TURKEY

TURKEY / TÜRKİYE.

Definitive stamps.
Zonguldak Harbour.
Seventh stamp in a set of 11, issued on 3.1960.
Face value: 25 Turkish kuruş.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Print: 20,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1702A.
- Scott No. 1447.
- StampWorld No. 1737.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1858.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1435.

Zonguldak is a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli and the coal trade remains its main economic activity. According to the 2012 census, Zonguldak has a population of 109,080. The city is the terminus of a railway line with the terminating station Zonguldak Railway Station built in 1937. The coal mines in and around Zonguldak were first operated by the French. The city's port played an important role in relations with the USSR during the Turkish War of Independence.