O-ANGLAISE," and new value in French currency.

.05 on 3pf. brown.
10 on 5pf. green.
10pf. carmine.
20pf. blue.
25pf. black and red on _yellow_.
30pf. red and black on _buff_.
40pf. red and black.
80pf. red and black on _rose_.
1 mark carmine.
2 marks blue.

TURKEY.

October, 1914. Current stamps (_see Figs. 263 et seq._) overprinted
(?) in commemoration of the closing of all foreign post offices in
Turkey, as a consequence of the abolition of the Capitulations. The
overprint is in two lines of Turkish characters.

5 paras, purple-brown.
10 paras, green.
20 paras, scarlet.
1 piastre, blue.
2 piastres, green and black.
5 piastres, deep lilac.
10 piastres, red-brown.

_NOTICE._

[This check list of stamps of the war will be revised, continued and
presented as a supplement which will be given away from time to time
with _The Postage Stamp_ (1d. weekly), of all newsagents, or by post
4s. 4d. per annum from the publishers, S. R. Le Mare, 21 Paternoster
Square, London, E.C.]

APPENDIX.

Egypt--Sudan--Morocco--Military Postcards--Additional
Postmarks.

EGYPT.--An event of the greatest interest to philatelists is the
termination of the suzerainty of Turkey over Egypt, and the placing
of the latter country under British protection. As a British
protectorate, Egypt will be transferred to the British Empire division
of the stamp catalogues, and a greatly increased interest will be
taken in the postage stamps of the land of the Pharaohs, with the
result that the earlier issues will rise appreciably in value. As
recently as January 8, 1914, a handsome new series of stamps was
issued in Egypt, on the anniversary day of the accession of the
now deposed Khedive, Abbas II. These were not of a commemorative
character, but were issued on the anniversary as a compliment to the
then reigning Khedive. They probably call for no change in the designs
under the new conditions, and as they are denominated in English the
present stamps may be continued in use. But they will probably be
changed in regard to the watermarked paper on which they are printed,
as the watermarked device is that popularly known as the "star and
crescent" (_Fig._ 387), although modern authorities appear to agree
that the Turkish symbol is not a crescent (_vide_ p. 87). The new
Egyptian flag, under Sultan Hussein I., is red with _three_ silver
c