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Middle East/All : Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY

 

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Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY
This is the last chapter of this multi part series.

Part 1 summarizes the historical context and looks at stamps of Ile Rouad (pre French Mandate).
Part 2 looks at the Syrian Arabian Government of 1918-1920 (pre French Mandate).
Part 3 looks at Cilicia (the Armenian part of S. Turkey) (pre French Mandate).
Part 4 looks at the Alaouites area (under French Mandate).
Part 5 looks at Latakia (under French Mandate).
Part 6 looks at Alexandretta (under French Mandate)
Part 7 looks at Hatay (under French-Turkish Mandate)

This is the last chapter. Stamps of Lebanon and Syria, issued under the French Mandates will NOT be covered in this series. They tend to be collected as part of the individual countries collections, and could be the subject of another research study...should there be some interest.
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7. HATAY

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:

Hatay State was a short lived republic located on the Eastern Mediterranean coast on the border of Turkey and Syria. For centuries, the region was a part of the Ottoman Empire known as the Sanjak of Alexandretta (sanjak being an Ottoman administrative region). Occupied by the French in World War 1, the territory, along with Syria, became part of the League of Nations Mandate to France following the defeat of the Ottomans. The Sanjak of Alexandretta was an autonomous region from 1921 to 1923 until it became part of the Sanjak of Alleppo, and in 1925 became a part of Syria, although with a special administrative status. The inclusion of the sanjak in the French Mandate was never accepted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the newly formed Turkish Republic, who strongly felt that Alexandretta was a sovereign and historical part of Turkey. Atatürk aimed to re-unite the region with Turkey upon the expiration of the mandate in 1935 and the administration worked towards this goal.
As threats of a second world war loomed across Europe, the Sanjak began separating from Syria in November 1937, looking more to France and Turkey for military defense. On September 7th, 1938, with a newly adopted constitution, Hatay Devleti (Hatay State) declared independence, and Turkish was declared as the national language, with French as a secondary language. Within months, Hatay had adopted all Turkish laws, made the Turkish lira as the official currency and even embraced a flag designed by Atatürk himself. This autonomy was short lived because on June 29, 1939, the Parliament voted to dissolve the state of Hatay and join the Turkish Republic. This process was finalized on July 23rd, when Hatay was officially added as a Turkish province.
This was not done without controversy, as Syria disputed France’s right to cede the area to Turkey, and maintains to this day a claim to the territory.

STAMPS OF HATAY

The first postage stamps of the new republic issued early in 1939 were stamps of Turkey overprinted “Hatay Devleti” and surcharged with new denominations. Both regular issues and postage due stamps were sold. Shortly thereafter, Hatay authorities produced stamps of original design. Regular issue stamps featured four different designs in 13 different denominations: a Map of Hatay, the Lions of Antioch (a beautiful pair of lion carvings from the ancient Hittites), the Flag of Hatay, and the Hatay post office building. A series of 4 postage due stamps with a depiction of the castle at Antioch was also issued. These stamps were not used for very long, since on June 23rd, 1939, the Parliament of Hatay, approved the annexation of Hatay into Turkey. To commemorate this decision, the Hatay stamps were overprinted “T.C. ilhak tarihi 30-6-1939”.
After 1939, the region was incorporated in Turkey, and Hatay stamps were no longer used.


ALBUM PAGES

From my collection, here are the complete sets of stamp issued by Hatay during the brief year of the independent republic. There are 4 album pages. A total of 37 distinct postage stamps and 13 postage due stamps were issued..all in 1939. There are a few varieties, in particular in the regular first postage series, as shown.
Most of the stamps are not very expensive, and they are fairly readily available.


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Outstanding series Ralph, very enjoyable and informative!Thumbs Up


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Excellent series. Some years ago, I got interested in Hatay because it looked fairly easy and reasonable in price to complete. It as not been as easy as I hoped. I got the first regular series and the first two and last three of the second series. I never got any of the third regular series. I have the first set of postage dues and the third set CTO but not the second set. I have not seen any further Hatay since then which has to be at least 5 years. I look at shows when I go but no luck so far. I got almost all of it from a dealer in Connecticut but don't remember the name. I carry a want list to all shows. The cost to complete even at full cat should be under $200. ,Although, I am currently trying to convert my collection to used and while the cat for used is lower, I somehow feel that is probably due to less demand and not more supply.
Jack

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Jack, you are correct, some of the stamps rarely come on the market, and yet they remain priced relatively low. What you will mostly find readily is the first series of Turkish overprints. I also think that used stamps are much much more difficult to find.
Years ago I knew a stamp dealer (now retired) who sold all the stamps of the French Mandate area as his specialty....I recall dealers from Europe in his booth at Westpex buying a lot of material at full price. And all were priced above Scott...I think he used SG as his base. His used stamps always were more expensive than mint! By the way, I have yet to see a Hatay cover reasonably priced (for me).

Must be a demand thing, because the supply is indeed very limited, Hatay existed for less than one year and I cannot imagine that stamps used for actual mailing postage were used in huge quantities.

Incidentally, if you watch US ebay, you do find occasional surprises, because sellers use Scott as a reference...listed now for example: ""HATAY Sc J6-13 LH ISSUE of 1939 - REGULAR&OVERPRINT FRENCH ADMIN" $24 or best offer....that is not a bad price!
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Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY
This is the last chapter of this multi part series.

