Russian post offices abroad
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between the late 18th and early 20th centuries to handle mail service where the local service was deemed unreliable.
The first such were the Russian post offices in the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, which began operations in the 1770s. All the post offices closed during the 1910s.
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of RussiaPostage stamps and postal history of Russiaright|thumb|A Russian Empire postman.This a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation.- Early postal history :Records mention a system of messengers in the 10th century...
- Russian post offices in ChinaRussian post offices in ChinaThe Russian post offices in China were a collection of post offices established by Imperial Russia in various cities of China beginning in 1870.-First offices:...
- Russian post offices in CreteRussian post offices in CreteThe Russian post offices in Crete were established by Russia in the area of Crete it occupied as part of the joint occupying force that arrived in 1898.Russia issued postage stamps for its district of Rethymno in 1899...
- Russian post offices in the Turkish EmpireRussian post offices in the Turkish EmpireThe Russian post offices in the Ottoman Empire were a set of post offices operated by Russia in various cities of the Ottoman Empire from the late 18th century until September 1914.-Earliest mails:...
Sources
- Stanley Gibbons Ltd: various catalogues
- Encyclopaedia of Postal History
- Rossiter, StuartStuart RossiterPercival "Stuart" Bryce Rossiter was a renowned British philatelist and postal historian who wrote extensively about British postal history and postage stamps of British colonies in Africa and was actively involved in numerous philatelic institutions...
& John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0356108627