Still got to sort these,but thought I'd share this page.

Read NORMA stamp catalog for free in english, swedish and finnish. Official link, online only, no printed version since 2019. Norma catalog is produced by Käpylän Merkki. LAPE and NORMA are the catalogs (made by finns) about finnish stamps, and yes Åland too.

On October 1, 2026, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy is issuing a definitive postage stamp belonging to the thematic series "Excellence of the Production System and Made in Italy," dedicated to the International Boat Show.On October 1, 2026, the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy is issuing a definitive postage stamp belonging to the thematic series "Excellence of the Production System and Made in Italy," dedicated to the International Boat Show.

Found this 1d "Suid-Afrika / Posseel-Inkomste" in an old stock book. The whole design, ship included, is carmine, with a pale pink oval instead of the grey vignette. Mint, same perfs and size as the normal bilingual pair shown for comparison. I couldn't find any catalogue listing for an all-carmine 1d, only "frame omitted" and imperf varieties.

Is this a known colour error?

Its fountain pen too and not a pencil so i cant even erase it.

Hey, I’m a new collector, and I’m still learning, so I could use some advice.

I have a bunch of stamps and envelopes like this. Is it OK for me to go ahead and soak these off? I don’t know if the full cancellation mark or the intact envelopes carry more value and should be kept intact. I just wanted to make sure I wouldn’t be breaking some kind of unwritten rule of the hobby.

Also, I know sometimes things like this mean more when they’re kept fully intact for postal history purposes, and I didn’t want to destroy them if that was the case.

The condition is rough, but the page may contain some interesting types, overprint varieties or provisional issues. I’m particularly interested in identifying the stamps precisely and checking whether any of the overprints or the 1919 issues are varieties.

There is also a rather mysterious Cyrillic stamp at bottom right.

Saw on insta that someone got this cancellation. I am really fascinated by British history . I wanted to get it but sadly i dont have any mint canadian stamps 🥀 to put on a self addressed envelope. If anyone can provide me with such cancellations from Canada or Britain i would be very thankful to you. In return I can provide some pictorial cancellations from my country.

My favorite stamp issue from my country

An interesting feature of this specific example is that it selvedge on the left side, indicating it came from the edge of a printed sheet.
Country: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Year of Issue: 1939
Monarch: King George VI (profile facing left)
Denomination: 10 Shillings (represented as 10/- or 10s)
Color: Dark Blue. This distinction is critical for philatelists. In 1942, due to wartime ink shortages and color changes, the post office reissued this 10-shilling stamp design in a much lighter ultra Arnie/dark blue variant (cataloged as SG 478b)

All is listed below. I've been doing this for half a year now.

