Austrian Levant 1 Piaster, 1900 Issue

Austrian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire · 1900 · 1 piaster

The stamp features a right-facing portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria within an oval frame. The denomination '1 PIASTER' is inscribed at the bottom.

These stamps were issued by Austrian post offices operating within the Ottoman Empire, specifically in the Levant region, to facilitate postal services for Austrian citizens and businesses abroad. This particular stamp was cancelled in Salonica (Thessaloniki), a significant port city in the Ottoman Empire at the time.