WORLDWIDE STAMP IDENTIFIER GLOSSARY
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A. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Architect].
A.B. (overprint on stamps of Russia): Far Eastern Republic (1923).
ABASI (currency): Afghanistan.
A BETALE-PORTOMAERKE: Norway, postage dues.
ABLOSUNG: Prussian local officials.
ABNA ПOYRA: (overprint): Russia, airmails.
ABNO ПOЧTOBЯ: Russia, airmails.
A.C.C.P.: Azerbaijan.
A CERTO (overprint): Peru- Ancachs (1884).
ACO Hbi ATPAD: White Russia.
ACORES: Azores.
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL: Great Britain, officials.
A.E.F.: French Equatorial Africa.
AEПTA: Epirus.
AFFRANCHI AINSI-FATUE FIGURINE (overprint): Madagascar or Diego Suarez used during stamp shortage (speculative) [Postage Paid Thus Low Values Scarce].
AFFRANCHts (overprint precancel in France, Morocco, Andorra, Monaco): officials for government mail.
AFGHAN: Afghanistan.
AFGHANES: Afghanistan.
AFRICA CORREIOS: Portuguese Africa.
AFRICA OCCIDENTAL ESPANOLA: Spanish West Africa.
AFRICA ORIENTALE ITALIANA: Italian East Africa.
AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE (overprint on stamps of Gabon): French Equaitorial Africa.
AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE (overprint on stamps of Middle Congo): French Equatorial Africa.
AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE (overprint with bars): French Equatorial Africa.
AFRIOUE EQUATORIALE GABON: Gabon.
AFRIQUE FRANCAISE COMBATTANTE: French Equatorial Africa, semipostals.
AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE: French West Africa.
AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL DE KANDAHAR: Afghanistan.
A.G. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Attorney General].
A.H. PD. (overprint on stamps of Azores): Angra, Horta, Ponta Delgada (1906).
AIDEZ LES TUBERCULEUX (surtax overprint): Tunisia, semipostals.
AITUTAKI (overprint on stamps of Cook Islands): Aitutaki.
AITUTAKI (overprint on stamps of New Zealand): Aitutaki.
AJANLAS (overprint): Hungary, registration stamps (1946).
Ajl.1, Ajl.2 (overprint): Hungary, registration stamps (1946).
ALAND ISLANDS: 1984 Dependency of Finland
ALAOUITES (overprint on stamps of France): Alaouites.
ALAOUITES (overprint on stamps of Syria): Alaouites.
ALBANIA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Albania (1902-7).
ALBANIE CENTRALE: Central Albania (1915).
ALCANCE Y.U.H.: Uruguay, late fee stamps.
ALEXANDRIE: France- Offices in Egypt- Alexandria.
ALFABETIZACION (overprint): Ecuador, adult education propoganda.
ALLEMAGNE DUITSCHLAND (overprint): Germany- Belgian occupation (1919-21).
ALLIED MILITARY POSTAGE: Germany- Allied military government (1945-6).
A.M. (overprint): Greece [Axia Metalliki (value in coin)].
AMBULANTE LAQUINTINIE (overprint): Camerouns, semipostal.
A.M.G.-F.T.T. (overprint on stamps of Italy): Trieste (1947-54).
A.M.G.-V.G. (overprint): Italy- Allied occupation of Venezia Giulia (1945-7).
A M POST: Germany- Allied military government (1945-6).
AMSTERDAO (overprint): Portugal, private overprint to send Olympic athletes to Amsterdam.
AMTLICH ERPFFNET BURCH DIE K.W. POSTDIRECTION: German States-Wurttemberg , return letter stamps.
AMTLICHER VERKEHR: German States-Wurttemberg , officials.
AMЧPCKAЯ OБЛACTAHЯ: Far Eastern Republic.
ANDORRA (overprint on stamps of Spain): Andorra- Spanish sector.
ANDORRE (overprint on stamps of France): Andorra- French sector.
ANHAPA DINERA (currency): Yugoslavia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia.
ANNA (currency): British East Africa, India, Indian States, Mesopotamia, Zanzibar, Pakistan.
ANNA (currency surcharged on French stamps): France- Offices in Zanzibar.
ANNA (currency surcharged on stamps of Great Britain): Muscat & Oman.
ANTIOQIUIA: Colombia- Antioquia (1868-1904).
A.O. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Audit Office].
A.O. (overprint on stamps of Congo): German East Africa- Belgian occupation (1918)[Afrique Orientale (East Africa)].
A.O.F. (overprint on stamps of France): French West Africa, semipostals 1945) [Afrique Occidentale Francaise (French West Africa)].
A.O.I. (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italian East Africa, postage dues (1941).
A PAYER: Luxembourg [to be paid].
A PAYER TE BETALEN: Belgium.
A PAYER TE BETALEN: Belgium, Belgian Congo, postage dues.
A PERCEVOIR: Belgium, France, French Colonies [To Collect].
APURIMAC: Peru- Apurimac- Chilean occupation (1885).
A.R.: Colombia, Panama, Chile [Aviso de Recepcion (Advice of Receipt)].
ARCHIPEL DES COMORES: Comoro Islands.
A RECEBER: Portugal, Portuguese Colonies, postage dues [To Be Received].
AREQUIPA: Peru- Arequipa- Chilean occupation (1881).
ARMENWET (overprint): Netherlands and colonies, officials [Poor Regulations].
ARMY OFFICIAL (overprint): Great Britain, officials (1896-1904).
ARMY OFFICIAL (overprint): Sudan, officials (1905).
ARTS FESTIVAL ST. KITTS (overprint): St. Kitts- Nevis (1964).
ARVIZKAROSULTAKNAK KULON (overprint): Hungary (1913) [For the Flood Sufferers, Extra].
ARUBA:  1986 seceded from the Netherlands Antilles and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
ASCENSION (overprint on stamps of St. Helena): Ascension
ASEGURADO: Spanish speaking countries [insured].
ASISTENTA SOCIALA: Romania, postal tax stamps.
ASSICURATO: Italian speaking countries [insured].
ASSISTENCIA- D. L. no. 72 (overprint): Timor, social welfare.
ASSISTENCIA NACIONAL AOS TUBURCULOSES- PORTE FRANCO: Portugal, franchise stamps [National Assistance for Tuberculosis].
ASSISTENCIA PUBLICA: Portuguese India and Mozambique, postal tax stamps [Public Assistance].
ASUNCION (underprint): Paraguay, officials for 350^th anniversary of the capital (1886).
A&T (overprint on French Colonies): Annam and Tonkin.
AT BETALE: Norway, postage dues [To Pay].
ATT(S) (currency surcharges on stamps of Siam): Thailand (1893-1908).
AUNUS (overprint on stamps of Finland): Russia- Finnish occupation (1919).
AUR (currency): Iceland.
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: Australia- Australian Antarctic Territory.
AUTOPAKETTI: Finland, parcel post stamps.
AVION MESSRE TAFARI: Ethiopia, air mails.
AVIONSKA POSTA: Yugoslavia, air mails.
AVISO DE RECEPACION: El Salvador, acknowledgement of receipt stamps.
AVISPORTO MAERKE: Denmark, newspaper stamps sent in bulk to agents or singular non-subscribers.
AVISPORTO MAERKA: Denmark, newspaper stamps.
AVIS DE RECEPCION: El Salvador, acknowledgement of receipt stamps.
AVO(S): Macao or Timor.
AYACUCHO: Peru- Ayacucho- Chilean occupation (1881).
AYTONOMOΣ: Epirus.
AYUDA EL ECUADOR (overprint): Paraguay, semipostals [help for Ecuador (earthquake victims)].
AZERBAIDJAN: Azerbaijan (1919-22)
A3БAИДЖAЯ: Azerbaijan.

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B (in an oval with no country name): Belgium, parcel post stamps.
B (overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Bangkok (1882-5).
BADEN: Germany- French military occupation (1947-9).
B.A. ERITREA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Eritrea.
BAGHDAD (overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia- British occupation (1917).
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan- Bahawalpur.
BAHRAIN (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Bahrain (1948-60).
BAHRAIN (overprint on stamps of India): Bahrain (1933-44).
BAHT (currency): Thailand (Siam).
BAJAR PORTO: Indonesia, postage due stamps.
BAMRA: India- Bamra (1888-94).
BANAT BACSKA (overprint): Hungary- Banat issues (1919).
BANI (currency): Romania.
BANI (currency overprint on stamps of Germany): Romania- German occupation (1917-9).
BANI (currency overprint on stamps of Hungary): Romania- Austro-Hungarian occupation (1919).
BARANYA (overprint): Hungary- Serbian occupation (1919).
BARBERIA (overprint): Italy- Offices in Tripoli.
BARBUDA (overprint on stamps of Leeward Islands): Barbuda (1922).
BARCELONA: Spain.
BARWANI: India- Barwani (1921-48).
BASEL: Switzerland- Basel locals (1845).
B.A. SOMALIA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Somalia.
BASUTOLAND (overprint on stamps of South Africa): Basutoland (1945).
BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation (1942).
B.A. TRIPOLITANIA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Tripolitania).
BATЧM (overprint on stamps of Russia): Batum.
BAYERN: Bavaria.
BAYR: Bavaria.
B.C.A. (overprint on stamps of Rhodesia): British Central Africa (1891-95).
B.C.M.: Madagascar- British Consular Mail (1884-6).
B.C.O.F.- JAPAN 1946 (overprint): Australia, military stamps [British Commonwealth Occupation Force].
B.D. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Barracks Department].
B. DPTO. ZELAYA: Nicaragua- province of Zelaya (used to prevent currency manipulation).
BECHUANALAND (overprint on stamps of South Africa): Bechuanaland (1945).
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE (overprint on stamps of Cape of Good Hope): Bechuanaland Protectorate (1899).
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Bechuanaland Protectorate (1897-1926).
BECПPИ3OPHbIM ЛETЯM: Russia, semipostal.
BEHAEHCKAR: Russia.
