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Ottoman Empire 10 paras proportional fee fiscal stamp
commonpre-1900

Ottoman Empire 10 paras proportional fee fiscal stamp

Ottoman Empire · 1878 · 10 paras

A brown and yellow fiscal stamp featuring Ottoman Turkish script and a central imperial emblem, with the denomination '10 PARAS' at the bottom.

This stamp represents a specific period of financial administration within the late Ottoman Empire, used for proportional fees. Its cancellation by an Austrian postmark highlights the presence of foreign postal services operating within Ottoman territories.

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Image: Postmark Austro-Hungarian postal authorities, stamp Government of the Ottoman Empire · License: Public domain

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