Postal History – BalkanPhila

1912 Turkey Demirtas Karaagac Istanbul card to Austria

Kemal Giray — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:43:32 +0000

Türkiye: 1912 Constantinople Arsenal at Golden Horn postcard to Austria franked with 20pa of 1909 tied by TIMURTAS – DEMIR-TACHE (vilayet Edirne, R) datestamp.

1909 Turkey Yesilkoy St Stefano Istanbul card to Jerusalem

Kemal Giray — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:38:42 +0000

Türkiye: 1909 Constantinople Leander’s Tower postcard to Jerusalem franked with 20pa of 1908 Constitution stamp tied by Ayastefanos – Sant-Stefano Cons/ple datestamp.

1939 Turkey Oil Company Censored to Malta

Kemal Giray — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:46:36 +0000

Türkiye: 1939 (December). Socony Vacuum Oil Company imprinted cover to Malta franked with 12 1/2k tied by Istanbul cds, No.52 triangular censor cachet and brown censor label. Reverse no postal markings.

1921 Turkey Tosya Money Order to Kalecik with Error

Kemal Giray — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:43:49 +0000

Türkiye – Anatolian Government: 1921 (16 October). Money order to Kalecik franked with pair of 20pa. Ottoman and two pairs of 5pi. overprinted fiscal stamps tied by TOSYA – TOSSIA (TR #5490, RR) datestamps. Reverse 24 October transit and next day arrival cds’s. Second stamp from top has “1327” instead of “1337” overprint variety. Stamps
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1917 Turkey Sirkeci Parcel Card to Vienna

Kemal Giray — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:57:52 +0000

Ottoman Türkiye: 1917 parcel card to Vienna, Austria franked with various overprinted stamps of 1916-17 tied by Sirkeci 4 datestamps.

1914 Turkey Istanbul Censored to Napoli

Kemal Giray — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:29:18 +0000

Türkiye: 1914 (31 December). 20pa. postal stationery card to Italy struck by superb DERSAADET DÜYUN-U UMUMIYE SUBESI – CONSTANTINOPLE DETTE PUBLIQUE (vilayet Istanbul, TR #1785, RR) bilingual datestamp, 13 January 1925 Napoli arrival cds and two lines Istanbul; Censor 29 handcachet.

1921 Turkey Zonguldak Censored Commercial Cover

Kemal Giray — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:34:44 +0000

Türkiye – Anatolian Government: 1921 (25 December). “Abali Zade Halil” hand cachet cover to Istanbul franked with 5pi. overprinted Ottoman Ministry of Finance Fiscal stamp tied by Zonguldak – Zongouldak 2 datestamp and rather scarce Zonguldak Sansürce Görülmüşdür (Seen by Zonguldak Censorship) negative seal.

1921 Turkey Kutahya Bisected Stationery to Ankara

Kemal Giray — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:21:10 +0000

Türkiye – Anatolian Government: 1921 (26 June). Ottoman 10pa. of 1917 postal stationery card addressed to an Armenian in Ankara uprated with 10pa. and bisected 5pi (for 2 1/2pi) overprinted Ministry of Finance Fiscal stamps for three piastres postcard rate tied by Kütahya – Kutahia 1 datetamps.

1918 Turkey Registered Censored to Budapest

Kemal Giray — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:15:26 +0000

Türkiye: 1918 (26 August). Registered commercial cover to Budapest, Hungary franked with two 10pa. and two 1pi. overprinted stamps of 1915 tied by Istanbul – Stamboul 1 datestamps struck by Zensuriert / k.u.k. Briefsensir / ZEMUN. on transit and rectangular Istanbul censor cachets. Reverse same day dispatch and red rosette censor label.

1917 Turkey Izmir Smyrne Registered to Vaud

Kemal Giray — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:09:16 +0000

Türkiye: 1917 (17 November). Privately produced card sent by registered to Switzerland franked with 20pa. and 50pa. tied by IZMIR – SMYRNE 4 octagonal datestamps, 20 November Istanbul transit and 21 December Vaud arrival cds’s.