Marking | Description * | @ |
p |
(currency: on stamps with no name and queen’s head): Great Britain (1971-present) {Pence} |
P |
(overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya- Perak (1878) |
PБЩИHCTA ПOЩA |
Bulgaria: officials |
PЧB (or) Pyb |
(currency: Ruble): Russia, South Russia, Finland |
P. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Police} |
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P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British (in oval) {Paid} |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British (in circle in 8-pointed star) {PERTH} (Struck on mail mis-sent to Caledonian R.P.O.) |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Czechoslovakian {PRAGUE} |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Payé} |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (surmounted by crown) {PARIS} (1771) |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PARIS} (1774) |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (in triangular frame) {PARIS} (1778) |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German (in circle) {Paid} |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Polish (in square under 3 and other numerals) {Polodniu (Afternoon)} (1847-59) |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Payé} |
P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {PONTARLIER} |
P. A. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Protector of Aboriginees} |
P. L. TEHERAN |
(overprint on stamps of Iran- City): Iran- City of Teheran {Poste Locale Teheran} |
P. O. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Post Office} |
P. S. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Private Secretary} |
P. W. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Public Works} |
P.33 |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German (also 34,35 and 38) {Preussen 33 (etc.)} (Found on letters from Russia to France; number refers to frontier office) (1830-69) |
P.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German {Paket-Ausgabe} |
P.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German {Post Amt (Post Office)} |
P.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PAYS BAS} |
P.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Porto BOLZANO} |
P.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Poste Boite} (GUTTINGEN, THURGAU) (1833) |
P.B.G. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (in circle) {Postes Bureau du Gouvernement} (1793-98) |
P.B.T.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PAYS BAS Transit Français} (1818) |
P.BIENNE |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Par BIENNE} (also used for other towns) (1778) |
P.BRIGUE |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Passé BRIGUE} |
P.BRIT.° |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Portuguese (in rectangle) {Paquete Britannico} (1840-47) |
P.C. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch (in circle) {Post Comptoir} (MIDDELBURG) (1725-99) |
P.C.Ф.C.P. |
Russia (1921-23) {Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic} |
P.D. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British (in circle) {Post Paid} (General Post) (1713-88) |
P.D. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Payé à Destination}. Note: Be warned that there is a 'P.D.' for local posts of Paris and elsewhere from 1765 onwards when the meaning is {Port Dû (postage due)}. |
P.D. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Porto a Destinazione} |
P.D. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Payé jusqu a la Destination} |
P.D.C. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Venetian {Posta dei Corrieri} (1727-63) |
P.D.L.S.S. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Venetian {Posta Della Serenissima Signoria} (1732-34) |
P.E.I. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Canadian {PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND} (1860) |
P.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Post Français} |
P.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Payé jusqu a la Frontière} (1835) |
P.F.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {P.F. Almeric. (Forwarded de Genève)} |
P.F.S. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Belgian {Payé à la Frontière SARZANNE} |
P.G. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Venetian {PORTOGRUARO} (1747) |
P.G.S. |
(overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya- Perak: officials |
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P.GOAVE |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dominican Republic {PETIT GOAVE} |
P.H. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Par HAMBOURG} (1810) |
P.K. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): ? (preceded by 'G.B.' and postal rate in francs) {Par Kilo} (1857) |
P.K. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): South African {Post Kontor (Post Office)} |