BEHДEHCKAЯ Чlb3ДHAЯ ПOЧTA: Russia- Wenden.
BELARUS: 1991 declared Independence from Soviet Union
BELGIAN EAST AFRICA: Ruanda-Urundi.
BELGIE: Belgium.
BELGIEN (overprint on stamps of Germany): Belgium- German occupation.
BELGIE POSTERIJEN: Belgium (1891-6) [Belgium Post].
BELGIQUE: Belgium.
BELGISCH CONGO: Congo (1910-60).
BELIZE RELIEF FUND (overprint): British Honduras, semipostals (1932) [for hurricane of Sept 1931 relief].
BENADIR: Italian Somaliland (1903-26).
BENGASI- 1 piastre 1 (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Africa- Tripoli (1901).
BENIN (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Benin (1892).
BERLIN (overprint): Germany- Berlin- military occupation (1948).
BESA (currency): Benadir.
BESA (overprint): Albania, validity control (1922) [Genuine].
BESETZTES GEBIET NORDFRANKREICH (overprint): France- German occupation (1940).
BEYROUTH (overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Turkey- Levant (1905).
BEYROUTH (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Levant (1910).
B.G.: Modena, newspaper stamps [Bollo Gazzette].
B.G. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Botanical Gardens].
B. HПEIPOΣ: Epirus.
BHOPAL: India- Bhopal (1908-49).
BHOR: India- Bhor (1901).
BIAFRA (overprint): Nigeria- revolutionary forces (1968-9).
BICENENAIRE DE PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti.
BIJAWAR: India- Bijawar.
BIJZONDEREVLUCHTEN: Netherlands, airmails.
B.I.O.T. (overprint on stamps of Seychelles): British Indian Ocean Territory (1968).
B.L.P. (overprint): Italy, semipostals used on envelopes with advertisements sold to benefit invalids [Buta Lettera Postali].
B.M. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Bench of Magistrates].
B.M.A. ERITREA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Eritrea (1948) [British Military Administration].
B.M.A. SOMALIA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Somalia (1948) [British Military Administration].
B.M.A. TRIPOLITANIA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa- Tripolitania (1948) [British Military Administration].
BMA MALAYA (overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya (1945-6) [British Military Administration].
B.N.F. CASTELLORIZIO (overprint on stamps of French Offices in Turkey): Castellorizio- French occupation (1920) [Base Navale Francaise].
BOARD OF EDUCATION (overprint): Great Britain, officials (1902-4).
BOCTOЧHAR (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1868-84).
BOCTЧHA KOPPECПOHAEHЧIЯ: Russia- Offices in the Turkish Empire.
BOSTGBIET OB, OST (overprint on stamps of Germany): Lithuania- German occupation (1916-7).
BOGACHES (currency): Yemen.
BOCCHAH (currency): Yemen.
BOCHA XEPЦEΓOBИHA: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
BOCTOHHAЯ KOPPECПOHДEHЦIЯ: Russia- Offices in Turkey.
BOGSHA(S) (currency): Yemen.
BOHMEN UND MAHREN: Czechoslovakia- Bohemia and Moravia.
BOLIVAR: Colombia- Bolivar (1863-1904).
BOLIVAR (currency): Venezuela.
BOLIVAR, SUCRE MIRANDA- DECRETO? (overprint on Escuelas stamps of Venezuela): Venezuela,validation of non-postage school stamps.
BOLLO DELLA POSTA DI SICILIA: Italian States- Two Sicilies (1859).
BOLLO DELLA POSTA NAPOLITANA: Italian States- Two Sicilies (1858).
BOLLO POSTALE: San Marino.
BOLLO STRAORDINARIA PER LE POSTE: Italian States- Tuscany, newspaper tax stamps for foreign publications [Stamp Extraordinary for the Post].
BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA (overprint on stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina): Yugoslavia (1918).
BOSNIEN HERZEGOVINA: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912-8).
BOSNIENI HERZEGOWINA: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1906-12).
BOYACA: Colombia- Boyaca (1902-4).
B.P.C.: Belgian military postmark [Bureau de Poste de Campagne].
B.P.C. with V.P.K.: Belgian military postmark [Bureau de Poste de Campagne- Veld Post Kantoor].
B.R.A. 5 CENTS (overprint): China, railroad late letter fee (1901) [British Railway Administration].
BRASIL: Brazil.
BRAUNSCHWEIG: German States- Brunswick.
BRIEFPOST: Germany, under French occupation.
BRITISH BECHUANALAND (overprint on stamps of Cape of Good Hope): Bechuanaland.
BRITISH BECHUANALAND (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Bechuanaland.
BRITISH BECHUANALAND: Bechuanaland.
BRITISH EAST AFRICA (overprint on stamps of British India): British East Africa (1895-7).
BRITISH EAST AFRICA (overprint on stamps of Zanzibar): British East Africa (1895-7).
BRITISH NEW GUINEA: Papua and New Guinea (1901-5).
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO: North Borneo.
BRITISH OCCUPATION (overprint on stamps of Russia): Batum.
BRITISH PROTECTORATE OIL RIVERS: British Niger Coast Protectorate.
BRITISH PROTECTORATE OIL RIVERS (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Niger Coast Protectorate (1892-93).
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY: Rhodesia (1890-1920).
BRITISH SOMALILAND: Somaliland Protectorate.
BRITISH VICE CONSULATE: Madagascar (1884-6).
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Virgin Islands.
BRUNEI (overprint on stamps of Labuan): Brunei (1906).
BRUXELLES BRUSSEL (surcharge precancel): Belgium (1929).
BUCHANAN: Liberia.
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina- Buenos Aires (1858-62).
BUITEN BEZIT (overprint): Netherlands Indies for Java and Madura, to check the use of mail (1908) [Outlaying Possessions].
BULEAGA O TOGA: Tonga [Government of Tonga].
BULGARIE: Bulgaria.
BUNDI: India- Bundi (1894, 1941-7).
BUNDI SERVICE: India- Bundi, officials (1919).
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DU TRAVAIL: Switzerland- Int. Labor Bureau, officials.
BURKINA FASO:  Formerly Upper Volta
BUSHIRE UNDER BRITISH OCCUPATION (overprint on stamps of Iran): Bushire (1915).
BUSSAHIR: India- Bussahir (1896-1901).
BUU-CHINH: Vietnam.

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c (preceded by numeral of value with Japanese characters): Ryukyu Islands.
C (overprint): Paraguay [Compana].
C. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Customs].
CABO (overprint): Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios, used to prevent currency manipulation (1904-9).
CABO JUBI (overprint on stamps of Rio de Oro): Cape Juby (1916).
CABO JUBY (overprint on stamps of Spain): Cape Juby (1919-33).
CABO JUBY (overprint on stamps of Spanish Morocco): Cape Juby (1934-48).
CABO VERDE: Cape Verde.
CACHES (overprint on France and French Colonies postage dues): French India, postage dues.
CADIZ VIVA ESPANOL (overprint): Spain- revolutionary Cadiz issues.
C.CH. (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Cochin China.
C. D. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Convict Department].
C. DE PESO (currency): Philippines.
CADIZ (overprint on stamps of Spain): Cadiz (revolutionary period- 1936).
CAISSE d?AMORTISSEMENT: France, semipostals.
CALCHI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1930).
CALIMNO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calimno.
CAMBODGE: Cambodia.
CAMEROONS U.K.T.T. (overprint on stamps of Nigeria): Cameroons (1960-1) [United Kingdom Trust Territory].
CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of French Congo): Cameroun (1915-25).
CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of Gabon): Cameroun (1915-25).
CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of Middle Congo): Cameroun (1915-25).
CAMPACHE: Mexico- Campache (1876).
CAMPANA CONTRA EL PALADISMO: Mexico, anti-malaria campaign.
CAMPIONARIA OE TRIPOLI: Tripolitania, Libya.
CAMPIONE D?ITALIA: Italy- Campione d?Italia (1944).
CANADRIN (currency): China (pre-1897).
CANAL ZONE (overprint on stamps of Panama): Canal Zone.
CANAL ZONE (overprint on stamps of U.S.): Canal Zone.
CANARIAS (overprint): Spain- Canary Islands (1936-7).
CANARO (overprint): Fiume- Italian occupation of Arbe and Veglia.
CANCELLED V-R-I (overprint): Transvaal- second British occupation- Wolmaranstad (1900).
CANTON (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Canton (1901-23).
CANTONAL TAXE: Switzerland- Zurich.
CAPO VERDE: Cape Verde.
CARCHI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1932).
CARITAS (surcharge): Luxembourg, semipostals [Charity].
CARNARO (overprint): Fiume (1920).
CARTILLA POSTAL DE ESPANA: Spain, franchise stamps.
CARUPANO: Venezuela- Carupano (1902).
CASA DE CORREOS (overprint): Ecuador, postal tax for new post office building fund.
CASO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Caso (1913).
CASTELORISO (overprint on stamps of France): Castellorizo (1920).
CASTELORIZO (overprint on stamps of France- Offices in Turkey): Castellorizo (1920).
CASTELROSSO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Castellorizo (1922-32).
CAUCA: Colombia- Cauca (1879-83, 1903).
CAVALLE: France- Offices in Turkey- Cavalle (1893-03).
CAVE (overprint): Ceylon, private merchant?s mark to discourage pilfering.
C.C.C.P.: Russia [USSR].
C. BEN. R. (overprint): Ecuador- Guayas, validation mark of governor?s initials [Carlos Benjamin Rosales].
C. CH: Cochin China.
C DPTO ZELAYA (overprint): Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios district to prevent currency manipulation.
CECHY A MORAVA: Czechoslovakia- Bohemia and Moravia.
C.E.F. (overprint): Cameroons (1915) [Cameroons Expeditionary Force].
C.E.F. (overprint): India- China Expeditionary Force (1900-21).
CEFOLONIA E ITACA (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation (1941).
CENT(S) (currency overprint): Russia- Offices in China (1901-22).
