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Ottoman Empire 10 Paras Fiscal Stamp, Preveza Postmark
Ottoman Empire · 1878 · 10 paras
A brown and yellow Ottoman Empire fiscal stamp, denominated 10 paras, featuring Ottoman Turkish script. It bears a circular postmark from Preveza, indicating its use in an Austrian post office.
This stamp represents the complex administrative and postal arrangements within the late Ottoman Empire, specifically the operation of foreign post offices by Austria in Ottoman territories like Preveza.
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Image: Postmark Austro-Hungarian postal authorities, stamp Government of the Ottoman Empire · License: Public domain
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