Lot 5514
Panormos 1907, Cretan stamps not accepted by the Turkish Authorities: Cover franked with a 25L (1907 issue), tied with "PANORMOS 27.Sept.1907", sent to Banderma Turkey via "RETHYMNON", "HANIA" and "SMYRNA" (Austrian Levant & Ottoman cds). The Authorities didn't accept the Cretan stamp (the Cretan State was not recognized by the Ottoman Empire), they blotted the stamp and marked the envelope with manuscript "T". The receiver paid 2pi by Ottoman Postage due stamp (1905 issue), tied with "BANDERMA 31.10.907". Rare and desirable item, a must for every Postal History exhibit
