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	Austrian Post in Turkey and in Crete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, having post offices abroad was often considered one of the hallmarks of a great power.
		Austria established its post offices in Turkey (Levant) and in Crete.
		Austria began to operate post offices in the Ottoman Empire as early as 1845.
	www.cybamall.com /philaworld/gallery1/AU/austria_po.htm (236 words)

	French post offices abroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The French post offices abroad were a global network of post officees in foreign countries established by France to provide postal service where the local services were deemed unsafe or unreliable.
		They were generally set up in cities with some sort of French commercial interest.
		They started appearing in the early 19th century, reached their heyday at the beginning of the 20th century, then started closing down in the 1910s and 1920s, with the office at Kwangchowan in China holding out until the 1940s.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/f/fr/french_post_offices_abroad.html (116 words)

	List of people on stamps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		French Territory of the Afars and Issas (1966-1977)
		French post offices in the Turkish Empire (1884-1923)
		Romanian post offices in the Turkish Empire (1896-1919)
	hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_people_on_stamps (558 words)

	1896, Jan. 3. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The KRUGER TELEGRAM was sent by Emperor William to President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic (Transvaal), congratulating him on the defeat of the raiders led by Dr. Jameson (See 1895, Dec. 29–1896, Jan. 2).
		Outbreak of the insurrection in Crete (See 1896–97), fomented by Greeks who were intent on the annexation of the island.
		There was a danger of French advance in that region, as well as from the west (second Monteil mission, July 1895; Marchand mission, Feb. 1896), despite the famous Grey declaration (March 28, 1895) stating that Britain would regard such action as “unfriendly,” which obliged the government to reestablish control of the Sudan itself.
	www.bartleby.com /67/1121.html (441 words)

	Glossary - C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chinese treaty port; 1844-1922: British Post Office used stamps of Hong Kong, 1856: occupied by French and British forces, 1886-98: use stamps of Germany, 1900, Jan. 1-1917, Mar.17: German Post offices in China, 1901, June 15,-1922, Dec. 31: overprint on stamps of Indo-China, French Offices in China, 1949, Oct.: occupied by Communist armies.
		Individuals or firms, hired by the post office, who charged a fee to take mail to the nearest post office, or to collect it from one and deliver it to the addressee.
		Marginal inscription printed by the post office on stamps of Germany with the face value of the column of stamps.
	malaysiastamp.freesite.org /info/glossaryc.html (6274 words)

	LINNS.COM: The website of the world's largest weekly stamp newspaper-Linn's Stamp News
		The French colonial semipostal issues of 1943-44 were intended for use in the colonies, but were actually used in parts of France occupied by the Free French.
		Several French enclaves on the east coast of India, dating from the period of French domination of the region in the 18th century.
		French post offices in Zanzibar were closed in 1906 when Britain assumed direct control over the sultanate.
	www.linns.com /reference/entities/entity_f.asp (2080 words)

	Dergi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Some French Offices in the Ottoman Empire stamps were denominated in centimes and francs.
		Stamps for the French Offices in the Ottoman Empire for the Levant, Cavalle, Dedeagh and Vathy are shown in Figure 3.
		One of the provisions of the treaty abolished all foreign post offices in Turkey.
	www.tandemir.8m.com /custom4.html (3420 words)

	AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
		French Levant: 1857-85: used stamps of France, 1885, Aug. 5: first stamps issued, 1812: French post office opened in Constantinople, suspended 1827-35, 1914, Oct. 13: post offices closed, 1921, Aug. - July 1923: Constantinople reopened, 1942: overprint of stamps of Syria for Free French Administration in Syria.
		French School of Philately: French philatelists were the first to try to classify stamps by the number of teeth or indentations that appeared along the length and width of individual stamps.
		French Zone of Germany: part of post-WW II occupation of Germany by Allies; includes Baden, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saar and Württemberg; 1945-46: general issue for the whole zone, 1947-49: separate issues for three areas without Saar who issued its own stamps, 1949: became part of West Germany.
	www.askphil.org /b25f.htm (9193 words)

	Glossary - B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Stamp with a coupon attached that was to be detached by the postmaster when the stamp was sold; to prevent reuse of stamp; original patent caled for tearing away part of the stamps; used on a variation of the 1-cent 1861 Franklin stamp; invented by G.W. Bowlsby.
		Name given to a post office that is a subsidiary of the main post office.
		Canadian province; 1847: first post office at Victoria, 1860: external communications were via United States expresses, such as Wells Fargo, US stamps sold, 1865: superseded by separate issues, 1866; united as part of Canadian Confederation, 1871, July 20: became a Canadian province as part of British Columbia, see: Canada.
	malaysiastamp.freesite.org /info/glossaryb.html (5343 words)

