<p>German Post in the Ottoman Empire, stamp of 1900 (Michel No. 56a) with double lines horizontal black overprint "20 / PARA / 20"; overprint type I<br><b>Stamp</b>: German Empire in the Ottoman Empire - Michel No. 13I; 1900; Germania issue (Reichspost) of 1900; Michel No. 56a; 10 (Pfennig); carmine rosy; with black overprint in Latin capital letters, type I, "20 / PARA / 20"  <i>("A"-letter without upper serif)</i><br><b>Nominal value</b>: 20 Para<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Beirut" title="Category:Beirut">Beirut</a> <i>(contemporary Lebanon)</i>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1902-05-23" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">23 May 1902</time><br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 10 October 1900 until 30 September 1914 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1900-10-10T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1914-09-30T00:00:00Z/11</div>
Deutsche Reichspost
scan of original