Ottoman Empire Theodosius Obelisk classic stamp 1913

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Nice rare classic stamp.
The Obelisk of Theodosius
(Turkish: Dikilitaş) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today as At Meydanı or Sultanahmet Meydanı, in the modern city of Istanbul, Turkey) by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.