Vlore Government of Albania issue "Double headed Eagle & SHQIPENIA" black OILY ovpt. on Turkish stamps, (1909) 1pi. olive perf. 12x12, u. (Mi.7ND). The so-called "Minister prints" with oily ink seem to have been made with the Ministers approval to meet philatelic demand in the autumn of 1913 after the post-office stocks of Ottoman stamps had already all been used for overprinting.
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