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Cilicia / O. M. F. Cilicie

France with three or four-line light overprint "O. M. F./ Cilicie/ [2 mm spacing] value"

5 Para on
2 Centimes lilac brown

high dot after "F" in "O. M. F."

10 Para on
5 Centimes dark green

20 Para on 10 Centimes red

1 Piaster on
25 Centimes blue

2 Piaster on 15 Centimes grey green

5 Piaster on
40 Centimes red/ blue

10 Piaster on
50 Centimes brown/ light blue

50 Piaster on
1 Franc lilac red/ yellow green

100 Piaster on
5 Franc blue/ buff

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

20 Para on 10 Centimes red horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)6

1 Piaster on 25 Centimes blue horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown corner margin strip with print date "11.06." and "GC" (Grande Consommation = mass consumption paper). This is a low-quality, porous paper containing groundwood and a rough surface.

France with four or five-line light overprint "O. M. F./ Cilicie/ SAND. EST/ [2 mm spacing] value"

This stamp issue was prepared but then not issued for political reasons

5 Para on
2 Centimes lilac brown

10 Para on
5 Centimes dark green

20 Para on
10 Centimes red

inverted "S" in "EST"

1 Piaster on
25 Centimes blue, white paper

1 Piaster on
25 Centimes blue, greyish paper

2 Piaster on
15 Centimes grey green

5 Piaster on
40 Centimes red/ blue

20 Piaster on
1 Franc lilac red/ yellow green

20 Para on 10 Centimes red block of 4 gutter pair with numeral (191)6

1 Piaster on Centimes blue block of 4 gutter pair with numeral (191)9

inverted "N" in "SAND"

France with four-line bold overprint "O. M. F./ Cilicie/ [2 mm spacing] value"

5 Para on
2 Centimes lilac brown

inverted "S" in "PARAS"

inverted overprint

10 Para on
5 Centimes dark green

20 Para on 10 Centimes red

1 Piaster on 25 Centimes blue

inverted overprint

2 Piaster on
15 Centimes grey green

5 Piaster on
40 Centimes red/ blue

double overprint one oblique

10 Piaster on
50 Centimes brown/ light blue

50 Piaster on
1 Franc lilac red/ yellow green

100 Piaster on
5 Franc blue/ buff, white paper

100 Piaster on
5 Franc blue/ buff, greyish paper

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

1 Piaster on 25 Centimes blue horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

2 Piaster on 15 Centimes grey green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown block of 4

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green block of 8

20 Para on 10 Centimes red block of 4

France with four-line bold overprint "O. M. F./ Cilicie/
[1 mm spacing] value"

5 Para on
2 Centimes lilac brown

missing "i" in "Cilicie"

10 Para on
5 Centimes dark green

20 Para on
10 Centimes red

1 Piaster on
25 Centimes blue, white paper

1 Piaster on
25 Centimes blue, greyish paper

2 Piaster on
15 Centimes grey green

5 Piaster on 40 Centimes red/ blue, white paper

5 Piaster on 40 Centimes red/ blue, greyish paper

high dot after "F" in
"O. M. F."

10 Piaster on 50 Centimes dark brown/ light blue

10 Piaster on 50 Centimes light brown/ light blue

50 Piaster on 1 Franc lilac red/ yellow green

100 Piaster on 5 Franc blue/ buff

20 Para auf 10 Centimes rot horizontal gutter pair

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown horizontal gutter pair with numeral (192)0

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (192)0

20 Para on 10 Centimes red horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)6

20 Para on 10 Centimes red horizontal gutter pair with numeral (192)0

1 Piaster on 25 Centimes blue horizontal gutter pair with numeral (192)0

2 Piaster on 15 Centimes grey green horizontal gutter pair with numeral (191)9

5 Para on 2 Centimes lilac brown block of 4

10 Para on 5 Centimes dark green block of 4

1 Piaster on 25 Centimes blue block of 4

5 Piaster on 40 Centimes red/ blue block of 4

20 Para auf 10 Centimes red sheet part with 50 postage stamps with 5 horizontal gutter pairs one with numeral (191)6

French Post Office in the Levant with overprint "T. E.O./ 20/ PARAS"

Typ I: 20 Para on 10 Centimes rose, "2" in bold print, "0" wide

Typ II: 20 Para on 10 Centimes rose, "2" in thin print, "0" narrow

Typ III: 20 Para on 10 Centimes rose, "2" in thin print, "0" wide

horizontal pair with typ II and I

Airmail postage stamps with overprint "POSTE/ PAR/ AVION"

The official nature of this issue is controversial.

2 Piaster on 15 Centimes grey green

5 Piaster on 40 Centimes red/ blue

10 Piaster on 50 Centimes brown/ light blue

Postage Due

Postage Due stamps from France with four-line overprint "O. M. F./ Cilicie/ value"

1 Piaster on
10 Centimes dark brown, white paper

1 Piaster on
10 Centimes dark brown, greyish paper

2 Piaster on
20 Centimes olive green, white paper

2 Piaster on
20 Centimes olive green, greyish paper

3 Piaster on
30 Centimes vermillion

4 Piaster on
50 Centimes lilac

Covers

Foreign cover from 26.10.1921 from Mersina to Munich franked with one postage stamp a 5 Piaster on 40 Centimes with bold overprint and 1 mm space between "Cilicie" and "value"