Revenue stamps of Turkey
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Numbers according to Suleymaniye, Emir Erray (March 2010), Revenue stamps of Ottoman Empire.
Stamped paper
[edit]Receipts
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1904, Tughra Abdül Hamid II.
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20pa black (№ 149)
Fixed fees
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1909, Tughra Mehmed V Reshad.
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10pa carmine (№ 161)
Cigarette papers
[edit]1916
[edit]Authorized for cigarette papers in the city of Adana. Perforated 11.5.
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5 paras unused. (№ 303)
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5 paras used. (№ 303)
Consular
[edit]1882-1907
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1882-1883, 20 paras used. (№ 422)
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1882-1883, 5 piasters used. (№ 423)
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1882-1883, 20 piasters used. (№ 425)
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1882-1883, 50 piasters unused. (№ 426)
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1885, 5 piasters used. (№ 429)
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1889, 20 paras used. (№ 437)
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1889, 50 piasters used. (№ 442)
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1892, 20 paras used. (№ 444)
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1892, 10 piasters used. (№ 446)
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1892, 20 piasters used pair. (№ 447)
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1907, 10 piasters used. (№ 456)
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1907, 10 piasters used. (№ 457)
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1907, 20 piasters used. (№ 458)
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1907, 50 piasters used. (№ 459)
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1907, 50 piasters used. (№ 459)
Court fee
[edit]1889-1912
[edit]1889-1890: Tughra Abdul Hamid II. 1910-1912: Tughra Mehmed V Reshad.
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1889-1890, 5pi used (№ 525)
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1889-1890, 20pi used (№ 526)
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1889-1890, 5pi (2), 50pi used on fragment (№ 525, 527)
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1910, 5pi used (№ 539)
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1910, 5pi used (№ 540)
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1912, 10 pa used (№ 546)
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1912, 5pi used (№ 548)
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1912, 50pi sheet of 25 (№ 551)
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1912, 100pi sheet of 16 (№ 553)
Expenditure fee
[edit]1926
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5 kuruş green, used. (№ 6171)
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10 kuruş green, used. (№ 6172)
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20 kuruş brown, used. (№ 6173)
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50 kuruş brown, used. (№ 6174)
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1 lira blue, used. (№ 6175)
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Document with 5 piasters. (№ 6156)
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10 kuruş and 5 piasters used pairs (№ 6172, 6189)
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Notary document with № 6172, 6189
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Notary document reverse
Fixed fees
[edit]1890-1905
[edit]Tughra Abdül Hamid II. 1890-1891 exists with watermark 'Varak-i pul' in Ottoman (#596-601) or without watermark (#590-595).
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1890-1891, 10pa used. (№ 590)
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1890-1891, 3pi used. (№ 594)
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1890-1891, 10pa watermarked, used. (№ 596)
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1890-1891, 20pa watermarked, used. (№ 597)
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1890-1891, 1pi watermarked, used. (№ 598)
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1900, 10pa used. (№ 602)
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1900, 20pa used. (№ 603)
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1900, 1pi used. (№ 605)
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1900, 10pa used. (№ 602) on 1908 telegraph receipt
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1900, 10pi used. Top value of the 1900 issue. (№ 608)
1909-1916
[edit]1909-1914 Tughra Mehmed V Reshad. 1915-1916 Tughra Muhammed El-Gazi.
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1909, 2pa used. (№ 622)
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1909, 2pa used. (№ 622)
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1909, 20pa used. (№ 625)
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1909, 20pa used. (№ 625) on a 1913 cheque from the Anglo-Palestine Company
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1910, 10pa used. (№ 636)
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1910, 1pi used. (№ 638)
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1910, 3pi used. (№ 640)
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1915-1916, 2pa used. (№ 642) Overprint in Russian, probably 'Парикм(ахерская)' - 'barbershop'.
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1915-1916, 5pa used. (№ 644)
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1915-1916, 5pa sepia used. (№ 645)
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1915-1916, 10pa used. (№ 646)
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1915-1916, 20pa green used on document. (№ 648)
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1915-1916, 20pa used dark green. (№ 650)
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1915-1916, 20pa used dark green. (№ 650)
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1915-1916, 1pi used. (№ 651) on an Eastern Telegraph Company receipt Pera Station
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1915-1916, 1pi used. (№ 652)
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1915-1916, 1pi dark mauve used on document. (№ 652)
General revenue
[edit]1921-1925
[edit]Stamps are either perforated (12) or rouletted in lines.
