Friday, May 29, 1953, Conquest of Constantinople, 500th Anniversary
Friday, May 29, 1953 Turkey
will issue:
Stamp ""Rumeli Hisari" Fortress" face value 5,
Stamp "Soldiers Moving Cannon" face value 8,
Stamp "Mehmet II Riding into Sea and Turkish Armada" face value 10,
Stamp "Landing of Turkish Army" face value 12,
Stamp "Ancient Walls of Topkapı, Constantinople" face value 15,
Stamp "Troops Entering Constantinople" face value 20,
Stamp "Mosque of Fatih in Istanbul" face value 30,
Stamp "Presenting Mace to Patriarch Yenadios" face value 40,
Stamp "Map of Constantinople in the 15th Century" face value 60,
Stamp "Tomb of Mehmet II in Istanbul" face value 1,
Stamp "Miniature of Sultan Mehmet II by Sinan" face value 2,
Stamp "Portrait of Mehmet II by G.Bellini" face value 2½,
Stamp "Portrait of Mehmet II by Gentile Bellini" face value 2½,