P.K.X. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swedish {Post Kontor Expedition} (followed by numeral for the T.P.O.) |
P.K.Zl.Gr. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Polish {Porto Krajowe. Zloty. Groszy (Inland charge in zloty and groszy)} (1810-17) |
P.L. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Paid Letter} (used at Liverpool and Manchester) (1838-47) |
P.L. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Posted Late} (1838-47) |
P.M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Par MASEYCK} (1810) |
P.M. |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy: military stamps (1943-45 [Posta Militaire (military post)] |
P.M. Burg. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): South African {PIETERMARITZBURG (in Natal)} |
P.Mer. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PONT-AUDEMER} |
P.N.I./PADUA |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Postiglioni (Mounted carrier) PADUA} (1703) |
P.O. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): offcials ('Post Office' [Scott] department) |
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P.O.П.И.T. |
(overprint on stamps of Russia- Offices in Turkey): Ukraine (never issued) |
P.O./P.W.I. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Asiatic {POST OFFICE / PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND (old name for PENANG)} (1806) |
P.O.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): South African {Post Office Agency} |
P.O.T. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Irish {Post Oifig Taistill (Travelling Post Office)} (1922) |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British and Irish {Penny Post} |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch (with posthorn in circle) {Per Post (GOUDA)} |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Payé Partiellement} |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Port Payé} |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Porto Pagato} |
P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Port Payé} |
P.P. |
French language countries / universal {Poste Paye (Postage Paid)} |
P.P. |
(overprint on French postage dues): France- Offices in Morocco: conversion of postage dues to ordinary postage |
P.P.B.F./MILAN |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Port Payé Bureau Français MILAN} (1812) |
P.P.C. |
(overprint on stamps of Poland): Poland- Offices in Turkey: consular mail |
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P.P.EST. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Port Payé Estafette (Express)} (1830) |
P.P.O. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Scottish {Penny Post Office} |
P.P.P.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Port Payé Passé PARIS} (1766) |
P.P.PTMER. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Port Payé PONT AUDEMER} |
P.R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Posta ROMANA} (1802) |
P.R.1. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Prusse Rayon 1} |
P.S. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials {Private Secretary (to the Governor)} |
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P.S.N.C. |
Peru (letters in corners with ship): {Pacific Steam Navigation Company} (1857) |
P.S.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): ? {Pacific Steamer Packet} |
P.S.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PRUSSE Service Publique} (1861-65) |
P.S.V. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Posta SAN VITALE} (1847) |
P.T. in R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian (in heart-shaped frame with number underneath) {Posta Toscana in ROMA} (1795-96) |
P.Z.Gr.S. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Polish {Porto Zagraniczne, Groszy, Srebrem (Foreign postage charge in silver groszy)} (Struck at frontiers) (1810-17) |
Pa. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian (in oblong frame) {PADOVA (Padua)} (1750-51) |
PACCHI POSTALI |
Italy (with various designs): parcel posts |
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PACCHI POSTALI |
San Marino (with denomination in diagonal band): parcel posts |
PACCHI POSTALI |
Somalia (with star and crescent emblem) parcel posts |
PACKENMARKE |
Russia- Wenden: parcel post stamps (1863) {Parcel Stamp} |
PACKHOI |
(overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Packhoi (1906-19) |
PAGO |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Pagato (Paid)} |
PAHANG |
Malaysia- Pahang |
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PAISA |
(currency): Indian States- Feridkot, Nepal, Pakistan |
PAITA |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Paita): (revolutionary period) (1884) |
PAK-HOI |
(overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Packhoi (1906-19) |
PAKISTAN |
(overprint on stamps of India): Pakistan (1947-49) |
PAKKE-PORTO |
Greenland: parcel posts |
