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This obviously is not a postage stamp. Two questions: is it from Spain, and
is it listed somewhere?
Posted by Casper on 27/10/97
Probably a Spanish revenue stamp, as the text says "Especially for
invoices and receipts".
Definitely it is a fiscal stamp from Spain. Special issue for invoices
and receipts in the early '50s. Described in Paolo Barata's catalogue of
fiscal (revenue) stamps from Spain. |
 #12 |
Maybe this isn't a postage stamp either. What is it? Is it from Japan?
Posted by Casper on 27/10/97
This is a postage stamp from Ryukyu Islands, issued in 1952, Michel #30. |
 #13 |
This must be from Taiwan, but it's not in the catalogue. Does anyone know
where it is listed?
Posted by Casper on 27/10/97
This is a revenue stamp from Republic of China (Taiwan). My guess is that it was issued before the government of the Republic of
China moved to Taiwan. All the stamps issued in Taiwan since 1949 have a new currency called "Tai
Be" which is printed before the denomination, the #13 doesn't have it.
Therefore the issue of this stamp should be late 1930 and early 1940, which is
before the inflation hit China; that is why it has only 20 cents face value. It was
used as a Revenue stamp in mainland China. I really don't think it has been
used as a postage stamp.
I have a 2¢ yellow stamp of this exact design which has been identified as a
1944 China, under Japanese Occupation. I don't think the character in far
right in upper wave-shaped tablet was in China Revenues pre-war. |
 #14 |
What do these characters mean? Are those values, or do they indicate a province?
Posted by Casper and Stefano on 31/10/97
The overprinted characters stand for Shantung province in North China. It
was issued under Japanese Occupation in 1941 and its Scott catalog number is 6N13.
Chinese 8 cents with two characters overprint. These two characters are
one of the so-called "Six districts" overprint from the Japanese Occupation of
North China. This is the "Large Shantung" overprint, and it is cat.no. 25
in Stanley Gibbons on this series (page 180, SG Part 17 China, 5th
Edition).
This is Shantung Scott #6N21.
This is a postage stamp from the Japanese Occupation of China during the
World War II. The overprint characters mean Shantung, this stamp was
issued for this province of China. In the Michel catalogue it is listed as #175. |
 #15 |
We think that this stamp comes from Syria. Is it correct? Is it a postage stamp?
Posted by Casper and Stefano on 27/10/97
This is in fact a Syrian obligatory stamp from 1949. Michel #18. |
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I have many stamps like these. I couldn't find them listed
on my catalogues. I believe that they have been issued during the civil
war in Russia in 1918-23, does anybody have more information? Thank you.
Posted by Stefano on 21/11/97
Stamp #16A is not listed in the Scott Catalogue. It was one of eight stamps
prepared in 1919, but never placed in use. They are mentioned in Scott
under Latvia - issued under Russian Occupation.
#16A - You can find information on the "Russkaya Pochta" stamp at
#16 - One of seven values of a 1922 "Odessa Famine" set, listed under
Russia as #4-10 in Chapier's "Les Timbres de Fantasie".
#16A - Anyone wanting further information should look for Barefoot's Forgery and Reprint Guide #16 - Western Army Eagles.
#16: According to the Michel catalogue, this is a private Russian fake stamp,
known as "Odessa starvation issue".
The item listed on your site numbered 16A, is an unissued Russian West Army stamp. This army was under General
Awaloff-Bermondt. It was prepared but never issued, as the army was disbanded just prior to it's release. Other values
were 5,10,15,20,30,50,60 and 75 kopeks. They are listed in the Michel West Europa Catalogue, in the Russian Army post
section.
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I have an unusual stamp variety. Maybe you can shed some light on this
for me. This stamp (Scott #219) may or may not be worth the effort. The paper the stamp
is printed on is pink (its cover appeared to be white, as a small piece
removed from the back was white). Please see the jpg beside and let me know
if anyone else have heard of this variety or tell me what it
could be (if it's not a paper variety). Thank you Posted by John Waters on 25/11/97
The 1c US Franklin stamp looks like it was soaked in a mix with a red
cover. |
 #18 |
I have a 1965 Romanian stamp (Yvert et Tellier #2157) printed upside down. Does
anybody know where this variety is listed? Is it a common variety? Thank you Posted by George Mathiowitz on 27/11/97
#18 - I believe I've read that it's normal for this orchid (?) bloom to hang down, so the stamp is correctly printed.
#18: this is a common Romanian stamp, Michel #2443. You have just turned the
picture upside down. |
 #19 |
This postal card was postmarked in Berlin on Jan. 2, 1945, and sent to
Krakau (Kraków), Generalgouvernement, where it was received on Jan. 8. (Krakau was held by the
Germans until Jan. 18). The postmark was applied AFTER the "V" was
applied so this is not a post-war Hitler-head obliteration. It is not
listed in Michel. Any theories?
Posted by Michael J. McMorrow on 03/12/97
The "V" was a very common symbol in Germany and
the occupied countries during WWII. It was "V = Viktoria" (not really the German
word for victory, which is "Sieg", but the whole propaganda action was stolen
from Churchill's victory salute to begin with). Anyway, it was painted on
buildings, streetcars, everything, and richly stamped on letters, postcards,
etc. In this case, someone might have grabbed the wrong cancellation apparatus
first by accident. Or perhaps, it was a small political statement at the time? |
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Hello, could you help me identifying these two stamps ? Thank you Posted by Frédéric Etienne on 03/12/97
Stamp #20 is listed in the Michel Catalogue for Germany in the section "German Local Issues
for 1945-48". It was issued in Finsterwalde on February 16, 1946. It had an overprice
to raise funds for the reconstruction of the town.
#20A - An 1856 US local, listed in the Scott U. S. Specialized as 73L1. |
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