Turkey

Turkey stamps

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Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey

Scott: #1248P

Issued: 6.7.1957

75th Anniversary, Academy of Art

Inside #1248: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1429P

Issued: 5.10.1958

International Letter Writing Week

Inside #1429: Stamps on Envelopes

Scott: #1560-3P

Issued: 13.1.1963

Centenary, Turkish Postage Stamps

Inside #1560: Turkey #1O

Inside #1561: Turkey #2O

Inside #1562: Turkey #4O

Inside #1563: Turkey #5O

On January 1, 1863, Turkey issued its first adhesive postage stamps. It was the second independent country in Asia to issue adhesive stamps, preceded only by Russia in 1858, and two British colonies, Scinde District of India in 1852, India itself in 1854 and Ceylon in 1857. Turkey's stamps came less than two years after its neighbor and former territory, Greece (independent 1832), issued its first stamps.

The design consists of the tughra, the Turkish emblem of sovereignty, for the then current ruler Sultan Abdülaziz, over a crescent bearing the inscription in Ottoman Turkish Devleti Aliye Osmaniye, or "The Sublime Ottoman Empire". Between some of the stamps there is a control band with the words Nazareti Maliye devleti aliye, or "Ministry of Finance of the Imperial Government". The stamp was designed and lithographed at the Constantinople mint, and the writing is entirely in Turkish using Arabic script. The issue includes four denominations issued as regular postage stamps, and the same four values as postage due stamps. Including paper variants, a total of 10 Scott catalogue numbers have been assigned the issue.

Scott: #1596-1598P, 1599-1600P

Issued: 7.9.1963

Istanbul '63

Inside #1596: Turkey #5O

Turkey #5bO

Lou wrote: Technically, the stamp reproduced is Sc # 5b, since there is no colored band at the base. I'm sure the designer left off the band on this, and the other centenary issues (see #1560-3 and #1601) for esthetic reasons, but according to books on classic Turkish stamps, the first issues were not valid for postage unless a banded stamp was used on mails.

Inside #1597: Turkey in Asia #1O

Inside #1598: Turkey in Asia #83O

#679 Inside #1599: Turkey #679O

#C2 Inside #1600: Turkey #C2P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #1601PPP

Issued: 7.9.1963

International Philatelic Federation

Turkey #1560-3 Inscribed "F.I.P.GINU"

Scott: #1673P

Issued: 13.9.1965

Ankara '65

Inside #1673: Turkey #1515O

#1482 Inside #1673: Turkey #1482O

#B105 Inside #1673: Turkey #B105P

Scott: #1674P

Inside #1674:



Turkey #1497P	Turkey #842P	Turkey #1634P	Turkey #1101O

	Turkey #997O	Turkey #810O	Turkey #1190O


Turkey #1563P	Turkey #798O	Turkey #840O	Turkey #B109P

	Turkey #1633P	Turkey #1628P	Turkey #1617P


Turkey #991O	Turkey #1552O	Turkey #1637O	Turkey #1635P

Turkey #941P		Turkey #1247O


Turkey #1161O	Turkey #727O	Turkey #1207P	Turkey #1004O

	Turkey #B100O


Turkey #782O	Turkey #1591O	Turkey #858O	Turkey #1586P

Turkey #1223O	Turkey #1640P		Turkey #1058O


Turkey #B82P	Turkey #1435O	Turkey #1488P	Turkey #B83O

		Turkey #B96O


Turkey #C33PP	Turkey #1612P	Turkey #1508P	Turkey #728O

		Turkey #960P	Turkey #1617P


Turkey #1518P	Turkey #1219P	Turkey #B69PP	Turkey #839P

	Turkey #1644P	Turkey #1472O	Turkey #1618P


Turkey #B79P	Turkey #1575PP	Turkey #1647P	Turkey #1483P

Turkey #1649P			Turkey #1648P

Scott: #1711-3O

Issued: 3.9.1966

2nd "Balkanfila" Stamp Exhibition

Inside #1711-3: Pseudo Stamp

#1714

Scott: #1714O

Scott: #1753P, #1754O

Issued: 8.9.1967

International Trade Fair

#792 Inside #1753: Turkey #792O

#837 Inside #1753: Turkey #837O

Inside #1753: Turkey #1059O

Inside #1754: Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1754aP

Scott: #1825-6P

Issued: 18.10.1969

55th Anniversary, First Turkish Airmail Flight

Inside #1826: Turkey #238O

Scott: #1867P, #1868O

Issued: 28.10.1970

25th Anniversary, UN

Inside #1867-8: Pseudo Stamp

#1951

Scott: #1951O

Issued: 26.10.1973

Balkanfila IV

Inside #1951: Pseudo Stamp

#2100

Scott: #2100PP

Issued: 25.10.1978

2nd Nat'l. Philatelic Youth Exhibition

Inside #2100 (In Margin):



