1889 Duke's Cigarettes Postage Stamps (N85)
Total Cards: 50
Size: 1 7/16" x 2 3/4"
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Each card in this series has two back variations. The variation occurs in the bold text that is part of the series description. The bold text will read either "A Genuine Foreign Postage Stamp" or "A F... moreSet Links
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Attached to the card is an Ottoman Empire 20 paras Liannos et Cie. In 1865 the local postal distribution company Liannos et Cie was established in Constantinople to distribute mail arriving in the city which was not addressed in Arabic, as the staff of the Ottoman Postal Service were unable to read the Latin alphabet. The stamps were printed by Perkins Bacon from plates that are now held in the museum of the Royal Philatelic Society London. 20 paras was equivalent to about 1 U.S. cent.
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