Preface | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large parts of the Ottoman Empire were conquered and occupied between 1917 and the armistace of Kudros on 30.10.1918.
British (Egyptian Expeditionary Forces, E.E.F.) and French forces occupied Palestine, then Syria and finally reached Cilicia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Invalidation was decreed for all these territories for 1.05.1922. work in progress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following table lists Post Offices in the occupied territories (outside Palestine) for the period between the progressive advance of the allied troops and the end of usage of E.E.F. stamps. The list relies to a large extent on published information and is in need of further study. Where no inscription is given, the postmark contained only Arab script, sometimes as negative seal. |
NC | Place | Area |
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301 | Adana | Cil. |
Adana, ~ / 1., ~ / 2., ~ / 3., ~ / 4. | ||
302 | Adana -- Osmaniye TPO | Cil. |
Adana -- Osmanie | ||
303 | Ajlun | Jord |
- | ||
304 | Akkari | Syr |
Akiar (Syrie), Akkar (Syrie) | ||
305 | Aleih [Aley] | Lib |
Alie (Liban) | ||
306 | Aleppo [Halab] | Syr |
Halep / 2, ~ / 3, ~ / 5, ~ / 8, Alep / 6 | ||
307 | Alexandrette [Iskenderun] | Alex |
Alexandrette | ||
308 | Alexandria | Egy |
Base Post Office Z | ||
309 | Amman ['Amman] | Jord |
- | ||
310 | Antakia [Hatay] | Alex |
Antakie / 2 | ||
311 | Ba'abda | Lib |
Baabda | ||
312 | Baalbek [Ba'labakk] | Lib |
Baalbek | ||
313 | Bab [al-Bab] | Syr |
Bab | ||
314 | Babitouma | Syr |
Babitoma (Damas) | ||
315 | Batroun | Lib |
- | ||
316 | Behamdoun [Bhamdoun] | Lib |
Behamdoun | ||
317 | Beit ed-Dine | Lib |
Beit ed dine | ||
318 | Beit Mery | Lib |
Beit Mery (Beyrouth) | ||
319 | Bekaa | Lib |
Bekaa, (Bekaa) | ||
320 | Beyrouth [Bayrut] | Lib |
Beyrouth, ~ / 2, ~ / 3, ~ / 4, ~ / 5, ~ / 6, ~ / 7, ~ / 8, ~ / 9, ~ / 11, ~ / 14, ~ / 16 | ||
321 | Bouzanti | Syr |
Bouzanti | ||
322 | Broumana | Lib |
Broumana, Broumana (Liban) | ||
323 | Cheik Meskin [Cheikh Miskin] | Syr |
- | ||
324 | Damascus [Dimashq] | Syr |
Damas / 1, ~ / 2, ~ / 3, ~ / 4, ~ / 5, ~ / 6, ~ / 7, ~ / 8 | ||
325 | Damour [ad-Damur] | Lib |
Damour, Damor | ||
326 | Deir el-Qamar | Lib |
Deir el Kamar | ||
327 | Der'a [Dar'a] | Syr |
Deraa | ||
328 | Deurt-Yol [Dört Yol] | Alex |
Deurt-Yol | ||
329 | Djey Aleppo | Syr |
Djey-Alep | ||
330 | Djey Han [Ceyhan] | Alex |
Djey-Han | ||
331 | Djezzin [Jazzin] | Lib |
Djezzine (Liban) | ||
332 | Djon | Lib |
Djon (Liban) | ||
333 | Djounie [Juniyah] | Lib |
Djounie | ||
334 | Djubeil [Jbail] | Lib |
Djubeil (Liban) | ||
335 | Djureu | Lib |
Djureu (Liban) | ||
336 | Douma [Duma] | Syr |
Douma | ||
337 | Edleb [Idlib] | Syr |
Edleb / 1 | ||
338 | Feke | Cil |
Feke | ||
339 | Habib Souk | Syr |
Habib (Souk) | ||
340 | Hajjin | Cil |
Hadjin | ||
341 | Hama | Syr |
Hama / 1 | ||
342 | Hardin | Lib |
- | ||
343 | Hasbaya [Hasbaiya] | Lib |
Hasbaya | ||
344 | Hasine | Cil |
Hasine | ||
345 | Hasroun | Lib |
- | ||
346 | Hommana [Hammana] | Lib |
Hommana | ||
347 | Homs [Hims] | Syr |
Homs / 1. | ||
348 | Kantara | Egy |
Base Post Office K | ||
349 | Katana [Qatana] | Syr |
Katana | ||
350 | Kerak [al-Karak] | Jord |
- | ||
351 | Kousba | Lib |
- | ||
352 | Kozan | Cil |
Kozan | ||
353 | Lattakia [al-Lathqiyah] | Syr |
Laskie / 1., Lattaquie | ||
354 | Madaba | Jord |
- | ||
355 | Masraat ech-Chouf | Lib |
- | ||
356 | Massel el-Chouf | Lib |
Moussalc, Moussalc (Liban) | ||
357 | Merdjajoun [Merjayoun] | Lib |
Merdjaoun, Merdjajoun | ||
358 | Mersina [Icel] | Cil |
Mersine, ~ / 1., ~ / 2. | ||
359 | Mersina [Icel] | Cil |
Army Post Office SZ 50 | ||
360 | Meshghara [Machghara] | Jord |
- | ||
361 | Mounboudje | Syr |
Mounboudje | ||
362 | Nabatti [an-Nabatiyah] | Lib |
Nabatti | ||
363 | Nebk [an-Nabk] | Syr |
Nebik | ||
364 | Osmaniye | Cil |
Osmanie | ||
365 | Payass | Syr |
Payass | ||
366 | Port Said | Egy |
Base Post Office T, Army Post Office SZ 22 | ||
367 | Qarioun | Syr |
- | ||
368 | Racheya [Rachaiya] | Lib |
Racheya / 1., Rachia | ||
369 | Roumié | Lib |
Roumye (Liban) | ||
370 | Safita [Safita'] | Syr |
Safita | ||
371 | Salt [as-Salt] | Jord |
- | ||
372 | Savour [Tyre, Sour] | Lib |
Savour | ||
373 | Selimie | Syr |
Selimie | ||
374 | Sidan [Sayda] | Lib |
Saida (Echelle) | ||
375 | Suez | Egy |
A.P.O. S.Z. 10 | ||
376 | Suweidiya [as-Suwayda'] | Syr |
Suvedie | ||
377 | Talia | Syr |
Talia (Baaklbek) | ||
378 | Tall Kalakh | Syr |
Tel Kelakh | ||
379 | Tarsous [Tarsus] | Cil |
Tarsous / ~ 1. | ||
380 | Tartous [Tartus] | Syr |
Tartous | ||
381 | Tibnin | Lib |
Tibnin (Liban) | ||
382 | Tripoli [Tarabulus] | Syr |
Tripoli--Syrie 1 / ~ 2 | ||
383 | Wadi Sharour [Ouadi Charour] | Lib |
- | ||
384 | Zahle [Zahlah] | Lib |
Zahle | ||
385 | Zebdani [Zabdani] | Syr |
Zebdani | ||
[Created 2.06.2004, last revised 5.06.2008]
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