01 January (Turkey - Russian Post Offices ) within release Levant goes into circulation Stamp Odessa Issue of 1919 - Surcharge face value 5 Turkish piastre
Stamp Odessa Issue of 1919 - Surcharge in catalogues | |
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Yvert et Tellier: | Yt: RU-LV 195 |
Unificato: | Un: RU-LV 195 |
Soloviev: | Sol: RU-RL P6 |
Stamp is square format.
Red surcharge - 5 Piastres on 50 Kop. Produced by the private company Russian Company of Navigation and Trade (Р.О.П.иТ.) in Odessa in 1919 using leftover stock of Russian Post Office in Turkey stamps. Had no postal validity as the full postal service was never re-established in the former Ottoman Empire.Also in the issue Levant:
Stamp Odessa Issue of 1919 - Surcharge it reflects the thematic directions:
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