POSTAL HISTORY OF THE BLACK SEA UP TO 1918

Classification

Territory

Balkans Bulgaria Levant Romania Greece Turkey Austrian post offices in the Levant and Crete Ottoman Empire, Levant Tsarist Russia and the territory of the former USSR until 1923

Subject

Documentation of territorial and constitutional changes History of the post and its operations (incl. a chosen territory) Postal rates and methods of franking (incl. inflation, currency reforms etc.) Ship mail Ship mail postmarks Standard post office postmarks War conflicts and field posts until 1914 Water transport

Time period

Pre-stamp period Further issues released and valid until 1874 Late 19th century Early 20th century (until World War I) World War I

Exhibition class

Non-standard-size exhibits