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1921, 2.5pi used. (№ 735)
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1925, 6pa used perforated. (№ 6178)
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1925, 15pa used. (№ 6179)
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1925, 1pi used. (№ 6183)
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1925, 3pi used. (№ 6186)
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1925, 3pi used. (№ 6186)
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1925, 5pi used, perforated. (№ 6189)
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1925, 5pi used. (№ 6189)
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1925, 50 pi and 2,5 liras used. (№ 6200, 6207)
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document with revenues (№ 6186, 6200, 6207), front
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document with revenues (№ 6186, 6200, 6207) reverse
Hejaz Railway
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1905-1913
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1905, 1pi brown, used. (№ 5245)
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Document ca. 1912 bearing 1pi pair and 10pa. (№ 5250, 4724)
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1912-1913, 1 pi red, used. (№ 5253)
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1912-1913, 1 pi red, used. Black overprint "Muayene-li" (examined). (№ 5255)
1914-1915
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1914, 2 piasters red, used. Black overprint "Muayene-li" (examined). (№ 5262)
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1914-1915, 1 piaster green and red, used. (№ 5264)
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1914-1915, 1 piaster dark green and red, used. (№ 5265)
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Document with 20 paras and 1 piaster pair. (№ 4735, 5264)
1917-1918
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1917, surcharge 10 paras on 1 piaster green-red, used. Also used as emergency currency. (№ 5267)
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1918, surcharge 20 paras on 1 piaster brown-red, unused. (№ 5279)
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1918, surcharge 2 piasters on 1 piaster brown-red, used. (№ 5279)
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1918, surcharge 2 piasters on 1 piaster brown-red, unused pair. (№ 5279)
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1918, surcharge 1 piaster on 1 piaster brown-red, used. (№ 5283)
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1918, surcharge 2 piasters on 1 piaster brown-red, used. (№ 5284)
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Document with 10 paras and 2 piasters surcharge on 1 piaster. (№ 4733, 5279)
Immigration
[edit]1890
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20 paras brown, unused. (№ 5020)
Matches
[edit]1914
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10 paras on 1 para orange. Naval league stamp overprinted paradir / kibrit ve kav bandrolu. (№ 5056)
Navy League 1914
[edit]1914 naval war ships.
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1pa orange. (№ 4958)
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2pa blue. (№ 4959)
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5pa green, used. (№ 4960)
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10pa brown, used. (№ 4961)
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40pa red-brown. (№ 4962)
Newspaper and advertisement
[edit]1891
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2 paras light blue, used. (№ 5105)
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2 paras light brown, used. (№ 5106)
1912
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2 paras light blue and red, used. (№ 5098)
Public notices
[edit]1918
[edit]Used for the Istanbul municipality.
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10 paras purple, used. (№ 4382)
Receipt and acquittances
[edit]1888-1914
[edit]Blue or black overprint ('Devair-I Resmiyle Makbuzuna mahsus') on 1878-79 transaction revenues, Tughra Abdul Hamid II.
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1888. 10pa brown and yellow, blue overprint, used. (№ 4795)
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1888. 10pa pale brown and yellow, blue overprint, used. (№ 4796)
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1888. 20pa brown and yellow, blue overprint, used. (№ 4797)
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1888. 10pa brown and yellow, black overprint, used. (№ 4799)
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Receipt with 1888 10pa revenues, front
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Receipt with 1888 10pa revenues (№ 4796), reverse
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1891. 10pa (№ 4802)
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1891. 10pa (№ 4803)
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1891. 10pa rouletted (№ 4803)
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1905. 20pa on fragment (№ 4804)
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1914. Receipt with 20pa (№ 4808)
Sales tax
[edit]These stamps were issued with a vendor and customer part. The separate part is catalogued X, the two parts together Y. Issued from 1923 to ca. 1926, catalogue numbers 6211-6237.
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1923. 1.5pi used on 1927 receipt. (№ 6212X)
Transactions, proportional fee
[edit]1875-1876
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Tughra Sultan Abdülaziz. For use in provinces.
