Austrian Offices In Turkey

Thanks very much PostmasterGS, fascinating!

So my stamp which has the postmark GÖREAU is apparently pretending to be from Görkau (now Jirkov in the Czech Republic).

But why fake a postmark from completely the wrong area and then get that wrong as well?

And why do this twice (as my stamp's postmark has a different date and format) from the others shown here?

I suppose it's fortunate that the forger knew little about the subject and tried to copy an inappropriate Austrian postmark.

Thanks team

Yes thanks PMGS! I echo all Nigel's comments too - a very odd fake!

I've sorted through the rest of my used Austro-Hungarian Post Offices stamps and plan to share these as before.

Most of these will be Austrian currency stamps but a few will be French currency.

Earlier in this thread I showed some stamps used in Scutari (Shkodër) in Albania.

Here are a few more stamps used in Albania including two more from Scutari.

DURAZZO - Durrës (x3), VALONA - Vlorë:



SCUTARI in ALBANIEN - Scutari (Shkodër) (x2), SANTI QUARANTA - Sarandë (x2, 1 with French currency):

Next is a group of stamps from north-western Greece. mostly Janina with one from Prevesa.

JANINA - Ioannina (x3):



JANINA - Ioannina (x3 with French currency), PREVESA - Preveza:

Next up are a few stamps from north-eastern Greece, mostly Salonica with one from Cavalla.

SALONICH & SALONICH I - Salonica (Thessaloniki) (x4):



SALONICH I - Salonica (Thessaloniki) (x4, 2 with French currency), CAVALLA: Kavala.

Here is a group of stamps used in the Greek islands of Samos, Lesbos and Rhodes.

VATHY - Vathy on Samos, METELINO - Myteline on Lesbos (x4):



RODI & RHODUS - Rhodes (x5, 1 with French currency):



I plan to skip the three post offices in Crete for the time being and turn next to the post offices in modern-day Turkey but that will be another day.

Nice collection Nigel - I maybe have 4 or 5 different .

Here is another fake Goreau, currently on ebay for $33 (!)

Thanks BeeSee.

Now that is a very neat forgery!

I contacted the seller asking if he knew where Goreau is. If he answers, I will post it here.

BeeSee, it will be interesting to see what the seller says.

The two post offices (cities) that I find most often are Constantinople (Istanbul) and Smyrna (Izmir), both in Turkey.

I haven't sorted my Constantinople postmarks yet but I thought it might be of interest to show a wider selection of Smyrna ones as I have many more to chose from.

I'll split these over two posts.

SMIRNE & SMYRNA: Smyrna (Izmir) (x4)



SMYRNA: Smyrna (Izmir) (x4)



SMYRNA: Smyrna (Izmir) (x4)

Here are a few more Smyrna postmarks.

SMYRNA: Smyrna (Izmir) (x4, 3 with French currency)



SMYRNA II: Smyrna (Izmir) (x3)



SMIRNE & SMYRNA: Smyrna (Izmir) (x3, 2 with French currency)

I have only a few stamps from the other post offices in modern-day Turkey.

Here are my stamps from five of these offices.

ADRIANOPEL - Adrianople (Edirne) (x3), DARDANELLEN - Dardanelles (Canakkale):



TRAPEZUNT - Trebizond (Trabzon) (x4):



KERASSUNDE - Giresun (x2), MERSINA - Mersin (x2):

This group of stamps is from post offices in Lebanon with all but one from Beirut.

TRIPOLIS (SYRIEN) - Tripoli, BEIRUTH & BEIRUT - Beirut (x3):



BEIRUT - Beirut (x4):



BEIRUT - Beirut (x4):



BEIRUT - Beirut (x4, 2 with French currency):

I'd now like to show some stamps from the post offices in modern-day Israel, starting with Haifa and Jaffa.

CAIFA - Haifa (x4, 1 with French currency):



JAFFA - Jaffa (x3):



JAFFA - Jaffa (x4):



JAFFA - Jaffa (x4, 3 with French currency):

Next up is a group of stamps from Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM - Jerusalem (x4):



JERUSALEM - Jerusalem (x3):



JERUSALEM - Jerusalem (x4):



JERUSALEM - Jerusalem (x4 with French currency):