APRL Entity Numbers : notes regarding errors, form and suggestions regarding filename: aprlnumb.txt, aprlalfa.txt Relavent files: apsdbtst2 - is a version within Access database 'Stampurl' (not available here; send request), apsdbtst.txt - a file in delimited Windows ANSI text format; with additions - are based on the APRL files: aprlnumb.txt, aprlalfa.txt more are listed on the main page to this work: "Reference Material" (referenc.htm) some abbreviations used here: aka also known as c/b could be cf compare with s/b should be vs. verses (as opposed to) ; = comment ============================================================================== questions? 10370 Aguinaldo ; wha dat? (4) Changes made/suggested** and/or questions*: **10060 Adelie Land ; added '(French Antarctic)' * 18870 French Zone ; ?? of Berlin? ?-were 'West Berlin' / 'East Berlin' ever 'officially' names; if so when? 48-91? ;19020 German and Italy - Occupation of Greek Islands area too broad? perhaps c/b ##### 'Axis Occupaiton' - Greek Islands - By Germany ... ##### 'Axis Occupaiton' - Greek Islands - By Italy cf 'Allied Occupation' ;#'s 10710 - 10890 * 29150 Oceanic Settlements (1892-1956) (British?, French?...) **36360 United States Occupation - Ryukyu Islands (as is) s/b: 36360 United States - Occupation of Ryukyu Islands brings this entry into general conformity with the rest of the list. *11200 Antilles - (1855-1873) (which? Dutch?; note: no listing in Scott for 'Antilles') **36950 United States Massachujetts Boston s/b Massachusetts * 29430 Pacific Steam Navigation Co. interesting. how quite to relate to this?; what country, area ...? postage? * 29290 Omnibus Issues likewise; British? **22800 Italian States (as is) cf 23270 Italy - Sicily - (1859-1859) (as entered now) suggest use of 'Italy - State of - Sicily or: 23270 Italian States - Sicily - (1859-1859); sounds good but: 23270 Italy - States of: Sicily - (1859-1859); is database friendly for a search for 'Italy' ----------------------------- redommend reformating: the 'Occ. of' et al (description of a secondary entity) and the date scheme 11510 Australia - Japan - Occupation of 11720 Austria - Italy - Occupation of (1918-1918**) (note the date format: modified for database entries; see database notes under: 'date fields') 11800 Austria - Lombardy-Venetia - Offices in (1863-1867) ;see (5); regarding hyphenated or dual items 11810 Austria - Turkish Empire - Offices in (1863-1914) In general reforming is for database use and has been applied to all entries in the database versions - not just those listed above. Results in the same printable or displayable format under a program. e.g.: 11770 - Austria - Occupation of China (1914-1916) ------------------------------ *17300 Ellice Islands (-1915) ; why listed? not in Scott; where there issues? *17310 Ellice Islands (1976) ;why listed? not in Scott; but is Vanuatu 1980 did they issue one or more stamps as 'Ellice' in 1976? *31400 Russia - Lithuania (1940- ) & 31490 Russia - Occupation of Lithuania (1940-1940) (same?; prefer 31490 if so) *22560 Islamic Republic - Mauritania (1958-) vs 26720 Mauritania (1958-) (same?; no listing in Scott for Islamic Rep.) *22970 Corfu vs. 22970 Italy - Occupation of Corfu (1923-1943) (same #; same entry?) *22640 Italian Austria ? *"23110 Italy - Occupation of Trentino - Alto Adige" (your original form) (i.e. Alto Adige within the 'Trentino' area) c/b 23110 Italy - Occupation of Trentino and Alto Adige (i.e. both) or 23110 Italy - Trentino-Alto Adige - Occupation of (i.e. a single entity) note: Scott lists only 'Trentino' in 'Vol. 1' which I can't research just now. * 23510 Japan - Occupation of China - Meng Chiang vs 23650 Japan - Occupation of Meng Chiang (same? 23510 prefered; at least for format) * 23520 Japan - Occupation of China - Shanghai and Nanking vs 23660 Japan - Occupation of Nanking and Shanghai (same? 23520 prefered) *24210 Kastellorizon (1922-1932) This is