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10 paras red and yellow. (№ 4485)
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10 paras red and yellow. (№ 4485)
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20 paras red and yellow. (№ 4488)
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2 piasters red and green. (№ 4492)
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3 piasters red and green. (№ 4493)
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4 piasters red and green. (№ 4494)
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5 piasters red and green. (№ 4495)
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7.5 piasters red and green. (№ 4496)
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15 piasters red and green. (№ 4498)
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20 piasters red and green. (№ 4499)
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37.5 piasters red and green. (№ 4501)
1878-1879
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10 paras brown and yellow, used in the Austrian Post Office of Preveza. (№ 4513)
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10 paras brown and yellow, used in Alexandria. (№ 4513)
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20 paras brown and yellow, used. (№ 4514)
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4 piasters, red and green used. (№ 4518)
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5 piasters, red and green used. (№ 4519)
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7.5 piasters, red and green used in Constantinopel. (№ 4520)
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15 piasters, red and green used. (№ 4522)
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20 piasters, red and green used. (№ 4523)
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25 piasters red and green, used in Constantinopel. (№ 4524)
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1 piaster watermarked, red and green used. (№ 4538)
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1 piaster watermarked, red and green used. (№ 4538)
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2 piasters watermarked, red and green used. (№ 4539)
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20 paras, blue and black used. For use in provinces. (№ 4545)
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2 piasters, rose and black used. For use in provinces. (№ 4547)
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1879, 3 piasters brown and yellow, used. (№ 4571)
1890
[edit]Tughra Abdul Hamid II. For use in provinces.
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10pa black, used (№ 4582)
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10pa bistre, inverted cancel (№ 4583)
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10pa bistre, telegraph cancel of Pera (№ 4583)
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10pa bistre, used pair (№ 4583)
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10pa pale brown, used (№ 4584)
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1pi pale brown, used (№ 4589)
1899
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10pa pink, detail of left inscription (№ 4635)
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10pa pink, used. For transactions to 100 piasters. (№ 4635)
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2pi green, used. For transactions between 2,001 and 4,000 piasters. (№ 4639)
1910
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10pa pink, detail of left inscription (№ 4680)
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10pa pink, used. For transactions to 100 piasters. (№ 4680)
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1pi violet, used. For transactions between 1,001 and 2,000 piasters. (№ 4682)
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2pi green, used. For transactions between 2,001 and 4,000 piasters. (№ 4683)
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10pi green, used. For transactions between 15,001 and 20,000 piasters. (№ 4689)
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Document with 20pa. (№ 4681)
1912-1916
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1912, 10pa carmine on yellow underprint, used. For transactions to 100pi. (№ 4724)
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1916, 10pa carmine, used. For transactions to 100pi. (№ 4733)
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Document with 10pa. (№ 4733)
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10pi, detail of a document (№ 4746)
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10pi on document
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Reverse of document with 10pi revenue showing 1923 treasury tax 2 kuruş (№ 6139)
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Document taxed 25.40 piasters, with 2x 20pa, 15pi and 2x 5pi. (№ 4807, 4748, 4908)
Transfer and purchase of real estate
[edit]1888-1889
[edit]Tughra Abdül Hamid II. For use in provinces.
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25 piasters green and red, used. (№ 5147)
1891
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1 piaster black on blue paper, used. (№ 5179)
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1 piaster black on blue paper, used pair. (№ 5179)
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1 piaster, strip of four, black on blue paper, used. (№ 5179)
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5 piasters black on blue paper, used. (№ 5181)
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10 para pair, 1 piaster and 21/2 piasters black on blue paper, used. (№ 5178 2x, 5179, 5180)
1915
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5 piasters black, used. (№ 5200)
Travel permits
[edit]1890
[edit]Tughra Abdül Hamid II. Overprinted (For Transit License) proportional fee revenue of 1878-79.
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1 piaster red and green, used. (№ 5206)
Treasury tax
[edit]1912-1922
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1912, 5 piasters used. (№ 4908)
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1922, Surcharge 10 para on 10 piasters green, on issue of 1912, used. (№ 4919)
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1922, Surcharge 10 para on 500 piasters brown, on issue of 1912, used (№ 4921)
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1922, Surcharge 1 piaster on 10 piasters green, on issue of 1912, used (№ 4923)
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1922, Surcharge 2 piasters on 5 piasters red, on issue of 1912, used (№ 4925)
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Document with mixed usage 1 piaster, 2x 1 piaster and 2x 5 piasters. (№ 4737, 4906, 4908)
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Reverse of a document with 2x 2 piasters. (№ 4907)
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Document with 4x 1 piaster, 5 piasters and surcharge 1 piaster on 5 piasters. (№ 4737, 4908, 4916)
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Document with 4x 10 paras and 3x surcharge 2 piasters on 5 piasters. (№ 646, 4925)
1923
[edit]First issue of the Turkish Republic.
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2 kuruş brown, used on document (№ 6139)
A.D.P.O.
[edit]A.D.P.O. or Administration Dette Publique Ottomane (Ottoman Public Debt Administration). A.D.P.O. overprinted revenues were used in Syria, A.D.P.O. Z.O. were used in the Lebanese zone. Suleymaniye distinguishes 15 different overprint types.
Type 8 overprint
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Postal receipt bearing 20pa tied by 'ALEP' cancel. (№ 5928)