The List of Ottoman postal rates in Palestine surveys the postal rates in effect between 1840 and 1918 during the
Ottoman rule in Palestine. Rates not applicable in Palestine are not included.
The Imperial edict of 12 Ramasan 1256 (14 October 1840)
[Collins & Steichele, 2000, pp. 17-21.] and later ordinances made the distinction between three types of mail items: ordinary letters, registered letters (markings ''te'ahudd olunmoshdur''), and official letters (markings ''tahirat-i mühümme'').
[Steichele, 1977-1981, p. 1015.3] Prior to the Imperial Edict, the Ottoman postal service was intermittent for the inland cities in Palestine.
Fees were calculated by the type of mail, the weight, and the distance (measured in hours): in 1840, an ordinary letter, weighing less than 10g, had a cost per hour of 1
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[Collins & Steichele, 2000, p. 13.][Steichele, 1977-1981, p. 1015.4.] Special fees applied to samples, insured mail, special delivery, and printed matters, etc.
The postal rates changed frequently, and new services were added over the years. Upon joining the
Universal Postal Union
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on 1 July 1875, Ottoman overseas rates conformed to UPU rules.
Postal rates
Currency:
* 1
Lira (Pound) = 100
kuruş
Kuruş ( ; ), also gurush, ersh, gersh, grush, grosha, and grosi, are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is us ...
* 1 kuruş = 40
para
Para, or PARA, may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange
* Para Group, the former name of CT Corp
* Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer
* Para USA, formerly ...
See also
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Ottoman post offices in Palestine
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Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine The postage stamps and postal history of Palestine emerges from its geographic location as a crossroads amidst the empires of the ancient Near East, the Levant and the Middle East. Postal services in the region were first established in the Bronze ...
References and sources
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* Collins, Norman J. and Anton Steichele (2000). ''The Ottoman post and telegraph offices in Palestine and Sinai''. London: Sahara. .
* Steichele, Anton (1990/1991). ''The foreign post offices in Palestine : 1840–1918''. 2 vols. Chicago: World Philatelic Congress of Israel, Holy Land, and Judaica Societies.
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