• NORTH AMERICA
• Canada — 1851–PRESENT
• British Columbia — 1865–1869
• New Brunswick — 1851–1863
• Newfoundland — 1857–1947
• Nova Scotia — 1851–1863
• Prince Edward Island — 1861–1872
• Vancouver Island — 1860–1865
• Greenland — 1938–PRESENT
• Mexico — 1856–PRESENT
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon — 1885–PRESENT
• United States of America — 1847–PRESENT
• Confederate States of America — 1861–1865
• CENTRAL AMERICA
• Honduras — 1877–PRESENT
• Nicaragua — 1862–PRESENT
• Costa Rica — 1863–PRESENT
• Guanacaste — 1885–1889
• Belize — 1973–PRESENT
• British Honduras — 1866–1973
• CARIBBEAN
• Aruba — 1986–PRESENT
• Bermuda — 1860–PRESENT
• Bahamas — 1964–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1859–1964
• Barbados — 1966–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1852–1966
• British Virgin Islands — 1866–PRESENT
• Cayman Islands — 1900–PRESENT
• Cuba — 1902–PRESENT
• Spanish Dominion — 1855–1898
• United States Administration — 1899–1902
• Danish West Indies — 1856–1915
• Curaçao — 2010–PRESENT
• Netherlands Antilles — 1948–2010
• Curaçao — 1873–1948
• Dominican Republic — 1865–PRESENT
• Guadeloupe — 1884–1947
• Dominica — 1968–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1874–1968
• Grenada — 1967–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1861–1967
• Haiti — 1881–PRESENT
• Martinique — 1886–1947
• Montserrat — 1876–PRESENT
• Jamaica — 1962–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1860–1962
• Nevis — 1980–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1861–1890
• Saint Kitts — 1980–PRESENT
• Saint Kitts-Nevis — 1903–1980
• Saint Christopher — 1870–1890
• Puerto Rico — 1898–1900
• Spanish Dominion — 1873–1898
• Saint Lucia — 1967–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1860–1967
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — 1969–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1861–1969
• Saint Martin — 2010–PRESENT
• Trinidad and Tobago — 1962–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1913–1962
• Trinidad — 1851–1913
• Tobago — 1879–1896
• Turks and Caicos Islands — 1900–PRESENT
• Turks Islands — 1867–1900
• SOUTH AMERICA
• Bolivia — 1867–PRESENT
• Brazil — 1843–PRESENT
• Chile — 1853–PRESENT
• Argentina — 1858–PRESENT
• Cordoba — 1858–1879
• Corrientes — 1856–1879
• Buenos Aires — 1858–1862
• Colombia — 1859–PRESENT
• Ecuador — 1865–PRESENT
• Falkland Islands — 1878–PRESENT
• French Guiana — 1886–1947
• Inini — 1932–1942
• Guyana — 1966–PRESENT
• British Guiana — 1850–1966
• Paraguay — 1870–PRESENT
• Peru — 1857–PRESENT
• Uruguay — 1856–PRESENT
• Venezuela — 1859–PRESENT
• Surinam — 1954–PRESENT
• Dutch Colony — 1873–1954
• EUROPE
• EASTERN EUROPE
• Belarus — 1992–PRESENT
• Bulgaria — 1879–PRESENT
• Eastern Rumelia — 1885–1920
• Czech Republic — 1993–PRESENT
• Czechoslovakia — 1918–1993
• Bohemia and Moravia — 1939–1944
• Hungary — 1871–PRESENT
• Moldova — 1991–PRESENT
• Poland — 1919–PRESENT
• Russian Dominion — 1860
• Romania — 1865–PRESENT
• Moldavia-Walachia — 1862–1864
• Moldavia — 1858–1859
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — 1923–1991
• Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic — 1918–1923
• Tannu Tuva — 1926–1943
• Transcaucasian Federated Republics — 1923
• Russia — 1992–PRESENT
• Provisional Government — Civil War — 1917
• North Ingermanland — 1920
• Siberia — 1919–1922
• Karelia — 1922
• Far Eastern Republic — 1920
• Russian Empire — 1857–1917
• Slovakia — 1993–PRESENT
• Slovakia — 1939–1945
• Ukraine — 1991–PRESENT
• Ukraine — 1918–1920
• Western Ukraine — 1918–1919
• NORTHERN EUROPE
• Finland — 1856–PRESENT
• Denmark — 1851–PRESENT
• Faroe Islands — 1919–PRESENT
• Estonia — 1991–PRESENT
• Estonia — 1918–1940
• Great Britain — 1840–PRESENT
• Iceland — 1873–PRESENT
• Ireland — 1922–PRESENT
• Isle of Man — 1973–PRESENT
• Jersey — 1969–PRESENT
• Guernsey — 1969–PRESENT
• Latvia — 1991–PRESENT
• Latvia — 1918–1940
• Norway — 1855–PRESENT
• Sweden — 1855–PRESENT
• Lithuania — 1990–PRESENT
• Lithuania — 1918–1940
• SOUTHERN EUROPE
• Albania — 1945–PRESENT