Turkey #2001O	Turkey #2000P	Turkey #2029O	Turkey #2002O	Turkey #2028O	Turkey #2001O


Turkey #2002O	Turkey #2028O	Turkey #2035O	Turkey #2030O	Turkey #2029O	Turkey #2000P


Turkey #2029O	Turkey #2037O	Turkey #2028O	Turkey #2035O	Turkey #2029O	Turkey #2002O


Turkey #2028O	Turkey #2000P	Turkey #2001O		Turkey #2028O	Turkey #2030O

Scott: #2188P, #2189O, #2190P, #2191P, #2192P, #2193P

Issued: 19.5.1981

Birth Centenary, Kemal Ataturk


Inside #2188, #2194a: Turkey #1801O	Inside #2189, #2194b: Turkey #1816O	Inside #2190, #2194c: Turkey #1604P

Inside #2191, #2194d: Turkey #804O	Inside #2192, #2194e: Turkey #777O	Inside #2193, #2194f: Turkey #1959O

#2194

Scott: #2194P

#2195_1

Scott: #2195P

Issued: 8.8.1981

Balkanfila VIII

#B68 Inside #2195: Turkey #B68O

Inside #2195: Turkey #733P

Scott: #2300P

Issued: 13.1.1985

Istanbul '87

Inside #2300: Turkey #1047O

Postcard -1996

Inside: Pseudo Stamps

#2715A

Scott: #2715AO

Issued: 29.10.1998

75th Anniversary, Turkish Republic

Inside #2715a (in Margin):


Turkey #C55O	Turkey #2405O

Turkey #2654O	Turkey #2442O

In the background

#758 Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #758O

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #2558O

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #2269P

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #1959O

Turkey #2193P

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #2405O

#1113 Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #1113O

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #922O

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #1606P

Inside #2715A (In the background): Turkey #922O

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

2005a2 2005a4

Scott: #2981-4P

Issued: 15.12.2005

50^th Anniversary of Europa stamps


Inside #2981: Turkey #1908O (CD15) (B)	Inside #2982: Turkey #1628P (#1674) (CD7) (B)

Inside #2983: Turkey #B120P (CD10) (B)	Inside #2984: Turkey #1719O (CD9) (B)

Scott: #2985P


Inside #2985a: Turkey #1520P (CD4)	Inside #2985b: Turkey #1800O (CD12)

Inside #2985c: Turkey #1553P (CD5)	Inside #2985d: Turkey #1775P (CD11)

2005c5

Scott: #2986P


Inside #2986a: Turkey #1493P (CD3)	Inside #2986b: Turkey #1936O (CD16)

Inside #2986c: Turkey #1602P (CD6)	Inside #2986d: Turkey #1876O (CD14)

Scott: #3163-7O

Issued: 27.05.2009

70th Anniversary of the Ministry of Transport and Communication

Inside #3165: Pseudo Stamps

Inside #3167: Pseudo Stamps

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

Scott: #3332P

Issued: 14.01.2013

150^th anniversary of Turkish stamps

Scott: #3332c

Inside #3332c: Turkey #1O

Design component: Symbol only

Scott: #3332d

Inside #3332d: Pseudo Stamp

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert

Mi Bl #95O

(Scott: Unlisted)

Issued: 14.01.2013

150^th anniversary of Turkish stamps

Mi #4006O

Inside Mi Bl #95: Turkey #4O

sos turkey 3332d 2013 Inside Mi Bl #95: Turkey #3332dP

Turkey #3332d is the octogon shaped stamp "cut out" from the S/S

Inside Mi Bl #95: Turkey #1O

Partially and lightly reproduced in the background of the S/S

Lou wrote: I saw on WNS a great sos stamp from another s/s that I had never seen before. In checking Scott's, I saw that they did not list or mention it, and I thought maybe it was a cancelled issue. In checking online, I did find it and saw the reason it wasn't in Scott's.

