Ottoman Post Offices
| Place name (Name) | Population (Year) |
Est. | Dates of Known Usage | Refs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ord. | Reg. | Off. | Tel. | Cens. | ||||
| Acre (`Akkâ) | 12000 (1915) | 1841 | 1869–1918 | 1885–1918 | 1884–1914 | 1916–1917 | ||
| Afula (`Afula) | 1919 | 1917–1918 | 1918 | |||||
| Aioun Cara (`Uyûn Qâra) | 950 (1916) | 1904–1916 | 1916 | |||||
| Beit Djala (Bait Djâla) | 6000 (1915) | 1913–1916 | ||||||
| Beni Saab (Tulkarem) (Beni Sa`b) | 5000 (1916) | 1879–1918 | 1917 | 1912–1913 | 1912 | 1917–1918 | ||
| Bethlehem (Bait al-Lahm) | 12000 (1915) | 1870 | 1900–1917 | 1895–1917 | 1885–1914 | |||
| Bireh (al-Bîra) | 1000 (1910) | 1908–1917 | 1917 | |||||
| Bir ul-Sebbe (Bi'r as-Seb`a) | 3000 (1915) | 1911–1917 | 1916 | 1883 | 1915–1917 | |||
| Bissan (Beysân) | 3000 (1910) | <1903 | 1908–1918 | |||||
| Bon Samaritain (Khân al-Hatrûra) | 1902–1914 | |||||||
| Chefa Omer (Shefâ `Amr) | 3000 (1918) | 1890–1918 | ||||||
| Dauran (Rehoboth) (Daurân) | 1200 (1918) | 1910–1915 | 1916 | |||||
| Djaune (Rosch-Pinah) (Djâ`ûn) | 1000 (1918) | 1910–1918 | ||||||
| Djenine (Djanîn) | 2000 (1910) | 1871 | 1871–1918 | 1918 | 1895–1897 | |||
| Gaza (Ghaza) | 30000 (1915) | 1856 | 1970-1917 | 1902–1917 | 1893–1903 | 1916 | ||
| Hafir (Hafîr) | 1915–1917 | |||||||
| Haifa (Hayfâ) | 20000 (1915) | 1852 | 1865–1918 | 1898–1918 | 1901–1918 | 1914–1918 | ||
| Haifa Hejaz Railway (Hîfâ Hîmîdiya Hidjâz Demiûryolu) | 1907 | |||||||
| Haifa Iskelesi (Port Railway) (Hîfâ `Isqelesi) | <1909 | 1914 | ||||||
| Haifa Sari ul-Kanasil (German Quarter) (Hayfâ Shâri`a al-Qanâsil) | <1909 | 1914 | ||||||
| Halasa (Halâsa) | 1916–1917 | |||||||
| Halil ul-Rahman (Khalîl ar-Rahmân) | 22000 (1916) | 1850 | 1892–1917 | 1909–1912 | 1903–1904 | |||
| Jaffa (Yafa) | 40000 (1915) | 1838 | 1868–1917 | 1984-1917 | 1865–1916 | 1914–1917 | ||
| Jaffa Iskelesi (Port) (Yafa Iskelesi) | 1895–1899 | |||||||
| Jaffa Menchie (Menshiye) | 1910–1915 | |||||||
| Jaffa Tel Abib (Tel Abîb) | <1914 | 1917 | ||||||
| Jericho (Arîhâ) | 1000 (1910) | 1900 | 1900–1918 | |||||
| Jerusalem (al-Quds) | 80000 (1915) | 1841 | 1868–1917 | 1890–1917 | 1877–1899 | 1866–1917 | 1914–1917 | |
| Jerusalem Camp Imperial (Qudüs Iqâmetkâ-i Imperâtûri) | 1898 | |||||||
| Jerusalem Gare (Qudüs Demûryûli) | 1901–1911 | |||||||
| Jerusalem Mahna Juda (Mahnâ Yûdâ) | 1909–1912 | |||||||
| Jerusalem Méo-Charem (Mûsh`arem) | 1904–1917 | 1910–1917 | ||||||
| Jerusalem Nahlat Shiva (Nahlât Sh(?)îvâ) | 1913 | |||||||
| Jerusalem Nôtre Dame de France (Nutr Dâm da Frânsâ) | 1912 | |||||||
| Jerusalem Quartier Israelite (Yehûdi Mahalasi) | 1895–1917 | 1896–1917 | ||||||
| Jerusalem Souk el-Attarine (Sûq el-`Atârîn) | 1907–1917 | |||||||
| Khan Younesse (Khân Yûnis) | <1909 | 1914–1916 | ||||||
| Led (Lod) | 7000 (1915) | <1895 | 1908–1917 | |||||
| Medjdil (Medjdil) | 3000 (1915) | <1899 | 1899–1917 | |||||
| Nablus (Nâblus) | 27000 (1916) | 1856 | 1868–1918 | 1892–1915 | 1871–1898 | 1918 | ||
| Nasrie (Nasira) | 15000 (1915) | 1856 | 1871–1918 | 1891–1918 | 1871–1903 | 1885–1901 | 1915–1917 | |
| Ramallah (Râm Allâh) | 5000 (1915) | <1903 | 1904–1915 | |||||
| Ramle (Ramla) | 7000 (1915) | 1853 | 1892–1917 | 1894–1899 | ||||
| Safed (Safed) | 20000 (1914) | 1875–1918 | 1895–1918 | 1915 | 1885–1913 | 1915 | ||
| Samah (Samâh) | 1916–1918 | |||||||
| Sheria Nehri Jourdain (Sherî`a Nehri) | 1915 | |||||||
