CILICIA

Cilicia was a British and French Occupied territory in 1918 and 1919. Cilicia used stamps of France and Turkey with an overprint for postage. In 1923 Cilicia became part of Turkey and began to use Turkish stamps for postage. Some examples of Cilicia overprints is as follows:

OCCUPATION MILITAIRTS FRANCES CILICIE
O. M. F.
(overprint on stamps of France)
(O.M.F. means Occupation Militaire Francaise)
T. E. O.
(Stamps of France overprinted)
(T.E.O. means Territoires Ennemis Occupes)
CILICIE
(Stamps of Turkey overprinted)
SAND. EST
(Stamps of France overprinted)
Stamps of France overprinted
(Air Mail Postage overprint)

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