Constantinople British Army PO - Public domain historic place engraving
Summary
1856 engraving from the Illustrated London News showing the British army post office in Constantinople, established during the Crimean War.
After the war, the post office was converted to civilian use. Half a dozen European countries operated post offices in Constantinople, as well as in other cities of the Ottoman Empire. Foreign post offices still operating in Turkey after WWI ceased operations in 1923.
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Date
1870
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain