The Ottoman and
Near East
Philatelic Society

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Members and Interests
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NAME

 

EMAIL ADDRESS

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

 

George Alevizos

georgealevizos@msn.com Dealer & Auctioneer
WEB SITE
 

Tarik A. Alireza

talireza@aol.com Saudi Arabia, Yemen & forerunners
 

Dr. Akthem Al-Manaseer

akthem@email.sjsu.edu Mesopotamia, Iraq
 

Joseph Aron

jaron@jewishnews.net.au Holyland/Ottoman Pre-Philately
 

Haluk Bakir

h.bakir@wxs.nl Turkey & Ottoman Empire: stamps, revenues & postal history
 

Richard T. Barnes

barnes@compasmant.ab.ca Middle East & North Africa, stamps, revenues, cinderellas
 

Michael A. Bass

mbass@hy-ko.com Holyland
 

Dr. Brian W. Beeley

b.w.beeley@open.ac.uk Foreign P.O.'s in the Ottoman Empire
 

Diane D. Boehret

dianeb@pinn.net German Offices Abroad - in Turkey & China, German Military Mission in Turkey
 

Seref Bornovali, M.D.

seref-bornovali@yahoo.com Postmarks of the Ottoman Empire, especially on documents. I am also interested in postal history of the Ottoman Empire
 

George W. Bostwick, M.D.

bostwick@midmaine.com Levantine mail/commerce routes. Foreign offices. Suez Canal transit.
 

Bernd-Dieter Buscke

bernd-dieter.buscke@stadt.mainz.de Postal historn of the Maan District (Jordan) 1918-1935.
Closing/opening dates of Egypt/Jordan post offices in occupied areas of Palestine (West Bank)
 

Carl Catherman

crcath@dejazzd.com All Ottoman Empire postmarks, specializing in those of Yemen
 

Wallace A. Craig

wamcraig@aol.com Turkey, Australia, New Zealand
 

Martin R. Doring

turkrevs@aol.com All of Turkey including revenues and "back of the book"
 

Gene Ekonomi

ekonomi@tecfen.com Collects postal history and commercial documents relating to Smyrna and her hinterland. Also interested in the Ottoman stamps (and related postal history material) overprinted and used by the occupying powers or newly formed states.
 

Antony P. Fraser

apfraser@tiscali.co.uk Bulgaria, Postal History, Pmks to 1922
Ottoman, 1st issue, Postal History. Ottoman Bulgaria, Balkan Wars, Censorship Pmks, most things Ottoman!!
 

E. E. Fricks

ernest.fricks@stoneweb.com Postal Tax Issues, Philatelic Literature
 

Mike Fulford

mike@mikefulford.fsnet.co.uk Postal history of Smyrna, other British Offices in Levant, Cyprus
 

Earl Galitz

egalitz@aol.com Bulgaria in all forms, shapes, sizes, and related areas, Thrace, East Rumelia, South Bulgaria. Soon will be collecting those areas that should be Bulgaria, which consist of everything east of the Adriatic, south of the Carpathians, and west of Lake Van.
 

Joseph Geraci

P.O.Box 4129
Merrifield, VA 22116
Postal history and cancellations of the Ottoman Empire, particularly Aegean Islands and Libya. Also postal history and cancellations of the Italian Area, especially Offices in Turkey. In addition, interested in philatelic literature in general, primary emphasis on cancellations and postal history content.
 

Kemal Giray

kemalgiray@ntlworld.com Ottoman Empire, Cilicia, Hatay, British Levant, German Levant
 

William Goeckler

bkg2@worldnet.att.net Greek & related areas, Bulgaria, Greek & Turkish revenues.
 

Otto Graf

diegrafen@sim.net.tr Turkey (Ottoman until 1950), Eastern Rumelia, Albania
 

Kris Haggblom

timbres@drunkenboat.net France, Mexico, Foreign Offices in the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, Bulgaria, Crimea
 

Don Heller

dheller@cse.psu.edu Romania
 

Burl C. Henry

HenrysatShamrock@aol.com Middle East (except Iran, Israel)
Chile, Eastern & Southern Europe, France & Colonies

Lazaros Kanxidis

lakan@hol.gr Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Levant, Middle East, Balkans, Albania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro
 

Dr. Ghazi A. Karim

karim@enme.ucalgary.ca Iraq, Ottoman Cancels, Other countries of the Middle East
 

Farley P. Katz

fkatz@satx.rr.com Duloz and Empire Issues
 

Jack Kifedjian

jkifed@aol.com (Middle East) Turkey, Hatay/Alex, Cilicia, Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, etc.
 

