On Jul 16, 11:10 pm, "rodney" <pookiet...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> <chrisj.do...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> True, but I never said 5_1_5. I fear your catalogue blindness is
> spreading to reading NG posts :-)
>
> Goodness, your'e right :(
>
> True, and is 685, as I said.
>
> well, SG simplified have mixed their opts,
> the early six pointed star is shown as 685a,
> They cover their bottoms by the preamble
> "differing turkish dates and stars"
>
> > the RHS (six pointed star) was issued 1915
>
> True, and is 5_5_5, as I said.
>
> In my '65 it is 560, so it has "come in 5 numbers" which is unusual,
> result: time to get a new catalogue.
>
> It would be nice to see more of the set. I only have two. Both have
> the inscription, but different obliterating marks. Perhaps it's only
> the inscription that matters. Do other cats explain it better?
>
> I only have it as the 1st anniversary of the Sultans accession
> with tougra (sp?)
> I am not aware of the history of the Sultan's lineage, so the reason
behind
> the obliteration seems bizarre.
>
> Apologies for being a doubting Thomas, brickbats to SG.
In regard to the Sultan's face, it should be remembered that
the Turkish Sultan Mehmed V had died on July 3,1918 and
the new sultan was in place when the overprinted stamps were
issued.
Mehmed VI (Vahideddin) ruled to 01 Nov 1922, when he was
deposed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_VI
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