Ottoman decay led to offices abroad stamps
By Rick Miller
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "extraterritoriality" as "exemption from the application or jurisdiction of local laws or tribunals." ...
Offices Abroad - a post office maintained on the soil of a foreign county. Between 1919 and 1922 the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, China was provided with surcharged postage stamps for use by that agency.
Offices Abroad: At various times, many nations have maintained post offices in other countries, usually because of the unreliability of the local postal system.
Offices Abroad - When one nation operates a post office in another country.
Official - Stamp or stationery issued solely for the use of (civilian) government personnel.
German post offices abroad
China - Marocco - Turkish Empire - Zanzibar
Russian post offices abroad ...
: 1: British Administration overprint on stamps of Great Britain, post World War II, British Offices Abroad, 1950, Jan. 2: Somalia, 1950, Feb. 6-Dec. 1951: Tripolitani, 1950, Feb. 14-Sept. 14, 1952: Eritrea.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Catalog, Local, Official
  
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