Part 1 summarizes the historical context and looks at stamps of Ile Rouad (pre French Mandate).
Part 2 looks at the Syrian Arabian Government of 1918-1920 (pre French Mandate).
Part 3 looks at Cilicia (the Armenian part of S. Turkey) (pre French Mandate).
Part 4 looks at the Alaouites area (under French Mandate).
Part 5 looks at Latakia (under French Mandate).
Part 6 looks at Alexandretta (under French Mandate)
Part 7 looks at Hatay (under French-Turkish Mandate)

This is the last chapter. Stamps of Lebanon and Syria, issued under the French Mandates will NOT be covered in this series. They tend to be collected as part of the individual countries collections, and could be the subject of another research study...should there be some interest.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. HATAY

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:

Hatay State was a short lived republic located on the Eastern Mediterranean coast on the border of Turkey and Syria. For centuries, the region was a part of the Ottoman Empire known as the Sanjak of Alexandretta (sanjak being an Ottoman administrative region). Occupied by the French in World War 1, the territory, along with Syria, became part of the League of Nations Mandate to France following the defeat of the Ottomans. The Sanjak of Alexandretta was an autonomous region from 1921 to 1923 until it became part of the Sanjak of Alleppo, and in 1925 became a part of Syria, although with a special administrative status. The inclusion of the sanjak in the French Mandate was never accepted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the newly formed Turkish Republic, who strongly felt that Alexandretta was a sovereign and historical part of Turkey. Atatürk aimed to re-unite the region with Turkey upon the expiration of the mandate in 1935 and the administration worked towards this goal.
As threats of a second world war loomed across Europe, the Sanjak began separating from Syria in November 1937, looking more to France and Turkey for military defense. On September 7th, 1938, with a newly adopted constitution, Hatay Devleti (Hatay State) declared independence, and Turkish was declared as the national language, with French as a secondary language. Within months, Hatay had adopted all Turkish laws, made the Turkish lira as the official currency and even embraced a flag designed by Atatürk himself. This autonomy was short lived because on June 29, 1939, the Parliament voted to dissolve the state of Hatay and join the Turkish Republic. This process was finalized on July 23rd, when Hatay was officially added as a Turkish province.
This was not done without controversy, as Syria disputed France’s right to cede the area to Turkey, and maintains to this day a claim to the territory.

STAMPS OF HATAY

The first postage stamps of the new republic issued early in 1939 were stamps of Turkey overprinted “Hatay Devleti” and surcharged with new denominations. Both regular issues and postage due stamps were sold. Shortly thereafter, Hatay authorities produced stamps of original design. Regular issue stamps featured four different designs in 13 different denominations: a Map of Hatay, the Lions of Antioch (a beautiful pair of lion carvings from the ancient Hittites), the Flag of Hatay, and the Hatay post office building. A series of 4 postage due stamps with a depiction of the castle at Antioch was also issued. These stamps were not used for very long, since on June 23rd, 1939, the Parliament of Hatay, approved the annexation of Hatay into Turkey. To commemorate this decision, the Hatay stamps were overprinted “T.C. ilhak tarihi 30-6-1939”.
After 1939, the region was incorporated in Turkey, and Hatay stamps were no longer used.


ALBUM PAGES

From my collection, here are the complete sets of stamp issued by Hatay during the brief year of the independent republic. There are 4 album pages. A total of 37 distinct postage stamps and 13 postage due stamps were issued..all in 1939. There are a few varieties, in particular in the regular first postage series, as shown.
Most of the stamps are not very expensive, and they are fairly readily available.


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This is the last of this series on the Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon. Not included here are the stamps of Lebanon and Syria during the mandate. rrr...














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10 Aug 2016
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re: Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY

Outstanding series Ralph, very enjoyable and informative!Thumbs Up


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stampmanjack

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11 Aug 2016
07:56:15pm

re: Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY

Excellent series. Some years ago, I got interested in Hatay because it looked fairly easy and reasonable in price to complete. It as not been as easy as I hoped. I got the first regular series and the first two and last three of the second series. I never got any of the third regular series. I have the first set of postage dues and the third set CTO but not the second set. I have not seen any further Hatay since then which has to be at least 5 years. I look at shows when I go but no luck so far. I got almost all of it from a dealer in Connecticut but don't remember the name. I carry a want list to all shows. The cost to complete even at full cat should be under $200. ,Although, I am currently trying to convert my collection to used and while the cat for used is lower, I somehow feel that is probably due to less demand and not more supply.
Jack

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re: Stamps of the French Mandate Area for Syria and Lebanon, Part 7. HATAY

Jack, you are correct, some of the stamps rarely come on the market, and yet they remain priced relatively low. What you will mostly find readily is the first series of Turkish overprints. I also think that used stamps are much much more difficult to find.
Years ago I knew a stamp dealer (now retired) who sold all the stamps of the French Mandate area as his specialty....I recall dealers from Europe in his booth at Westpex buying a lot of material at full price. And all were priced above Scott...I think he used SG as his base. His used stamps always were more expensive than mint! By the way, I have yet to see a Hatay cover reasonably priced (for me).

Must be a demand thing, because the supply is indeed very limited, Hatay existed for less than one year and I cannot imagine that stamps used for actual mailing postage were used in huge quantities.

Incidentally, if you watch US ebay, you do find occasional surprises, because sellers use Scott as a reference...listed now for example: ""HATAY Sc J6-13 LH ISSUE of 1939 - REGULAR&OVERPRINT FRENCH ADMIN" $24 or best offer....that is not a bad price!
rrr...

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