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Mehmet Ismet Başaran
Mehmet Ismet Başaran (born August 1953) is a Turkish-born British chemical engineer and philatelist. He is an authority on the Tughra stamps, tughra (or toughra) stamps of 1863–65 of the Ottoman Empire and has won several gold medals for his collection of those issues. He has written two books on the stamps as well as a number of articles about them. He is a former fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London and president of the Oriental Philatelic Association of London. Early life and career Mehmet Başaran was born in Turkey in August 1953. He moved to the United Kingdom at 16 years of age for educational reasons and graduated in chemical engineering, making his home in the U.K.Brian Birch (philatelist), Birch, Brian. (2018) Biographies of Philatelists and Dealers'. Montignac Toupinerie: Brian Birch. p. 321. He later worked as a consultant specialising in the design and project management of floating production systems for the oil and gas industries."About the author" in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tughra Stamps
The postal history of Turkey and its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, dates to the 18th century when foreign countries maintained courier services through their consular offices in the Empire. Although delayed in the development of its own postal service, in 1863 the Ottoman Empire became the second independent country in Asia (after Russia) to issue adhesive postage stamps, and in 1875, it became a founding member of the General Postal Union, soon to become the Universal Postal Union. The Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey in 1923, and in the following years, its postal service became more modernized and efficient and its postage stamps expertly designed and manufactured. The Ottoman Empire's early or "classic" stamp issues between 1863 and 1888 are popular among Philately, philatelists, and its Cancellation (mail), postal cancellations have received extensive study. Philatelists collect stamps used in various parts of the Ottoman Empire, such as Postage stamps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