CENTENARIO DE S. ANTONIO INHAMBANR MDCCCXCV: (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Inhambane (1895) [Centenary of St. Anthony].
CENTAVO(S) (currency): South and Central American countries.
CENTENAIRE ALGERIE: France (1929).
CENTENAIRE DU GABON: French Equatorial Africa (1938).
CENTESIMI (currency): Italy, Italian Colonies
CENTESIMI (currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Italy- Austrian occupation (1918).
CENTESIMI (currency overprint on stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina): Italy- Austrian occupation, postage dues and special deliveries (1918).
CENTESIMI DI CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Austrian occupation (1919).
CENTESIMI DI CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Dalmatia (1921-22).
CENTESIMO(S) (currency): Italy, Uruguay.
CENTIMES (currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Offices in Crete (1903-7).
CENTIMES (currency overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in Turkey (1908).
CENTIMOS (currency- no country name): Spain.
CENTIMOS (currency- overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Morocco (1891-1910).
CERIGO (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- fraudulent issue.
CERRADO Y SELLADO: Mexico, official seals.
CERTIFICADO: Spanish language countries [Registered].
CERVANTES: Spain, officials (1916).
CESKOSLOVEN VOJSKO NA RUSI: Czechoslovakia, Sibarian Army Post.
CESKOSLOVENSKA: Czechoslovakia.
CESKOSLOVENSKE ARMADY SIBERSKE: Czechoslovakia, Sibarian Army Post.
CESKOSLOVENSKO: Czechoslovakia.
CESKO-SLOVENSKO: Czechoslovakia- Slovakia (1939).
CFA (overprint on stamps of France): Reunion [Communaute Francaise d?Afrique].
C.G.H.S. (overprint on stamps of Germany): Upper Silesia, officials (1920-22).
CH (currency- followed by oriental characters): Korea.
CHALA: Peru- Chala- Chilean occupation (1884).
CHAMBA: India- Chamba.
CHARKHARI: India- Charkhari (1894-1945).
CHARLEROI 1911 (overprint): Belgium, semipostal.
CHEMINS DE FER: Belgium, parcel posts.
CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN: Belgium, parcel posts.
CHIFFRE TAX (no country name on perforated stamps): France, postage dues.
CHIFFRE TAX (no country name on imperforated stamps): French Colonies, postage dues.
CHIHUAHUA: Mexico- Chihuahua provisionals (1872).
CHIMBORAZO RIOBAMBA (overprint): Ecuador- Chimborazo (1902).
CHINA (overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in China (1898-1913).
CHINA (overprint on stamps of Hong Kong): Great Britain- Offices in China (1917-27).
CHINE (overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in China (1894-1922).
CHINESE IMPERIAL POST: China (1898-1912).
CHRISTMAS ISLAND (overprint on stamps of Australia): Christmas Island (1958-62).
CH TAXE O.M.F. SYRIE (overprint): Syria, postage dues.
C.I.C.I. (overprint): Portugal, franchise stamps (1933) [Congress of the Int. Colonial Institute].
CIERRO OFICIAL: Chile or El Salvador, official seals.
C.I.H.S. (overprint on stamps of Germany): Upper Silesia, officials (1920) [Commission Interalliee Haute Silesie].
CINQUANTENAlRE 24 SEPTEMBRE 1853-1903 (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): New Caledonia, postage dues (1903).
CIRENAICA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Cyrenaica.
CIRENAICA (overprint on stamps of Tripolitania): Cyrenaica, airmails (1932).
C.I.S. (overprint): Schleswig, officials [Commission Interallie Slesvig].
C. L. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Crown Lands].
C.M.T. (overprint on stamps of Austria): Western Ukraine- Romanian occupation- Pokutia (1919) [Compana Militaire Timbru (military campaign stamp)].
CN (currency): Korea.
C. O. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commisariat Officer].
COAMO: Puerto Rico- Coamo- U.S. Administration (1898).
COCHIN: India- Cochin (1892-1949).
COCHIN ANCHAL: India- Cochin (1892-1949).
CO.CI. (overprint): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- Italian occupation (1941).
COLIS POSTAL: parcel posts [Postal Packages].
COLIS POSTAL (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.
COLIS POSTAUX (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.
COLIS POSTEAU (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.
COLOMBIA (on stamp of Panama with map): Panama, Colombian dominion (1887-97).
COLON: Chile [Colombus].
COLONIA DE RIO DE ORO: Rio de Oro [Colony of Gold River].
COLONIA ERITREA: Eritrea.
COLONIA ERITREA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Eritrea (1892-1928).
COLONIALI ITALIANE: Italian Colonies.
COLONIE ITALIANE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italian Colonies (1932).
COLONIES DE L?EMPIRE FRANCAIS: French Colonies (1859-65) [Colonies of the French Empire].
COLONIES POSTES: French Colonies (1881-6).
COMITE FRANCAIS DE LA LIBERATION NATIONAL: French Colonies, semipostals (1943).
COMISSAO PORTUGUESA DE PRISONEIROS DE GUERRA (overprint): Portugal, franchise stamps for use by members of the military commission in charge of prisoners of war.
COMITE FRANCAIS: French Colonies, semipostals.
COMMISSION DE CONTROLE PROVISOIRE KORKA: Albania.
COMMISSION DE GOUVERNEMENT HAUTE SILESIE: Upper Silesia.
COMMISSION FUR RUCKBRIEF: German States- Bavaria, return letter stamps.
COMMISSION INTERALLIEE MARIENWERDER: Marienwerder.
COMMUNICACIONES: Spain.
COMORES: Comoro Islands.
COMP A DE MOZAMBIQUE (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Mozambique Company (1892).
COMPANHIA DE MOZAMBIOUE: Mozambique Company.
COMPANHIA DO NYASSA: Nyassa (1921-23).
COMPANIA COLOMBIANA: Colombia, airmails (1920).
COMPLEMENTARIO: Mexico, postage dues [To Complete].
COMUNE DI CAMPIONE: Italy- Swiss enclave (1944).
COMUNICACIONES: Spain (1870-99).
CONFED. GRANADINA: Colombia- Grenadine Confederation.
CONFEDERATE STATES or CONFEDERATED STATES: United States- Confederate States.
CONFEODERATIO HELVETICA: Switzerland.
CONF?ON ARGENTINA: Argentina (1858-60).
CONG HOA MIEN NAM VIET NAM: National Front for the liberation of South Vietnam.
CONGO (with Portuguese inscriptions): Portuguese Congo.
CONGO BELGE: Belgian Congo (1908-10).
CONGO FRANCAIS: French Congo.
CONGO FRANCAIS GABON: Gabon (1910).
CONGRATULATIONS FALL OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR 1942 (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation.
CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS: Spain, officials (1896-8) [Congress of Deputies].
CONSEIL DE L?EUROPE: France- Council of Europe, officials.
CONSTANTINOPLE (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1909-10).
CONSTANTINOPOL (overprint): Romania- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1919).
CONSTITUENTE FIUMANA 24-IV-1921 (with 1922 added overprint on stamps of Fiume): Fiume semipostals changed for ordinary use.
CONSTRUCCION (overprint): Guatemala, postal tax stamps.
CONSUMPTIVE HOMES: New South Wales, semipostals.
CONTRA LA FAIM (overprint on stamps of Rwanda): Ruanda-Urundi [Against Hunger].
CONTRAMARCA (overprint): Ecuador, believed bogus (1899-1901) [Countersigned].
CONTRA SELLO (overprint): El Salvador, prevent use of stolen unmarked stamps (1874) [Countersigned].
CONTRASENA- ESTAMPILLAS DE CORREO (overprint): Venezuela (1874-80) [Countersigned- Postage Stamps].
COO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Coo (1930-32).
COOK ISLANDS or IS?DS (overprint on stamps of New Zealand): Cook Islands (1936-46).
COOK ISANDS - NIUE: Niue.
CORDOBA: Argentina- Cordoba (1858).
COREA: Korea (1884-94).
COREE: Korea, on stamps printed in Paris (1902-3).
CORFU (overprint on stamps of Greece): Corfu- Italian occupation (1941).
CORFU (overprint on stamps of Italy): Corfu- Italian occupation (1923).
CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Austria- Italian occupation (1919), Dalmatia (1919-22).
CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE FRANCO-ANGLAIS CAMEROON (overprint): Gabon- French-British occupation of Cameroons.
CORREGIDOR MANILA: Philippines: Japanese occupation.
CORREIO(S) (no country name): Portugal (1853-65) [Postage].
CORREO AEREO (no country name): Spain [Air Mail].
CORREO AEREO: Spanish language countries [Air Mail].
CORREO ESPANOL MARRUECOS (overprint on stamps of Spain): Spanish Morocco (1903-10).
CORREO ESPANOL TANGER: Spanish Morocco- Tangier, semipostals (1926).
CORREO URCENTE: Spain, special delivery.
CORREOS (no country name) denominations in CUARTOS, REALES, CS or CTOS: Spain.
CORREOS (no country name) denominated REAL: Dominican Republic.
CORREOS (no country name): Cuba, Peru, Philippines, Dominican Republic or Spain.
CORREOS DE COLOMBIA: Colombia.
CORREIOS E TELEGRAPHOS: Portugal [Posts and Telegraphs].
CORREOS FONOPOSTAL: Argentina, recorded message stamps (1939).
CORREOS FRANCO (with queen or arms): Spain (1852-4) [Free Mail].
CORREOS GUIRIA (overprint): Venezuela- Marino, control mark on locals (1903).
CORREOS INTERIOR: Philippines (1859-63) [Inland Postage].
CORREOS MEXICO GOBIERNO REVOLUCIONARIO: Mexico- Yucatan (1924).
CORREOS MATURIN (overprint): Venezuela- Maturin, control mark on locals (1903).
CORREOS NACIONALES: Colombia (1859-86) [National Post Office].
CORREOS NALES: Colombia (1859-86) [National Post Office].
CORREOS OAXACA: Mexico- Oaxaca.
CORREOS- RL.: Spain (1864).