	Ken Lawrence: Before the Penny Black
		For purposes of this essay, mail is defined as written communication carried from one predetermined place (post or post office) to another on scheduled rounds at uniform rates by a disinterested third party (the postal system), and stamps are printed tokens that denote the franking privilege or prepayment of postage.
		According to the pseudonymous 1883 author, De Velayer's post was described in an 1838 pamphlet by M. Piron of Paris.
		These mailboxes were cleared three times a day, the letters delivered to the central post office, the billets removed (so they could not be used again), and the letters sent on their way.
	www.norbyhus.dk /btpb.html (3164 words)

	All World Stamps Catalogue sponsored by Stanley Gibbons
		French Territory of the Affars and the Issas
		French Territory of Afars & Issas - Djibouti
		French Territory of Afars & Issas - Obock
	www.allworldstamps.com (573 words)

	Glossaire philatelique, lettre Cn-Cz
		Consular post office: post offices in the Turkish Empire and China for which specially overprinted stamps were issued.
		Crete, Austrian post offices: 1900s: operated in Canea, Candia and Rethymnon, 1903: stamps of Austria surcharged in francs and centimes, 1914, Dec.: offices closed.
		Crete, French post offices: 1902: "Crete" inscription in Blanc, Mouchon and Merson keytypes, 1903: surcharged with new denominations, 1914: post offices closed.
	rodolphe.hipp.free.fr /utilitaires/glossaire/b25cn_cz.htm (5890 words)

	History
		The Army Post Office Corps under the command of Major Sturgeon was despatched to Suakin in support of the expeditionary force raised to relieve General Gordon in Khartoum.
		In 1533 Henry VIII had military posts between London and his Armies, consisting of horsemen established at 20 mile interval "by means of which, travelling at the utmost speed and no passing their respective limits" (or Posts) dispatches were carried between the King and his Armies "200 miles in two days".
		Some Field Post Offices (FPO) were sent to provide postal support to British troops in Ireland (1920-23), China (1927-1940), during the Saar Plebiscite (1935), in Palestine (1936) and to maintain operational efficiency the Postal Section participated in military manoeuvres in the UK (1933, 1934, 1935 and 1937).
	www.tafsc.com /PostalHistory.htm (12716 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 3
		And to secure perpetuity to his laws, he bound the city by an oath “to make no change in them till he should return,” pretending that he was going to ask the oracle at Delphi whether any thing seemed necessary to be added to his institutions, or changed in them.
		But he went in reality to Crete, and continued there in voluntary exile; and, when he was dying, ordered his bones to be thrown into the sea, lest, if they were taken back to Lacedaemon, the Spartans might think themselves absolved from their oath respecting alteration in his laws.
		Post jusjurandum.] That is, after the enrolment of the army, when the soldiers took the oath of service.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans3.html (2101 words)

	The Patrin Web Journal - Timeline of Romani (Gypsy) History
		In France, sentencing for being Roma is altered from the galleys to deportation to French colonies.
		On April 3rd, resulting from the law of 1926, the jurisdiction of the Munich office is extended to include the whole of Germany; the German Criminal Police Commission renames it The Central Office for the Fight Against the Gypsies in Germany.
		This office in Munich becomes the headquarters of a national data bank on Gypsies, and represents all German police agencies together with the Interpol International Center in Vienna.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/5121/timeline.htm (9433 words)

	Travel Guides of Greece
		Crete, the largest island, is not included in any formal grouping.
		Telegram: There are telegram facilities in main post offices and large hotels in all Greek cities and the major islands.
		Advance notice is required at all Athens branches except for the central office at 180 Eolou Street.
	www.freedom-tour.com /info/greece (410 words)

	AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
		Ierusalem: 1909-10 overprint on stamps of Russia for Offices in Turkish Empire; commemorated the 50th anniversary of Russian post offices in the Turkish Empire.
		Indo-Chine: overprint on French Colonies for Indo-China; with surtax on French semipostal, 1892-1946.
		Intra-city posts: served the local community by taking mail to and from the post office and delivering letters between correspondents in the same area; same as local posts.
	www.askphil.org /b25i.htm (6846 words)

	EGYPT - Online Information article about EGYPT
		PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
		French army occupied Egypt in 1798, Mareotis was found to be largely a sandy plain.
		marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EGYPT.html (5825 words)

	Glossaire philatelique, lettre Bn-Bz
		Nordvaer, with a temporary post office, 1976: mail is entirely military, 1976: islands transferred to Seychelles and Seychelles stamps used, 1980: name changed to Zil Eloigne Sesel then to Zil Elevagne Sesel.
		British Offices in China; various cities; 1844: consular treaty port post offices opened, 1862-post: all mail canceled B62 in Hong Kong, 1862-1917: first stamps, Hong Kong, 1917: first overprinted stamps of Hong Kong, "China," 1922, Nov. 30: all offices were closed except for Wei-hai-wei, 1930, Oct. 1: stamps withdrawn, handed back to China.
		British Offices in the Turkish Empire: 1885-pre: British stamps used, 1885: British stamps overprinted "Levant" or surcharged in Turkish currency, 1914, Oct. 1: British post offices closed, 1919, Mar.: British post offices reopened, 1923, Sep. 27: British post offices closed.
	france-timbres.net /utilitaires/glossaire/b25bn_bz.htm (4548 words)

