 #131 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is,
and in what catalog it is listed?
Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#131. Definitely Greek but it doesn't seem to be in the catalogue.
I would guess that it is a bogus production.
ELL. (transliteration) must be abbreviation of ELLAS (Greece), but not one
that appears on any postage stamp (or image thereof) I have seen.
LEPI ("") might be variant of currency (LEPTA)
GRAMM. ("") is abbreviation for ? GRAMMA is letter (as in English grammar,
etc)
Wild guess: person is Greek grammarian (and stamp is not postal).
In the supplement to Georges Chapier's LES TIMBRES DE FANTAISIE (p.21)
he notes the existence of 9 varieties of this stamp in different
colours, all of the same denomination. Their existence was noted as
early as 1871 and they were described as essays. |
 #132 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#132. Probably India (or a state thereof) and possibly a revenue
stamp.
Annas are Indian, though also used on British Arabia stamp.
The dagger is also (see Indian feudatory state Nowanuggar #1).
Don't believe it's postal.
Decoration on sides appears to be just that (not letters) since vertically
symmetric.
Letters on sash appear to be nagari (Indian) but are illegible on scan.
132 - Revenue stamp from Gondal State, India (1928-1944), low value
from set of 10, K&M 200. |
 #133 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#133, this is one of the many revenue stamps used in Italy to validate documents. Sometimes they have been used also
to carry mail, though it is forbidden to use them for this purpose. So they are of philatelic interest
only on letters or with a postal cancel: this one has been regularly used to validate something and not to carry mail.
No. 133 is the right half of an Italian revenue stamp, circa mid-1940s.
#133. An Italian fiscal stamp.
Italian revenue. I presume could be found in Italian specialized catalog
which I do not have. |
 #134 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#134. My guess would be that it is a Greek publicity label
commemorating the first anniversary of the revolution of
21 April 1967. |
 #135 | Maybe this is not a regular stamp,
anyway any help in recognizing it will be much appreciated!
Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#135, there's no mystery about this stamp, it's just a very common italian stamp issued in 1952 together
with two other stamps in honor of the Armed Forces' Day. You can find it listed in every catalogue priced
at minimum value both mint and used.
#135. Italy, issued 3 November 1952 to commemorate Army
Day and listed by Stanley Gibbons as #825.
#135 is Italy, Scott #613. Minimum value.
This is exactly what it says: Italian Republic Postage 10 Lire.
The key to finding it is to notice that that particular inscription came
into use in 1952. Looking forward, one finds Nov 3, #613 (Scott) |
 #136 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#136 - Sutton's The Stamp Collector's Encyclopdia reads:
"Aguinaldo: Local stamps stamps of doubtful status issued by the Aguinaldo
revolutionary government of the Philippines in 1898."
This is a Spanish franchise stamp issued in 1936. It is listed as #3 in
Galvez. It looks old, but is not, and is not related to the stamps of
Aguinaldo, the rebel of the Philippines.
'Aguinaldo' means an extra emolument, generally given in Christmas.
'Requete' was the name for Spanish phalange soldiers(national-socialist-like
party of the 30s), so the stamp is probably a tax added to postage. |
 #137 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#137. Probably an Indian revenue stamp.
Writing is nagari (Indian), as are rupee currency.
But native name (Bharata in transliteration - see any post independence
stamp for native letters) does not seem to appear; hence non-governmental.
Illustration looks like book/movie/soap-opera scene.
A fiscal stamp issued in India by National Worker's Insurance Coorporation.
Probably used as document fee.
This stamp is listed in Barefoot, British
Commonwealth Revenues (5th edn, 1996) as an Indian Social Security stamp
(No.21) from a c.1964 set of 19 values ranging from 25 paise to 11 rupees 25
paise. Value 20p mint or used. |
 #138 | Can anyone tell me where this stamp is from, from what year it is, and in what catalog it is listed? Posted by Manuel Praest on 29/07/98
#138. An Iraqi postage stamp overprinted for revenue usage.
Such a stamp, even though overprinted on a postage stamp, is
unlikely to be listed in a postage stamp catalogue.
Without revenue overprint, it is Scott # 12.
Iraq, overprinted revenue issue from 1923. Ross/Powell, "The new stamps of Iraq" (1998), page 24, #19.
Also in McDonald, "Revenues of the Ottoman Empire", page 157, #94 and in Barefoot, "Commonwealth Revenue
Catalogue". |
 #139 | I have a couple of stamps that are a mystery to me, and
would apprecitate any help your readers could offer. The first one is a
perforated dark blue stamp with the following wording. Ferrocarril at
the top. In the middle, it has Santa Fe A Las Colonas with a value of 10
centavos.
Posted by Bill Britton on 31/07/98
Top inscription is FERROCARRIL - spanish for railroad
I would guess that Santa Fe and Las Colonas are the towns connected
thereby. A search through an indexed atlas of Spain or latin America might
reveal country.
The inscription is 'Ferro Carril' (= railway), so may be a South
American railway freight stamp. Sorry that I have no further information.
#139 is a railroad freight stamp from Argentina, for the railroad line
from Santa Fe to Las Colonias. There are two varieties of this stamp,
easily distinguishable by an accent on the "A" between "FE" and "LAS".
Both have a tag of about a buck. |
 #140 | The second one is an imperf light green stamp with a picture of
a sailing ship in the middle. Up the left side it says San Tomas down
the right side it says La Guaira. At the bottom it says Pto Cabello. In
the middle under the ship it says Paquete with Dos Reales as a value.
Thanks for your help.
Posted by Bill Britton on 31/07/98
No. 140 is one of many stamps issued for the semi-official packet
service between La Guaira, Venezuela and St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. The stamp
would appear to be trimmed, with traces of the original roulette at
bottom left.
I would guess that Pto abbreviate Puerto (Port) and that all three names
might be found on atlas.
This is a private ship letter stamp from the St Thomas-La Guaira-Puerto
Cabello service (i.e. from the Danish West Indies to the coast of
Venezuela). DWI is now the US Virgin Islands. |
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