GERMAN FOREIGN POST OFFICES
TURKEY
STAMPS
1905
The first German Post Office in Turkey was opened in Constantinople on 1st Mar 1870. The stamps of the North German Confederation were the first to be used in Turkey. The Constantinople Office was opened as the "North German Postal Agency" and was renamed the "German Empire Post Office" on 6th May 1871 and served the so-called European Quarter of the city. A second branch post office was opened in the city district of Stambul in the Turkish Quarter.
Michel 24 to 35
Regular issues German Empire Stamps
Issued 1st Oct 1905. Regular issues German Empire stamps Germania and representative illustrations. Inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" with horizontal black overprint, Michel 34 with dark lilac red overprint in Gothic type. Overprint of "Para" and "Piaster" instead of earlier "PARA" and "PIASTER". No watermark.
Michel 36 to 47
Regular issues German Empire Stamps
"PEACE PRINTINGS"
Issued Nov 1905 to 1913. Regular issues German Empire stamps Germania and representative illustrations, all PEACE Printings. Inscribed "DEUTSCHES REICH" with horizontal black overprint, Michel 34 with dark lilac red overprint in Gothic type. Overprint of "Para" and "Piaster" instead of earlier "PARA" and "PIASTER". The same as Michel 24 to 35 but with Lozenge / Diamond watermark.
Mi 40
1½ Piaster on 30Pf
dark reddish-orange / red-black on dull yellowish-orange
(1905)
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1½ Piaster on 30Pf
dark reddish-orange / red-black on dull yellowish-orange
(1905)
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