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Posted 09/29/2007 11:44 am
Ottoman Empire, Turkey, 40 para I believe. There's something funky happening with your second pic; it's all stretched out!
The top pic is upside down; the date appears on that side, at the bottom (er, the top of your pic), in Arabic numerals and the Muslim Calendar, as 1255, the year of accession of Sultan Abdul Mejid, who ruled from 1839-1861 AD. The actual year of issue is indicated on the side we can't see right now, but the type (KM# 670) was issued from Year 17 to Year 23.
The top pic is upside down; the date appears on that side, at the bottom (er, the top of your pic), in Arabic numerals and the Muslim Calendar, as 1255, the year of accession of Sultan Abdul Mejid, who ruled from 1839-1861 AD. The actual year of issue is indicated on the side we can't see right now, but the type (KM# 670) was issued from Year 17 to Year 23.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
