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Timbre Mouchon Levant surchPiastre

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Timbre Mouchon Levant surchPiastre

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Set / seriesWikimedia Commons — Overprints on stamps of France
LanguageEnglish
Year1902
Kindstamp
Year1902
Regionfr
DescriptionFrench stamp type Mouchon, adapted for a use in foreign countries ("poste française" : french post and not as usual "République française"), and here in the french post offices in Ottoman Levant (nowadays Syria and Lebanon ; see mention "1 piastre 1" as new value), in use from 1902 and 1920. Photograph of a personal item by User:Sebjarod, february 2005. Licence : public domain.
Commons FileFile:Timbre Mouchon Levant surchPiastre.jpg
Image SourceWikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timbre_Mouchon_Levant_surchPiastre.jpg
Image LicensePublic domain
Commons CategoryCategory:Overprints on stamps of France
Oracle ID36638830

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Source credit: Wikimedia Commons / Louis-Eugène Mouchon (1843-1914)