CORREOS- RL PLATA F.: Cuba, Puerto Rico (1855-66) [Real Plata Fuerte (silver real based)].
CORREOS Y TELEGEOS: Spain (1879).
CORREOS Y TELEGs: Spain (1879).
CORREOS URBANO DE BOGOTA: Colombia- Bogota [Bogota City Post Office].
CORREOS URBANO MEDELLIN: Colombia- Medellin [Medellin City Post Office].
CORREOS YRAPA (overprint): Venezuela- Marina, control mark on locals (1903).
CORREO URGENTE: Spanish language countries, special delivery.
CORRESPONDENCIA A DEBE: Panama, postage dues [Correspondence With Payment Due].
CORRESPONDENCIA OFICIAL: Mexico, officials [Official Correspondence].
CORRESPONDENCIA URCENTE: Spain, special delivery [Urgent Correspondence].
CORRIENTE (overprint): El Salvador, convert officials to ordinary postage (1918).
CORRIENTES: Argentina- Corrientes (1856-78).
COS (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Coo (1912-22).
COSTA ATLANTICA B.: Nicaragua- Province of Zelaya (1907).
COSTA ATLANTICA C.: Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios (1907).
COSTANTINOPOLI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1909-23).
COSTITUENTE FIUMANA- 24.IV.1921 (overprint): Fiume (1921).
COTE DE SOMALIS: Somali Coast.
COTE FRANCAIS DES SOMALIS: Somali Coast.
COTE D'IVOIRE: Ivory Coast.
COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE: Netherlands- Int. Court of Justice, officials.
COUR PERMANENTE DE JUSTICE INTERNATIONALE: Netherlands- Int. Court of Justice, officials.
C. P. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commissioner of Police].
C.P. (overprint): Ivory Coast, parcel posts [Colis Postaux].
CPbCKA: Serbia.
CPБA XPBATA И CЛOBEHЧA (overprint): Yugoslavia- Bosnia, semipostals.
CPБИJA: Serbia, newspaper stamps.
CPБИJA C. ДИHAPA: Serbia- German occupation.
CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA: Italy and San Marion, semipostals [Italian Red Cross].
CROISSANT ROUGE TURC: Turkey, semipostals [Turkish Red Crescent].
CROIX ROUGE: French language countries, mostly semipostals [Red Cross].
CROIX ROUGE HAITIENNE: Haiti, airmails (1945) [Haitian Red Cross].
CRUZ ROJA HONDURENA: Honduras, postal tax stamps. [Honduran Red Cross].
CRUZ VERMELHA PORTUGUESA: Portugal, Red Cross franchise stamps [Portuguese Red Cross].
CRVENI KRST (overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia, Offices Abroad, semipostals.
CS (overprint): Hungary, parcel posts [weight].
C. S. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Chief Secretary].
C.S.A. POSTAGE: United States- Confederate States.
CS. DE PESO (currency): Philippines.
C. SGN. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Colonial Surgeon].
CSOMAG (overprint): Hungary, parcel posts [weight].
CT.: Bulgaria.
C. T. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commissioner of Titles].
CTOT.: Bulgaria.
CTOTNHKN: Bulgaria.
CUAUTLA: Mexico- Cuautla (1867).
CUBA (overprints on stamps of U.S.): Cuba, U.S. Administration (1899).
CUCUTA: Colombia- Cucuta (1907-7).
CUNDINAMARCA: Colombia- Cundinamarca.
CUERNAVACA: Mexico- Cuernavaca (1867).
CUNDINAMARCA: Colombia- Cundinamarca (1870-1904).
CURACAO: Netherlands Antilles (1873-1948).
CUZCO (overprints on stamps of Peru or Arequipa): Peru- Cuzco- Chilean occupation (1882-4).
C.X.C. (overprints on Bosnia Herzegovina): Yugoslavia- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1918).
CYPRUS (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Cyprus (1880-1).

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d (pence) currency, preceded by a numeral, on stamp with king/queen's head, no country name: Great Britain
D (currency- dinar, on stamp with Arabic writing): Iran.
DAI NIPPON 2602? (overprint on stamps of Malaya/States): Malaya- Japanese occupation [Empire of Japan].
D. B. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Destitute Board].
DANMARK: Denmark.
DANSK-VESTINDIEN: Danish West Indies.
DANSK-VESTINDISKE: Danish West Indies.
DANZIG (overprint on stamps of Germany): Danzig (1920-3).
DARDANELLES (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1910).
DATIA: India- Datia (1897).
D.B.L. (overprint in script letters on stamps of Russia): Far Eastern Republic (1920).
D.B.L. (with additional overprint of three bars): Siberia.
D B P (overprint in script letters on stamps of Russia): Far Eastern Republic (1920).
DDR: German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
DE (overprint on stamps of Ecuador): Ecuador- Tunguraugua.
DECRETO DE 27 JUNI?O 1870 (overprint on Escuelas stamps): Venezuela.
D. de A.: Colombia- Antioquia (1868-1904) [Department of Antioquia].
DEDEAGH: France- Offices in Turkey- Dedeagh (1893-1903).
DEFENSA NACIONAL: Ecuador, postal tax stamps [National Defense].
DEFICIENCIA DE FRANQUEO: Ecuador, postage dues.
DEFICIENTE: Ecuador, Nicaragua, postage dues.
DEFICIT: Peru, postage dues.
DELEGACOES: Portugal, Red Cross franchise stamps (1926- Lisbon, 1936 elsewhere).
DE LEON (overprint): Ecuador, control mark to prevent unmarked use (1902)
DEL GOLFO DE GUINEA: Spanish Guinea.
DEN WAISEN SIROTAM (overprint on stamps of Italy): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- German occupation (1944).
DE OFICIO (overprint on stamps of Peru or El Salvador): Peru or El Salvador, officials.
DEPARTMENTO DEL TOLIMA: Colombia- Tolima.
DEPT. OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Hawaii, officials.
DERECHO JUDICIAL: Philippines revenues, suitably re-overprinted as postage provisionals (1880-90) [Judicature Fees].
DERECHOS DE FIRMA: Philippines revenues, suitably re-overprinted as postage provisionals (1880-90) [Documents Fee].
DEUTECHOSTERREICH: Austria.
DEUTSCH NEU-GUINEA: German New Guinea.
DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA: German East Africa.
DEUTSCH OESTR. POSTVEREIN: German States- Baden, Wurtemberg, Thurin and Taxis [German-Austrian Postal Union].
DEUTSCH SUDWESTAFRIKA: German South West Africa.
DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST: Germany- German Federal Republic (West Germany).
DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK: German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
DEUTSCHE FELDPOST: Germany, military parcel post stamps [German Fieldpost].
DEUTSCHE MILITAER-VERWALTUNG MONTENEGRO (overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Montenegro- German occupation (1943).
DEUTSCHE POFT: Germany.
DEUTSCHE POST: Germany.
DEUTSCHE POST OSTEN (overprint): Poland- German occupation (1939).
DEUTSCHE REICHSPOST: Germany [German Imperial Post].
DEUTSCHES REICH: Germany [German Empire].
DEUTSCHES REICH GENERALGOUVERNEMENT: Poland- German occupation (1941-44).
DHAR: India ?Dhar (1898-1901).
DIEGO-SUAREZ (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Diego-Suarez (1892-6).
DIENST: German language countries, officials [Service].
DIENST (overprint on stamps of Netherlands): Netherlands Indies, officials (1911) [Service].
DIENSTMARKE: Germany, Bavaria, Prussia, Danzig or Saar, officials.
DIENSTSACHE: Luxemberg, official stamps.
DIENST SACHE: German States- Wurttemberg, official stamps.
DILIGENCIA: Uruguay (1856-7) [Stagecoach].
DINAR(S) (currency): Iran.
DINERO (currency- no country name): Peru (1858-72).
DIOS PATRIA LIBERTAD: Dominican Republic [God, Fatherland, Liberty].
DIOS, PATRIA, REY: Spain- Carlist issues (1874) [God, Fatherland, King].
DIOS, UNION Y LIBERTAD: Honduras (1865) [God, Union and Liberty].
DISTRICTO (overprint on stamps of Arequipa): Peru- Cuzco (1881-5).
DIWI RUBLI (overprint): Latvia, 2 rubles.
DJ (overprint on stamps of Obock): Somali Coast (1894-1902).
DJIBOUTI: Somali Coast.
DJIBOUTI (overprint on stamps of Obock): Somali Coast (1894-1902).
D.L.O.: US, dead letter office.
DM (currency overprint): Danzig, officials [Dienst Marke].
DOLLAR (currency overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in China (1917).
DOPLATA: Central Lithuania, Poland, postage dues.
DOPLATIT (no country name): Czechoslovakia, postage dues.
DOPLATNE (no country name): Czechoslovakia, postage dues.
D. P. (overprint): Hong Kong, private overprint by newspaper firm to prevent misuse [Daily Press].
D. R. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Deed Registry].
DPRK: North Korea (1977-present).
DRIJVENDE BRANDKAST: Netherlands and Indies, marine insurance stamps [Floating Safe].
DRZAVA: Yugoslavia- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1918).
DUC. DI PARMA: Italian States- Parma.
DUITSCH OOST AFRIKA BELGISCHE BEZETTING (overprint on stamps of Congo): German East Africa- Belgian occupation (1916-22).
DURAZZO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Durazzo (1909-16).
DUTTIA: India- Duttia (1893-1921).

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E (overprint on stamps of Bavaria): German States- Bavaria, officials [Eisenbahn (railway)].
E. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Engineer].
EA (overprint on stamps of ): Algeria.
E.A.F. (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): East Africa Force (1943-6), Somalia [East Africa Force].
E. B. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Education Board].
ECUADOR (overprint on stamps of Colombia airmails): Ecuador (1928-9).
EAST AFRICA & UGANDA PROTECTORATES (crown and C.A. wmk): East Africa & Uganda.
EAST AFRICA & UGANDA PROTECTORATES (crown and script C.A. wmk): Uganda & Tanzania.
