The Orient Express 1883-1914

An empirical Study of its Postal History

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1. Introduction to the subject (8)
2. The empirical method and approach (12)
3. Post Offices in Constantinople (13)
3.1 German Empire (13)
3.2 Great Britain (18)
3.3 Austria (20)
3.4 Ottoman Empire (21)
3.5 Rumania (23)
3.6 Italy (24)
3.7 France (26)
3.8 Localisation of post-offices on the map of Constantinople (27)
4. Variants (TVR) of the train route of the Orient Express (29)
5. The various different types of Orient Express documents (31)
5.1 Summary (31)
5.2 Express D'Orient vignettes (32)
5.3 Orient-Express straight linemarkings (42)
5.4 The special case of the Rumanian Post Office
6. Discussion of the available material (46)
6.1 Items with vignettes (46)
6.1.1. Items with red vignette (49)
6.1.2. Empirical evaluation of the items with the red vignette (80)
6.1.3. Items with the brown vignette (84)
6.1.4. Empirical evaluation of the items with the brown vignette (88)
6.1.5. Items with black vignette (88)
6.1.6. Empirical evaluation of the items with the black vignette (97)
6.2. Items with straight-line markings (98)
6.2.1. Items from Constantinople with straight-line markings (98)
6.2.2. Empirical evaluation of the straight-line-marking items from Constantinople (116)
6.2.3. Items from other places with straight-line markings (118)
6.2.4. Empirical evaluation of the straight-line marking items from other places (136)
6.3. Items with oval markings (138)
6.3.1. Items from and to Constantinople with oval markings (138)
6.3.2. Empirical evaluation of the items with oval markings (151)