Liannos Local Post (Turkey 1865)

01 December (Turkey ) within release Liannos Local Post in Constantinople goes into circulation Stamp Liannos Local Post face value 5 Turkish para

Stamp Liannos Local Post in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: TR-LLK Ib

Stamp is square format.

In August of 1865 the local post distribution company “Liannos et Cie” was established to distribute the mail arriving at Constantinople which was not addressed in Arabic as the staff of the Ottoman Postal Service were not able to do so. Liannos charged a price for each piece of mail based on the distance from the city centre. To manage these charges, in the autumn of 1865 Liannos issued three stamps, with denominations of 5, 20 and 40 paras, printed by Perkins Bacon of London. These stamps are mostly perforated 14 but some are imperforate. Liannos would attach the stamps to letters coming from abroad and charge the recipient the postal fee, using an oval handstamp with the word Liannos and the date to cancel the stamp. The mint stamps are fairly common but genuinely used are scarce.

Also in the issue Liannos Local Post in Constantinople:

• Stamp - Liannos Local Post face value 40;
• Stamp - Liannos Local Post face value 5;
• Stamp - Liannos Local Post face value 20;
• Stamp - Liannos Local Post face value 40;