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

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Ottoman lira (British 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 British offices in the Turkish Empire in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
30pa	3	1909 vio&grn issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1902 1 1/2d) ovpt=30 PARAS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-1 1/2p ... 1921 grn issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 a) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-1/2d-grn-King George V
1pi	4	1906 ultra d=King Edward VII (1902 2 1/2d) ovpt=1 PIASTRE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-2 1/2d ... 1913 ultra d=King George V (1912 b) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-2 1/2d
= 40pa	4	4/1/1885 lil d=Queen Victoria (1883 round) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1884-2 1/2d-lil ... 1902 ultra issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 2 1/2d) on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-2 1/2d
1 1/4pi	2	1910 pur pc=yel d=King Edward VII (1902 3d) ovpt=1 1/4//PIASTRE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-3d, 1913 vio d=King George V (1912 c) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-3d
= 1pi10pa	1	1909 pur pc=yel issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1902 3d) on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-3d
1 1/2pi	1	1921 scar issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 b) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1p-scar-King George V
1 3/4pi	2	1910 org d=King Edward VII (1902 4d) ovpt=1 3/4//PIASTRE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1909-4d, 1913 slgrn d=King George V (1912 c) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-4d
= 1pi30pa	1	1909 brn&grn issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1902 4d) ovpt=1 PIASTRE//30 PARAS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-4d
2pi	1	1906 lil&ultra d=King Edward VII (1902 5d) ovpt=2 PIASTRES oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-5d
= 80pa	3	4/1/1885 grn d=Queen Victoria (1884 shield) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1884-5d-grn ... 1902 lil&ultra issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 5d) on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-5d
2 1/2pi	1	1910 dlvio d=King Edward VII (1902) ovpt=2 1/2//PIASTRES oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-6p
= 2pi20pa	1	1909 dlvio issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1902) ovpt=2 PIASTRES//20 PARAS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-6p
3 3/4pi	1	1921 ultra issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 b) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2 1/2d-ultra-King George V
4pi	3	1896 carrose&lil d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 10d) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1890-10d-carrose&lil ... 1913 ltbl d=King George V (1912 e) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-10d
4 1/2pi	1	1921 vio issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 c) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-3d-vio-King George V
5pi	2	1909 car&palegrn issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1902 1sh) ovpt=5 PIASTRES oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-1sh, 1913 bis d=King George V (1912 e) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1912-1sh
7 1/2pi	1	1921 yelbrn issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 d) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-5d-yelbrn-King George V
12pi	2	4/1/1885 lil d=Queen Victoria (1883 2sh6d) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1883-2sh6p-lil, 1903 dlvio issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 2sh6p) on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-2sh6p
15pi	1	1921 ltbl issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 e) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-10d-ltbl-King George V
18 3/4pi	1	1921 bis issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 e) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1sh-bis-King George V
24pi	1	1902 carrose issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 5sh) on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-5sh
45pi	1	1921 brn issue=1921 d=Britannia Rules the Waves (retouched) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1919-2sh6p-brn
90pi	1	1921 car issue=1921 d=Britannia Rules the Waves (retouched) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1919-5sh-car
180pi	1	1921 bl issue=1921 d=Britannia Rules the Waves (retouched) oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1919-10sh-bl

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