Ottoman lira (French offices in the Turkish Empire usage only)

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Ottoman lira (French offices in the Turkish Empire usage only)

Name: Ottoman lira
Defn: 40par=40pa=1pia=1pi
Symbol:
Code:
Desc: in this currency, piastres are also called kurus
Units of money:
para pa, par 1
piastre pi 40

Users of this currency: Austrian offices in the Turkish Empire (64 stamps, 1886-1913), Cilicia (108 stamps, 1919-1921), Crete (5 stamps, 1898-1899), Eastern Rumelia (36 stamps, 1880-1885), French offices in Crete (5 stamps, 1903), French offices in the Turkish Empire (26 stamps, 1885-1923), German offices in the Turkish Empire (55 stamps, 1884-1905), British offices in the Turkish Empire (40 stamps, 1885-1921), Mytilene (16 stamps, 1912), Italian offices in Bengasi (2 stamps, 1901-1911), Italian offices in Crete (2 stamps, 1900-1901), Italian offices in the Turkish Empire (68 stamps, 1908-1923), Italy/Albania (6 stamps, 1902-1907), Constantinople (22 stamps, 1909-1923), Durazzo (8 stamps, 1909-1911), Janina (12 stamps, 1902-1911), Jerusalem (8 stamps, 1909-1911), Salonika (8 stamps, 1909-1911), Scutari (9 stamps, 1909-1915), Smyrna (13 stamps, 1909-1922), Valona (9 stamps, 1909-1916), Romania (30 stamps, 1858-1866), Romanian offices in the Turkish Empire (6 stamps, 1896), Russian offices in the Levant (131 stamps, 1900-1913), Thrace (28 stamps, 1913), Turkey (695 stamps, 1863-1924), Turkey in Asia (75 stamps, 1920-1922) Show with all usages

Denominations used by French offices in the Turkish Empire in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
30pa	2	1921 grn issue=1921 d=sower (1906 no ground) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1906-5c-grn
1pi	4	8/16/1885 yel pc=grn issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U oc=blk on=issuer=France-1879-25c-yel ... 1905 palered ovpt=1 Piastre//Beyrouth oc=blk on=1903-15c-palered
1pi20pa	3	1921 grn issue=1921 d=sower (1906 no ground) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1906-10c-grn ... 1923 rose d=sower (1903) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1903-10c
2pi	2	1890 rose pc=palerose issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U oc=blk on=issuer=France-1890-50c-rose, 1902 bisbrn&lav issue=1902b oc=blk on=issue=1902a-50c-bisbrn&lav-unissued
3pi	1	8/16/1885 car pc=rose issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U oc=blk on=issuer=France-1877-75c-car
3pi30pa	2	1921 bl issue=1921 d=sower (1906 no ground) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1906-25c-bl, 1923 slgrn d=sower (1903) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1903-15c
4pi	2	8/16/1885 brnzgrn issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under B oc=blk on=issuer=France-1876-1fr-brnzgrn, 1902 cl&olgrn issue=1902b oc=blk on=issue=1902a-1fr-cl&olgrn-unissued
4pi20pa	1	1921 dporg issue=1921 d=sower (1906 no ground) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1906-30c-dporg
7pi20pa	2	1921 dlbl issue=1921 d=sower (1903) oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1903-50c-dlbl, 1923 vio d=sower (1906 no ground) var=1 oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1906-35c-vio-var=1
8pi	2	1900 brn issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under B oc=blk on=issuer=France-1900-2fr-brn, 1902 grayvio&yel issue=1902b oc=blk on=2fr-grayvio&yel-unissued
15pi	1	1921 cl<olgrn issue=1921 d=Liberty & Peace oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1900-1fr-cl<olgrn
20pi	2	1890 redlil issue=1885 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U oc=blk on=issuer=France-5fr-redlil, 1902 dkbl&buff issue=1902b oc=blk on=5fr-dkbl&buff-unissued
30pi	1	1921 org&bl issue=1921 d=Liberty & Peace oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1900-2fr-org&bl
75pi	1	1921 dkbl&buff issue=1921 d=Liberty & Peace oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1900-5fr-dkbl&buff

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