Posted by Derrick Grose on 16/04/98

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As far as I can tell from my 1974 Stanley Gibbons Russian catalogue, that stamp, if genuine, would be No. 12 of Siberia. It was issued during 1920 by the regime of the Ataman Semyonov, ruler of the Transbaikal Province, with headquarters at Chita. The government lasted between 20 January 1920 and 21 October 1920. Catalogued in 1974 at 3.50 UKP in mint condition (used was more expensive).
Dave Joll

Posted by Derrick Grose on 16/04/98

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As far as I can tell from my 1974 Stanley Gibbons Russian catalogue, that stamp, if genuine, would be No. 14 of Siberia. It was issued during 1920 by the regime of the Ataman Semyonov, ruler of the Transbaikal Province, with headquarters at Chita. The government lasted between 20 January 1920 and 21 October 1920. Catalogued in 1974 at 6.00 UKP in mint condition (used was more expensive).
Dave Joll

Posted by Ian Young on 16/04/98

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#93 - A fund-raising stamp: "Viatka Government for the Families of the Conscripted" (1914), one of 5, valued at about $5 according to my edition of the "Alnis Guide to Russian Revenues and Cinderellas".
Rick Scott

Posted by Ian Young on 16/04/98

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Several people have identified this as Bulgaria, Scott #157 (an unclear picture in most editions of Scott).
Ian Young

Posted by Casper on 16/04/98

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#95 Austria revenue stamp. Almost every year there appeared a new extensive serie of documentary revenue stamps in Austria, valued 1/2 krone up to 20 guilders. They are used very extensivly because in that time Austria was as large as half of Europe, so many stamps exists. Nevertheless some denominations are very scarce as for example the 1/2 krone or some middle values. Listed in the Erler catalogue for Austrian revenues number I.
Jan Wessels (09 Apr 2000)

Posted by Casper on 16/04/98

(96) These fantasies are listed in Chapier's "Timbres de Fantasie" as being seen but there is no further information, and this is the only set listed for Tonga. But bad news: there's a fourth value, a 1v tree, so keep looking. I suspect the cancellations were faked to make these "seem so real that they must have been used".
Rick Scott

Posted by Casper on 04/05/98

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11/06/99 Dave added:
This is a label produced by Marc Rousso, a French philatelic promoter in cooperation with the Westchester County, New York, Republican Party. They were 'used' aboard a publicity balloon flight at a June 26,1988, fund raiser, with a free mint label given for every $10 in contributions. Flown covers with the appropriate US postage affixed in addition to the label were given to $1000+ contributions. There appear to be two types; blue type with red stars (#97) and a second with red type and blue stars.
Dave Lachance

Posted by Casper on 04/05/98

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The translation of the overprint on this stamp is: "Revenue" so it must be a revenue stamp.
Elias Traboulsi

Posted by Casper on 04/05/98

The KE VII special adhesive stamps of India were issued in 1903 in a set of 24, ranging in face value from 2 annas to 1000 rupees. The anna values are in a smaller format and the higher rupee values are in a larger format than the 10 Rs. They are listed in the Barefoot Catalogue of British Commonwealth Revenues (5th edition, 1996) Nos.46-69. The value given for the 10 Rs, mint or used, is only 25p - and that is for a copy in good condition! They are best collected on document (or at least on a fragment, as the ink tends to be rather fugitive when wetted). Although superseded by the similar KG V issue in 1914 they remained in use for several more years, India never having had a throw-away mentality. The date of cancellation was often shown by the circular type of cancel shown in your right-hand illustration. Three plugs were inserted to show the day, month and year - in this case the date was 19 December 1916. Very similar designs were used (with different portraits) for KG V and KG VI and even, with the Ashokan triple lion instead of a portrait, in post-Independence India to the present day. The QV equivalents were horizontal format. The special adhesive stamps were used fairly generally to pay duty on various types of legal documents, especially when the item involved some jurisdiction outside of British India. These standardized key types are also found with different overprints in the bottom tablet (not necessarily in all three reigns): AGREEMENT, BROKERS NOTE, CONSULAR, FOREIGN BILL, INSURANCE, NOTARIAL, and SHARE TRANSFER. In some cases these uses first occur overprinted on another category, e.g. the first INSURANCE issues were KG V SPECIAL ADHESIVE stamps overprinted INSURANCE at the sides, before the KG V key type was issued with a simple INSURANCE overprint.
David Heppell

Posted by Casper on 04/05/98

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#100 - In 1908, an earthquake destroyed Messina and killed over 100,000 people. These are charity seals made to raise funds for the many orphans left by the earthquake. They were made in sets of 11, and each set was made in the funds of one of eleven different countries, except Germany (2 sets) and Italy (only one value). So I guess that's 122 different! This from a new purchase: "Triangular Philatelics" by Chris Green, which is over 50% cinderella-related (yay!).
Rick Scott