Ottoman Empire 10 Paras Fiscal Stamp with Austrian Postmark

Ottoman Empire · 1878 · 10 paras

A 10 paras brown and yellow proportional fee fiscal stamp from the Ottoman Empire, issued between 1878-1879. It was intended for use in the Constantinople administrative area and bears a cancellation from an Austrian post office operating within the Ottoman Empire.

This stamp illustrates the complex administrative and economic landscape of the late Ottoman Empire, where foreign powers like Austria maintained their own postal services and financial instruments within Ottoman territories, reflecting extraterritorial rights.