RUSSIAN POST OFFICES IN TURKEY (Levant), part 2

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Russian postoffices in Turkey, part 1

1900 Stamps of Russia, overprinted with value in 'PARA' or 'PIASTRE'

'10 PARA' on 2 k green '20 PARA' on 4 k red '1 PIASTRE' on 10 k blue '35 PIASTRES' on 3 1/2 R black and grey

  '4 PARA' (blue or black) on 1 k orange
  '10 PARA' (red) on 2 k green
  '20 PARA' (blue) on 4 k red
  '20 PARA' on 5 k lilac (1910)
  '1 PIASTRE' (red) on 10 k blue
  '2 PIASTRES' on 20 k blue and red
  '5 PIASTRES' (red) on 50 k lilac and green
  '7 PIASTRES' (blue) on 70 k brown and orange
  '10 PIASTRES' (blue) on 1 R brown and orange (larger size)
  '35 PIASTRES' (red) on 3 1/2 R black and grey (larger size)
  '70 PIASTRES' (red) on 7 R black and yellow (larger size)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
4 pa on 1 k c c  
10 pa on 2 k c c  
20 pa on 4 k c c  
1 Pi on 10 k c c  
2 Pi on 20 k * *  
5 Pi on 50 k * *  
7 Pi on 70 k ** **  
10 Pi on 1 R ** **  
35 Pi on 3 1/2 R *** *** 1905, horizontal overprint
70 Pi on 7 R *** *** 1905, horizontal overprint

An inverted overprint 4 pa on 1 k is a forgery, source: 'Russian post in the Empire, Turkey, China and the post in the kingdom of Poland' by S.V.Prigara.

 

1907 As Russian stamps, but with ship in centre, inscription '1857 1907', jubilee issue

5 para on 1 k orange '5 PIASTRES' on 50 k lilac and green 

  '5 PARA' on 1 k orange
  '10 PARA' on 2 k green
  '20 PARA' on 4 k red
  '1 PIASTRE' on 10 k blue
  '5 PIASTRES' on 50 k lilac and green
  '7 PIASTRES' on 70 k brown and orange
  '10 PIASTRES' on 1 R brown and orange (larger size)
  '35 PIASTRES' on 3 1/2 R brown and green (larger size)
  '70 PIASTRES' on 7 R green and red (larger size)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 pa on 1 k c c  
10 pa on 2 k c c  
20 pa on 4 k c c  
1 Pi on 10 k c c  
5 Pi on 50 k * *  
7 Pi on 70 k * *  
10 Pi on 1 R ** **  
35 Pi on 3 1/2 R *** ***  
70 Pi on 7 R *** ***  

An inverted overprint 10 pa on 2 k is a forgery, source: 'Russian post in the Empire, Turkey, China and the post in the kingdom of Poland' by S.V.Prigara.

These stamps exists overprinted 'Beyrouth', 'Constantinople', 'Dardanelles', 'Jaffa', 'Ierusalem', 'Kerasunde', 'Metelin' (Mytilena), 'Mont Athos', 'Rizeh', 'Salonique', 'Smyrne', 'Trebizonde' and a russian text (also 'Mont Athos').

"Metelin" Dardanelles Salonique Salonique


Mount Athos overprint (in Russian letters)

Mont-Athos
(reduced sizes)

A nice website concerning the cancels used in Mount Athos can be found at: http://www.pv-griekenland.nl/publicatiemountathosengels.html.


Forged '35 PIASTRES' surcharge as it can be found in 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'

 

1911 Stamps of Russia, overprinted with value in 'PARA' or 'PIASTRE'

'5 PARA' on 1 k orange '10 PARA' on 2 k green 15 PARA on 3 k red '20 PARA' on 4 k red '1 PIASTRE' on 10 k blue 3 1/2 PIASTRES on 35 k lilac and green 

  '5 PARA' (blue) on 1 k orange
  '10 PARA' (red) on 2 k green
  '15 PARA' on 3 k red
  '20 PARA' (blue) on 4 k red
  '20 PARA' (diagonal) on 5 k lilac
  '20 PARA' (horizontal) on 5 k lilac
  '1 PIASTRE' (red) on 10 k blue
  '1 1/2 PIASTRES' on 15 k lilac and blue
  '2 PIASTRES' on 20 k blue and red
  '2 1/2 PIASTRES' on 25 k green and violet
  '3 1/2 PIASTRES' on 35 k lilac and green
  '5 PIASTRES' on 50 k lilac and green
  '7 1/2 PIASTRES' on 70 k brown and orange
  '10 PIASTRES' on 1 R brown and orange
  'PIAS 50 TRES' on 5 R black, green and blue
  'PIAS 100 TRES' on 10 R

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 pa on 1 k c c  
10 pa on 2 k c c  
15 pa on 3 k c c  
20 pa on 4 k c c  
20 pa on 5 k c c diagonally surcharged
20 pa on 5 k     horizontally surcharged
1 Pi on 10 k c c  
1 1/2 Pi on 15 k c c  
2 Pi on 20 k c c  
2 1/2 Pi on 25 k c *  
3 1/2 Pi on 35 k * *  
5 Pi on 50 k * *  
7 Pi on 70 k * *  
10 Pi on 1 R * *  
50 Pi on 5 R ** **  
100 Pi on 10 R *** ***  

 

Russian postoffices in Turkey, part 3

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