Turkey – Ottoman Empire postage dues

1865-1908 issues
Turkey issued its first postage dues in 1863. These featured the tughra/emblem of Sultan Abdulaziz, the same as the regular issues. Beginning in 1865, a star and crescent design was issued. The basic design with denomination was printed in shades of brown for postage dues, the inscriptions printed in black. This design scheme would be used in following issues with different inscriptions. Those inscriptions may not match exactly due to missing or broken small characters or extra ink flecks.
 * That first issue was in brown or red brown thin tissue-like paper. All had a blue colored band along the bottom.
 * The 1865 issue would have the inscription Turkey 1 inscr.png at the top.
 * For the 1867 issue, the top inscription was changed to a smaller Turkey 2 inscrip.png. Only the 25gh value was ever issued.
 * In 1869, the top inscriptions also changed again to Turkey inscr 3.png. They are perf 13½. These now have borders in either bister brown or a darker brown.
 * In 1871, an issue in a variable pin perf was issued. These are further recognizable by their birck red or blackish brown borders.
 * Beginning in 1888, a new style of definitive in black inscribed EMP: OTTOMAN was released under Sultan Abdulhamid II.

 File:Turkey shor inscrip B.jpg|1865 1pi value. 

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