	Glossaire de termes philatéliques, lettre An-Az
		Army post office: military postal facilities for serving men and women in the armed forces, staffed by military personnel.
		Austrian Offices in Crete: Austrian post offices in Crete and Turkish Empire; 1903-14: Austrian stamps valued in French currency, available throughout the Turkish Empire, 1913: island given to Greece and post offices closed.
		Austrian Offices in Turkish Empire: Austrian post offices in the Turkish Empire; 1867-pre: used its issues for Lombardy-Venetia, 1867: used special stamps for its Turkish Empire Offices, 1903-14: Austrian stamps valued in French currency, available throughout the Turkish Empire, 1914, Dec. 15: offices closed.
	rodolphe.hipp.free.fr /utilitaires/glossaire/b25an_az.htm (4304 words)

	Turkish
		French post offices in the Turkish Empire The French post offices in the Turkish Empire were post offices in various cit...
		Greco-Turkish War The name Greco-Turkish War is given to two armed conflicts between Ottoman Empire: The Greco-Turkish W...
		Greco-Turkish War (1897) The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War, was a war between Crete, wher...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/turkish.html (658 words)

	George Alevizos Sale - 119 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		FRENCH OFFICES IN YUNNAN FOU Lots (186-186) USED STATIONERY..
		FRENCH OFFICES IN PORT LAGOS Lots (301-301) COVERS..
		FRENCH OFFICES IN VATHY Lots (302-302) USED STATIONERY..
	stampauctionnetwork.com /zt/zt119.cfm (1025 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A very clean post office fresh lot of lots of modern face value including post office year sets and little folders with modern blocks, 1990's era issues, plus some older material, some of which was collected by topic such as 2c reds.
		Then the Russian post offices abroad covers with 4 lovely postal history items, two of which have Russian stamps accompanying the postal stationery with a combination of cyrillic and roman alphabets and some extraordinary cancels including a diamond zig-zag on a 4 kop Russian postal stationery.
		They include post office openings, covers related to various wars and military actions, special cancels and cachets, plus postal stationery, etc. There are a few regular first day covers including a nice set of #1-9 Doar Ivri on small size FDC plus there several larger covers with portions of booklet pane sheets.
	www.gregmanning.com /gma173/sout173.txt (15153 words)

	New G-k Philatelic books
		Nicolas/Gallinos: Foreign Post Offices and their Cancellations in the Helladic Territories Vol A (to 1923).
		Mazumdar: The Imperial Post Offices of British India Vol 1 (1990).
		Collins/Steichele: The Ottoman Posts and Telegraph Offices in Palestine and Sinai.
	www.vtrinder.co.uk /PHILATLIC%20BOOKS/NEW%20G-K%20Philatelic%20books.htm (2473 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		Post at the Eurotrip.com/forum site and the thorntree.lonelyplanet.com site and you can no doubt find out the locations of all the needed Internet cafes in advance.
		Outside major cities, the local post office or library often provides access.
		A solution that seems to work is to insert a space between the end of the URL and the period.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34545250&numresponses=31&start=0 (3992 words)

	Inscriptions Overprints On Stamps - P
		P.D. and numeral St. Pierre and Miquelon overprint on stamps of French Colonies.
		Germany overprint, Offices in China; Estonia overprint on stamps of Russia, German Occupation.
		Ceylon overprint on the 4-cent stamps of 1883, used to denote the extra commission charged by the post office on money orders which had not been cashed within three months of issue.
	www.geocities.com /malaysiastamp/info/inscriptionsoverprintsonstampsp.html (467 words)

	Collections and Accumulations from Around the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		GLORIOUS FRENCH OFFICES ABROAD & COLONIES GENERAL ISSUES MINT COLLECTION.
		FRENCH POST OFFICES IN CRETE, EGYPT, TURKEY AND ZANZIBAR RETAIL DEALER'S STOCK.
		FRENCH COLONIES - ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON, 1885-1892.
	www.gregmanning.com /gma175/lotlisting.asp?page=4&size=100 (144 words)

	International Peacekeeper's Mail Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Several military post offices have been opened for the UN troops.
		I don't know yet whether the Dutch have an own FPO but the red meter mark NAPO 500 was applied at the Central Military Post Office in Utrecht/ Netherlands.
		In Bosnia, a new Canadian Forces Post Office has been openend in 2000.
	www.students.uni-mainz.de /hornp000 (879 words)

	Timeline of postal history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		1864 - United States establishes railroad post offices.
		1915 - British and French occupation forces overprint stamps for Cameroon.
		1974 - United States ends its use of highway post offices.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Timeline-of-postal-history.htm (1561 words)

	All World Stamps - Country List - British Post Offices in Crete
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