarks, I have always found early postmasters being prudent with their postal strikes, seeing the existence of 3 hammer strikes, made me a tad cautious.

Scans Mint P10½ and Perf 12.

Cheers Postmaster.
To my eyes, I am very agreeable to the colour "Brownish Pink".

Updated Page. Mostly unused.

Post Offices in the Levant~Austria
1907
Steiner Page 13.

Air Post
1934
Steiner Page 60.



Air Post
1951
Steiner Page 55.



Semi Postals
1982
Steiner Page 35.

Unknown.
1 Piastre Dark Blue.

Hi Rod,

This appears to be:

- SG AD92, an Ankara government postage due from 1922 and

- Scott Turkey in Asia #J2

I say, "appears" as the stamp is supposed to be grey-green but this looks blue on my screen, maybe a green-to-blue colour changeling?

Nigel,
"Bingo !" that was my opinion.

It appears to be so "Deep Blue" I was cautious.
I bought the lot at auction for that very reason, I could not identify it, so had to have it for study.

It may turn up in the literature I have purchased.

In the top frame line, there is the faintest hue of green.

First Izmir (Smyrna) Exhibition.
1927
Steiner Page 39.




Silver Overprint.



2 Overprint sizes (Or one is forgery)

Definitely weird. (You'll see nice color picture in Isfila - Scott too, for that matter - end of the Turkey in Asia section...)

Color obviously all wrong. Matches the 5 piastre color almost exactly.

Arabic denomination script - lower right circle - wildly incomplete.

Worst - the background in the middle panel - behind the arabic script - should be white?? Not colored in...

Definitely a 'bizarrity' in my definition. Doesn't look like a changeling - or a forgery. If someone coloring in w/a blue marker, well then they have great artistic skills.

Inital suggestion? Hold up to bright light - see if you can see anything. Then maybe put in fluid & see what appears, if anything. That strange toning on the top along a few perfs might also reveal something?? Anything strange about the back??

Thank you for your observations, Michael.

No watermark, full light yellow gum. Lightly hinged.
Nothing held up to strong light. Paper reasonably thin.

Here is the stamp, sitting next to his 5 piastre sibling.

(The 5 piastre appears to have "63" pencilled on the reverse)

Rod,

Any chance your flatbed scanner can do photo negative scanning? Using that method, I've found you can sometimes spot irregularities or attempts to alter the color of the stamp.

Postmaster,

I have a (dying) Epson V200 photo.
It does accommodate negative scanning if I recall, never went down that path, give me some time to find the process, and I'll give it a go.

consideration:
Perhaps some sort of Revenue stamp.