Turkey – Ottoman Empire postage dues

under construction

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 the frame color when there is a frame in a second color. 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.  File:Turkey shor inscrip B.jpg|1865 1pi value. File:Turkey 1869 due 5pi.jpg|1869 5pi value. File:Turkey 20pa Abdulhamid due.jpg|1888 20pa value. File:Turkey 1901 due.jpg|1901 10pa value. 
 * 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 brick red or blackish brown borders.
 * Beginning in 1888, a new style of definitive in black inscribed EMP: OTTOMAN was released under Sultan Abdulhamid II.
 * In 1892, three large format definitive designs were printed in black for use as postage dues. In 1901, a 20pa value was printed on deep rose-colored paper.
 * In 1901, the domestic definitive designs were printed in black on deep rose paper for use as postage dues.
 * In 1905, then-current definitive designs were printed in black on deep rose paper for use as postage dues.
 * In 1908, then-current definitive designs were also printed in black on deep rose paper for use as postage dues.

1909-1922 issues

 * In 1909, then-current definitive designs were also printed in black on deep rose paper for use as postage dues.
 * In 1913, five small GPO definitive designs were issued in black on deep rose paper.
 * Also in 1913, Adrianople designs were surcharged in arabic and with new values.
 * In 1914, four new designs were issued, with CHIFFRE TAXE the only roman letter inscription.
 * In 1916, the previous Adrianople surcharges were re-surcharged in red with a large star and crescent with "1332".
 * In 1917, various postage dues were overprinted with a five-point star and scarab and used for regular postage.
 * In 1919, a muddy red overprint with "1334" at upper left on the 1914 1pi due was issued to commemorate the armistice.
 * In 1919, the 1914 designs were overprinted for the accession of Mohammed IV. The overprint has his tughra at top and year "1334" in the middle of the third line.



[[Category:O]]