| Tabarya (Tabarya) | 6000 (1916) | 1856 | 1871–1918 | 1904–1917 | 1915 | 1885–1915 | ||
| Umm Lebes (Petah Tikwa) (Mlibes) | 3600 (1915) | 1910–1917 | 1915–1917 | |||||
| Zamarin (Zamârîn) | 1000 (1914) | <1899 | 1912–1918 | 1918 | ||||
A number of post offices are only known from archival material such as proof strikes of postmarks in Turkish PTT archives or lists prepared by the Ottoman Post for the UPU before 1914. Philatelists have so far not recorded any genuinely used postmarks or other postal material for these postal facilities:
| Place Name (Name) | Est. | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| al-`Audja (al-`Audja) | possibly identical to Hafir | ||
| Asloudj (Bi'r `Aslûdj) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Bâb al-Wadd | |||
| Beit Sahur (Bait Sâhûr) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Bir Birin (Bi'rain) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Bir el Zeit (Bi'r az-Zait) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Chaara, Wadi el-Shara (Sha`râ) | |||
| Dekirmen Bûrrni | listed only in 1884 PTT lists | ||
| Dharbat as-Sumra (Dharbat as-Sumra) | |||
| Djemain (Jammain) | listed only in 1892 & 1899 PTT lists | ||
| Djesr el-Majami (Mujami Bridge) (Djezr al-Madjâmi) | 1909 | railway station with telegraph office, listed in 1909 PTT lists | |
| Haifa Alman Mahallesi (Almân Mahllasi) | possibly identical to Haifa Sari ul-Kanasil (German Quarter) | ||
| Haifa Eastern Gate (Haifa Elbevabet ash-Sharqiya) | |||
| Haifa Hotel Nasara | listed in 1914 PTT lists | ||
| Haifa Iskele | |||
| Haifa Istayonu | |||
| `Irâq al-Manshîya (`Irâq al-Manshîya) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Jaffa Souk el-Attarin (Souk el-`Attârin) | |||
| Jaffa Souk el-Necar (Souq al-Nekhâr) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Jerusalem Grande Rue (Ghrând Nû Aûtel) | only an agency cachet known, doubtful | ||
| Jerusalem Souk el-Tudjdjar (Sûq el-Tudjâr) | listed in 1909 PTT lists | ||
| Kalkile (Qalqîla) | 1913 | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | |
| Kaysariya (Qaysârîya) | 1913 | besides being known as a (telegraph) proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara, genuinely used copies have been reported.. Suspected to be actually the town in Anatolia. | |
| Mesmiye (Mesmiya) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Nablus Hükumet Konag Karshusu (Hukûmat Qunâghi Qarshûsi) | |||
| Safed Yahudi Mahallesi (Yahûdi Mahallasi) | listed in 1909 PTT lists | ||
| Salfit (Salfît) | 1903? | listed in 1903 PTT lists | |
| Sebastiya (Sabâstîyâ) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Sharaviye (Sha`raviya (Djenîn)) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara | ||
| Shatta (Beit Ha Shitta) | 1909 | railway station with telegraph office, listed in 1909 PTT lists | |
| Tantoura (Tantûra) | <1899 | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara, listed in PTT lists 1899-1909 | |
| Tel esh-Shamame (Tal ash-Shamâm) | <1909 | railway station with telegraph office, listed in 1909 PTT lists | |
| Wadi el-Harar (Wâdî al-Harâr) | only known as proof strike in PTT Archives Ankara; possibly the Wadi Sarrar railway station. Presumed to be presently known as Kharas, north west of Hebron. Wadies Sarar to the west of Jerusalem was a military siding with no civilian postal facility. | ||
| Yebne (Yebna) |
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