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PAKKET B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pakketboot (Packet boat)} (1872-73) |
PALACIO DE COMMUNICACIONES |
Colombia and Cuba: postal tax stamps |
PALESTINE |
(overprint on stamps of Egypt): Palestine- Palestine occupation (1948-49) |
PALESTINE |
(overprint on stamps of Egypt with E.E.F.): Palestine- British Mandate |
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PALESTINE |
(overprint on stamps of Trans-Jordan): Palestine |
PALISSY, B. |
France : Training Stamps. The Bernard Palissy issues (essays), printed in the 50's, were used for "instruction courses" for postmen. These are found in the French Ceres Catalog. [rs]
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PAPUA |
Papua & New Guinea |
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA |
Papua New Guinea (1952-71) |
PAQ.REG. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Paquebots Réguliers} (1820) |
PAR AVION |
universal inscription: airmail |
labels, stamps, handstamps, etc. |
PAR POSTE AERIENNE |
Switzerland: airmails |
PARA OS POBRES |
Portugal and Azores: postal tax stamps (1915) {For the Poor} |
PARA(S) |
(currency): Egypt, Turkey |
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PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Romania): Romania- Offices in Turkey |
PARA(S) |
(currency overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey |
PARCEL POST |
United States (U.S.) Parcel Post stamp (here a 1913 issue): A special class of service for packages. (probably the precursor to UPS {United Parcel Service} which did issue a few stamps in the 1970's. [I had a few.. [aj] and then there's FedEx & others.... [image via: Siegel via san] |
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PARDOES DA GRAND GUERRA |
Portugal and Azores: postal tax due stamps {Comrades of the Great War} |
PARIS.S.C. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PARIS. Section des Chargements} |
PARM |
Italian States- Parma (1852-55) |
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PARMENSI |
Italian States- Parma (1852-55) |
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PARTICULAR |
(overprint on stamps of Nicaragua): (conversion of officials to ordinary mail) |
PASCO |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Pasco): (Chilean occupation) (1884) |
PATIALA (& with) SERVICE |
(overprint on official stamps of India): India- Patiala (1940-45)
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PATIALA STATE (& with 'SERVICE') |
(overprint of stamps of India): India- Patiala (1891-1947)
(omission error: 'STATE' only 1891-96)
(here 'SERVICE' inverted 1891-1900)
See Also: PUTTIALLA |
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PATMO |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Patmo (1930-32) |
PATMOS |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Patmo (1912-22) |
PATRIOTIC FUND |
Queensland: semipostals |
PATZCUARO |
Mexico- Patzcuaro (authenticity questioned) |
PD.DORFF. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Par Dusseldorf} (1782) |
PEПБAИKA БbЛΓAПИЯ |
Bulgaria {Bulgarian Republic} |
PE. |
(currency): Egypt {Piastra Egiziane (Egyptian Pisatre)} |
PECHINO |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in China- Peking (1917-19) |
Pees Oriles. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PYRENEES ORIENTALES} |
PELITA |
(overprint on stamps of Netherlands Indies): semipostals |
PEN |
(currency; dual incl: PEИ): Finland {Pennia} |
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PENANG |
Malaya- Penang |
PENNI |
(currency): Finland |
PENNIAS |
(currency): Finland |
PENRHYN |
(overprint on stamps of Cook Islands): Penrhyn Island (1973-present) |
PENRHYN ISLAND |
(overprint on stamps of New Zealand): Penrhyn Island (1902-20) |
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PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN |
Yemen (1971-present) |
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN YEMEN |
(overprint on stamps of South Arabia): Yemen (1968) |
PER LUGPOS |
Afrikaans language: South Africa, South-West Africa {air mail} |
PER PACCHI |
(overprint on stamps of Vatican): parcel posts |
PER VLIEGTUIG |
Belgium: airmail |
PER.FRA. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Périodique Franc} (1817) |
PERAK |
Malaya- Perak |
PERAK |
(overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya- Perak |
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PERLIS |
Malaya- Perlis |
PERNO |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Brazilian {PERNAMBUCO} |
PERSANE(S) |
Iran (1881-1935) |
PERSEKUTUAN TANAH MELAYU |
Malaya (1957-63) |
PERUANA |
Peru |
PERV-AEREO |
Peru: airmails |
PESA |
(currency overprint on stamps of Germany): German East Africa (1893) |
PESETAS |
(currency; no country name): Spain |
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PF or PFG |
(currency overprint on stamps of Russia): Estonia- German occupation (1918) |
PFENNIG |
