Turkey Contraband Post 1 Piastre

Turkey · 1890 · 1 Piastre

A rectangular stamp featuring the denomination '1 PIASTRE' in Latin script and 'Kaçak' (contraband) in Ottoman Turkish script, enclosed within an ornate border.

Issued by the Ottoman authorities in 1890, this stamp was part of a special service to tax letters carried by travelers outside the official postal monopoly, aiming to recover lost postal revenue and deter illicit mail transport.