EAST INDIA POSTAGE: India.
EAST INDIA POSTAGE (overprint with crown and new denominations): Straits Settlements.
E. Δ. (overprint): Cilicia- Greek occupation.
E. Δ. Δ. (overprint): Greece- Dodecanese Islands.
EDIFICIOS POSTALES (overprint): El Salvador, postal tax stamps.
EДИHAЯ POCCIЯ: South Russia- Denekin issues.
E.E.F.: Palestine, British occupation (1918) [Egyptian Expeditionary Force].
EENDRAGT MAAKT MAGT.: South African Republic [Union Makes Strength].
EESTI: Estonia.
EESTI POST VIRUMMA: Estonia- Bolshevist occupation- Virumma, bogus issue (1918-19).
EE.UU. DE C.: Colombia- Tolima (1870).
EE. UU. DE COLOMBIA: Colombia (1886).
EE. UU. DE VENEZUELA: Venezuela.
EFO 1915 (overprint): French Polynesia (1915) [Etablissments Francaises de l?Oceanie (French Oceanic Settlements)].
EFTERPORTO: Danish West Indies, postage dues [Postage to Pay].
EGEO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands.
EGYKRAJCZAR: Hungary [One Kreuzer].
EGYPTE: Egypt.
EGYPTIENNES: Egypt.
EINSCHREIBEN: German language countries [Registered].
EINZUZIEHEN: Danzig, postage dues.
EIRE: Ireland.
EJERCITO CONSTITUCIONALISTA: Mexico, revenues provisionally used as postage (1923) [Constitutional Army].
EJERCITO RENOVADOR: Mexico- Sinaloa revenue (1923).
EL PARLAMENTO A CERVANTES: Spain, official stamps (1916).
ELSAS (overprint on stamps of Germany): France- German Occupation- Elsase (1940).
EL SALVADOR: Salvador.
ELUA KENETA: Hawaii (1861-93).
EKΘECIC: Greece- Salonika, postal tax stamps.
EΛAHNIKH: Greece.
EΛΛAC: Greece.
EΛΛAΣ: Greece.
EΛΛ. AYOTON HПEIPOΣ: Epirus.
EΛΛ. ΔIOIK. KIOYMOY-ΛTZINAΣ (overprint on stamps of Greece): Thrace- Greek occupation.
EΛΛHNIKH-ΔIOKHCIC (overprint): Greece- use in North Epirus (Albania) (1940).
EΛΛHNIKH-ΔIOKHΣIΣ (overprint): Greece- Turkish occupation (1912-13).
EΛΛHNIKH-XEMAPPA (overprint on stamps of Greece): Epirus- Chimarra issue.
EMP. OTTOMAN: Turkey (1876-92), or Eastern Rumelia.
EMPIRE FRANC: France.
EMPIRE FRANCE: France (1853-71) or French Colonies (1871-2).
EMPIRE FRANCAISE: France (1853-71) or French Colonies (1871-2).
ENAPIOMON: Greece, postage dues.
ENCOMENDES POSTAIS: Portuguese language countries [Parcel Post].
ENCOMIENDA: Uruguay, parcel posts.
ENTREGA ESPECIAL: Cuba and Dominican Republic, special deliveries.
ENTREGA IMMEDIATA: Cuba, special deliveries (1910-4) [Immediate Delivery].
EONIKH: Greece, tax stamps (1914).
EO. SO.: Colombia [Estado Soberano (sovereign state)].
EПEIPO (overprint): Epirus.
EPMAKb: South Russia- Don issues.
EPMPKb: South Russia (1919).
EQUATEUR: Ecuador.
E.R. (with Queen Elizabeth's head): Great Britain (1952-67).
E.R.I. (overprint): Transvaal [Edward Rex Imperator].
ERITREA (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Eritrea (1948-51).
ERSTE K.K. PR. DONAU DAMPFSCHIFFAHRT GESELLSCHAFT: Danube Steam Navigation Company.
E.S. (overprint): Mexico- Sonora (1914-5).
ESC. (currency): Spain [Escudos].
ESCUDO DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE MANAGUA: Nicaragua, officials (1905) [Shield of the Department of Managua].
ESCUELAS: Venezuela, fiscals used as postage (1871-95) [Schools].
E.S. DE ANTIOQUIA: Colombia- Antioquia [Estado Soberano (sovereign state)].
E.S. DE PANAMA: Panama [Estado Soberano (sovereign state)].
ESPANA: Spain.
ESPANA FRANQUEO: Spain, Carlist issues (1874-5).
ESPANA SAHARA: Spanish Sahara.
ESPANA VALENCIA: Spain- Valencia, Carlist issues (1874-5).
ESPANOLA: Spain.
ESPRESSO: Italy, domestic express mail [Express].
ESTADO(S): Spanish language countries [State(s)].
ESTADO DA INDIA: Portuguese India (1946-62).
ESTADO DE NICARAGUA: Nicaragua.
ESTADO ESPANOL: Spain.
ESTADO GUAYANA: Venezuela- Guayana.
ESTADO S. DEL TOLIMA: Colombia- Tolima.
ESTADO SOBERANO DE BOLIVAR: Colombia- Bolivar [Sovereign State of Bolivar].
ESTADO SOBERANO DE SANTANDER: Colombia- Santander [Sovereign State of Santander].
ESTADOS UNIDA DE NUEVA GRANADA: Colombia- New Granada (1861).
ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL: Brazil [United States of Brazil].
EST AFRICAIN ALLEMAND OCCUPATION BELGE (overprint on stamps of Congo): German East Africa, Belgian occupation (1916-22).
ESTERO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices Abroad, general issue (1874-85) [Foreign].
E.T.: French language countries [State].
ETABLISSEMENTS DANS L'INDIE: French India (1892-1907).
ETABLISSEMENTS DE L'INDIE: French India (1892-1907).
ETABLISSEMENTS DE L'OCEANIE: French Polynesia.
ETABLISSEMENTS FRANCAIS DANS L?INDE: French India (1892-1907).
ETAT: French language countries [State].
ETAT DU CAMEROUN: Cameroun.
ETAT DU INCHI YA KATANGA: Province of Katanga.
ETAT FRANCAIS: France- Gernman occupation (1940-4).
ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO: Congo (1886-1908).
ETHOPIA: Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia).
ETHIOPIE: Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia).
ETHIOPIENNES: Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia).
ETIOPIA: Ethiopia, Italian occupation (1936).
EΘNIKA ПEPIΘAΛΨIΣ: Greece, postal tax stamps.
ETS. FRANCS. DE L'OCEANIE: French Polynesia.
E.U. DE COLOMBIA: Colombia.
E.U. DO BRAZIL: Brazil.
EUPEN (overprint): Germany- Belgian occupation (1920-1).
EUPEN & MALMEDY (overprint): Germany- Belgian occupation (1920-1).
EXPED. SCIENT? (with oriental characters): China.
EXPERIMENTO POSTA AERO? (overprint): Italy, air mail special delivery (1917).
EXPOSICION DE BARCELONA: Spain (1929-30).
EXPOSICION GENERAL ESPANOLA: Spain.
EXPOSICION GRAL SEVILLA BARCELONA: Spain.
EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE PARIS 1931 (no colony name): France.
EXPOSITION INDUSTRIELLE DAMAS 1929: Syria.
EXPRES: many languages [special delivery].
EXPRESO: many languages [special delivery].
EXPRESSO : Italian and Portuguese languages [special delivery].
EXTERIOR (with design of Mercury): Uruguay, parcel posts.

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FACTAJ (overprint): Romania, parcel posts (1928).
FARDOS POSTALES: El Salvador, parcel posts.
FARDOS POSTALES (overprint): Italy- Italian Social Republic, parcel posts.
FARIDKOT: India- Faridkot (1887-1901).
FDO. POO: Fernando Po (1897-9).
FEDERACION VENEZOLANA: Venezuela.
FEDERATA DEMOKRATIKE MDERKOMETORE: Albania.
FEDERATED MALAY STATES: Malaya (1900-35).
FEDERATION DU MALI: Mali.
FEDERATION OF MALAYA: Malaysia.
FEDERATION OF SOUTH ARABIA: South Arabia, formerly Aden and western protectorates (1963).
FELDPOST (overprint): Germany, military stamps (1944).
FELDPOST 2kg. (overprint): Germany, military parcel posts (max. 2 kg, in weight).
FEN (currency): Manchukuo.
FEN: (currency overprint with Poczta Polska): Poland (1918) [Fenigy].
FESTAD DE CIUDADE LISBOA: Portuguese and Azores postal tax stamps [Lisbon City Festival].
FEZZAN: Libya- French occupation (1943-5).
FEZZAN GHADAMES: Libya- French occupation (1943-5).
FIERA CAMPIONARI TRIPOLI: Libya (1934).
FIERA DI TRIESTE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Trieste (1950-53).
FIJI TIMES EXPRESS: Fiji, privately issued stamps prior to 1871.
FILIP?AS: Philippines.
FILIPAS IMPRESOS: Philippines- newspaper stamps.
FILIPINAS: Philippines.
FILLER (currency): Hungary.
FILS (currency, no country name): Iran or Jordan.
FIUME (overprint on stamps of Hungary): Fiume (1918-9).
FLUCHTLINGSHILFE MONTENEGRO (overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Montenegro, German Occupation semipostals (1944).
FLUGFRIMERKI: Iceland, airmails.
FLUGPOST: German Language countries [airmails].
F.M. (overprint): France, military stamps [Franchise Militaire].
FN (currency): Manchukuo.
F.N.F.L. (overprint on stamps of French colonies): Free French Naval Forces (1940-5) [Forces Navales Francaises Libres].
FOMENTO-AERO-COMMUNICACIONES (overprint): Ecuador, air mail postal tax stamps.
FONDUL AVIETIEI: Romania, postal tax stamps.
FONO FOU 1958 SAMOA I SISIFU: Western Samoa (1958).