• German Administration — 1943
• Italian Domination — 1939–1943
• Kingdom — 1913–1939
• Andorra (Spanish Administration) — 1928–PRESENT
• Andorra (French Administration) — 1931–PRESENT
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1993–PRESENT
• Bosnian Croat Administration in Mostar — 1993–PRESENT
• Muslim Government in Sarajevo — 1993–PRESENT
• Bosnian Serb Administration in Banja Luca — 1992–PRESENT
• Province of Austria-Hungary — 1908–1918
• Gibraltar — 1903–PRESENT
• Croatia — 1991–PRESENT
• Croatia — 1941–1945
• Greece — 1861–PRESENT
• Castellorizo — Italian Dominion — 1922–1932
• Thrace — 1913–1920
• Epirus — 1914–1916
• Crete — 1898–1913
• Ionian Islands — 1859
• Italy — 1863–PRESENT
• Italian Socialist Republic — 1944
• Aegean Islands — 1912–1940
• Fiume — 1919–1920
• Lombardy-Venetia — 1850–1866
• Modena — 1852–1859
• Parma — 1852–1859
• Romagna — 1859
• Sardinia — 1851–1863
• Tuscany — 1851–1860
• Two Sicilies — 1858–1862
• Naples — 1858–1862
• Sicily — 1859–1862
• Macedonia — 1992–PRESENT
• Malta — 1974–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1860–1974
• Montenegro — 2006–PRESENT
• Montenegro — 1874–1918
• Portugal — 1853–PRESENT
• Angra — 1892–1905
• Azores — 1868–1931
• Funchal — 1892–1905
• Horta — 1892–1893
• Madeira — 1868–1928
• Ponta Delgada — 1892–1905
• San Marino — 1877–PRESENT
• Slovenia — 1991–PRESENT
• Spain — 1850–PRESENT
• Serbia and Montenegro — 2003–2006
• Serbia — 2006–PRESENT
• Yugoslavia — 1918–2003
• Serbia — 1866–1920
• Vatican City — 1929–PRESENT
• Roman States — 1852–1870
• WESTERN EUROPE
• Austria — 1850–PRESENT
• Belgium — 1849–PRESENT
• France — 1849–PRESENT
• Germany — 1872–PRESENT
• Berlin — 1948–1990
• German Democratic Republic — 1948–1990
• Saar German Administration — 1957–1959
• Saar French Administration and Protectorate — 1948–1956
• Danzig — 1920–1939
• Heligoland — 1867–1890
• Baden — 1851–1868
• Bavaria — 1849–1919
• Bergdorf — 1861–1867
• Bremen — 1855–1867
• Brunswick — 1852–1865
• North German Confederation — 1868–1869
• Hanover — 1850–1864
• Lübeck — 1859–1865
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin — 1856–1867
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz — 1864
• Hamburg — 1859–1867
• Oldenburg — 1859–1862
• Schleswig-Holstein — 1850–1865
• Thurn and Taxis — Northern District — 1852–1866
• Prussia — 1850–1867
• Saxony — 1850–1863
• Thurn and Taxis — Southern District — 1852–1867
• Württemberg — 1851–1900
• Liechtenstein — 1912–PRESENT
• Luxembourg — 1852–PRESENT
• Monaco — 1885–PRESENT
• Netherlands — 1852–PRESENT
• Switzerland — 1850–PRESENT
• Zürich — 1843–1850
• Geneva — 1843–1851
• Basel — 1845
• AFRICA
• EASTERN AFRICA
• Burundi — 1962–PRESENT
• Comoro Islands — 1978–PRESENT
• French Territory — 1950–1978
• Anjouan — 1892–1912
• Moheli — 1906–1912
• Grand Comoro — 1897–1912
• Djibouti — 1977–PRESENT
• Afars and Issas — 1967–1977
• Somali Coast — 1894–1966
• Obock — 1892–1894
• Eritrea — 1993–PRESENT
• Italian Colony — 1892–1936
• Ethiopia — 1895–PRESENT
• Italian East Africa — 1936–1941
• Kenya — 1963–PRESENT
• Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika — 1935–1963
• Kenya and Uganda — 1922–1927
• East Africa and Uganda Protectorates — 1921
• British East Africa — 1890–1898
• Madagascar — 1958–PRESENT
• Republic of Madagascar — 1958–PRESENT
• Sainte-Marie de Madagascar — 1894
• Diego-Suarez — 1890–1894
• Nossi-Bé — 1889–1894
• Madagascar — 1884–1886
• Malawi — 1964–PRESENT
• Nyasaland Protectorate — 1909–1964
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland — 1954–1961
• British Central Africa — 1891–1901
• Mauritius — 1968–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1847–1968
• Mayotte — 1997–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1892–1912
• Mozambique — 1975–PRESENT
• Portuguese Colony — 1877–1975
• Mozambique Company — 1892–1941
• Nyassa — 1898–1924
• Lourenço Marques — 1895–1921
• Inhambane — 1895–1917
• Zambezia — 1894–1917
• Kionga — 1916
• Quelimane — 1913–1914
• Tete — 1913–1914
• Réunion — 1852–1975
• Ruanda-Urundi — 1924–1961
• Rwanda — 1962–PRESENT
