The Stamp Museum () is a museum in

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The building

The museum is in

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neighborhood of Ankara at . The museum building was the headquarters of a former bank named Emlak ve Eytam Bank. It was planned by

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, the renown Austrian architect and was built in 1933-34 term.Essay by İlknur Sudaş in Akitera architecture page
/ref> It is a five floor building with a total area of . After the bank was merged to another bank in 1946 the building was handed over to

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. In 2013 after renovation the building was opened to public as a stamp museum.

Collections

The Turkish and the Ottoman as well as some foreign

postage stamps A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the ...

are displayed in the museum. There are also thematic collections shown below: Museum page
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References

{{Museums in Turkey Museums in Altındağ, Ankara Ulus, Ankara Buildings and structures in Ankara 2001 establishments in Turkey 1934 in Turkey 2013 in Turkey Architecture in Turkey Postal museums Altındağ, Ankara