British Post Offices in the Levant - The Georgian Period
Introduction
This display of British Levant illustrates the story of the British Post Offices in the Levant from the issue of the first KGV surcharges in 1911 until the closure of the last office in 1923. All the British PO's closed at the outbreak of World War I and the offices in Salonica and Beyrout and the Stamboul sub-office never re-opened. The display covers the re-opening of the British PO's in Smyrna and Constantinople in 1919 and includes the graphic story of The British Salonica Force during the war.References
British Levant Study Papers 1-7 by Richard Malim published by The GB Overprints Society 1981-98
Articles published in The Overprinter, the Journal of The GB Overprints Society
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Frame 1Introduction The KGV LEVANT Overprints 1911-14 The KGV Surcharged Issues 1912-14 |
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Frame 2The KGV Surcharged Issues 1912-14 (cont) The British Salonica Force |
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Frame 3The British Salonica Force (cont) Smyrna 1919-23 |
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Frame 4Smyrna 1919-23 (cont) The British Army PO in Constantinople 1919-20 |
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Frame 5The British Army PO in Constantinople 1919-20 (cont) The British Post Office in Constantinople 1919-23 |
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Frame 6The British Post Office in Constantinople 1919-23 (cont) |
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Frame 7The British Post Office in Constantinople 1919-23 (cont) |