FORCES FRANCAISE LIBRES LEVANT (overprint): Syria, French military stamps.
F?OYAR: Faroe Islands.
FR: French language countries [France].
FR. (overprint on stamps of Mauritania): French West Africa (1943-4).
FR. (overprint on stamps of Senegal): French West Africa (1943-4).
FRANC (currency): France and colonies.
FRANCA (overprint): Peru- Franca- Chilean occupation.
FRANCAIS: French language countries [France].
FRANCAISE: French language countries [France].
FRANCE D'OUTRE-MER: French Colonies, semipostals (1943).
FRANCO: Philippines, Spain, Switzerland.
FRANCO (overprint): Uruguay, officials.
FRANCO BOLLO (with no country name on perforated stamps): Italy or Italian States [Free Stamp].
FRANCO BOLLO (with no country name on imperforated stamps): Sardinia [Free Stamp].
FRANCOBOLO DI STATO: Italy, official stamps [Free Stamp of the State].
FRANCO BOLLO GIORNALI STAMPE: Italy and Sardinia, newspaper stamps.
FRANCO BOLLO POSTALE (with denominations in BAJ, SCUDO, CENTESIMI): Roman States.
FRANCOBOLLO POSTALE PER GIORNALI: Fiume, newspaper stamps.
FRANCOBOLLO POSTALE ROMAGNE: Italian States- Romagne.
FRANCOBOLLO POSTALE TOSCANO: Italian States- Tuscany.
FRANCOBOLLO PROVINCIE MODONES: Italian States- Modena.
FRANCO MARKE: German States- Bremen (1856-60) [Free Stamp].
FRANCO POSTE BOLLO: Italian States- Naples, Two Sicilies.
FRANCO SCRISOREI: Romania- Moldovia-Walachia (1862-3) [Free Stamp for Letter].
FRANCO 6 Cts. CORREOS: Spain.
FRANK: Albania.
FRANKEER ZEGEL 2 ? CENT (currency overprint on fiscal stamps): Surinam, postally valid.
FRANKEER ZEGEL 2 ? CENT (currency overprint on marine insurance stamps of Netherlands): Curacao, postally valid.
FRANQUEO DEFICIENTE: Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, postage dues.
FRANQUEO ESPANA: Spain, Carlist issues (1874-50) [Spanish Postage].
FRANQUEO IMPRESOS: Spain, newspaper stamps.
FRANQUEO OFICIAL: Spanish language countries, officials [Official Postage].
FRANQUICIA POSTAL: Spain, franchise stamps (1881) [Immune from Postal Tax].
FREI DURCH ABLOSUNG Nr.16: Germany, local officials used Baden (1903-5) [Free Through Redemption].
FREI DURCH ABLOSUNG NR.21: Germany, local officials used in Prussia (1903-5) [Free Through Redemption].
FREIE STADT DANZIG: Danzig [Free City of Danzig].
FREIMARKE (no country name): German States- Baden, Prussia, Thurn & Taxis, Wurttemberg [Free Stamp].
FREISTAAT BAYERN (overprint on stamps of Germany): Bavaria (1919-20).
FRIMARKE: Denmark, Norway, Sweden [Free Stamp].
FRIMAERKE KGL POST: Denmark (1851).
FRIMAERKE LOKALBREF: Sweden- Stockholm local (1856) [Free Stamp for Local Letters].
FRIMERKE: Iceland [Free Stamp].
FT (currency): Hungary [Forint].
FUERSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN: Liechtenstein.
FURSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN: Liechtenstein.

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G (overprint on stamps of Cape of Good Hope): Griqualand West (1877-80).
G (overprint): Canada, officials.
G & D: (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Guadeloupe [Guadeloupe and Dependencies].
GAB (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Gabon (1886-89).
GABON (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Gabon (1889).
GARCH: Saudi Arabia (1929-30).
GARZON: Colombia- Tolima (1894).
G. & D. (overprint on stamps of Guadeloupe): Guadaloupe (1903-4).
G C (overprint): Mexico- Acambaro [Gobierno Constitutionalista (Constitutional Government)]. Mexico].
G C M (overprint on stamps of Mexico- Oaxaca and Sonora): Mexico- Oaxaca and Sonora, revenues [Gobierno Constitutionalista Mexico (Constitutional Government of Mexico)].
G. D. DE LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg (1859-1882) [Grand Duchy of Luxembourg].
GD LIBAN (overprint on stamps of France): Lebanon.
GD-OT (overprint): Czechoslovakia- Bohemia and Moravia, newspaper stamps used by commercial firms.
G.E.A. (overprint on stamps of East Africa & Uganda): German East Africa- British occupation (1917).
G.E.A. (overprint on stamps of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika): Tanganyika (1921-2).
GEBYR (overprint): Denmark, late fee.
GEBYRMAERKE: Denmark, late fee.
GENERAL GOUVERNEMENT: Poland, German occupation (1940-4).
GEN-GOUV. WARSCHAU (overprint on stamps of Germany): Poland- German occupation (1916-7).
GENEVE: Switzerland- Geneva (1843-9).
GEORGIE: Georgia (1919).
GEORGIENNE: Georgia (1920).
GERUSALEMME (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Jerusalem.
GERUSALEMME (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Jerusalem (1909-11).
G et D: (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Guadeloupe (1903-4) [Guadeloupe et Dependances].
G. F. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Gold Fields].
G.F.B. (overprint): Tonga, officials [Gaue Faka Buleaga (On Government Service)].
GHADAMES TERRITOIRES MILITAIRE: Libya, French occupation (1949).
GIORNALI STAMPE: Italian States-Sardinia, newspaper stamps (1861).
GHANA INDEPENDENCE 6^th MARCH 1957 (overprint on stamps of Gold Coast): Ghana (1961).
GIBRALTAR (overprint on stamps of Bermuda): Gibraltar.
GILBERT & ELLICE PROTECTORATE (overprint on stamps of Fiji): Gilbert and Ellice Island Protectorate.
GIORNALI STAMPE: Italian States- Sardinia, newspaper stamps [Printed Newspapers].
GL. O. A. 7 FEV. 1914 (overprint): Haiti, for General Oreste Zamor, future president (1914).
GOB. CONS(T). (overprint): Mexico- Cuanajuanta- Nueva Leon (1914) [Gobierno Constitucionalista (Constitutional Government)].
GOBIERNO (overprint): Peru, officials [Government].
GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA MEXICO: Mexico- Sonora revenues.
GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA MEXICO (overprint): Mexico- Oaxaca revenues.
GOBIERNO REVOLUCIONARIO: Mexico- Yucutan revenues.
GOLFE DE BENIN: Benin.
GOLFE DE GUINEA: Spanish Guinea (1907-49).
GORNY SLASK: Upper Silesia- unrecognized locals of Polish origin for towns of Beuthen, Kattowitz and Gleiwtz.
GOURDE (currency): Haiti.
GOVERNATORATO DEL MONTENEGRO (overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia- Montenegro- Italian occupation.
GOVERNO MILITARE ALLEATO (overprint): Italy, Allied military government (1943).
GOVT. PARCELS (overprint): Great Britain, officials.
GOYA: Spain (1930).
G. P. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Government Printer].
G.P. DE M.: Mexico- Oaxaca revenues and others (1916-7) [Gobierno Proviorio de Mexico (Provisional Government of Mexico)].
G.P.E. (overprint on stamps of French Colonies)- Guadaloupe (1884-91).
GRAHAM LAND (overprint): Falkland Islands- Graham Land (1944).
GRANA: Italian States- Two Sicilies (1861).
GRANADA: Colombia- Granada (1861).
GRANADINA: Colombia- Granadina (1859-60).
GRAND COMORE: Grand Comoro (1897-1912).
GRND DUCHE DE LUXUMBOURG: Luxembourg (post-1891).
GRAND LIBAN: Lebanon (1924-27).
GRENVILLE: Liberia.
G.R.I. (overprint on stamps of German New Guinea): New Britain (1914-15) [Georgius Rex Imperator (George, King and Emperor)].
G.R.I. (overprint on stamps of German Samoa): Samoa (1914) [Georgius Rex Imperator (George, King and Emperor)].
G.R.I. (overprint on stamps of Marshall Islands): New Britain (1914) [Georgius Rex Imperator (George, King and Emperor)].
GROENEKRUIS: Surinam, semipostals [Green Cross].
GRONLAND: Greenland.
GROSSDEUTSCHES REICH: Germany, semipostals (1943-5).
GROSSDEUTSCHES REICH BOHMEN UND MAHREN: Czechoslovakia- Bohemia & Moravia.
GROSSDEUTSCHES REICH GENERAL GOUVERNEMENT: Poland- German occupation semipostals (1943-4).
GROSZY (surcharge): Poland, revalidating stamps after currency reform (1950).
GROUCH (currency): Turkey [Ghurush].
G. S. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Government Storekeeper].
G. T. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Goolwa Tramway].
GT. PRE (overprint): Haiti (1902) [Gouvernement Provisiore (Provisional Government)].
GUADALAJARA: Mexico- Guadalajara (1867-8).
GUADELOUPE (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Guadeloupe (1889-91).
GUAM (overprint on stamps of the U.S.): Guam, U.S. Administration (1899).
GUANACASTE: Costa Rica- Guanacaste, discounted stamps for exclusive use there (1885-90).
GUATEMALA C.A.: Guatemala [Centro America (Central America)].
GUERCHE (currency): Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia.
GUINE: Portuguese Guinea.
GUINEA CONTIAL Espanola: Spanish Guinea (1903-9).
GUINEA CONTINENTAL (overprint on stamps of Elobey, Annobon and Corsico): Spanish Guinea (1906).
GUINEA CORREOS (overprint): Spanish Guinea- fraudulent overprints (1914).
GUINEA ECUATORIAL: Equatorial Guinea.
GUINEA ESPANOLA: Spanish Guinea (1902, 1949-60).
GUINEE: French Guinea (1906-42).
GUINEE FRANCAISE: French Guinea (pre-1906).