The s/s was from a special very limited issue 150th Anniversary presentation folder, and tho it had a face value of 1.50 Turkish Lire, it sold for a much higher price (so far, I haven't been able to find out exactly what), and that is a no-no for Scott's. I found one for sale on line from Turkey with a price of $ 80.00.

It's too bad that Turkey went this way with this s/s, since it is a better design that the regular issue, and tho I doubt many sos collectors will be getting one, I think it should be noted on the site. It is a true 150th anniversary sos, as it shows a stamp from the first issue of 1863 and one of the stamps from the 2013 anniversary s/s.

Turkey Folder Cover

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

turkey 110 k 10 22 turkey 220 l 10 22

Scott: #3366-7P

Issued: 22.10.2013

PTT Museum

sos turkey 3095 2008 Inside #3366: Turkey #3095O

sos turkey 3094 2008 Inside #3366: Turkey #3094O

turkey 3367 detail

sos gt britain 1 1840 Inside #3367: G.B. #1

Lou Wrote: I was just working on replacing my album page for this issue, and I realized that I hadn't sent you the ID for Turkey # 3367 I made almost ten years ago. On it, in the center of the museum display, is what is surely a very small Penny Black. I could not ID the other nine colorful little blobs, but I would bet that they are real stamps too.

In my database scans, I had always disliked showing a Penny Black with odd check letters when the letters on the SoS were obscure or I couldn't find a matching scan. Originally, I used a scan with A-A check letters (the first PB in the pane of 240), but a while back, I began using a scan without check letters I created from a PB essay I found online (see attached). For this SoS, I like it better.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #3462-5O

Issued: 23.10.2015

175th Anniversary of PTT

sos turkey 2 1863 Inside #3465: Turkey #2O

turkey ss

Mi BL #139 / Scott: Note after #3465O

As a result of the developments that had experienced with the Hatt-ı Sharif of Gülhane (Tanzimat Fermanı), the first postal organization was established as the ‘Ministry of Post’ (Posta Nezareti) on 23th October 1840 with the purpose of satisfying the postal needs of the whole community of the Ottoman Empire. The first post office opened under the name of ‘Postahane-i Amire’ at the courtyard of the ‘Yeni Camii’ (New Mosque) in Istanbul.

11 years later right after the invention of telegraph in 1843, the telegraph service had started also in the country and a separate ‘Directorate of Telegraph’ was established in 1855 in order to discipline this service across the country.

‘The Ministry of Post’ and ‘The Directorate of Telegraph’ were united under the name of the ‘Ministry of Post and Telegraph’ in 1871.

In 1876, international postal transportation network was established and it started to accept the transactions of money order and parcel in 1901.

After the foundation of the first manuel telephone exchange service in Istanbul on 23th May 1909, the ‘Ministry of Post and Telegraph’ was transformed into the ‘Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone’ at the same year. The transformation continued progressively and it was named as the ‘General Directorate of Post, Telegraph and Telephone’ in 1913.

On 18th June 1994, the General Directorate of PTT was restructured as the ‘Republic of Turkey, General Directorate of Posts’ and ‘Turkish Telecommunication Corporation’. It carried out its activities as ‘Republic of Turkey, General Directorate of Posts’ as of 24th April 1995. On 29th January 2000, the name of our Corporation which had been ‘Republic of Turkey, General Directorate of Posts’ was changed as ‘Republic of Turkey, The General Directorate of Post and Telegraph Organization (PTT)’.

By taking the right steps forward with the industry-specific variation in the areas of communications, transportation and finance and in relation to satisfy the ever increasing customers expectations; our corporation was restructured as ‘Republic of Turkey, Postal and Telegraph Corporation’ in 2013.

Our Corporation that has a 175 years long-standing background and aims to provide economical, fast, reliable and best quality service in the areas of postal, cargo, banking and e-commerce fields with its wide-ranging service network across the country, with its two-centuries experience, with the contemporary technology and with its experienced staff; has been proceeded with an innovative and modern approach with the help of today’s changing technology.

Thanks to Mike Knopfler and Lou Guadagno

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