(currency): German States-Wurttemberg, German States-Bavaria or Germany |
PFO/LLOYD |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Piroscafo (steamer) Lloyd} |
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Philippines- United States administration |
PHILIPPINES |
(overprint on stamps of USA): United States administration of the Philippines |
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PIASTER |
(currency): Austria- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTER |
(currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTER |
(currency overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in Turkey |
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PIASTRA or PIASTRE |
(currency overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTRA or PIASTRE |
(currency overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain Offices in Turkey |
PIASTRA or PIASTRE |
(currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTRA (or) PIASTRE |
(currency overprint on stamps of Romania): Romania- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTRA or PIASTRE |
(currency overprint on stamps of Russia) on stamps of Russia: Russia- Offices in Turkey |
PIASTRO |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Crete |
PICE |
(currency): Nepal |
PIES |
(currency): India |
PILGRIM TERCENTENNERY |
United States issue (1920) |
PILIPINAS |
Philippines- Japanese occupation in WWII |
PILIPINAS |
Philippines- Republic issues since 1962 [s2]. (this one was unissued & overprinted but most are ok; [rs]; what's 'SNV'?) |
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PINSIN(E) |
(currency): Ireland |
PISCO |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Pisco): Chilean occupation |
PISCOPI |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Piscopi (1912-32) |
PIURA |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Piura): Chilean occupation (1884) |
PJON FRIM |
Iceland: officials |
PJONUSTA |
(overprint on stamps of Iceland): officials |
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PJONUSTU |
Iceland: officials |
PJONUSTUMERLI |
Iceland: officials |
PKT. |
British {Packet Boat} (circa ?) |
PLEBISCIT SLESVIG |
Schleswig (1919) |
PLEBISCITE OLSZTYN ALLENSTEIN |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Allenstein (1920) |
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POBLACHT NA HEIREANN |
Ireland {Republic of Ireland} |
POCCIИ |
(overprint on stamps of Russia): South Russia- Crimea |
POCCIЯ |
Russia, South Russia |
POCCIR |
Russia |
POCCIR cbБ AUMIЯ |
Russia- Army of the North (1920) |
POCZTA |
Poland |
POCZTA POL. KORP |
(overprint on stamps of Russia): Poland (1918) {Polish Expeditionary Force} |
POCZTA POLSKA |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): Poland (1918) [s2]. Michel cat. lists these as "local issues of Poland ..by Myslenice (type III has Poczta Polska on 2 lines, type IV on 1 line)... 20 to 30 issues." [Marc Steenbrink via rs] |
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POCZTA POLSKA |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Poland Poznan issues (1919) |
POCZTA POLSKA |
(overprint on German occupation stamps): Poland |
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POHJOIS INKERI |
North Ingermanland |
POLAIRE INTERNATIONALE (1932) |
U.S.S.R.: airmails |
POLE DU NORD (1931) |
U.S.S.R.: airmails |
POLSKA |
Poland |
POLYNESIE FRANCAISE |
French Polynesia (1956-present) |
POMBAL |
Portugal and Azores: postal tax stamps |
PONCE |
Puerto Rico (1898) |
PONEY'S POSTE |
France- Paris: local post (an 'urgent delivery service') listed in James MacKay's 1971 International Encyclopaedia of Stamps in which "letters were collected by tobacconists and taken in pony carts to Railway stations.." [rs; comm. links]. Stirling reports, "My old friend, August Bourdi, ... listed four colours of this item, and the other design with a horse's head in a star (see image lower right & on lefthand link) in his Les Timbres de Fantaisie ... It is correct that the service ran from tobacconists' kiosks and newsagents' shops. It covered the whole of Paris. ..and (the one to the upper right) ..is known genuinely used on a cover from Gare du Nord, Paris to the United Kingdom on 12 May 1893." |
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POR AVION |
Venezuela: airmails |
POR CORREO AEREO |
Colombia: airmails |
PORT CANTONAL |
Switzerland- Geneva |
PORT GDANSK |
(overprint on stamps of Poland): - Offices in Danzig (1925-38) |
PORT LAGOS |
(overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Turkey (1893) |
PORT MARIA |
The Republic of Port Maria ICIS
(independent since 1st October 1980) "is located on the Maria Theresa Reef, between New Zealand and Fiji ... Founding father
of the country was the famous Norwegian archaeologist Geir Sør-Reime. The country benefits from sales of offshore banking
licences, while sales of stamps and souvenirs now make up an important part of the economic base of the country.