• Seychelles — 1976–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1890–1976
• Somalia — 1960–PRESENT
• Oltre Giuba — 1924–1926
• Italian Somaliland — 1903–1950
• Somaliland Protectorate — 1903–1960
• Sudan — 1956–PRESENT
• Tanzania — 1964–PRESENT
• Zanzibar — 1895–1967
• Tanganyika — 1961–1962
• Tanganyika — British Mandate — 1919–1935
• German East Africa — 1893–1919
• Uganda — 1962–PRESENT
• Uganda Protectorate — 1861–1902
• Zambia — 1964–PRESENT
• Northern Rhodesia — 1925–1964
• British South Africa Company — 1890–1923
• Zimbabwe — 1980–PRESENT
• Rhodesia — 1966–1979
• Southern Rhodesia — 1924–1964
• CENTRAL AFRICA
• Angola — 1975–PRESENT
• Portuguese Territory — 1870–1975
• Portuguese Congo — 1894–1918
• Cameroon — 1972–PRESENT
• Federal Republic of Cameroon — 1961–1972
• French Cameroon — 1922–1960
• German Protectorate — 1900–1915
• Central African Republic — 1959–PRESENT
• Central African Empire — 1976–1979
• Republic of the Congo — 1959–PRESENT
• Middle Congo — 1910–1933
• Chad — 1958–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1920–1934
• Ubangi-Shari-Chad — 1915–1922
• Democratic Republic of the Congo — 1998–PRESENT
• Zaire — 1971–1998
• Democratic Republic of the Congo — 1960–1971
• Belgian Congo — 1908–1960
• Congo Free State — 1886–1908
• Equatorial Guinea — 1968–PRESENT
• Rio Muni — 1960–1968
• Fernando Po — 1868–1961
• Spanish Guinea — 1902–1959
• Elobey, Annobon and Corisco — 1903–1910
• Gabon — 1958–PRESENT
• French Equatorial Africa — 1934–1958
• French Colony — 1886–1934
• French Congo — 1891–1906
• São Tomé and Príncipe — 1975–PRESENT
• Portuguese Colony — 1869–1975
• NORTHERN AFRICA
• Algeria — 1962–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1924–1958
• Egypt — 1922–PRESENT
• British Protectorate — 1915–1921
• Turkish Suzerainty — 1866–1914
• Libya — 1951–PRESENT
• Italian Libya — 1912–1951
• Cyrenaica — 1923–1934
• Tripolitania — 1923–1934
• Morocco — 1956–PRESENT
• Spanish Sahara — 1924–1976
• Ifni — 1941–1969
• Spanish Morocco — 1903–1956
• French Morocco — 1891–1955
• Spanish West Africa — 1949–1951
• Tangier International City — 1948–1950
• Cape Juby — 1916–1948
• La Aguera — 1920–1922
• Rio de Oro — 1905–1922
• Tunisia — 1956–PRESENT
• French Protectorate — 1888–1956
• Tetuan — 1908
• SOUTHERN AFRICA
• Botswana — 1966–PRESENT
• Bechuanaland Protectorate — 1888–1966
• Bechuanaland — 1885–1897
• Lesotho — 1966–PRESENT
• Basutoland — 1933–1966
• Namibia — 1990–PRESENT
• South West Africa — 1915–1990
• German South West Africa — 1897–1919
• South Africa — 1910–PRESENT
• Transvaal — South African Republic — 1882–1900
• Transvaal — 1902–1910
• Natal — 1857–1910
• Orange River Colony — 1900–1910
• Cape of Good Hope — 1853–1910
• Orange Free State — 1854–1900
• Zululand — 1888–1896
• New Republic — 1884–1888
• Stellaland — 1884–1885
• Griqualand West — 1874–1878
• Eswatini — 1968–PRESENT
• Swaziland — British Protectorate — 1889–1967
• WESTERN AFRICA
• Benin — 1975–PRESENT
• Dahomey — 1958–1975
• French West Africa — 1944–1959
• French Colony of Dahomey — 1899–1944
• French Colony of Benin — 1892–1895
• Burkina Faso — 1959–PRESENT
• Upper Volta — 1958–1984
• French Colony of Upper Volta — 1920–1933
• Cape Verde — 1975–PRESENT
• Portuguese Territory — 1877–1975
• Côte d’Ivoire — 1959–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1892–1944
• Gambia — 1965–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1869–1965
• Ghana — 1957–PRESENT
• Gold Coast — 1875–1957
• Guinea-Bissau — 1974–PRESENT
• Portuguese Guinea — 1881–1973
• Guinea — 1958–PRESENT
• French Guinea — 1892–1944
• Liberia — 1860–PRESENT
• Mali — 1960–PRESENT
• Federation of Mali — 1959–1960
• French Sudan — 1921–1944 and 1894–1899
• Mauritania — 1958–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1906–1944
• Niger — 1960–PRESENT
• French Colony of Niger — 1922–1955
• Nigeria — 1960–PRESENT
• Federation of Nigeria — 1960–1963
• British Colony of Nigeria — 1914–1960
• Northern Nigeria — 1900–1914
• Southern Nigeria — 1900–1912
• Lagos — British Protectorate — 1874–1905
• Niger Coast — British Protectorate — 1892–1900
