Monday, March 9, 2009

Collecting stamps of Ottoman and Turkish vintage


"...Postal services have existed for millennia as part of the need to provide communications for the rulers of countries or empires so large that it took days to cross. Systems were set up with horses kept at various stages somewhat like the famed Pony Express in the United States in modern times and men would ride as fast as possible over a set route..."    



This Article is From: www.hurriyet.com.tr

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