To contact the Port Maria Post Office, it is best to send your letters and payments to the President, Mrs Joanne Carré
(@), c/o the Port Maria Shipping Agency in New Zealand: Port Maria Shipping Agency,
P.O. Box 78-104, Grey Lynn, New Zealand 1032. @ & made payable to the shipping agents..
[info #1, info #2,
aj http://geocities.com/berenku/ '404' c.200906] |
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PORT-SAID |
France- Offices in Egypt- Port Said (1895-1928) |
PORTE DE CONDUCCION |
Peru: parcel posts {Postage for Conveyance} |
PORTE DE MAR |
Mexico: postage dues for ship mail (1875) |
PORTE FRANCO (with) CORREOS |
Peru (1858-72) |
PORTEADO |
Portugal and Azores: postage dues |
PORTEADO A RECEBER |
Portugal and Azores: postage dues {Postage to Be Received} |
PORTEADO CORREIO |
Portugal and Azores: postage dues |
PORTO |
multiple languages {Postage} |
PORTO |
(no country name): Austria {Postage} |
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PORTO FRANCO |
Portugal: franchise stamps with company name but without denomination |
PORTO FRANCO (with) CORREOS |
Peru {Postage Free} |
PORTO GAZETEI |
Romania- Moldova: newspaper stamps (1858-59) {Newspaper Postage} |
PORTO PFLICHTICE DIENST SACHE |
German States- Wurttemberg: officials {Service Matter Liable to Postage} |
PORTO RICO |
(overprint on stamps of U.S.): U.S. administration- Puerto Rico (1899) |
PORTOMAERKE |
Danish West Indies and Norway: postage dues |
PORTOMARK |
Bosnia & Herzogovina: postage dues |
PORTUGAL CONTINENTE |
Portugal {Portugal mainland} |
POSESIONES ESPANOLES DEL SAHARA OCCIDENTAL |
Spanish West Sahara |
POSIESXHEDEUIEEGIZIANE |
Egypt (1872-79) |
POSSEEL |
(Afrikaans language): South Africa and South West Africa {Postage} |
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POST & RECEIPT |
(with denomination in annas): India- Hyderabad |
POST LUCHTDIENST |
Belgian Congo: airmails |
POST OBITUM |
United States: dead letter seal (1877) |
POST STAMP |
India- Hyderabad |
POST ZEGEL |
(no country name): Netherlands (1852-67), Transvaal {Postage Stamp} |
POSTA |
(overprint on stamps of Tanna Tuva): (to convert fiscals to ordinary mail) |
POSTA AEREA |
Italian language countries {Air Mail} |
POSTA AEREA |
Italy: Issued June, 1917 by the Aero Club of Palermo (and) the same design was also issued in 4 bicolor stamps by the Palermo Philatelic Club ... listed in Landmans'
Catalogo Delle Cartoline e Vignette Ufficiali e Semiufficiali di Posta Aerea Italiana... They are not listed in Sanabria as semi-officials, so I suspect they were of a commemorative nature. The surcharged varieties are listed in Mosbaugh's "Red Cross Seals of the World" catalogue.
