2.1909/1911

Empire Ottoman - Ufficio Postale Italiano, Costantinopoli


2.1909 Empire Ottoman Costantinopoli - Italian Post Office

Italian stamps with black surcharge "Costantinopoli" or "Costantinopoli" and new value in two lines
10 Pa / 5 Cmi; 20 Pa / 10 Cmi; 30 Pa / 15 Cmi; 1 Pia / 25 Cmi; 2 Pia / 50 Cmi;
4 Pia / 1 L; 20 Pia / 5 L; 40 Pia / 10 L
 Michel 20 III/ 27 III
Original stamps Michel 83/84, 87/90, 92, 99

2.1909 Empire Ottoman Costantinopoli - Italian Post Office Fragments

Italian stamps with black surcharge "Costantinopoli" or "Costantinopoli" and new value in two lines
10 Pa / 5 Cmi; 20 Pa / 10 Cmi; 1 Pia / 25 Cmi
10 Pa / 5 Cmi; 30 Pa / 15 Cmi
 Michel 20 III/ 23 III
Original stamps Michel 87/90
Cancelations COSTANTINOPOLI 1 / POSTE ITALIANE, 17.5.10 and 27.9.10

2.1909/1911 Italian Post Office Costantinopoli Cover 12.10.1908

12.10.1908   Registered cover from Constantinopel to Berlin, Germany
20 Pa / 10 Cmi; 30 Pa / 15 Cmi; 80 Pa / 50 Cmi (1907/1908 issue)
30 Pa / 15 Cmi (6.8.1908 issue)
4 Pia / 1 L (2.9.1908 issue)
1 Pia / 25 Cmi (1908/1910 issue)
10 Pa / 5 Cmi (2.1909/1911 Costantinopoli issue)
Michel 7, 9/10, 13 III, 16 IV, 18, 20 III
Obv.:  Hand-written registration mark " Recommandée // 162 "
          Stamped registration mark " R. No 127 // CONSTANTINOPOLI "
         4x " COSTANTINOPOLI (GALATA) // 12 OKT 08 // POSTE ITALIANE "
The cancelation date 12.10.1908 suggests that the Costantinopoli 10 Pa / 5 Cmi green overprint was issued in 1908 and not as late as 2.1909, specified in Michel, Karamitsos and Vlastos.
Ex Christoph Gärtner, 17/9834, 7.-12.3.2011