page_title: German post offices in the Ottoman Empire
section_title: Offices
hierarchical_section_title: German post offices in the Ottoman Empire / Offices
caption_attribution_description: English: Post office personel standing outside the German Post Office in Jerusalem Identifier: diepostwertzeich00friedem Title: Die postwertzeichen und entwertungen der deutschen postanstalten in den schutzgebieten und im auslande Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Friedemann, Albert Subjects: Postage stamps Postmarks Publisher: Leipzig, A. Friedemann Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Postkarriol Jaffa-Jerusalem. Auhiahme Schmidt. 6Ü Text Appearing After Image: Das Personal der Deutschen Post vor dem Kaiserl. Deutschen Postamt in Jerusalem. Aufnahme Lam))e. Entwertungen. Bei den einzelnen Poststempeln ist angegeben, welche Marken mit jenen Stempeln echt ge-braucht vorkommen können; damit soll aber nicht gesagt sein, daß alle jene Entwertungen auchtalsächlich auf den betreffenden Marken vorgekommen sind. r^ncfcinfinnn^l ^««^««/ew^«- des Norddetitschen Bundes 1. Marx, 1870 ;V^UIl^Lctniinupei, Kaiserl. Deutsches Postamt 11. Mai 1871 xuerst unter Bexeichnung „Deutsches Reichspostamt;Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt I. April 1880. dei Errichtet in Peta am 1. Marx 1870, verleijt mich Galuta am 1. Oktober 1877. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The German post offices abroad were a network of post offices in foreign countries established by Germany to provide mail service where the local services were deemed unsafe or unreliable. They were generally set up in cities with some sort of German commercial interest. In early use only the cancellation mark can identify their postal use abroad; such stamps are known as "Vorläufer" stamps. Later stamps are identified by overprints even when not postally used. German abroad stamps started appearing in the late 19th century and reached their heyday at the beginning of the 20th century; they closed down during or shortly after World War I.
  It was not unusual for countries to maintain such offices and Austria-Hungary, China, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States all did so. In the latter part of the 19th century and into the 20th century, having extraterritorial post offices was one indication of a nation's international power.
context_section_description: Post offices existed in these towns:
  Constantinopel—three post offices eventually opened in the Galata, Pera, and Stamboul districts of the city.
  Beirut
  Jaffa
  Jerusalem
  Smyrna
caption: German post office in Jerusalem
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