" [Ray Petersen] via [rs]
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POSTA AEREA VATICANA |
Vatican City Air Mail |
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POSTA AERIANA |
Romania: air mails |
POSTA AERORE |
Albania: airmails |
POSTA AJRORE |
Albania: airmails |
POSTA C.E.C.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): ? {Posta Contarina Egipti Circumnavigationis (ship post to Asia)} |
POSTA CESKOSLOVENSKA |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): Czechoslovakia: semipostals (1919) |
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POSTA FIUME |
Fiume: triangular newspaper stamp |
POSTA PNEUMATICA |
Italy: pneumatic tube post |
POSTA ROMANA CONSTANTINOPOL |
(overprint on stamps of Romania): Romania- Offices in Turkey (1919) |
POSTA UKR. N. REP. SCHAGIW |
(surcharge on stamps of Austria): Western Ukraine- Stanislau local {Ukrainska Narodnia Respiublika Schaiw (Ukrainian People’s Republic Schagiw-currency)} |
POSTAGE |
(with denominations in pies, annas or rupees): India- Hyderabad |
POSTAGE |
(with portrait of Andrew Jackson, initials 'C' and 'S' in lower corners): United States- Confederate States |
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POSTAGE |
(with denominations in cents, initials 'U' and 'S' in upper corners): United States |
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POSTAGE & REVENUE |
(with denominations in d (pence)): Great Britain |
POSTAGE & REVENUE |
(with denominations in annas): India- Kishengarh |
POSTAGE AND REVENUE |
(with denominations in d (pence)): Grenada |
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POSTAGE DUE |
(with denominations in d-(pence): Great Britain, Australia |
POSTAGE I.E.F. D |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia- British occupation of Mosul |
POSTAGE PAYE |
(overprint on stamps of Haiti): (1904) {Postage Paid} |
POSTAGE (with) CAMB AUS SIGILLUM NOV |
New South Wales (1850-51) |
POSTAL CHARGES |
(overprint on stamps of Papua New Guinea): Postage due charges |
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POSTAL FERIL EST. OTAVALO |
(overprint on consular fee stamps): Ecuador (honoring railway) (1928) |
POSTAL UNION CONGRESS LONDON |
Great Britain |
POSTALARI |
Turkey {Postage} |
POSTALE ITALIANO |
Italy {Italian Postage} |
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POSTAS LE NIOC |
Ireland: postage dues |
POSTAT AJRORE |
Albania- Italian occupation: airmails |
POSTAT E QERVERRIES SE PERKOHESHME- TE SHQIPONIES |
Albania |
POSTAT EXPRES |
Albania: special delivery |
POSTCOLLI |
Belgium: parcel posts |
POSTCOLLO |
(overprint on stamps of Belgium): parcel posts |
POSTE AERIENNE |
(overprint on stamps of France):- {Air Mail} |
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POSTE AERIENNE |
(no country name): Iran |
POSTE AERIEO |
(no country name): Iran: airmails (1928) |
POSTE AERIEO |
(overprint on fiscal stamps): Iran: airmails |
POSTE AVION |
Haiti: airmails |
POSTE DE GENEVE |
Switzerland- Geneva |
POSTE ESTENSI |
Italian States- Modena (1852) {Post of the House of Este} |
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POSTE ITALIANE |
Italy |
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POSTE KHEDEVIE EGIZIANE |
Egypt (1872-75) {Khediva Egyptian Post} |
POSTE LOCALE |
Switzerland- Geneva (1849-50) {Local Post} |
POSTE PERSANE |
Iran (1881-98) |
POSTE VATICANE |
Vatican City |
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POSTEK NEDEUIERGIZIANE |
Egypt (1872-79) |
POSTES |
universal (French language) {Postage} |
