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Austrian post offices in the Levant: lot of about 95 Austrian stamps surcharged in PARA and PIASTER, including the 1908 issue with the high values and a strip of 3, and stamps with Constantinople, Smyrna and Salonica postmarks - Lot of about 95 stamps of the Austrian post offices in the Levant, Ottoman Empire: Austrian stamps surcharged in Ottoman currency, PARA and PIASTER, on 3 stock cards: (1) 2 early stamps with the double-headed eagle, one of them inscribed 'Imper. reg. posta austr.'; (2) 82 stamps with the portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph, including pairs; (3) 12 stamps of the 1908 issue designed by Koloman Moser, including the large format high values with the printed imprints KOLOM. MOSER and F. SCHIRNBÖCK, and a strip of 3. Condition: used and unused; legible postmarks include Constantinople, Smyrna and Salonica; exactly as photographed.