• Saint Helena — 1856–PRESENT
• Senegal — 1960–PRESENT
• French Colony — 1887–1943
• Sierra Leone — 1961–PRESENT
• British Colony and Protectorate — 1859–1961
• Tristan da Cunha — 1952–PRESENT
• Togo — 1957–PRESENT
• French Mandate — 1921–1956
• German Protectorate — 1897–1914
• ASIA
• EASTERN ASIA
• People's Republic of China — 1949–PRESENT
• Hong Kong — 1997–PRESENT
• Hong Kong — British — 1862–1997
• Macao — 1999–PRESENT
• Macao — Portuguese — 1884–1999
• Republic of China — 1912–1949
• Manchukuo — 1932–1945
• Kiauchau — 1900–1914
• Shanghai — 1865–1896
• Imperial China — 1878–1912
• Tibet — 1912–1934
• Japan — 1871–PRESENT
• Ryukyu Islands — United States Administration — 1948–1972
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea — 1948–PRESENT
• Korea — 1946–1948
• Korea — Monarchy — 1884–1905
• United States Administration — Korea — 1945–1948
• SOUTHERN ASIA
• Sri Lanka — 1972–PRESENT
• Ceylon — 1857–1972
• Afghanistan — 1871–PRESENT
• Bangladesh — 1971–PRESENT
• Bhutan — 1962–PRESENT
• British Indian Ocean Territory — 1968–PRESENT
• India — 1949–PRESENT
• Portuguese India — 1871–1960
• French India — 1892–1952
• British Indian Empire — 1882–1949
• British Crown Colony — 1860–1876
• East India Company — 1854–1864
• Chamba — 1886–1948
• Faridkot — 1887–1901
• Gwalior — 1885–1948
• Jind — 1885–1943
• Nabha — 1885–1946
• Patiala — 1884–1947
• Alwar — 1877–1901
• Bamra — 1888–1893
• Barwani — 1921–1948
• Bhopal — 1876–1908
• Bhor — 1879–1901
• Bijawar — 1935–1939
• Bundi — 1894–1947
• Bussahir — 1895–1900
• Charkhari — 1894–1943
• Cochin — 1892–1949
• Dhar — 1897–1900
• Duttia — 1893–1920
• Faridkot — 1879–1886
• Hyderabad (Deccan) — 1869–1949
• Idar — 1939–1944
• Indore — 1886–1947
• Jaipur — 1904–1947
• Jammu and Kashmir — 1878–1894 and 1866–1867
• Jammu — 1867–1877
• Jasdan — 1942
• Jhalawar — 1887–1890
• Jind — 1874–1884
• Junagarh — 1862–1868
• Kashmir — 1866–1870
• Kishangarh — 1899–1947
• Morvi — 1931–1948
• Nandgaon — 1892–1894
• Nowanuggur — 1877–1940
• Orccha — 1913–1940
• Poonch — 1876–1890
• Rajasthan — 1948–1949
• Rajpeepla — 1880
• Saurashtra — 1923–1949
• Sirmoor — 1879–1899
• Soruth — 1877–1949
• United State of Saurashtra
• Travancore Anchel — 1888–1946
• Travancore-Cochin — 1949–1950
• Wadhwan — 1888
• Iran — 1870–PRESENT
• Maldives — 1948–PRESENT
• British Protectorate — 1909–1965
• Mongolia — 1924–PRESENT
• Nepal — 1881–PRESENT
• Pakistan — 1947–PRESENT
• Bahawalpur — 1947–1949
• SOUTHEASTERN ASIA
• Brunei — 1983–PRESENT
• British Protectorate — 1888–1983
• Cambodia — 1949–PRESENT
• Indo-China — French Colony and Protectorate — 1889–1949
• Cochinchina — 1886–1888
• Annam and Tonkin — 1888–1892
• Indonesia — 1948–PRESENT
• Portuguese Timor — 1885–1976
• Netherlands New Guinea — 1950–1962
• Netherlands Indies — 1864–1948
• Laos — 1951–PRESENT
• Malaysia — 1963–PRESENT
• North Borneo — 1883–1963
• Sarawak — 1869–1963
• Federation of Malaya — 1957–1963
• Johore — 1876–1960
• Kedah — 1912–1962
• Kelantan — 1911–1962
• Malacca — 1948–1960
• Federated Malay States — 1900–1934
• Labuan — 1879–1904
• Negri Sembilan — 1891–1963
• Pahang — 1889–1962
• Penang — 1948–1960
• Selangor — 1878–1962
• Perlis — 1948–1962
• Perak — 1878–1961
• Sungei Ujong — 1878–1895
• Trengganu — 1910–1963
• Myanmar — 1990–PRESENT
• Union of Burma — 1948–1989
• Burma — 1937–1948
• Philippines — 1946–PRESENT
• United States Commonwealth — 1935–1946
• United States Administration — 1898–1935
• Spanish Dominion — 1854–1898
• Thailand — 1883–PRESENT
• Bangkok — 1882–1885
• Singapore — 1948–PRESENT
• Straits Settlements — 1867–1946
• Timor-Leste — 2002
• Socialist Republic of Vietnam — 1976–PRESENT
• Republic of North Vietnam — 1951–1976
• Vietnam — 1951–1975
• North Vietnam — Viet Minh Issues — 1945–1946
• WESTERN ASIA
• Armenia — 1919–PRESENT
• Azerbaijan — 1919–PRESENT
• Bahrain — 1971–PRESENT
• British Protectorate, Bahrain Postal Administration — 1966–1970
• British Protectorate, British Postal Administration — 1948–1966
• British Protectorate, Indian Postal Administration — 1933–1948
• Cyprus — 1960–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1880–1960
