Turkey 1863 5 Piastres Postage Due

Turkey · 1863 · 5 piastres

The stamp features the Ottoman crescent and star emblem at its center, surrounded by inscriptions in French and Ottoman Turkish, with the denomination '5 PIASTRES' at the bottom.

Issued by the Ottoman Empire in 1863, this stamp is part of an early series of postage due stamps, used to collect unpaid or underpaid postage from the recipient, reflecting the developing postal system of the era.