Turkey Archives - Philatelic Database

Stamps of Syria: Alexandretta (1938)

By William Cochrane|2018-02-13T12:20:42+11:00Feb 10, 2018|Aircraft on Stamps, Classic Stamps, France & Colonies, History, Middle East, Mosques & Temples on Stamps, Stamp Profiles, Syria, Topicals or Thematics, Turkey|

The Sandjak (district) of Alexandretta, formerly part of Syria, was detached in April 1938 and administered by the French, pending

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Railway Map of Turkey (1918)

By PDb Archive|2017-12-03T17:31:52+11:00Dec 3, 2017|Europe Maps, History, Maps, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Railroads or Railways, Railway Stamps, Railways, TPOs (see Travelling Post Offices), Trains, Transport, Travelling Post Offices, Turkey|

This map shows the Turkish Railways as it was in 1918 A very useful chart for bor both rail

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Stamps of Nejd: The First Issues (1925)

By William Cochrane|2017-12-03T17:26:27+11:00Dec 2, 2017|Arabia, Classic Stamps, First Issues, History, Middle East, Nejd, Ottoman Empire, Overprints, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Turkey|

Nejd was a former sultanate in Central Arabia, which first issued its own stamps in 1925. Nejd's capital city

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German Post Office in Constantinople Postal Card to the King of Serbia (1893)

By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:19:02+11:00Nov 2, 2016|Austro-Hungarian Empire, Balkans, Germany & Colonies, History, Ottoman Empire, Postal History, Postal Stationery, Royalty, Serbia (Servia), Turkey|

From the PDb archives comes this interesting postal card from the German Post Office in Constantinople sent to the xylographist

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Turkish (Ottoman) Empire Map (Lincoln Stamp Album 1899)

By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:10+11:00Jul 20, 2016|Albania, Asia Maps, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Cyprus, Europe Maps, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Maps, Moldavia, Montenegro, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Serbia (Servia), Slavonia, Transylvania, Turkey|

Here is an extremely useful map from our Archives for Ottoman specialists. It comes from a contemporaneous Lincoln Stamp Album

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Turkey & Greece Map (1889)

By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:19:22+11:00Mar 8, 2016|Europe Maps, Greece, History, Maps, Ottoman Empire, Turkey|

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Stamps of Turkey: Turkish Cinema (2014)

By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:20:49+11:00Dec 12, 2014|Films on Stamps, New Issues 2014, Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Turkey|

Turkey Post celebrated the anniversary of Turkish cinema with a new stamps issue. The stamp was released on the 14th

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Video: Decline of the Ottoman Empire

By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:22:12+11:00Dec 8, 2013|Bulgaria, Greece, History, Ottoman Empire, Romania, Turkey, Video|

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Map of the Balkans after 1876

By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:22:13+11:00Dec 4, 2013|Austro-Hungarian Empire, Balkans, Bulgaria, Europe, Europe Maps, History, Maps, Romania, Serbia (Servia), Turkey|

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Video: The Ottoman Empire

By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:23:11+11:00Jul 27, 2013|Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Video|

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfX-w-EN8sA

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Their Designs: A Philatelic Poem (The Eastern Philatelist, February 1889)

By William Cochrane|2017-10-11T09:24:24+11:00Feb 2, 2012|Austria, Barbados, British Commonwealth, Cyprus, Fiji, France & Colonies, Hungary, Nostalgia, Queensland, Trinidad, Turkey|

I spend an enormous amount of time ferreting through old tomes and philatelic journals looking for material, which may of

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Turkey, Syria, Lebanon & Cyprus Map (1949)

By PDb Maps|2017-10-11T09:24:40+11:00Apr 17, 2011|Asia Maps, Cyprus, Europe Maps, Lebanon, Maps, Syria, Turkey|

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Turkey: Sirkeci Post Office, Fatih, Istanbul (2010)

By Photography by Richard Turton|2017-10-11T09:24:54+11:00Apr 25, 2010|Post Offices, Turkey|

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Stamps of Turkey: Cyprus Peace Operation Issue (1974)

By PDb Archive|2017-10-11T09:25:18+11:00Nov 17, 2008|Stamp Profiles, Topicals or Thematics, Turkey|

This multicoloured 250 kurush stamp (Scott 1982) featured the Dove of Peace carrying a Turkish flag in its beak over

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