Albania Revenue Stamp? Esat Pasha Stamp Used As Currency? What Is It?

Hello all Stamp Masters,

I recently came across this stamp that kind of stumped me.

As far as I could find out it is a stamp of the Ottoman Empire Period, printed in Albania by Esat Pasha.
Stamps were also used as currency, and are supposedly quite rare.

This website:
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...c-59242eb8ca

Contains the following description:
"Ottoman Empire stamps used as railway money in Albania, very rare and interesting"

Do any of you have more information on this fascinating stamp?

Heheh, sales sites like that aren't a good source for value. It might be listed in a revenue catalog, but I don't have any that cover Albania in the Ottoman era.

Not looking for value.
Found one sold on ebay for $9.99.

I just also found that apparently these were printed by Esat Pasha during the Scutari Siege in Albania, and were used as currency.

Im interested in knowing a more precise history of these, as I cannot find almost anything.

Just found that some of these stamps were part of "The Cook Collection of Central and Eastern European Banknotes".
Interestingly these revenue stamps were considered banknotes as well...

https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/...ctions/1347/

Lot of 5 of them (3x 10 Para, 2x 1 Grogh) was sold in this auction for 100 British Pounds:

https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/...1347/976653/

Not banknotes ,it is better translated as railroad tickets .

Not sure what your comment is supposed to mean.
The only time I mentioned the word "Banknotes" was in reference to the Cook collection, which consists entirely of banknotes.
And apparently these stamps were considered banknotes because they were used as such.

It means I collect those stamps . -----That stamp is a emergency railroad ticket during the siege of Shkodra ..
There was three different printing and I have all three .Have a nice day .

These are siege notes.




See PDF pages 15-16 which talk about and picture your item:

https://www.thecurrencycollector.co..._Part_II.pdf

@floortrader:
Thank you! Thats the kind of explanation I was looking for.
Why not post it in the first comment?

@rogdcam:
Thanks for the resource!

At least we established that these were indeed currency and the ultimate end use was not as railway tickets, emergency or otherwise.