The Austrian Post Offices in the Ottoman Empire

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This information has been collected from a number of sources including Stanley Gibbons Catalogue, part 2 (5th edition) (Austria and Hungary), Steichele: The Foreign Post Offices in Palestine 1840-1918, Keith Tranmer: Austrian Post Offices Abroad (part eight) and my collection of postal history from Palestine and the Middle East. The layout of the general tables is based on that in Gibbons.

The map of the region is from Ferchenbauer's catalogue (2001)

There are two types of tables: general ones listing the post offices, giving the modern location, the type (operated as a consular office or by Austrian Lloyd), the dates of opening and closing, the date when Austrian Lloyd offices were issued with official handstamps, and what stamps have been recorded (A=Austro-Hungarian stamps for use in the Ottoman empire, V=Lombardy and Venetia, F= stamps with French currency). The second tables are specific to a given office, and give more details of known handstamps and their usage. Dates on handstamps with Roman numerals for the month are shown mm(R).

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Country	Text	Modern location	Type	Date opened	Date closed	P.O.	A, V, F	Comments
Turkey	ADRIANOPEL	Edirne	Consular	1855 or 1856	1909 Apr 30		A,V,F
Syria	ALEPPO	Aleppo (Halab)		1855	1862			Only operated during the pre-stamp era
Turkey	ALEXANDRETTE	Iskenderun	Lloyd	1902	1914	1902	A
Egypt	ALEXANDRIA	Alexandria	Consular	1845	1889 Sep 30		A,V
Egypt	or ALEXANDRIEN	Alexandria	Consular	1845	1889 Sep 30		A,V
Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)	ANTIVARI	Bar	Lloyd	1854	1878	1854	A,V

Country	Text	Modern location	Type	Date opened	Date closed	P.O.	A, V, F	Comments
Rumania	BAKEU	Bacau	Consular	1857	1869		A,V
Lebanon	BEIRUT	Beirut	Consular	1845	1914		A,V,F
Lebanon	or BEIRUTH	Beirut	Consular	1845	1914		A,V,F
Lebanon	or BERUTTI	Beirut	Consular	1845	1914		A,V,F
Lebanon	or BEYRUT	Beirut	Consular	1845	1914		A,V,F
Rumania	BERLAD	Berlad	Consular	1857	1869 Mar 31		A,V
Palestinian Territories	BETLEEM	Bethlehem						Postcards with cancellations of Bethlehem dated 25th December 1899 and 25th December 1900 are souvenirs. Some were posted in Jerusalem and others were postmarked in Vienna.
Rumania	BOTUSCHAN	Botosani	Consular	1836	1869		A,V	Not in Gibbons.
Rumania	BUCAREST	Bucharest	Consular	1785	1869 Mar 31		A,V
Rumania	or BUKAREST	Bucharest	Consular	1785	1869 Mar 31		A,V
Bulgaria	BURGAS	Burgas	Lloyd	1854	1880 May 22	1860s	A,V

Country	Text	Modern location	Type	Date opened	Date closed	P.O.	A, V, F	Comments
Israel	CAIFA	Haifa	Lloyd	1854	1914	1854	A,V,F	Caifa/Haifa
Greece	CANDIA	Iraklion (Heraklion), Crete	Lloyd	1858	1914 Dec 15	1858	A,V,F
Greece	CANEA	Canea, Crete	Lloyd	1837	1914 Dec 15	1845	A,V,F
Greece	CAVALLA	Kavala	Lloyd	1856	1914 Dec 15	1858	A,V,F
Turkey	CESME	Chesme	Lloyd	1851	1909 May 05	1889	A,V?	see also Scio-Cesme
Turkey	CONSTANTINOPEL	Galata, Istanbul	Consular	1748	1914 Sep 30		A,V,F
Turkey	or CONSTANTINOPEL I	Galata, Istanbul	Consular	1748	1914 Sep 30		A,V,F
Turkey	CONSTANTINOPEL II	Pera, Istanbul	Consular	1887	1914 Sep 30		A,F
Turkey	CONSTANTINOPEL III	Stamboul, Istanbul	Consular	1888	1914 Sep 30		A,F
Turkey	CONSTANTINOPEL	Galata, Istanbul	Lloyd	c1836	1887	1840s	A,V
Turkey	or CONSTANTINOPLE	Galata, Istanbul	Lloyd	c1836	1887	1840s	A,V
Turkey	or CONSTANTINOPOLI	Galata, Istanbul	Lloyd	c1836	1887	1840s	A,V
Greece	CORFU	Corfu Town	Lloyd	1837	1887	1874	A,V
Greece	CORFU	Corfu Town	Consular	1864	1865 Jan ??		V, not A
Rumania	CZERNAVODA	Cernavoda	Consular	1861	1879 Jun 29		A,V
Rumania	or CZERNAWODA	Cernavoda	Consular	1861	1879 Jun 29		A,V

Country	Text	Modern location	Type	Date opened	Date closed	P.O.	A, V, F	Comments
Rumania	GALATZ	Galati	Consular	1836	1869 Mar 31		V
Rumania	or GALLATZ	Galati	Consular	1836	1869 Mar 31		A,V
Turkey	GALLIPOLLI	Gelibolu	Lloyd	1830s	1909 May 05	1845	A,V
Israel	GERUSALEMME	Jerusalem	Consular	1852	1914 Sep 30		A,V,F	Jerusalem
Israel	or JERUSALEM	Jerusalem	Consular	1852	1914 Sep 30		A,V,F
Rumania	GIURVEGO	Giurgiu	Consular	1857	1869 Mar 31		A,V

Country	Text	Modern location	Type	Date opened	Date closed	P.O.	A, V, F	Comments
Greece	LAGOS	Port Lago	Lloyd	1857	1909 May 05	1864	A,V
Cyprus	LARNACA	Larnaca	Lloyd	1837	1878 Aug 26	1864	A,V
Cyprus	or LARNACCA DI CIPRO	Larnaca	Lloyd	1837	1878 Aug 26	1864	A,V
Syria	LATAKIA	Lattaquie		1854	1906		Office never functioned.
Greece	LEROS	Aegean Islands	Lloyd	1879	1888	1879	A