Help with translation?

Hi, Stan (stainlessb ):

While I am not a native speaker like René (renden ) or Xavier (hrdoktorx ) or racatrien , I am a long-term student and speaker of French.  I think your translation looks quite good and captures the meaning of the original inscription.

Other opinions are always welcome, of course!

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Edit: By the way, are the stamps actually surcharged, as philatelists would think of it, meaning an overprinted or changed denomination? Or is it just referred to it in the sense of a semi-postal stamp, with an added fee paid that is not good for the postage, but is a donation to the charity?

The text snippet you give is not quite grammatically correct, so seeing the full thing written would help.

If the original text is instead:

Adhérez a la Croix Rouge vous qui, en utilisant les timbres poste a surtaxe, l'aidez a servir

one could translate it at:

Join the Red Cross, you who, by using the overtaxed stamps, help it to serve

Though a bit awkward, it is a good direct word for  word translation.   

David

The awkwardness is actually is in the original. It is a rather old turn of phrase, and current French usage would not use it. Here's a modern example expressing the same sentiment. Note the usage of the more inclusive first person plural "Let us continue":

Spent a few moments watching an American Philatelic Society's "Stamp Chat" with Dr. Jean Wang where she discusses Topical and Thematic Collecting, along with Exhibiting.

As part of the presentation, I would learn that the larger of the two handstamps from the image in the previous post, denotes that the envelope has been disinfected. It was during COVID times, that China was disinfecting mail received from abroad and this enveloped has received its 'treatment'. For the smaller of the two handstamps and its significance, the mystery remains.


Have fun and happy collecting!!