uncommon1900-1945

1929 Turkey New Alphabet Surcharge, Atatürk Portrait

Name: 1929 Turkey New Alphabet Surcharge, Atatürk Portrait
Brand: Turkey

Turkey · 1929 · 10 Kuruş

The stamp features a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk facing left, within an oval frame. It is an existing definitive stamp overprinted with 'YENİ HARFLER' (New Letters/Alphabet) in two lines.

This stamp commemorates or facilitates the Turkish Language Reform of 1928, a pivotal moment in Turkish history where the Ottoman Turkish alphabet was replaced with a new Latin-based alphabet.

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portrait heads-of-state overprint alphabet definitive reform

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