The Stamp Collector Blog » STAMP INFORMATION http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com Stamp Collecting for Fun,Pleasure & Investment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Definitives And Commemoratives Stamps(Part2of2) http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/definitives-and-commemoratives-stampspart2of2/ http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/definitives-and-commemoratives-stampspart2of2/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:51:54 +0000 slang http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/?p=13 Earlier Part 1 looks at whats are definitives stamps.

This article looks at what are commemoratives stamps:

  • Commemoratives stamps are issued to mark important events or anniversarie
  • Usually larger and more colorful than definitive stamps
  • The reasons for issuing such stamp(s) will be shown quite clearly in the design
  • Commemorative sets are often made up of between two and six stamps of different face values, although there are exceptions when just one or two values may be printed.
  • Besides printed as sheets of stamps, they are sometimes printed in blocks of sets, each surrounded by a margin, rather like a miniature sheet of stamps
  • Commemorative stamps are produced especially for philatelists
]]> http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/definitives-and-commemoratives-stampspart2of2/feed/ 0 How To Tell Where A Stamp Comes From http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/how-to-tell-where-a-stamp-comes-from/ http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/how-to-tell-where-a-stamp-comes-from/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:38:32 +0000 slang http://stampcollecting.a-z-series.com/?p=11 Sometimes when we collect stamps, due to the abbreviations or language, we do not know where the stamps come from. Append below a table sorted by alphabet for easy reference as to the stamp of origin:

Afghanes

Afghanistan

Arabie Saoudite

Saudi Arabia

Bayern

Bavaria(German State)

Belgie or belqique

Belgium

Braunschweig

Brunswick(German State)

Cambodge

Cambodia

CCCP

USSR or Soviet Union

Centrafricaine

Central African Republic

Ceskoslovensko

Czechoslvakia

Danmark

Denmark

DDR

East Germany

Deutsche Bundespost

West Germany

Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

West Berlin

Deutsche Post or Reich

Germany

Dominicana

Dominican Republic

Eesti

Estonia

Egypte or Egyptienne

Egypt

Eire

Ireland(Republic)

Espana or Espanola

Spain

Froyar

Faroe Islands

Francais

France

Gronland

Greenland

Helvetia

Switzerland

Italia

Italy

Jugoslovija

Yugoslavia

Kibris

Cyprus

KSA

Saudi Arabia

LAR

Libya

Liban or Libanaise

Lebanon

Magyar Posta

Hungary

Maroc

Morocco

Nippon

Japan

Norge

Norway

Osterreich

Austria

Persia

Iran

Pilipinas

Philippines

Polska

Poland

Pulau Pinang

Penang(Malaysian State)

Reichspost

Germany

RF

France

Romana

Rumania

RSA

South Africa

Rwandaise

Rwanda

SA

Saudi Arabia

Sachsen

Saxony(German State)

Salvador

El Savador

Shqiperia(and similar

Albania

Siam

Thailand

Suid Afrika

South Africa

Suidwes Afrika

South West Africa

Suomi

Finland

Sverige

Swede

SWA

South West Africa

Tchad

Chad

Toga

Tonga

Togolaise

Togo

Turkiye

Turkey

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UAR

Either Egypt or Syria

USA

United States Of America

Vaticane

Vatican City

Viet-nam Cong-Hoa

South Vietnam

Viet-nam Dan Chu Cong Hoa

North Vietnam

YAR

Yemen Arab Republic

Z.Afr Republiek

Transvaal (South African State)

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