Stamp Stories

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21866, 20 August 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)

Stamp Stories

(By tt. J. G. Collins)

There are some instances in which the name inscribed upon a stamp provides no clear indication of the country of origin, because the letters are of an alphabet unfamiliar to English readers. This class, though, is not 6 very large one and fortunately in the majority of Stamps, the name is of assistance. Last Week's issues are unlikely to present any trouble, but there are cases where, although the name appears with the same letters as the English alphabet, the inscription needs interpretation. Afghan, Brasil, Danmark. Pilipinas, Haiti, Syrie, Turkiye, are Bayern Braunschweig Calchl Cesko-Slovenska Cesko-Slovensko Ooie D’lvoire Dansk-Vestlfidiske Dcutoches-Reich Eesti Eire Erpana - ESpan.ola EtaM’Sßemenis de TOcCanie Etabltssemcnts Prancals dans I'lnde Ethiopie - , Haute-Sllesie Haute Volta Haut-Senegal Niger Helvetia ' Ho’kar iranieniies Island Karkt Ltttvl.ia Latwlja Liban Lietuva LSetuvoa Lltwa Magyar Kir Fosta Magyarorszag JVfaTruecoa Moyen Congo Nederland Ned-In die Nederlandsch-Indie Norddeutscher Norge Oesterrelch Ofiterreich Oltre Guiba Oranje Vrij Stoat Ottomanes Pohlote Inker! Peoata Polska Reichsnost Saargebict Sachsen Saurashtra Shs Srba Hrvata I Slovenago ShqipenJa Shqlpenles Shqiptare Shnyptare S Tome E Principe Sufdafrika Suldwes-Afrika Sverige Torcano Z Afr Eepubliek

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examples which are sufficiently close to the English equivalents to easy to talk. The double inscriptions Belgique ana Beigie up* on the stamps of Belgium, the names Francaise and the abbreviation Franc on the stamps of France, and the inscription Poste Italiane on the stamps of Italy are easy to remember,! The following list, which should be kept for reference, includes most of the inscriptions which differ considerably from the Faiglish equivalents, and provides reliable identification aids. Bavaria Brunswick Catdhi Czecho-Slovakia CzeCho-SlOvakia Ivory Coast Danish West indies Germany Estonia Irish Free State Spain Spain French Oceanic Settlements French Indian Settlements Abyssinia Upper Silesia Upper Volta Upper Senegal and Niger Switzerland Indore Persia Iceland Carchi Latvia Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Lithuania Central Lithuania Hungary Hungary Bsh Morocco • e Congo Holland Dutch Indies Dutch Indies North German Confederation Norway Austria Austria Jubaland Orange Free State Turkey ilngermanland Poland Germany Saar Saxony Soruth Jugoslavia Jugoslavia Albania Albania Albania • Albania St. Thomas and Prince islands Union of South Africa South-West Africa Sweden Tuscany Transvaal