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2pi denom (#773) (German offices in the Turkish Empire usage only)

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Desc: 2pi

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

Numerical sorting value: 4800


Equivalent denoms: 2pia (21), 80pa (8)

Users of this denom: Austrian offices in the Turkish Empire (10 stamps, 1888-1908), Cilicia (6 stamps, 1919-1920), Eastern Rumelia (2 stamps, 1880), French offices in Crete (1 stamp, 1903), French offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1890-1902), German offices in the Turkish Empire (3 stamps, 1900-1905), British offices in the Turkish Empire (1 stamp, 1906), Italian offices in the Turkish Empire (3 stamps, 1908-1921), Constantinople (1 stamp, 1909), Durazzo (1 stamp, 1909), Janina (1 stamp, 1909), Jerusalem (1 stamp, 1909), Salonika (1 stamp, 1909), Scutari (1 stamp, 1909), Smyrna (1 stamp, 1909), Valona (1 stamp, 1909), Russian offices in the Levant (3 stamps, 1900-1913), Thrace (3 stamps, 1913), Turkey (76 stamps, 1863-1923), Turkey in Asia (6 stamps, 1921-1922) Show with all usages

Used by 3 stamps of German offices in the Turkish Empire: (See all uses as list)

10/1/1900 2pi d=Germania (Reichspost) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1900-40pf perf=14x14.25
10/1/1905 2pi d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=value(fraktur) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1902-40pf perf=14x14.25
11/1905 2pi d=Germania (Deutsches Reich) ovpt=value(fraktur) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1905-40pf wmk=lozenges

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