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2 1/2pi denom (#6778) (German offices in the Turkish Empire usage only)

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Desc: 2 1/2pi

Currency: Ottoman lira (40par=40pa=1pia=1pi)

Numerical sorting value: 6000


Equivalent denoms: 2 1/2Pia (6), 2pi20pa (1)

Users of this denom: German offices in the Turkish Empire (5 stamps, 1884-1905), British offices in the Turkish Empire (1 stamp, 1910), Russian offices in the Levant (2 stamps, 1912-1913), Thrace (2 stamps, 1913), Turkey (17 stamps, 1905-1920) Show with all usages

Used by 5 stamps of German offices in the Turkish Empire: (See all uses as list)

1884 2 1/2pi slgrn issue=1884 d=German eagle (1880 pfennig) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1880-50pf
10/1/1889 2 1/2pi choc issue=1889 d=German eagle (1889) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1889-50pf-choc perf=13.5x14.25
10/1/1900 2 1/2pi pur&blk pc=sal d=Germania (Reichspost) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1900-50pf perf=14x14.25
10/1/1905 2 1/2pi pur&blk pc=sal d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=value(fraktur) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1902-50pf perf=14x14.25
11/1905 2 1/2pi pur&blk pc=buff d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=value(fraktur) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1905-50pf wmk=lozenges