found spelled 'Castellorizo' ; per philately.com and Scott; who includes 'Castelrosso' *26480 Manama (1967-) ; what's this? *28300 New Carlisle, Gaspe ; what dat?; not in Scott *29250 Olonets ; what dat; not in Scott *33510 Southern Cameroons (1960-1961) - what dat? ; not in Scott *30870 Rhodesia (1965) ; 1965 only? *35140 Togoland (1914-1916) ; what dat? not in Scott; German ? *20230,,Great Britain,South-West Africa,Occupation of (s/b German s.w. Africa?) (though the name changed to South-West Africa wasn't it German S.W. Africa that was 'occupied'?) **31150,,Romania-Walachia (s/b Romania - Walachia ; not hyphenated; just seperated *11550 Victoria (-1912) 11550 Australia - Victoria (same #; same entry?) *36530 United States - Charleston (s/b 36530 United States - South Carolina - Charleston ??; all other cities listed are subordinate to a state name) *28520 New Zealand - Ross Dependency vs 28520 Ross Dependency (why 2 entries; for alphabetical reasons?) as Ross does have stamps I suggest a new number for Ross leaving the old one to represent pre-Ross stamp period; i use 42000 **32110 Saint Thomas & Prince Isls aka: Sao Tome & Principe ; the name she now uses. *31290 Russia - Azerbaijan (1919-1923) vs 40120 Azerbaijan (1919-1924) (same?; dates do differ slightly) cf 40140 Azerbaijan 1991- *38550 Yugoslavia Offices - Istria c/b s/b Youslavia - Offices in (country/region name needed) - Istria *"35960 Turkish Empire" = Ottoman Enpire?; a well-know name, c/b worth at least an 'aka:' (or parenthetical) 33230 South Arabia (* s/b Asia, W. - Near East - Southern Arabia) 33240 South Arabian Federation (s/b South Arabia, Fed. of) here So. Arabia 33230 is considered, by me, a general area though the "Federation of South Arabia" estbl. 1957 (issued 1963-66) and is often (Scott) refered to as 'South Arabia'. * 10140 Aegean Islands * 10150 Aegean Islands - Astypalaia ... here this is a long list of islands. Just a list of the islands? ---------------------------------------------------- (5) see 'note' under 'Field_Name'/Entity3 in the database notes section ; essentially enter a duplicate, REORDERED records with the places of hyphenated entities that are really 2 seperate entities - this is for searching purposes; perhaps questionable. Thought not so for listing purposes. Changes proposed: **31150 Romania-Walachia (s/b Romania - Walachia ; not hyphenated; just seperated) Walachia is one of three principal regions within Romania **37670 Van Diemen's Land c/b 37670 Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania, Australia); expanded title & 37670 Australia - Tasmania - Van Diemen's Land; new entry **36530 United States - Charleston (s/b 36530 United States - South Carolina - Charleston ??; all other cities are subordinate to a state name; suggest using # 37355) ------------------- *=questions -- * 17060 East Africa (1964- ) (Br.?, Gr.?, It.?) current: 19080 German East Africa (1888-1916) * 36160 Uganda (1894-1903) [s/b 'Uganda Protectorate'] * 36180 Uganda and East Africa Protectorates cf 17070 East Africa and Uganda Protectorates (1903-1921) (same?; there is no entity 'Uganda & E. Afr. Prot.' that I can find; if reordered to alphabetize why diff. numbers?; may be good idea for controll though no number seems better) 36170 Uganda (1962-)ok 19080 German East Africa (1888-1916) ok 20150 Great Britain - Occupation of German East Africa ; okish;dates? 