GUINE PORTUGUESA: Portuguese Guinea.
GULTIG 9. ARMEE (overprint on stamps of Germany): Romania- German occupation (1918).
GUYANA (overprint on stamps of British Guiana): Guyana (1966-8).
GUYANE: French Guiana (pre-1904).
GUYANE FRANCAISE: French Guiana.
GUYANE FRANCAISE (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): French Guiana (1886-92).
GUY. FRANC. (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): French Guiana (1886-92).
G.W. (overprint on stamps of Cape of Good Hope): Griqualand West (1877).
GWALIOR: India- Gwalior.

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H. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Hospital].
H. A. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [House Assembly].
HABILITADO: Spanish language countries, restored value to demonetized stamps [Qualified].
HABILITADO (overprint on stamps of Cuba): Cuba- U.S. Administration (1898-9).
HADHRAMAUT: Aden- Hadhramaut (1955).
HADI SEGELI OZVEGYEKNEK ES ARVAKNAK KET (2) FILLER (overprint on stamps of Hungary): Hungary, semipostals (1914) [War Subscription for the Widows and Orphans of Fallen Fighters)].
HAGA PATRIA: Mexico, postal tax stamps.
HANG-KHONG: Vietnam, airmails.
HANNOVER: German States- Hanover (1850-66).
H.A.П.B.П (overprint on stamps of Russia- Nikolaevsk issue): Siberia
HAPOДHA PEПЧБAИKA: Bulgaria.
HARPER: Liberia.
HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN: Jordan (1949-present).
HATAY DEVLETI: Hatay.
HAUTE SILESIE: Upper Silesia.
HAUTE SILESIE COMMISION DE GOUVERNMENT: Upper Silesia.
HAUTE VOLTA: Upper Volta.
HAUTE VOLTA (overprint on stamps of Upper Senegal and Niger): Upper Volta.
HAUT-SENEGAL NIGER: Upper Senegal & Niger (1914-7).
HBA (overprint on stamps of Russia): Siberia (1921).
HEALTH: New Zealand, semipostals.
H.E.H. THE NIZAM'S: India- Hyderabad (1927-49).
HEDJAZ & NEDJDE: Saudi Arabia (1929-33).
HEJAZ & NEJD: Saudi Arabia (1929-33).
HEЛEЛbA ЦBEPHOΓ KPCTA: Yugoslavia, postal tax stamps.
HELLAS: Greece (1966-present).
HELLER (currency): Austria, Carinthia, Liechtenstein, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
HELVETIA: Switzerland.
HERZEGOLICHE POSE FREMARKE: German States- Holstein.
HERZOGTH HOLSTEIN: German States- Schleswig-Holstein.
HERZOGTH SCHLESWIG: German States- Schleswig-Holstein.
H. H. NAWAB SHAH JAHANBEGAM: India- Bhopal.
H.I.: Hawaii.
H.I. with U.S. POSTAGE: Hawaii (1851).
HIRLIP BELYEG: Hungary, newspaper stamps (1900-22).
HIRLAPJECY: Hungary, newspaper stamps (1900-22).
HIVASTLOS: Norway, officials.
HOBY- Montenegro (1874-96).
HOBYПT- Montenegro.
HOCHWASSER 1920 (overprint): Austria, semipostals (1920) [High Water].
HOI HAO (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Hoi Hao (1901-19).
HOLKAR STATE: India- Indore (1886-1906).
HOLSTEIN: German States- Schleswig-Holstein (1864).
HONDA (overprint): Colombia- Tolima (1896).
HOPFLUG: Iceland, airmails.
HOPFLUG ITALA 1933 (overprint): Iceland, Balbo airmail flight (1933).
HORTA: Horta, Azores (1892-1906).
H.P.: Bulgaria.
H.P.: Armenia [Hagagan Post (Armenia Post)].
H.P.N. (overprint on Spain): Spain- Teruel province, Canaries and Murcia (1868) [Habilitacion por la Nacion].
H.P. БbЛΓΓAPИЯ: Bulgaria [Bulgaria People's Republic].
HRVATSKA: Yugoslavia or Croatia.
HRZGL POST FRM: German States- Holstein (1864).
HRZGL POST FRMRK: German States- Holstein (1864).
HT. SENEGAL & NIGER: Upper Senegal & Niger (1906-14).
HURRICANE HATTIE (overprint): British Honduras, semipostals for hurricane of Oct. 31, 1961 relief).
HYDERABAD: India- Hyderabad (1946).

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I. A. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Immigration Agent].
I.B.: West Irian (1970).
ICC (overprint): India- Int. Commission on Indo-China (1965-8).
IDAR: India- Idar (1939-44).
IDROVOLANTE (overprint): Italy, hydroplane airmail (1917) [By Hydroplane].
I. E. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Intestate Estates].
I.E.F. (overprint): India, military stamps (1914) [India Expeditionary Force].
I.E.F. "D" (overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia (1919).
IERUSALEM (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Jerusalem (1909-10).
I GILDA (overprint): Iceland, restoring postal validity (1902) [In Validity].
IKAPIAΣ: Icaria.
ILE ROUAD: Rouad.
ILE ROUAD (overprint on stamps of French Levant): Rouad (1916).
ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA: Wallis & Futuna Islands.
ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA (overprint on stamps of New Caledonia): Wallis & Futuna Islands. (1920-40).
IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY: British East Africa.
IMPERIO COLONIAL PORTUGUES (no colony name): Portuguese Africa, postage dues, 1945.
IMPERIO DO BRASIL: Brazil (1887-8) [Empire of Brazil].
IMPERIO MEXICANO: Mexico (1866) [Empire of Mexico].
IMPERIUM: Queen Victoria essays produced by De la Rue & Company. Ltd. as samples with no specific country named.
IMPER. REG POSTA AUSTR: Austria, Offices in Turkey (1883-6).
IMPRESOS: Cuba, Philippines, newspaper stamps [Prints].
IMPRIME (overprint): Turkey, newspaper stamps [Printed].
IMPRIMES (overprint): Iran, newspaper stamps [Printed].
IMPTO DE GUERRA: Spain, war tax stamps (1874-98) [War Tax].
IMPUESTO: Chile, revenues used as postage [Tax].
IMPUESTO DE GUERRA: Spain, war tax stamps (1874-98) [War Tax].
IMPUESTO DE ENCOMIENDAS: Uruguay, parcel posts.
INCHI YA ETAT DU KATANGA: Katanga, rebellion against the Belgian Congo.
iNCi YIL DONUMU: Turkey.
INDE: French India.
INDIA (with Portuguese or words REIS, REAL, TANGAS or RUPIA): Portuguese India.
INDIA PORT. : Portuguese India (1871-86).
INDIA PORTUGUEZA: Portuguese India (1887-95).
INDIE: French India.
INDO-CHINE: Indo-China.
INDONESIA (not preceded by REPUBLIK): Netherlands Indies.
INDONESIA REPUBLIK: Indonesia.
INDORE: India- Indore (1904-47).
INDUSTRIELLE KRIEGSWIRTSCHAFT: Switzerland War Board of Trade officials (1918).
INHAMBANE (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Inhambane (1894-5).
INKERI: North Ingermanland (1920).
INLAND (on stamp with no country name): Liberia.
INSELPOST (overprint): Germany, military stamps.
INSTRUCAO D.L. No. 7 de 3-2-34 (overprint on war tax stamps of Portuguese India): Timor, postal tax stamps (1934-5).
INSTRUCCION: Venezuela, fiscal stamps.
INSTRUCCION SELLO PROVISIONAL CARUPANO 1902: Venezuela- Carupano (1902).
INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID POSTAGE DUE: Zanzibar (1931-33).
IONIKON KPATOΣ: Ionian Islands [Ionian Government].
I.O.V.R.: Romania, postal tax stamps (1948).
I POLSKA WYSTAWA MAREK (overprint): Poland, semipostals [White Cross Society].
I.P.N. (overprint): India, fiscal commission on due notes [Indian Postal Note].
I.R. (overprint): U.S. Internal Revenue issues.
IRANIENNES: Iran (1935-7).
IRAQ (overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia (1918-22).
IRIAN BARAT: West Irian (New Guinea) (1963-8).
I.R. OFFICIAL (overprint): Great Britain, officials (1882-1904) [Inland Revenue].
I. S. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Inspector of Sheep].
ISLAND: Iceland.
ISLAS DE JUAN FERNANDEZ: Chile- Juan Fernandez Islands, also seeing general use (1910).
ISLAS GALAPAGOS: Ecuader- Galapagos Islands.
ISOLE ITALIANE DELL'EGEO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands (1930-40).
ISOLE JONIE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation (1941).
ISTRA SLOVENSKO PRIMORJE: Yugoslavia, issues for Istria and the Slovene Coast (1946).
ISTRIA LITTORALE SLOVENO: Yugoslavia, issues for Istria and the Slovene Coast (1946).
ITA-KARIALA (overprint on stamps of Finland): Karelia, Finnish military administration (1941-?).
ITALIA: Italy.
ITALIANE: Italy.
ITALIANO: Italy.
ITALIA OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE ITALIANA ISOLE CEFALONIA E ITACA (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation.
ITALIAN SOMALILAND: Somalia.
IZMIR HIMAYEIETFAL CEMIYETI: Turkey, tax stamps (1933).

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J (overprint on stamps of Peru): Peru- Yca (1884).
JAFFA (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
JAIPUR: India- Jaipur (1904-49).
JAMHURI ZANZIBAR TANZANIA: Zanzibar (1964-8).
JANINA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Janina (1902-11).
JAPANESE: Japan (1876-96).
JAVA (overprint): Netherlands Indies for Java and Madura, to check the frequency of mail (1908).
JA ЦPECHN KPCT (and cross): Jugoslavia, postal tax stamps.
JEEND STATE (overprint): India- Jhind (1885).
JERUSALEM (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
JIND STATE (overprint): India- Jhind (1885-1913).
JIND (overprint): India- Jhind (1913-43).