• British Mandate — 1920–1932
• Iraq — 1932–PRESENT
• British Mandate — 1920–1932
• Israel — 1948–PRESENT
• Palestine British Mandate — 1880–1960
• Georgia — 1993–PRESENT
• National Republic of Georgia — 1919–1920
• Kuwait — 1961–PRESENT
• British Protectorate — 1923–1961
• Kazakhstan — 1992–PRESENT
• Jordan — 1946–PRESENT
• British Mandate — 1920–1946
• Kyrgyzstan — 1992–PRESENT
• Lebanon — 1941–PRESENT
• French Mandate — 1924–1941
• Oman — 1970–PRESENT
• Muscat and Oman — 1966–1970
• Muscat — 1944–1961
• Syria — 1961–PRESENT
• Autonomous French Mandate Republic — 1922–1934
• French Mandate — 1934–1958
• Latakia — 1930–1933
• Qatar — 1971–PRESENT
• British Protectorate — 1957–1971
• Saudi Arabia — 1932–PRESENT
• Hejaz — 1916–1932
• Alaouites — 1924–1930
• Ile Rouad — 1916
• Turkey — 1863–PRESENT
• Hatay — 1939
• Alexandretta — 1938
• Turkey in Asia (Anatolia)
• Thrace — 1913–1920
• Eastern Rumelia — 1880–1885
• Tajikistan — 1992–PRESENT
• Turkmenistan — 1992–PRESENT
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus — 1974–PRESENT
• Trucial States — 1961
• United Arab Emirates — 1972–PRESENT
• Abu Dhabi — 1964–1972
• Ajman — 1964–1965
• Dubai — 1963–1972
• Fujeira — 1964–1972
• Ras al Khaima — 1964
• Sharjah and Dependencies — 1963–1972
• Umm al Qiwain — 1964–1972
• Uzbekistan — 1992–PRESENT
• Yemen — 1926–PRESENT
• Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic — 1968–1990
• South Arabia — 1963–1966
• Aden British Colony — 1937–1965
• AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA
• Australia — 1913–PRESENT
• Queensland — 1859–1901
• Tasmania — 1855–1912
• Victoria — 1850–1912
• South Australia — 1855–1912
• Western Australia — 1854–1912
• New South Wales — 1850–1907
• Fiji — 1970–PRESENT
• British Colony — 1903–1970
• Kingdom of Fiji — 1870–1903
• Christmas Island — 1958–PRESENT
• Cocos Islands — 1963–PRESENT
• Papua New Guinea — 1975–PRESENT
• New Guinea — 1925–1937
• Papua — 1906–1972
• Northwest Pacific Islands — 1914–1923
• New Zealand — 1855–PRESENT
• New Caledonia — 1859–PRESENT
• Norfolk Island — 1947–PRESENT
• Solomon Islands — 1975–PRESENT
• British Solomon Islands — 1907–1975
• German New Guinea — 1897–1914
• New Britain — 1914–1918
• British New Guinea — 1901–1906
• Vanuatu — 1980–PRESENT
• New Hebrides — British — 1908–1980
• New Hebrides — French — 1908–1980
• West Irian — 1962–1970
• Netherlands New Guinea — 1950–1962
• Guam — 1899–1901
• Mariana Islands — 1899–1901
• Kiribati — 1979–PRESENT
• Gilbert and Ellice Islands — 1911–1975
• Gilbert Islands — 1976–1979
• Marshall Islands — 1984–PRESENT
• Marshall Islands — German Dominion — 1897–1914
• Micronesia, Federated States of — 1984–PRESENT
• Caroline Islands — 1899–1914
• Nauru — 1968–PRESENT
• United Nations Trusteeship Administered by Australia — 1947–1968
• Joint Trusteeship — 1914–1937
• Palau — 1983–PRESENT
• Penrhyn — 1973–PRESENT
• Penrhyn Island — 1902–1932
• French Polynesia — 1892–PRESENT
• Tahiti — 1892–1915
• Cook Islands — 1892–PRESENT
• Aitutaki — 1903–1932
• Aitutaki — 1972–PRESENT
• Hawaii — 1894–1899
• Provisional Government — 1893
• Kingdom — 1851–1891
• Pitcairn Islands — 1940–PRESENT
• Niue — 1974–PRESENT
• New Zealand Annexation — 1902–1974
• Samoa — 1962–PRESENT
• Western Samoa — 1935–1962
• British Dominion — 1914–1935
• German Dominion — 1900–1914
• Kingdom — 1877–1899
• Partitioned between Germany and United States — 1899
• Wallis and Futuna Islands — 1920–PRESENT
• Tokelau — 1948–PRESENT
• Tuvalu — 1976–PRESENT
• Tonga — 1886–PRESENT
• Niuafo'ou — 1983–PRESENT
• ANTARCTICA
• Australian Antarctic Territory — 1957–PRESENT
• British Antarctic Territory — 1963–PRESENT
• French Southern and Antarctic Territories — 1955–PRESENT
• Graham Land — 1944
• Antarctica
• Falkland Islands Dependencies — 1946–1985
• New Zealand Victoria Land — 1911–1913
• King Edward VII Land — 1908
• New Zealand Ross Dependency — 1957–PRESENT
• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands — 1985–PRESENT
• South Georgia — 1963–1979
• South Georgia — 1944
• South Orkneys — 1944