20400 Great Britain - Offices in East Africa Forces ;form? language? * 30460 Portuguese Occupation - German East Africa 12340 Belgian Occupation - German East Africa (1916-1924) note: Scott notes a 'Belgiam Occ.' (of GEA as Ruanda-Urund) but no Portuguese Occ. though there is listed a 'Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique)' So the current entry 30460 s/b deleted -- next: ------------------------------------------------------------| | aprlalfa.txt, aprlnumb.txt: ** 38520 Yemen Arab Republic (1926- ) ** 40760 Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of (1968- ) ** 41220 Yemen, Republic of (1990-) (proposed number) (North [Rep] & South [PR/PDR; the former Aden] Yemen are now one country simply called Yemen, Rep. of; circa 1990) listing 40760 has error in country title too: s/b 1. Yamen, People's Rep. of Southern (1968) 2. Yamen, PDR (1970-90) or am I biting off more than you care to chew? The history: Aden & Protectorates 1959 "South Arabia, Fed. of" (issued in 63-66) [cf "33240 South Arabian Federation" ; your listing.]; i.e. needs ammending? 1967-69 as "Yeman, People's Rep. of Southern" (issued in 68; cf 40760 above; needs correction?) 1970-90 as "Yeman, Dem. People's Rep. of" (issued 1970-90; with this slightly changed name; needs new entry: 40850 used) circa 1990 due to join with YAR (38520); civil war 1994; more research needed.. For the 1990+ 'Yamen, Rep. of' 41220 is recommented (note Scott lists it under Yemen (Arab Rep.) with a note. | -------------------------------------------------------| | Current listings: 34830 Thailand 34850 Thailand (1883- ) 34800 Thai Occupation - Kelantan 34810 Thai Occupation - Malaya 34820 Thai Occupation - Trengganu 32890 Siam - Occupation of Malaya Related entry: 20430 Great Britain - Offices in Siam 33970 Straits Settlements (1867-1948) Re: 34800-20 here be carefull that you're not really dealing with 'Siam' Further I would label it "Thailand" - in the form: 34800 Thailand - Occuapation of Kelantan if keeping with other existing entry data types & forms It may turn out more like: ##### Siam - Occupation of Unfederated Malaya States - Kelantan Here we enter into the murky waters of labels but I try to address this by a look at THE Label - The Stamp of the time. My preferances/recomendations: 32850 Siam 1883-1949 (new number proposed) 34830 Thailand 1950- Kelantan & Tregganu were part of the 'Unfederated Malay States' (who, along with 'Federated Malay States' and 'Straits Settlements', was one of the 3 principal British Administrative units there - circa 1948. No specific recommendations at this time; further research needed. | ---------------------------------------------------| Others issuing stamps in their own name not found on the lists: "x"=added x- Kosovo (UN Admin?) (2000-) ; 41120 x- 41140 East Timor (UN Admin?) (2000-) ; cf 35020 xx- Penhryn (one of the Cook Islands); 2 periods: 41400 (1902-29), 41420 (1973-) x-(no#) Redonda (dependent of Antigua and Barbuda) (1979-1991) 41440 28250 Nevis (1860-1890); issuing since 1980- again x-41520 Nevis (1980-) 11970 Azores (1868-1931) ; what of nowadays?; has issued again from 1980- ; territory of Port. Bequia - part of St. Vincent; list under St.V. too? x-41560 Niuafo'ou [Dependency of Tonga] (1983-) x-41460 Palestine (29530; old#) .WB aka West Bank; Arafat et al xx (entered under each*)-41540 *West Bank (*Palestine) What of xx-41320 Bophuthatswana (1977-1994), xx-41340 Ciskei (1983-1994), xx-41360 Transkei (1976-1994) and xx-41380 Venda (1979-1994); homeland enclaves within South Africa that issued stamps? they are Scott listed under South Africa. all ended on the same date. -------- Other 'Areas' for consideration: ** Commonwealth of Independent States (new number proposed) (former Soviet Union; in part; 12 of 15 republics) and vs. 'Russian Federation"? see my data page online if i forget to send it or just ask. http://ajward.tripod.com/stamps/fsubrkdn.htm Note re: 17380 Eritrea (1893-1936) see recommendations Eritrea (1993- ) (philately.com lists a period from 1948-52 also) 17383 used 33180 South Africa (1910- ) this is actually 'South Africa, Union of (1910-1961) vs. South Africa, Rep. of (1961-) re-entered as: 33160 South Africa, Union of (1910-1961) 33180 South Africa, Rep. of (1961-) ------------- GENERAL NOTES: in the control program provide for : text printing for sales HTML files for sales HTML files for the internet site test HTML files (no or a crippled ' for local testing.