POSTES |
(with red crescent and '1954'): Afghanistan: tax stamps (1954) |
POSTES AFGHANES |
Afghanistan |
POSTES AVION |
Haiti: airmails |
POSTES CENTIMES |
(with numeral in center and a network of colored lines): France- Alsace and Lorraine- German occupation |
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POSTES DE COREE |
Korea (1902) |
POSTES DE YEMEN |
Yemen |
POSTES EGYPTIENNES |
Egypt, United Arab Republic |
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POSTES ESTENSI |
Italian States - Modena 1852 issues |
POSTES ETHIOPIENNES |
Ethiopia |
POSTES EXPRES |
Egypt: special delivery stamps |
POSTES HEDJAZ AND NEJDE |
Saudi Arabia |
POSTES IMPERIALES DE COREE |
Korea (1903) |
POSTES OTTOMANES |
Turkey, Mesopotamia (1913-22) |
POSTES PARIS 1920 (or) 1921 |
(overprint on stamps of France): precancels |
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POSTES PERSANES |
Iran |
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POSTES QUARANTE CENT |
Belgium 1841-1865 |
POSTES SERBES |
(overprint on 1900-07 stamps of France): Serbia- Corfu (1916-18) (Scott Catalogue notes: used during a stamp shortage: applied on cover sometimes covering multiple stamps & often with no other cancellation.) |
POSTES SYRIE |
Syria |
POSTFAERGE |
(overprint on stamps of Denmark): parcel posts |
POSTFRIM. |
Norway, Denmark {Postfrimaerki (Free Postage Stamp)} |
POSTGEBIET OB. OFT. |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Lithuania- German occupation (1916-17) {Postage Area of the Eastern Commander-in-Chief} |
POSTTAXE BAYER |
German States- Bavaria: postage dues |
POSTZEGEL |
Netherlands |
POSTZEGEL Z. AFR. REPUBLIEK |
Transvaal |
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POUL |
(currency): Afghanistan (aka: PUL) |
POULS |
Afghanistan: semipostals (1952) |
POUR LA CROIX ROUGE |
Yugoslavia: postal tax stamps {For the Red Cross} |
POUR LE STADE MUNICIPAL DE PORT-AU-PRINCE |
Haiti: semipostal |
PRACE |
Czechoslovakia: Newspaper Stamp (from Prague) [rs]
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PREKOMURJE |
(overprint on stamps of Hungary- Yugoslavian): Hungary- Yugoslavian occupation of Transmuria (left bank of Mur River) (1919) |
PRENSA |
(overprint on stamps of Uruguay): newspaper stamps |
PREUSSEN |
German States- Prussia (1861-67) |
PRIMA VALORES DECLARADOS |
Dominican Republic: insured letter stamps |
PRIMIER VURLO POSTAL- BARRION-MIAMI |
(overprint on stamps of Guatemala): airmails |
PRIMO VOLO DIRETTO ROMA-BUENOS AIRES TRIMOTORE |
(overprint on stamps of Italy and Cyrenaica): airmails |
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
Prince Edward Island (now Canada) (1861 first issue) |
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
Prince Edward Island (Bogus Item with Spanish Queen's profile. Quite rare. [Stirling] |
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PRINCE FAROUK |
Egypt (1929) |
PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO |
Monaco {Principality of Monaco} |
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PRINCIPAUTE DE TRINIDAD |
Brazil (bogus private issue) (1894) |
Principle Suggested Beaufort House |
Great Britain- Essay : A Charles Whiting essay produced for Rowland Hill's 1839 Treasury Competition to find a design for the soon-to-be issued first British postage stamp (and) introduced the idea of corner check letters. The CW in the lower corners is Charles's initials. Stirling notes, "..there are reprints.. (originals) ..can be distinguised when in the full sheet.." (see link at left).
