Saudi Revenue Or Cinderella?

Can anyone help with this? I think it's Saudi Arabian.
Thank you!

Steve,
a real toughie.
I went through McDonald (Turkey)
and "The Revenue Reverend" link.
I may have missed it, but certainly did not catch my eye.
I am also unsure on correct orientation.

We need someone to read the text for a hint.

My two pennies worth:
Orientation seems correct.
There seems to be a date on center top which reads 1310(AH)in other words (Tue Jul 26), 1892 so not sure if its Saudi Arabian
There seems to be a 'value?' of 5 but not sure of the denomination
The whole centre design reminds me of a Moroccan local cachet but I think it could be Turkish in Arabic script

I suspect the stamp is sideways with the text at the left and right sides.

I think it is a long stamp-stumped

I agree with above, of course, the Blue negative seal, could be any which way, not aligned to the stamp itself.
I have checked my database of all Blue negative seals I have seen, and suggest it could be something as abstruse as a revenue from Egypt or Palestine, with local council / town seal.

Going through some of my old Arabic -English dictionaries that I havn't touched for 30
years...The word local or Municipal is there. For the intestines or miaow thats less sure!

The negative seal does not look Turkish too me ,but I could be wrong.

Thank you, everyone. This gives me a lot of info to use!
Steve

As the other folks indicated, the top text is upright, the bottom text is upside down and the negative seal is inverted.

This is Ottoman and in Turkish in the Ottoman Arabic alphabet before the change to Latin alphabet.

The top left has the currency "para" and 5 below it (a para is 1/4000 lira). Center top has the year in Hijri. I do not know the translation of the top right text.

The bottom left reads "examination" or "inspection" (muayene in Turkish). I cannot tell what the bottom right means.

I stared at the seal for about 10 minutes and as best as I can tell it has these four words: "symbol/seal" "municipality" "administration" "building/construction" (ramz, baladiya, idarat, buna). So it could be: seal of municipality building administration.

I hope this helps.

Fantastic info! Thank you.

Thanks Bobeid, very helpful.

This is no good, we cannot have SCF failing an ID.

Steve,
Subject to your approval, I can send on the image to O.N.E.P.S (Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society) for assistance.
If the Editor cannot help, then it will be published / broadcast in our next Journal.

Please let me know.

Excellent info..great thread...

From a fellow collector in Turkey. His response:
This stamp is not a postage stamp. It is an Ottoman fiscal stamp (timbre d'inspection) in 5 Paras which was used by Izmir (Smyrna) Municipality in 1892.
Regards,



bobeid almost got it!

Bravo! P12 well done you.
Not listed MacDonald, albeit I'll have another look.
(My Thoughts) I wonder if anyone has taken over the discipline for the catalogue, it would be nice to add to the record.

Thanks again, everyone. I did have this stamp listed on ebay but am pulling it for now.
Very interesting info and I appreciate everyone who took the time to help. Any images sent to anyone are fine with me!
Steve

Thanks Steve,
I would still like to pass it to ONEPS for further information.
I'll post any response.

Please advise if you re-list on ebay, I'd like to bid.