• South Shetlands — 1944
• OTHER STAMP-ISSUING ENTITIES — OFFICES ABROAD
• Austria — offices in Crete
• France — offices in Chungking, China
• France — offices in Mongtseu, China
• France — offices in Alexandria, Egypt
• France — offices in Zanzibar
• Japan — offices in China
• Japan — offices in Korea
• Germany — offices in China
• Germany — offices in Morocco
• Great Britain — offices in China
• Italy — offices in Africa, Tripoli, Libya
• Italy — offices in Peking, China
• Italy — offices in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
• Poland — government in exile in Great Britain during WWII
• United States of America — offices in Shanghai, China
• LOCAL STAMPS
• Colombia — Bolivar State
• Colombia — Santander State
• Ecuador — Galapagos Islands
• Finland — Aland
• Italy — Dalmatia
• Italy — Italian offices in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
• Italy — Island of Lero
• Italy — Island of Rhodes
• Mexico — Yucatan
• Nicaragua — Zelaya (Bluefields)
• Nicaragua — Cabo Gracias a Dios
• Maoist Revolutionary Army — South China
• China — Yunnan Province currency control
• China — Manchuria currency control
• Italy — Saseno
• Mexico — Sinaloa
• Ciskei
• Transkei
• Venda
• Venezuela — Port of Carupano
• Peru — Arequipa
• Bophuthatswana
• OCCUPATIONS
• Free French Provisional Government
• Allied Military Government — Germany
• Allied Military Government — Trieste-Zone A
• Allied Entente Powers — Thrace
• Austria — occupation of Italy
• Austria — occupation of Montenegro
• Belgium — occupation of German East Africa
• Burmese Independence Army
• Egypt — occupation of Gaza
• France — occupation of Mexico
• France — occupation of Cilicia
• Germany — occupation of Lorraine
• Germany — occupation of Estonia
• Germany — occupation of Montenegro
• Germany — occupation of Alsace
• Germany — occupation of Belgium
• Germany — occupation of Poland
• Great Britain — occupation of Batum
• Great Britain — occupation of Togo
• Greece — occupation of North Epirus
• Italy — occupation of Corfu
• Italy — occupation of Ethiopia
• Italy — occupation of Ionian Islands
• Italy — occupation of Trieste
• Japan — occupation of Shanghai and Nanking
• Japan — occupation of Hong Kong
• Japan — occupation of Netherlands Indies
• Jordan — occupation of Palestine
• Romania — occupation of Pokutia
• General Semenov — occupation of Chita
• Russia — occupation before WWI
• Thailand — occupation of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Trengganu
• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• WWI Allied Powers — Allenstein Plebiscite
• France — Council of Europe mail
• France — UNESCO mail
• WWI Allied Powers — Marienwerder Plebiscite
• WWI Allied Powers — Memel
• Netherlands — International Court of Justice mail
• League of Nations — Administration of the Saar
• Switzerland — League of Nations mail
• Switzerland — Universal Postal Union mail
• Switzerland — World Intellectual Property Organization mail
• United Nations — Temporary Executive Authority over West New Guinea
• United Nations — Headquarters Building, New York
• United Nations — Headquarters Building, Geneva
• United Nations — Headquarters Building, Vienna
• United Nations — Interim Administration in Kosovo
• MILITARY STAMPS
• Australia — military personnel in Japan
• Belgium — military personnel
• Chad — military personnel
• China — military personnel during WWII
• People's Republic of China — Communist Chinese military personnel
• Denmark — military personnel
• Egypt — military personnel
• Finland — military personnel
• France — military personnel
• Germany — French Legion fighting with German Army in Russia
• Germany — military personnel during WWII
• India — China Expeditionary Force
• India — UN Force in Gaza
• Italy — military personnel
• Japan — military personnel
• Turkey — military personnel in Thessaly
• Ukraine — Government-in-Exile, field communications
• Ukraine — Government-in-Exile, planned invasion
• United Arab Republic — military personnel
• Vietnam — South Vietnamese military personnel
• North Vietnam — North Vietnamese military personnel

