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10 Para Postage Stamp Currency
| Uitgever | Ottoman Empire |
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| Jaar | 1917 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in green on cream paper with perforated edges in the manner of a postage stamp. A central vignette presents a panoramic view of the Hagia Sophia mosque and its surrounding grounds, including the Obelisk of Theodosius, framed by an ornate border with arabesque scrollwork at the sides and crescent-and-star motifs at each upper corner. The denomination '10' appears in Ottoman script within circular cartouches at the lower left and right, with an Arabic-script inscription in a rectangular panel at the foot of the central vignette. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beveiligingstype | None |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Ottoman government's decision to overprint postage stamps and issue them as fractional currency in 1917 was a direct consequence of wartime metal shortages — copper and nickel had been redirected to the war effort, leaving no material for small-denomination coin production. These adhesive-stamp notes were not unique to the Ottomans; several belligerent powers adopted the same stopgap during the First World War.
Handling problems were persistent. Without adhesive backing removed, pieces stuck together in circulation; with it removed, the paper became fragile. Surviving examples in any condition above heavily worn are relatively uncommon for that reason.