I came into possession a set of new stamps, but could not identify a few of them. Most of the stamps in the lot were from Europe, with a few from Asia and Americas, if that helps in localizing the search. Would appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to help recognize the country and if possible, the year when they were issued (if not on the stamp). Thank you.
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I'll give it a try:
1. a Finnish patriotic or charity label
2. Haiti postage stamp
3. label of unknown (to me) origin, certainly no postage stamp. Perhaps from China.
4. probably a fiscal or a railway stamp
5. Ethiopia postage stamp
6. Russian armies (civil war era)
7. Probably United Kingdom postage stamp
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 19 Apr 2020 04:46:58am
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That about sums it, or them, up.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
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Thank you for your reply/answers. For 3) I thought it was cut from a postcard (cut square). Am attaching a pic of the back side - even so, cannot say for sure.
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The Belgium and Luxembourg revenue is interesting as it's a joint issue by the two countries from 1926 reflecting their customs union as part of the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union of 1922.
This one is the lowest value in a set of twelve for gathering statistics on general commercial goods passing through customs.
These also exist in other colours for particular goods, blue for tobacco and violet for sparkling wines.
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I know I'm a bit late with this, been a bit busy.
The last one is GB Queen Victoria 1870 ½d either SG 48 Rose or 49 Rose Red. Can't tell the colour due to the heavy cancellation, which I believe is Billericay, Essex, un-boxed number 72 in oval series of lines.
It is Scott # 58. My old Scotts 2008 gives the value as US$17 but would be more if you could see the plate number.
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Is there a knowledgable chap that can give a hint on what's written on the Japanese military mail? If it is just greetings or more history related. As well should I understand the date as 1918?
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Harvey I think, therefore I am - I think! 29 Apr 2020 10:55:07am
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Anyone who collects Russia or Poland, especially early stamps or BOB, probably has some fakes or forgeries in their collection. For these countries Scott's comment for some areas is "forgeries abound". For my early overprinted Poland stamps I basically look at them as album fillers since it is basically impossible to identify the forgeries. There are some articles and/or books you can purchase but they are very hard to find and some need translation. This has been discussed in several other threads. Stay safe.
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The year in the Japanese dates is traditionally counted from the beginning of the reign of the current emperor, i.e. year 1 starts with the accession to the throne, and the motto of the current reign is added. However, since 1873 days and months have been counted according to the Gregorian calendar, so that the Japanese year number changes on January 1, too. More on Wikipedia: "Japanese calendar".
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This is a repeat of a post of mine from a few years ago.
If the date on this card is accurate in Japanese format, I would say that the design supports the idea that it matches a western date of 1943.
"Japan of course, except that they frequently and without warning use the year of the emperor's reign instead of the calendar year. "
There is a logic to it. If the cancel is in Japanese (i.e. has Japanese characters in it), it will be in the "Emperor year" format and the format is yy-mm-dd. For modern stamps (1925-1988), just add 1925 to the year i.e. 55.10.02 is is Oct 2, 1980. Since 1988, add 1988.
Here is the list of the recent Imperial changes and the factor to add