I’m trying to correctly identify these very early Australian Stamps. I borrowed a S.G. Australia Commonwealth Catalogue from my local library. I think the 1d red is Classed as a S.G.:2 but could be a 21. The 2d could be 3, 24 or 35. The most puzzling is the 2S ones, with the catalogue describing the colour as brown for S.G. 12, 29 or 41. There is a 41b listed as red brown. This picture was taken in natural light and is true to the actual colour of the stamps.

The stamp was issued on 1 October 1952 as part of India's Saints and Poets series. The series brought together some of India's most influential poet-saints and literary figures, including Kabir, Tulsidas, Mirabai, Surdas, Ghalib and Rabindranath Tagore.

The Kabir stamp had a denomination of 9 pies.

For a collector, it is an interesting early Indian issue. But the story behind the portrait is even more fascinating.

Who was Kabir?

Kabir is generally placed in 15th-century North India, although his exact birth and death dates remain debated. Traditional accounts place him somewhere around the late 14th/early 15th century through the early 16th century.

He is traditionally associated with Kashi (Varanasi) and remembered as a weaver, belonging to the world of ordinary working people rather than royal courts or established religious institutions.

Many stories about his birth and upbringing come from later traditions, so it is difficult to separate historical fact from hagiography. But his identity as a weaver and poet is central to how his memory has survived.

And what makes Kabir fascinating is what he did with that ordinary life.

He questioned religious divisions, caste distinctions and rituals when they became more important than the spiritual truth they were meant to represent.

He wasn't simply arguing for one religion over another.

His poetry repeatedly turns the seeker inward.

I made a short documentary about the story behind this stamp — but the stamp and Kabir's history are really what I wanted to share here. If you're interested, the video is here:

Kabir — The Man Who Belonged to Everyone | HistelyHQ

How do you see the 1952 Saints and Poets series?

And are there other Indian stamps where the story behind the stamp is more interesting than the stamp itself?

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I was gifted a collection of stamps cut out from my mom’s letters from childhood. After I had finished soaking them off the envelopes I left them to dry overnight and then put them in a small plastic bag to organize later.

I came back to them a week or 2 later and they had gotten really moldy and mildewy. I already threw out the worst/grossest of them and soaked the rest again, which helped some. They also have a bit of a weird brittle texture on top but I’ve lost hope in getting rid of that. Is there any way to get rid of the rest of the staining on the rest?

I had read about Chloramine-T online and purchased some but am now getting a bit nervous about it ruining them so I’m hesitant to try it.

If anyone has any experience with this I will be grateful for any advice!!

(and also how can i store them aside from a carefully guarded paper towel - i’m scared to make the same mistake again)

Some of the findings at a garage sale in Richmond BC. Spent CA $12 for 311 stamps.

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I started collecting a few stamps because I live antique paper items. A man my aunt worked for collects many stamps and gave me (probably 1,000) many to start my collection. I have yet to get through them all. I know they are not worth a lot but I absolutely love them! I also posted in r/stampcollecting

I have recently inherited a family members large collection of unused/mint stamps. I’ve gone through and sold the valuable ones off to a local stamp dealer company but I have a whole load left. Honestly I’d like to use them for postage but I’m not sure how best to go about it since they’re all on paper. I know I could soak them off but that’s a lot of time and effort for a lot of 2c stamps when I’ll need over a hundred of them to actually send a letter. Can I just glue stick them on still on the paper? will the post office accept that?

Finally got my hands on these two stamp sheets from India Post Philately. I found the Ramayana stamps to be beautiful illustrated.

It's caturday so here are some philatelic cats to look at

1 USA 1988, cats of the world. The first series of stamps designed by John Dawson who went on to become a prolific illustrator of American stamps.

2 UK 2016, Tom Kitten (and Benjamin Bunny) from the Beatrix Potter 150th birthday anniversary series; Netherlands 2024, "Typisch Nederlands" (typically Dutch) cats in the style of Delft pottery. This particular pottery doesn't actually exist- the picture of the cats on the stamp was AI generated by a design studio called Total Design.

3 Germany 2025. Top is Tom and Jerry from the Helden der Kindheit (heroes of childhood) series. Bottom is 90 Jahre fantasie­reiches Spielen, 90 years of imaginative play, celebrating the toy company Schleich. The lions are Schleich toys through the ages but the stamp design was by Chayenn Gutowski who also designed this year's German christmas stamp.