Austria Levant 5 Centimes Overprint

Austria · 1903 · 5 centimes

The stamp features a profile portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, facing right. It bears an overprint of '5 CENTIMES' diagonally in the lower left, applied to an original 5 Heller stamp.

This stamp was issued for use by Austrian post offices operating within the Ottoman Empire (the Levant), reflecting the practice of foreign powers maintaining their own postal services and using local currencies in the region during that period.