Osmanlı Postaları 1338

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Revenue stamps overprinted for postal use in the Çanakkale region, 1922–23.

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Osmanlı Postaları 1338

The overprints on revenue stamps

Uzay Togay

Revenue stamps overprinted "Osmanlı Postaları 1338" (Ottoman Posts 1338) and used for postage, mostly in the Çanakkale region, including mail through field post offices.

The exhibit shows the stamps that received the overprint, then their use on cover: registered and advice-of-receipt mail, and mail through field post offices.

Osmanlı Postaları 1338The overprinted stamps

Chapter 1The overprinted stamps

The overprint was applied to several kinds of revenue stamp. This chapter shows each type, arranged by base stamp.

20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; KARA-BIGHA (Karabiga) cancel
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; KARA-BIGHA (Karabiga) cancelYPA 79
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; cancel reading BAIRAM…, probably Bayramiç
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; cancel reading BAIRAM…, probably BayramiçYPA 79
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; violet 4th field post office cancel (٤)
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, violet overprint; violet 4th field post office cancel (٤)YPA 79
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, overprint struck heavily in dark violet; dated cancel 9 January 23
20 para black on rose departmental tax revenue, overprint struck heavily in dark violet; dated cancel 9 January 23YPA 79
Osmanlı Postaları 1338The overprinted stamps
10 para carmine fixed-fee revenue, overprinted; bilingual KARA-BIGHA (Karabiga) cancel
10 para carmine fixed-fee revenue, overprinted; bilingual KARA-BIGHA (Karabiga) cancelYPA 80
2 kuruş yellow-green revenue (Ministry of Finance), overprint in black
2 kuruş yellow-green revenue (Ministry of Finance), overprint in blackYPA 71
1 kuruş dull purple fixed-fee revenue, violet overprint
1 kuruş dull purple fixed-fee revenue, violet overprintYPA 87
1 kuruş dull purple fixed-fee revenue with top sheet margin, violet overprint and cancel
1 kuruş dull purple fixed-fee revenue with top sheet margin, violet overprint and cancelYPA 87
Three 1 kuruş lilac fixed-fee revenues with the overprint in black, on piece of a postcard, each signed İsmail Okday, cancelled by field post office 95
Three 1 kuruş lilac fixed-fee revenues with the overprint in black, on piece of a postcard, each signed İsmail Okday, cancelled by field post office 95YPA 85

1 kuruş color variety with the overprint in violet (above) and in black (below).

Osmanlı Postaları 1338The overprinted stamps
Telegraph label with part of the adjoining label, overprinted and surcharged 3 piastres, cancelled at field post office 102, on piece
Telegraph label with part of the adjoining label, overprinted and surcharged 3 piastres, cancelled at field post office 102, on piece
20 para black on rose Devair-i Resmiye (overprinted) with green Dolmabahçe pictorial, A.R. handstamp and registration no. 982 (٩٨٢), sent on November 10, 1922
20 para black on rose Devair-i Resmiye (overprinted) with green Dolmabahçe pictorial, A.R. handstamp and registration no. 982 (٩٨٢), sent on November 10, 1922712, YPA 79

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Osmanlı Postaları 1338Registered and A.R. mail

Chapter 2Registered and A.R. mail

Higher-value franking on registered and advice-of-receipt (A.R.) covers addressed to Dersaadet (Istanbul).

A.R. cover from Biga to Dersaadet, franked with a strip of three 5 kuruş proportional-tax revenues, cancelled on December 21, 1922; 15 piastres rate
A.R. cover from Biga to Dersaadet, franked with a strip of three 5 kuruş proportional-tax revenues, cancelled on December 21, 1922; 15 piastres rateYPA 94
Osmanlı Postaları 1338Registered and A.R. mail
Registered cover from Biga to Dersaadet: pair of 2 kuruş fixed-fee revenues, 5 piastres proportional-tax revenue, surcharged revenue label above 20 para black on rose, all overprinted, with a 20 para 1331 star-and-crescent issue postal stationary envelope, making the 10 piastres rate.
Registered cover from Biga to Dersaadet: pair of 2 kuruş fixed-fee revenues, 5 piastres proportional-tax revenue, surcharged revenue label above 20 para black on rose, all overprinted, with a 20 para 1331 star-and-crescent issue postal stationary envelope, making the 10 piastres rate.YPA 79, 89, 94

Signed İsmail Okday on each stamp. 20 para surcharged label is not a stamp.

Osmanlı Postaları 1338Field post office 95

Chapter 3Field post office 95

Mail handled by field post office 95, recognisable by the ٩٥ in its cancellation.

Cover front franked with eleven overprinted revenue stamps. One 20 para PTT overprint on printed matter overprint issue of 1905. Rest various overprinted revenue stamps, cancelled by field post office 95. 15.5 piastres in total, 20 paras extra.
Cover front franked with eleven overprinted revenue stamps. One 20 para PTT overprint on printed matter overprint issue of 1905. Rest various overprinted revenue stamps, cancelled by field post office 95. 15.5 piastres in total, 20 paras extra.806, YPA 83, 87, 92, 94
Osmanlı Postaları 1338Field post office 95
Cover through from field post office 10, through F.P.O. 90 to F.P.O. 10, franked with 3 piastres surchaged telegraph label, overprinted: front
Cover through from field post office 10, through F.P.O. 90 to F.P.O. 10, franked with 3 piastres surchaged telegraph label, overprinted: front
Reverse: four more 3 piastres surcharged telegraph stamps, 15 piastres rate
Reverse: four more 3 piastres surcharged telegraph stamps, 15 piastres rate

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