Oriental Philatelic Association of London
© Martin Lovegrove 2011
Tughra Stamps
(First Stamps of the Ottoman Empire Issued 1865)
By Mehmet Basaran
'One Man's Journey into the Unknown'
One Man's Journey into the unknown collates an extensive research of the first stamps of the Ottoman Empire in a logical and scientific manner. The book is 144 pages, well illustrated with over 380 colour pictures and hand drawn sketches to demonstrate the points discussed. It summarises the early discoveries and introduces new discoveries by the author, such as setting of the block, reports of the first printing, with all the evidence clearly displayed. Additionally there is a comprehensive section on how to recognise forgeries, with clear pictures, details and sketches.
The book measures 22cm x 28cm, and is printed on acid free matt paper.
There are two editions available; deluxe edition (only 50 books printed) available at 250 euros plus postage and packing and the ordinary edition (500 books printed) available at 150 euros plus postage and packing. Currently there are only 5 copies of the deluxe edition left. All books are numbered, bound in hardback, hand stitched with a dust cover.
For more details contact the author at mbasaran@btinternet.com
Table of Contents
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1 |
Foreword | ||
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2 |
Author’s thoughts | ||
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2.1 |
Acknowledgements | |
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3 |
Historical Background and Discoveries | ||
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3.1 |
Historical Background | |
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3.2 |
Early Discoveries | |
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3.2.1 |
Maker and the Type of Paper used for Printing the Tughra Stamps |
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3.2.2 |
Earliest use of the Tughra stamps on Entire – FDC (First Day Cover) |
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3.2.3 |
Setting of Transfer Blocks (Plating studies) on 20- |
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3.3 |
New Discoveries | |
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3.3.1 |
Printing and colouring of Tughra Proofs |
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3.3.2 |
2- |
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3.3.3 |
Setting of 1st printing transfer group block reports |
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3.3.4 |
Newspaper posted with a 20- |
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Introduction | ||
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4.1 |
General | |
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4.2 |
Secret Marks | |
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4.3 |
Control Bands | |
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Tughra Proofs | ||
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5.1 |
General | |
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5.2 |
20- | |
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5.3 |
Type characteristics of proofs | |
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5.4 |
5- | |
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5.5 |
Secret Marks on Proofs | |
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5.6 |
20- | |
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5.7 |
Printing and Colouring of Proofs | |
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5.8 |
Used Proofs | |
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5.9 |
Minimum number of Proofs printed | |
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5.10 |
Observations and Conclusions | |
