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Post by shadowrogue75 on Nov 8, 2022 13:03:41 GMT
Hello all, I've finally finished going through the kiloware I recently received and I'm having a tricky time identifying the country of issue for this group of stamps. I have access to the Scott catalogue through the library, so as long as I know the country, I can keep digging from there. Some notes: * 1A, 4D, 4E seem Russian, but I don't want to assume. * 3A says 'war tax' in Spanish, but can't figure the country * 2C and 2D appear to be the same stamp * 4A and 4B are kind of translucent (!) Thanks for any ideas.  |
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Nov 8, 2022 13:18:35 GMT
Quick look without catalogue reference 1/A Bulgarian Tax revenue 1/B Turkey 1/C Bahrain A tax for aid to Palestine 1/D  Possibly a Thai revenue stamp 1/E Indian state of Travancore Pre 1947 2/A Netherlands 2/B Greece 2/C/D China 2/E Persia Iran revenue 3/A Spain War Tax from 1890s 3/B Lithuania 3/C France 3/D China 1920s 3/E Netherlands Indies 4/A 4/B both Austria 1880s 4/C though can't read currency (IF KOP = Russia If PEN= Finland) 4D/E both Tsarist period Russia 5/A Says Timbre fiscal so Middle east of French pre war administration probably Syria ? |
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Post by dgdecker on Nov 9, 2022 4:06:15 GMT
Wow!
That did not take you very long to reply.
David
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eggdog
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Post by eggdog on Nov 9, 2022 4:48:50 GMT
Like vikingeck says, the first two in row 4 are Austrian. If you read the tiny script on each side of the cameo, you'll see KAIS.KOENIGL. on one side and OESTER. on the other. That stands for Kaiserlich-Königlich Österreich, roughly the Empire and Kingdom of Austria. K.u.K. is another abbreviation you'll see on pre-1910 Austrian stamps. The last three are Russian. The Cyrillic that looks like NOYTOBAR MAPKA (it's late here and I'm too lazy to do the right keystrokes) is a good clue that you are dealing with Russia; before World War I, Finland was a "Grand Duchy" within Russia, and, again like vikingeck says, you have to look at the denomination. KOΠ is the Cyrillic KOP, short for Kopeck. I don't know the philately of all of Russia's neighbors to know if you'd see NOYTOBAR MAPKA on any others; you might. In 2B, ΔPAX is an abbreviation for Drachma. If you see that or ΔPAXMH in a place where a denomination is likely to be, it's Greece, or it's Crete or Epirus or some other place associated with and probably now part of Greece. |
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Nov 9, 2022 9:48:57 GMT
Wow! That did not take you very long to reply. David 15 mins to type ……70 years experience to recognise. |
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Post by sharonb on Nov 9, 2022 10:56:44 GMT
Thanks from me too as I have had 2E to one side wondering what it was - mystery solved!
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Post by shadowrogue75 on Nov 9, 2022 12:52:51 GMT
Wow, thanks vikingeck! I'm in awe of your knowledge and you've given me lots to go on. Especially happy about 1C and 3B since those are my first stamps from Bahrain and Lithuania and so I'm a little ways further to completing my Smithosnian stamp-from-every-country album. I think the Smithsonian album might have a spot for 1E too, which would be great. After I get the Scott Catalogue covering Thailand out from the library, I'll dig into the potential Thai revenue stamp of 1D. Thanks also eggdog for the further explanation on characters to look for for various countries -- looks like 4E is Russian since it says KOΠ. |
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Possibly a Thai revenue stamp 1/E Indian state of Travancore Pre 1947 