Enis O. Koral

ekoral@worldnet.att.net Ottoman, Hatay, Cilicia, Angora Government, Republic of Turkey
 

Mordecai Kremener

moti@stampcircuit.com Classical Egypt, Beyrouth Postal History
 

Timur Kuran

kuran@usc.edu Turkey & Ottoman stamps, revenues & postal history
 

Dr. George Lafontaine

georgeL@rs.sympatico.ca Ottoman postal history - with emphasis on 1892-1901 postal history, Ottoman Field Post Offices of WWI
 

Charles G. Maki

cmaki@netexpress.net Ottoman/Turkish stamps thru 1960
Ottoman Series of 1905 stamps
Turkish picture postcards
American APO covers out of Turkey
 

Michael W.K. Malouf

mwkmalouf@aol.com Arab World
 

Alexander J. McDonald

amcdonald@capecod.net Yemen (all areas), Ottoman Post in Yemen
 

William T. McDonald

mcdonald@whidbey.net Turkey and Greece revenues
 
 

Peter A. Michalove

michalov@uiuc.edu Ottoman and early Republican Turkey
Turkish postal history 1923-1945
 

Sid Morginstin

leadstamp@aol.com Israel, Palestine (pre 1948)
 

David G. Newton

newtond@rferl.org Yemen, esp. Ottoman and early postal history
Aden postal history
Iraq, esp. Ottoman and early postal history
lessor interest instamps of Saudi Arabia, Syria and Gulf States, plus Ottoman Syria
 

Marwan Nusair

Hejaz, Nejd, Transjordan, Palestine, Ottoman
 

Pinar T. Ozand, MD, Ph.D

ozand@kfshrc.edu.sa 1) Turkey, Ottoman period, stamps, errors and postal history.
2) Ottoman period, and the 1918-1923 period for Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, German Military mission, Eastern Roumelia, Cilicie, Mesopotamia, Batum occupation, etc.
3) The EEF stamps of 1918-1922 period, stamps, errors, overprints, postal history.
 

Manuel Panossian

mpanossian@aol.com Cilicie
 

Jean-Bernard Parenti

jbpar@club-internet.fr Cilicia, Constantinople & Smyrna between 1919-1923, French Mandate in Syria/Lebanon 1918-1925, Fiscals of British Mandate in Palestine, Egyptian Interpostals
 

Robert B. Pildes M.D.

rpildes@aol.com Israel Forerunners (pre-1918), Israel: 1948 transition period, Doar Evi Issue, 1950 Airmail Issue, First Holiday Issue, Palestine accident covers (only airmail)
 

Ghazi Riachi

gusr@elpbiz.com World Wide
 

Richard Rose

zygomate@att.net Lebanon, Syria, Jordan pre-1949, postage and fiscal stamps. Also Ottoman Shehir locals and fiscals.
 

Pierre Roussot

roussot@club-internet.fr Ottoman Empire
 
 

Mark Schroeder

mark_schroeder@acuityfin.com Turkey to 1955, Turkish Revenues, Lliannos Post & other locals, Forderies & Reprints
 

Carl Shankweiler

carl1123@epix.net Syria-Arab Government
 

David Sheby

hosp@voicenet.com Collects correspondence, messages, notations written by Sephardic Jews (in their specialized cursive script) in Ottoman Empire and successor Balkan States and Egypt on postal history (postal stationery, folded letters, covers, postal receipts, postal cards, etc) Collects postal history and paper material documenting lives of Sephardic Jewish merchants, community organizations, family relationships, etc.
 

Dr. Basri A. Sila

(410) 828-0444 Turkey in Asia, Hatay, Sandjak d'Alexandrette
 

Sergio Sismondo

sismondo@dreamscape.com All WEB SITE
 

Rolfe W. Smith

xbow2@mac.com Turkey, Turkish stamps used in other countries, counterfit or faked Turkish stamps.
 

Allan D. Smith

allansmith53@aol.com Greece and area, Turkey and area, Ottoman succesor states: Albania, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, etc., etc..
 

Peter Smith

passmith@umich.edu Egypt and Sudan
 

Paul Spires

paul.spires@verizon.net Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
 

Robert Stuchell

rstuchell@msn.com Collecting interests cover Ottoman Empire postal history with special emphasis on Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Maritime Mail.
 

Gary Theodore

jerseyowl@aol.com Israel, Palestine, Turkish Revenues
 

John A. Torosian

cilicie@aol.com Cilicia - All facets
MidEast Revenues
Postal History
 

Lucien S. Toutounji

lstoutounji@yahoo.com Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Airmail
 

Joseph A. Weber

joeweb@sunline.net Turkey, Brazil, USA, Germany
 

Carl Willis

carl@missouri Turkey, US commemorative stamps used individually on cover, US classic covers
 

William Witschard

billwits@sol.vom Worldwide to 1940, Jamaican Postal History, Hungary - occupation/successor states, Eastern Rumelia, Turkey in Asia
 

Hakan Yilmaz

hakan.yilmaz@fnss.com.tr Ottoman stamps, cancels, stationery and revenues on documents. Cilicia stamps and stationery.
 


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