TURKEY, issues 1913 Postal building issue

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1913 Postal building

  2 pa olive
  5 pa yellow
  10 pa green
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue
  2 Pi black
  5 Pi lilac
  10 Pi red
  25 Pi green
  50 Pi brown

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
2 pa	c	c
5 pa	c	c
10 pa	c	vc
20 pa	c	vc
1 Pi	c	vc
2 Pi	*	c
5 Pi	*	*
10 Pi	**	*
25 Pi	***	**
50 Pi	***	***

Stamps for letters abroad, overprinted with arabic sign

  10 pa green (overprint red)
  20 pa red (overprint blue)
  1 Pi blue (overprint red)
  2 Pi black (overprint red)

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
10 pa	*	*
20 pa	*	*
1 Pi	*	*
2 Pi	**	**

Postage due stamps
  2 pa black on red
  5 pa black on red
  10 pa black on red
  20 pa black on red
  1 Pi black on red
  2 Pi black on red

These postage due stamps have fallen into the hands of unscrupulous dealers, I do not know if they have ever been genuinely used.

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
2 pa	c	*
5 pa	c	*
10 pa	c	*
20 pa	c	*
1 Pi	*	*
2 Pi	**	**

Overprinted with one line of arabic text (mount Sinai issue, 1916)

(Reduced size, probably cancelled to order)

  5 Pi lilac

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 Pi	***	**

1915 Overprinted with 6-pointed star and crescent (date inside crescent)

(Reduced size)

  5 pa yellow (red overprint)
  10 pa green (red overprint)
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  2 Pi black (red overprint)
  5 Pi lilac (red overprint)
  10 Pi red
  25 Pi green (red overprint)

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	c	c
10 pa	*	c	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
20 pa	c	c	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
1 Pi	*	c
2 Pi	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
5 Pi	*	c
10 Pi	***	**	Exists with inverted overprint: R
25 Pi	***	***

1915 Overprinted with 6-pointed star and crescent (date inside crescent), on stamps for letters abroad, overprinted with arabic sign

  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  2 Pi black (red overprint)

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
20 pa	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: ***
1 Pi	*	*
2 Pi	***	***

1915 Overprinted with small 6-pointed star and crescent (arabic date between crescent and star, arabic text in crescent)

  10 pa green (red overprint)
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)

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
10 pa	*	c
1 Pi	*	c	Exists with inverted overprint: R

1915 Overprinted with small 6-pointed star and crescent (arabic date between crescent and star, arabic text in crescent), on stamp for letters abroad (overprinted with arabic sign)

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  10 pa green (red overprint)

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
10 pa	*	*	Exists with inverted overprint: R

1916 Overprinted with 5-pointed star and crescent (arabic date between crescent and star, arabic text in crescent)

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  20 pa red 
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  10 Pi red

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
20 pa	*	c
1 Pi	*	c
10 Pi	***	***

1916 Overprinted with 5-pointed star and crescent (date between crescent and star, arabic text in crescent), on stamp for letters abroad (overprinted with arabic sign)

(Reduced size)

  20 pa red

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
20 pa	*	c

1916 Overprinted with 5-pointed star and crescent (arabic date in crescent)

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  5 pa yellow (red overprint)
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  2 Pi black (red overprint)
  25 Pi green
  50 Pi brown

Further surcharged
  10 g on 50 Pi (red overprint)

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	*	*
20 pa	***	**
1 Pi	**	*
2 Pi	**	*
25 Pi	***	***
50 Pi	R	***
10 g on 50 Pi	***	***

1916 Overprinted with 5-pointed star and crescent (arabic date in crescent), on stamp for letters abroad (overprinted with arabic sign)

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  1 Pi blue (red overprint)

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
1 Pi	**	c

1917 Overprinted with a beetle like text

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  5 pa yellow (red overprint)
  10 pa green (red overprint)
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  2 Pi black (red overprint)
  5 Pi lilac (red overprint)
  10 Pi red

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	*	*
10 pa	R	R
20 pa	*	*
1 Pi	**	*
2 Pi	***	***
5 Pi	RR	RR
10 Pi	RR	RR

1917 Overprinted with a beetle like text, on stamp for letters abroad (overprinted with arabic sign)

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  10 pa green (red overprint)
  1 Pi blue (red overprint)
  2 Pi black (red overprint)

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
10 pa	*	*
1 Pi	***	***
2 Pi	R	R

1920 Overprinted and surcharged

  10 pa on 2 pa olive

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
10 pa on 2 pa	c	c

For stamps of Turkey issued from 1913 to 1920, click here.

TURKEY, issues 1913 Postal building issue

1913 Postal building

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