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Post by gillian on Mar 10, 2020 23:54:03 GMT
Just wondering, is there a chart showing the identity of countries that do not use the same sort of writing script as ours, eg. Arabic? I have a stamp I cannot identify because of an unfamiliar script and I know I could just post a picture of it, but I don't want to have to do that every time I can't identify a stamp.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Gillian
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Post by greaden on Mar 11, 2020 0:30:58 GMT
Each Scott catalog has a section identifying the country for stamps that only used non-Latin scripts.
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Post by feebletodix on Mar 11, 2020 7:36:52 GMT
Hello Gillian I do have a pamphlet for beginers which should help. I will try and scan the relevant pages a lttle later today. Feebletodix PS. I did find the pamphlet and its age is such that it may be of limited use, well 98% no use actually. Here is the useful 2% [Image deleted by former member] Inscriptions in Greek and Russian as well as various identifying symbols. Hope that helps |
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Post by Jerry B on Mar 11, 2020 9:48:46 GMT
Hi Gillian
The APS has a booklet that identifies countries by the marking on stamps. I Am not sure but a non APS member can purchase a copy from the APS. Also, Linn's (Amos Press) also has a stamp identifier booklet. For on-line there are many "identifier" sites.
Jerry B
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Post by cjoprey on Mar 11, 2020 10:11:00 GMT
feebletodix - am I right in thinking that this page is from sometime in the 40s? I'm basing it on: - Persia becoming Iran in 1935 - the logo for the Philippines is specifically the label shown on stamps during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in WW2 - the Germany logo looks suspiciously like the one used on most Weimar Republic stamps (which ended in 1933) To go back to the original topic - although not comprehensive, this is a good starting site for identifying stamps with non-Latin text: www.thestampcollector.net/wwidentifier.html
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 11, 2020 12:08:19 GMT
gillian , In addition to the site provided by cjoprey, here is another that might be of some help.
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Post by coastwatcher on Mar 11, 2020 12:36:16 GMT
gillian, I have both the Linn’s and APS identification books but, while they are both extremely helpful, I sometimes run across a stamp that they are no help with. When this happens, I take a photo of the stamp and use an online reverse image finder and, 99% of the time, I am rewarded by finding a photo of my stamp on an auction site or other website and it is almost universally accompanied by a description. The only downside is that many times the text isn’t in English and I have to go through the trouble of translating it.
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Post by renden on Mar 11, 2020 13:49:41 GMT
I also have the APS Stamp Identifier booklet tha my late dad had bought....a good complement to Scott Album identifier and other resources
René
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Post by feebletodix on Mar 11, 2020 15:23:32 GMT
feebletodix - am I right in thinking that this page is from sometime in the 40s? I'm basing it on: - Persia becoming Iran in 1935 - the logo for the Philippines is specifically the label shown on stamps during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines in WW2 - the Germany logo looks suspiciously like the one used on most Weimar Republic stamps (which ended in 1933) To go back to the original topic - although not comprehensive, this is a good starting site for identifying stamps with non-Latin text: www.thestampcollector.net/wwidentifier.html It has the look to be that age but there is no print date.. gillian everyone here likes to help if they can, so it is no imposition upon us and can provide interesting additional information, when an expert replies |
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Post by gmot on Mar 11, 2020 20:04:37 GMT
I use the Unitrade Postage Stamp Identifier (bought it from Arpin I believe for a fairly modest sum). It is very helpful for things like this - dead countries, non-Latin based alphabets.
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Post by renden on Mar 11, 2020 20:38:39 GMT
I use the Unitrade Postage Stamp Identifier (bought it from Arpin I believe for a fairly modest sum). It is very helpful for things like this - dead countries, non-Latin based alphabets. I buy all my mounts (Unisafe or Lighthouse) from them at rebate - They are in the Montreal area and take $US and after a certain amount you get free shipping |
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Post by gmot on Mar 12, 2020 12:47:32 GMT
I use the Unitrade Postage Stamp Identifier (bought it from Arpin I believe for a fairly modest sum). It is very helpful for things like this - dead countries, non-Latin based alphabets. I buy all my mounts (Unisafe or Lighthouse) from them at rebate - They are in the Montreal area and take $US and after a certain amount you get free shipping
Yes, I buy pretty much all my supplies from them. Free/fast shipping, frequent sales, good service. I emailed them a question one time and they called back the same day with the answer.
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Post by gillian on Apr 6, 2020 10:50:29 GMT
Thank you for all your replies. I found one character in the Chinese identifying symbol in Feebetodix's post which matches one of the characters in my post but the same symbol also appears in an image of a Taiwanese stamp in the Worldwide Illustrated Stamp Identifier. It doesn't really help when the name of the country isn't on the stamp.
Gillian
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 6, 2020 14:13:27 GMT
Hi, gillian! Do you know how to post an image on the Forum? If you do, may I suggest that you just post an image of the stamp and let us see if we can help you figure out where it is from and how to use the info for future reference? Hope you will be able to show us an image. Thanks!  |
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Post by gillian on Apr 26, 2020 18:51:05 GMT
I was able to post an image from my iPad to another stamp forum and someone identified it as being from The People's Republic of China and issued in 1957. What confuses me about that is that I have stamps from China with 'Republic of China' printed on them, so why not on the one I'm referring to and no doubt others?
Gillian
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Post by Ryan on Apr 26, 2020 20:12:33 GMT
Chinese stamps are famous for being confusing for those of us who can't read Chinese. Here's how I rough-sort them:
Pre-1940s? China!
1940s? Any of about a million different kinds of China.
Post-1940s? Does it say "Republic of China"? Taiwan! (The most modern ones also say "Taiwan")
Post-1940s? Does it say only "China" and is it modern-looking? People's Republic of China!
Post-1940s? Does it have only Chinese characters, nothing in English? People's Republic of China!
That gets things sorted into rough piles and then I can fight with my catalogues to get things figured out. Hopefully. Because there is some stuff that you find, like postal savings stamps, which you still can't find in a normal catalogue .... grrrr
Ryan
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Post by gillian on Jun 13, 2020 21:35:30 GMT
Here is the stamp I referred to in my original post. I would love to find out more about it and about stamps in general from around the time it was issued.  I hope it shows ok. Take care! Gillian. |
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Post by darkormex on Jun 13, 2020 21:56:23 GMT
gillian, this is in the Scott Catalogue, People's Republic of China, Sc. no. C6. It is one of a set of 4 stamps, C6-C9 issued in 1957-58 and is part of only 2 sets of airmail stamps produced by the PRC. The 2016 Scott Catalogue value is $1.00 for a used stamp like this one.
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Post by Ryan on Jun 13, 2020 22:59:16 GMT
Here is the stamp I referred to in my original post. If you look at the third Chinese character (below the "6") at the bottom of the stamp, it looks sort of like a simple stick figure of a person, although unfortunately it's mostly hidden by the postmark. That's the character for "people" and is the easiest clue to tell you that the stamp is from the People's Republic of China. Here's an example which is more clear, a very famous stamp with a design error (Taiwan is not coloured red so the stamp was almost immediately withdrawn - I've nabbed this image from the National Postal Museum's site).  Ryan |
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Post by FDI on Jun 14, 2020 12:55:12 GMT
Ryan , Thanks for this info. This is very helpful as I also had a few stamps that I could not quite identified.
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