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2 1/2pi denom (#6778)

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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)

Used by 27 stamps: (See all uses as list)

German offices in the Turkish Empire 1884 2 1/2pi slgrn issue=1884 d=German eagle (1880 pfennig) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1880-50pf
German offices in the Turkish Empire 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
German offices in the Turkish Empire 10/1/1900 2 1/2pi pur&blk pc=sal d=Germania (Reichspost) oc=blk on=issuer=Germany-1900-50pf perf=14x14.25
Turkey 1905 2 1/2pi redvio d=tughra (1905)
German offices in the Turkish Empire 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
German offices in the Turkish Empire 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
Turkey 1908 2 1/2pi viobrn d=tughra (1908)
Turkey 12/1909 2 1/2pi dkbrn issue=1909a d=tughra (1909)
British offices in the Turkish Empire 1910 2 1/2pi dlvio d=King Edward VII (1902) ovpt=2 1/2//PIASTRES oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1902-6p wmk=imperial crown perf=14
Turkey 6/26/1911 2 1/2pi issue=Macedonia visit Uskub c d=tughra (1905) ovpt=arabic//USKUB oc=blk on=2 1/2pi-tughra (1905)
Turkey 6/26/1911 2 1/2pi issue=Macedonia visit Salonika c d=tughra (1905) ovpt=arabic//SALONIKA oc=blk on=2 1/2pi-tughra (1905)
Turkey 6/26/1911 2 1/2pi issue=Macedonia visit Pristina c d=tughra (1905) ovpt=arabic//PRISTINA oc=blk on=2 1/2pi-tughra (1905)
Turkey 6/26/1911 2 1/2pi redvio issue=Macedonia visit Monastir c d=tughra (1905) ovpt=arabic//MONASTIR oc=blk on=2 1/2pi-tughra (1905)
Russian offices in the Levant 1912 2 1/2pi grn&vio issue=1912 d=arms of Russia (1889 mantled) var=varnished ovpt=value oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-25k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
Russian offices in the Levant 1913 2 1/2pi pur issue=Romanov 300th d=Alexius Mikhailovich ovpt=value oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1913-25k perf=13.5
Thrace 1913 2 1/2pi car&blk issue=1913d d=Tsar Ferdinand in Admirals uniform oc=bl on=issuer=Bulgaria-1911-10s perf=12
Thrace 1913 2 1/2pi issue=1913e
Turkey 1/14/1914 2 1/2pi ver&grn issue=1914 d=Bosphorus at Kandilli perf=12
Turkey 1915 2 1/2pi redvio issue=1915e on 1905 d=tughra (1905) ovpt=6point oc=blk on=1905-2 1/2pi-redvio
Turkey 1915 2 1/2pi viobrn issue=1915 on 1908 d=tughra (1908) ovpt=6point oc=blk on=1908-2 1/2pi-viobrn
Turkey 1915 2 1/2pi dkbrn issue=1915 on 1909 d=tughra (1909) ovpt=6point oc=blk on=1909-2 1/2pi-dkbrn
Turkey 1916 2 1/2pi redvio issue=1916e d=tughra (1905) ovpt=5point star oc=blk on=1905-2 1/2pi-redvio
Turkey 1916 2 1/2pi viobrn issue=1916h d=tughra (1908) ovpt=5point star oc=blk on=1908-2 1/2pi-viobrn
Turkey 1916 2 1/2pi dkbrn issue=1916j d=tughra (1909) ovpt=5point star oc=blk on=1909-2 1/2pi-dkbrn
Turkey 7/23/1916 2 1/2pi redvio issue=constitution 9th d=tughra (1905) ovpt=10 Temuz//1332(arabic) oc=blk on=1905-2 1/2pi
Turkey 11/30/1919 2 1/2pi ver&grn issue=armistice d=Bosphorus at Kandilli oc=blk on=1914-2 1/2pi perf=12
Turkey 1920 2 1/2pi issue=Mohammed VI accession