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PRISTINA |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): (1911) {City of Pristina} |
PRO AERO |
Switzerland: airmails |
PRO AGRICULTURA Y CANADERIA |
Paraguay: semipostals |
PRO CARTERO |
Argentina: semipostals |
PRO CASA DE JUBILACIONES DE COMMUNICACIONES |
Bolivia: postal tax stamps |
PRO COMBATTENTI |
(overprint on stamps of San Marino): semipostals (1918) {For the Troops} |
PRO DESOCUPADOS |
(overprint on stamps of Peru): postal tax stamps {For Unemployed} |
PRO EDUCACION FISICIA |
Panama: postal tax stamp {For Physical Education} |
PRO FUNDAZIONE STUDIO LIRE 5 |
Fiume: semipostals {Benefit of Educational Fund} |
PRO INFANCIA |
(overprint on stamps of Mexico): postal tax stamps {For Children’s Welfare} |
PRO JUVENTUTE |
Switzerland: semipostals |
PRO PATRIA |
Switzerland: semipostals {For the Country} |
PRO PLEBISCITO TACNA Y ARICA |
Peru- plebescite tax stamps (1925-28) |
PRO TUBERCULOSOS POBRES |
Spain (1937-38) {For the Poor with Tuberculosis} |
PRO UNION IBEROAMERICANA |
Spain (1930) |
PRO VIVIENDA OBRARA |
Bolivia: postal tax stamps |
PROTECCION A LA INFANCIA |
(overprint on stamps of Mexico): postal tax stamps |
PROTECCION AL ANCIANO |
Uruguay: postal tax stamp {For the Aged} |
PROTECTORADO ESPANOL EN MARRUECOS |
Spanish Morocco |
PROTECTORADO ESPANOL EN MARRUECOS |
(overprint on stamps of Spain): Spanish Morocco (1915) |
PROTECTORAT COTE DES SOMALIS |
Somali Coast |
PROTECTORAT FRANCAIS |
(overprint on stamps of France or French Morocco): French Morocco (1914-22) |
PROTECTORATE |
(overprint on stamps of Bechuanaland): Bechuanaland Protectorate (1888-89) |
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PROTEJA A LA INFANCIA |
Mexico: postal tax stamps {For Children’s Protection} |
PROV. R.I. |
United States- Rhode Island- Providence: Postmaster's provisional issue. (1846) |
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PROVINCE LAIBACH- LJUBLJANSKA POKRAJINA |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Yugoslavia- Laibach- German occupation |
PROVINCIE MODONESI |
Italian States- Modena (1859) |
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PROVINZ LAIBACH |
Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- German occupation |
PROVISIONAL 1881-1882 |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Arequipa): (1881-85) |
PROVISIONAL GOVT. 1893 |
(overprint on stamps of Hawaii): Republic issues (1893) |
PROVISORIO |
(overprint on stamps of Portugese Colonies): to revalidate demonetized stamps |
PROVISORISCH WERT IN SCHWEIZ FRANC |
(overprint on stamps of Liechtenstein): {Temporary Value in Swiss Francs} |
Pruisen A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen ARNHEM} (1848-51) |
Pruisen E. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen ENSCHEDE} (1848-49) |
Pruisen M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen MAASTRICHT} (1850-52) |
Pruisen N. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen NIJMEGEN} (1849-51) |
Pruisen V. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen VENLO} (1849-50) |
Pruisen W. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {Pruisen WINTERSWIJK} (1849) |
PRUSSE p.M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PRUSSE par MAGDEBURG} |
PRUSSE.P.C. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {PRUSSE Par COSWIG} (1810) |
PRZESLYKA URZEDOWA |
Poland: officials |
PS |
(intertwined in script letter): Colombia- Causa (1882-83) |
Ps |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {PEAGES} |
Pte. Rte. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Poste Restante} (1795) |
PTO-RICO |
Puerto Rico |
PUL |
(currency): Afghanistan {POUL} |
PULAU PENENG |
Malaysia- Penang |
PUNO |
(overprint on stamps of Peru or Arequipa): Peru- Chilean occupation (1882-85) |
PUOLUSTUSVOIMAT KENTTA POSTIA |
Finland |
PUTTIALA STATE |
(overprint on stamps of India): India- Patiala |
PUTTIALLA STATE (& with) SERVICE |
(overprint on stamps of India): India- Patiala
(known error: 'AUTTIALLA') |
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PYCCHON APMIN |
(overprint on stamps of Ukraine): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Wrangel issues (1921) |
PYCCKAR HOYTA |
(overprint on stamps of Ukraine): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Wrangel issues (1921) |
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