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1922 Turkey Malatya Censored to Istanbul

Kemal Giray — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 07:24:59 +0000

Türkiye – Anatolian Government: 1922 (12 March). Commercial cover to Istanbul franked with overprinted 5pi. Ministry of Finance fiscal stamp for five piastres letter rate tied by MALATYA 3 (TR #4235), RR) datestamp and scarce oval SANSÜR EDILMISTIR (Censored) hand cachet. Reverse arrival cds’s.

1921 Turkey Anatolian Gov. Registered Censored Ankara to Istanbul

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 11:01:57 +0000

Türkiye: 1921 (24 April). Registered cover to Istanbul franked with 5pi Ottoman and pair of Anatolian Government 2pi surcharged on 1pi Hejaz Railway fiscal stamps tied by Ankara – Angora datestamps and rectangular censor seal. Reverse 29 April Dersaadet arrival cds. Cover flap missing.

1923 Turkey Anatolian Government Parcel Card Samsun to Izmir Error

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:57:43 +0000

Türkiye: 1923 (9 April). Parcel Card franked with strip of four 5pi overprinted on Ministry of Finance fiscal with long 1 and 1223 instead of 1323 varieties and Anatolian Government postage stamps totalling 24pi. tied by Samsun – Samsoun 4 datestamps. Reverse 18 April IZMIR – SMYRNE 8 arrival cds.

1923 Turkey Anatolian Government Money Order Carsamba to Tokat Error

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:50:12 +0000

Türkiye: 1923 (4 April). Money Order for 3,200pi franked with Ottoman, 5pi overprinted on Ministry of Finance fiscal with long 1 on the date variety and Anatolian Government postage stamps totalling 108pi. tied by Carsamba (Canik) – Tcharchamba (Djanik) datestamps. Reverse 12 April TOKAD – TOKAT arrival cds.

1922 Turkey Anatolian Government Money Order Bolvadin to Kalecik

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:42:47 +0000

Türkiye: 1922 (27 February). Money Order franked with Ottoman and 5pi overprinted on Ministry of Finance fiscal stamps totalling 57pi. tied by Bolvadin – Boulvadine datestamps. Reverse 3 March SIVRIHISAR (ANKARA) – SIVRI HISSAR (ANGORA) transit and 16 March KALECIK – KALEDJIK arrival cds’s.

1922 Turkey Anatolian Government Parcel Card Sivas to Corum

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:33:17 +0000

Türkiye: 1922 (14 February). Parcel Card franked with 5pi overprinted on Ministry of Finance fiscal with 1327 instead of 1337 variety tied by Sivas 1 datestamp. Reverse 15 February SIVAS 4, 18 February MERZIFOUN 1 transit and next day CORUM – TCHOROUM arrival cds’s.

1921 Turkey Anatolian Government Money Order Tavas to Bolvadin

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:11:28 +0000

Türkiye: 1923 (4 January). Money order for 200pi franked with Ottoman and 5pi overprinted on Ministry of Finance fiscal stamps totalling 27pi tied by Tavas datestamps. Reverse 30 January ERGANI 1 transit and 28 February BOLVADIN – BOULVADINE arrival cds’s.

1921 Turkey Anatolian Government Money Order Giresun to Ergani

Kemal Giray — Sat, 30 May 2026 07:27:38 +0000

Türkiye: 1921 (24 November). Money order for 2,220pi franked with Ottoman and 1pi overprinted on 1pi Hejaz Railway fiscal stamps totalling 99pi tied by Giresun – Kerassounde datestamps. Reverse 3 December SUSEHRI 1, 5 December MALATYA 2, 17 December MAAMOURET – ULAZIZ transit and 29 December ERGANI 1 arrival cds’s.

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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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.