ITALIAN OFFICES ABROAD, TURKISH EMPIRE

Italian post offices were maintained in the Turkish Empire for sending and receiving mail. These post offices process the mail using stamps of Italy with an overprint for postage. The offices were maintained in Albania, Constantinople, Durazzo, Jerusalem, Salonika, Scutari, Smyrna, and Valona . Some examples of the overprints used on Italian stamps in the Turkish Empire is as follows:

General
PARA
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
PIASTRA
Or
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
LEVANTE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

ALBANIA
ALBANIA
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

CONSTANTINOPLE
Costantinopoli
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
COSTANTINOPOLI
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
PIASTRE
with
PARA
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

DURAZZO
Durazzo
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
DURAZZO
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

JANINI
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
Janina
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
JANINA
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

JERUSALEM
Gerusalemme
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
GERUSALEMME
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

SALONIKA
Salonicco
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
SALONICCO
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

SCUTARI
Scutari di Albania
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
SCUTARI DI ALBANIA
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

SMYRNA
SMIRNE
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
SMIRNE
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

VALONA
Valona
with
Para
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)
VALONA
with
PIASTRE
(Overprinted on stamps of Italy.)

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