JOHOR (overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya- Johore (1884-91).
JOHORE: Malaya- Johore.
JORNAES: Portuguese language countries for printed matter [Journals].
JOURNAUX: France, for newspapers and printed matter (1868) [Journals].
JOURNAUX DAGBLADEN (overprint): Belgium, newspaper stamps.
J.R.G. AEREO VALE 1946 (overprint): Venezuela under the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno.
JUAN FERNANDEZ (overprint): Chile (1910).
JUBILE DE L'UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE: Switzerland (1900).
JUEGOS OLYMPICOS (overprint): Costa Rica, semipostals.
JЧΓOCЛABИJA: Yugoslavia.

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K (with no country name): Bosnia and Herzegovina.
K 60 K (surcharge): Armenia (1919).
K-numeral-K (surcharge): Far Eastern Republic (1920).
KAULBACH ISLAND: (1971-84) Island off the coast of Nova Scotia with local post stamps to frank mail to the nearest Canadian post office on the mainland.
KAIS KON: Austria (1853-1907).
KAISERLICHE KONIGLICHE OESTERRPOST: Austria (1853-1907).
KAISERLICHE KONIGLICHE OESTERRPOST (denominations in piastres): Austria- Offices in Turkey.
KALAYAAN NANG PILIPINAS: Philippines- Japanese occupation.
KAMERUN: Cameroun (1900-18).
KAMERUN (overprint on stamps of Germany): Cameroun (1897).
Kans. (overprint): U.S., Kansas overprints to reduce theft (1929).
KAP: Latvia (1918-22).
KAPПATCbKA-YKRAIHA: Czechoslovakia- Carpatho-Ukraine.
KAПATCbKA ЧkPAIHA: Carpatho-Ukraine.
KARJALA: Karelia (1922).
KARKI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1912-22).
KARLFONDS: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, military fieldpost stamps with charity surcharge [Emperor Karl?s Fund].
KARNTEN ABSTIMMUNG (overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Carinthian plebescite (1920).
KAROLINEN: Caroline Islands.
KASAI (SOUTH KASAI): Congo- unrecognized state (1960-1).
KATANGA: Congo- unrecognized state (1960-3). Revolt was against the (then) Republic of the Congo.
KATCHAK POSTA (overprint in Turkish characters): Turkey, used on attempted but caught smuggled private letters into Greece, representing double postage and fine paid [Smuggled Letter].
KATHERI STATE OF SEIYUN: Aden- Katheri (1942).
KAZAKHSTAN:  Achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991
K.C.-NOUITA: Serbia (1866) [Princely Serbian Post].
K.C. ПOЩTA: Serbia.
K. CPБCKA ПOЩTA: Serbia.
KEDAH: Malaya- Kedah.
KEELING: Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
KELANTAN: Malaya- Kelantan.
KEMAHKOTAAN (overprint): Malaya- Johore, for new Sultan (1896) [Coronation].
KENTTA POSTIA. PUOLUSTUSVOIMAT: Finland, military stamps.
KENTTA-POSTI FALTPOST: Finland, military stamps (1943).
KENTTAPOSTIA: Finland, military stamps (1941-63).
KENYA & UGANDA: Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1922-33).
KENYA UGANDA TANGANYIKA: Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1935-64).
KENYA UGANDA TANZANIA: Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1965-1976).
KERASSUNDE (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
K.G.C.A. (overprint on newspaper stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia- Carinthian plebescite (1920) [Koruska Glasoona Cona A (Carinthian Plebescite Zone A)].
KGL. POST FRM. (denomination in cents): Danish West Indies (1855-73) [Kongeligt Post Freimaerk (Royal Post Free Stamp)].
KGL. POST FRM. (denomination in skillings): Denmark (1851-68) ) [Kongeligt Post Freimaerk (Royal Post Free Stamp)].
KИTAИ: Russia- Offices in China.
KHMERE: Cambodia (1971-5).
KHOR FAKKAN: Sharjah (1964-?).
KIAUTSCHOU: Kiauchau.
KIBRIS: Cyprus.
KIBRIS CUMHURIYETI: Cyprus [Cyprus Republic].
KIBRIS TURK FEDERE DEVLETI: Cyprus- Turkish occupation.
KINGSTON RELIEF FUND 1d (overprint): Barbados, semipostals for help for Jamaican earthquake (1906).
KIONGA (overprint on stamps of Lourenzo Marques): Kionga (1916)
KIRIBATI: The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
KISHANGARH: India- Kishangarh (1904-47).
KISHENGARH: India- Kishangarh (1899-1904).
K.K. (BRIEF MARKEN): Austria [Imperial Royal Letter Stamp].
K K K (overprint): Philippines- Aguinaldo, political secret society [Kataas-taasan Kagalanggalang Katipunan].
KK-POST-STEMPEL with values in kreuzer: Austria [Imperial Royal Postage Stamp].
KK-POST-STEMPEL with values in cents: Austria- Lombardy Venetia [Imperial Royal Postage Stamp].
KLAIPEDA: Memel, Lithuanian occupation (1923).
KOH: Russia, South Russia, Far Eastern Republic, Finland, Latvia or Batum.
KOINΩNIKH ПRONOIA: Greece, postal tax stamps.
KOЛETHИ ПPATKИ: Bulgaria, parcel post.
KOLONIE CURACAO: Netherlands Antilles (1903-8) [Colony of Curacao].
KOLONIE SURINAME: Surinam (1903-8) [Colony of Surinam].
KON: Russia, South Russia, Far Eastern Republic, Finland, Latvia or Batum.
KOП-KOP.: Finland.
KONGELIGT POST FRIMAERKE: Denmark (1851) [Royal Post Free Stamp].
KONGRESI K.K.F.S. (overprint): Albania, postal tax semipostals.
KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN: Netherlands [Kingdom of the Netherlands].
KOP KOH: Finland (1856-66).
KOPYTΣA: Epirus- Karitsa issue.
KORCA: Albania (1914-18).
KORCE: Albania (1914-18).
KORONA (currency): Hungary [Crown].
KOUANCTCHE-OUWAN (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Kwangchowan (1906-41).
KOUANG-TCHEOU (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Kwangchowan (1906-41).
KOZTARSASAG: Hungary (1918-9) [Republic].
KOZTARSASAG (overprint): Hungary (1918-9) [Republic].
K.P. (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation officials [Kagamitang Pampamahalaan].
K.П. (overprint): Greece, postal tax stamps.
KPAJbEBCTBO C. X. C.: Yugoslavia.
KPALJEVSTVO SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA: Yugoslavia.
KPAЛbEBИHA CPБИJA: Serbia.
KPAЛbEBИHA CPБA XPBATAИ CЛOBEHAЦA: Yugoslavia.
KPbIMCKЛΓO KPAEBOΓO ПPABKTEЛbCTБA: South Russia- Crimea.
KPCT.A.: Yugoslavia, postal tax stamps.
KPHTH: Crete.
KR. (currency): Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Germany, Hungary or Wurttemberg [Kronen (crown)].
Kr. 1.98 (overprint): Sweden, parcel posts.
Kr. 2.12 (overprint): Sweden, parcel posts.
KRALJEVINA SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA: Yugoslavia [Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia].
KRAlb. UPHATOPA: Montenegro.
KREUZER (currency): Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Germany, Hungary or Wurttemberg.
KRONE (currency): Austria (1899-1952).
KRONEN (currency): Austria (1899-1952).
K.S.A.: Saudi Arabia (1975-present).
K.U.K.: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina [Kaiserliche und Konigliche (Imperial and Royal)].
K-U-K FELDPOST (overprint on stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina): Austria, military stamps (1915).
K-U-K FELDPOST: Austria, military stamps (1915-8).
K-U-K FELDPOST (with denominations in bani or lei): Romania- Austrian occupation (1917-8).
K-U-K-MILITARPOST: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912-18) [Kaiserliche und Konigliche Militarpost (Imperial and Royal Military Post)].
KUPA (overprint): Yugoslavia- Italian occupation (1941-2).
KURLAND (overprint): Latvia- German occupation (1945).
KURUS: Turkey.
KUWAIT (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Kuwait (1948-58).
KUWAIT (overprint on stamps of India): Kuwait (1923-45).
K. WURTT. POST: German States- Wurttemberg (1875-1900) [Konigliche Wurtembergische Post (Royal Wurttemberg Post)].
KYRGYZSTAN: Achieved its independence upon the dissolution of the USSR in 1991

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L (overprint): Colombia, airmails carried by LANSA company.
L. A. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Lunatic Asylum].
LA AGUERA: Aguera (1920-22).
L A B: Bolivia, airmails [Lloyd Aereo Boliviano].
LABUAN (overprint on stamps of North Borneo): Labuan (1894-1901).
LA CANEA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Crete (1900-12).
LA CRUZ ROJA ESPANOL: Spain, semipostals [Spanish Red Cross].
LA CRUZ ROJA PARAGUAY: Paraguay, semipostals [Paraguay Red Cross].
LA GEORGIE: Georgia (1919).
LAIBACH (overprint): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- German occupation (1944-5).
LAGOS: Lagos, Nigeria (1874-1906).
LA LEY: Bolivia (1878) [The Law].
LAND-POST PORTE-MARKE: German States- Baden, postage dues (1862) [Rural Post- Postage Due].
L & S POST (overprint): Newfoundland airmail to ordinary use conversion (1931) [Land and Sea Post].
LANDSTORMEN FRIMARKE: Sweden, semipostals for funds to equip soldiers [Military Reserves Stamp].
LANSA: Colombia, airmails (1950).
L.A.R.: Libyan Arab Republic (1969-present)
LATTAQUIE (overprint on stamps of Syria): Latakia (1931-3).
LATVIJA: Latvia.
LATVIJA DSR: Latvia- Russian occupation.
LATWIJA: Latvia.
L. C. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Legislative Council].
LEGI POSTA: Hungary, airmails.
LEI (currency overprint on Austrian stamps): Romania- Austrian occupation (1917-8).
LERO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy Aegean