| Marking | Description * | @ |
| M |
(overprint on stamps of Belgium): military parcel posts |
| M & I. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (in oblong frame) {MAURICE ET INDIES (Mauritius and the Indies)} (1835) |
| M-S. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Mis-sort} (1826) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Belgian (in two circles) {MALINES} (1787) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Belgian {MENIN} (1760-1800) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Canadian {MONTREAL} (1774) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch (fancy type in circle) {MIDDELBURG} (1763-89) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch Indies {MADASSAR} |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German {MITTELWALDE} (in Silesian Prussia) (1815-23) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Irish (preceded by abbreviated month and date) {Morning} (1774-1809) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {MILANO (or) MONTEBELLUNO} |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Morgen (Morning)} (1839) |
| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Venetian {MONTEBELLUNO} (1732-34) |
M.  |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Military} |
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| M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Spanish {MADRID (or) MANRESA} |
| M. KIR. |
Hungary (1916) |
| M. R. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Manager of Railways} |
| M. R. G. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Main Roads Gambierton} |
| M.A. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Agriculture} |
| M.A.L. |
Cancellation of British Forces in North and East Africa {Military Authority Lira} |
| M.B. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials (1868-74) {Marine Board} |
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| M.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {MANGROVE BAY (Bermuda)} (1865) |
| M.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Moveable Box} (1844-1939) |
| M.B.D. |
(overprint on stamps of India): Nandgaon: officials (1893-95) |
| M.D.G.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Prussian {Ministerium der Geistlichen Angelegenheiten} (Disinfection mark on cholera letters) |
| M.E.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force} (1914-18 World War I) |
| M.E.F. |
(overprint on stamps of Italian East Africa): {Middle East Forces} (1942-1952) |
| M.E.F. |
(overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Africa (1942-50) {Middle East Forces} |
| M.G. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of War} |
| M.H. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Finance} |
| M.I. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina ): officials {Ministry of Interior} |
| M.J.I. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Justice and Education} |
| M.M. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Marine} |
| M.O.P. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Public Works} |
| M.P.O. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Egyptian - Military Post Office |
| M.R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Maison du Roi (Royal Household)} (1838-47) |
| M.R. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia): officials {Manager of Railways} |
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| M.R.C. |
(overprint on stamps of Argentina): officials {Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religion} |
| M.R.D.G. |
? |
| M.S. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): German {MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN} |
| M.S.G.A. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Marchese San Giacinto Amministratore} (della Posta Naples) (is the verification of the postage due) (1830-35) |
| M.V.i.R. |
(overprint on stamps of Romania): Romania- German occupation (1917-18) {Militar Verwaltung in Rumanien (Military Administration of Romania)} |
| MACAU |
Macao |
| MACAV |
Macao |
| MADAGASCAR |
(overprint on stamps of France): Madagascar (1895) |
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| MADEIRA |
(overprint on stamps of Portugal): Madeira (1868-98) |
| MADERANERTHAL |
Switzerland: hotel local stamp |
| MADRID |
Spain (1920-30) |
| MAFEKING |
(overprint on stamps of Bechuanaland): Cape of Good Hope (1900) |
| MAFEKING |
(overprint on stamps of Cape of Good Hope): (1900) |
| MAFEKING SEIGE |
Cape of Good Hope: (With Colonel Baden-Powell who later founded the Boy Scouts) (1900) [info: cc] |
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| MAGAZON A MOROC |
Sultanate of Morocco: (local issue of questionable repute) (1891) {Mazagan to Morocco} |
| MAGAZON MARAKECH |
Sultanate of Morocco: (local issue of questionable repute) (1893) {Mazagan to Marakesh} |
| MAGYAR |
Hungary |
| MAGYAR KIR. HIRLAP BELYEG |
Hungary: newspaper tax stamps |
| MAGYAR KIR.POSTA |
Hungary {Hungarian Royal Post} (aka: MAGYAR KIRALYN POSTA ?) |
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| MAGYAR NEMZETI KORMANY SZEGED |
(overprint on stamps of Hungary): Szeged- Serbian occupation (1919) {Hungarian People’s Government Szeged} |
| MAGYAR NEPKOZTARSASAG |
Hungary (1919) {People’s Popular Republic} |
| MAGYAR TANACS KOZTARSASAG |
Hungary (1919) {Hungarian Soviet Republic} |
| MAGYARORSZAG |
Hungary (1925) {Hungarian State} |
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| MAHRA SULTANATE OF QISHN AND SOCOTRA |
South Arabia (1967) |
| MAI GT. PRE. 1902 |
(overprint on stamps of Haiti): (1902) {Gouvernement Provisoire (Provisional Government)} |
| MALACCA |
Malaya state (now 'Melaka' c.1963 [zz]) |
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| MALAGA |
(overprint on stamps of Spain): revolutionary issues {Malaga} (1937) |
| MALAGA ARRIBA ESPANA |
(overprint on stamps of Spain- Malaga): revenues |
| MALAGASY |
Madagascar (1961-present) |
| MALAYA |
(overprint over portrait of Sultan): Malaya- Kelantan, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selanegor or Trengganu |
| MALAYA |
(overprint over picture of mosque): Selangor |
| MALAYA |
(overprint over picture of State Arms): Negri Sembilan |
| MALAYA BORNEO EXHIBITION |
(overprint on various stamps of Malayan States) |
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| MALAYA PERLIS |
Malaya- Perlis |
| MALAYA SINGAPORE |
Singapore |
| MALAYAN POSTAL UNION |
Malaya: postage dues (1945) |
| MALDIVES |
(overprint on stamps of Ceylon): Maldives Islands (1906-09) |
| MALGACHE |
Madagascar (1959-61) |
| MALMEDY |
(overprint on stamps of Belgium): Germany- Belgian occupation of Melmedy (1920-21) |
| MALUKA SELATAN |
South Moloccas (Indonesian private issues) |
| MANAMA |
Ajman- Manama |
| MANDAT |
Netherlands: money order stamps (1894) |
| MANGALIA |
Romania- Mangalia : [Rick Scott] asks, "local or revenue?" |
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| MANIZALES |
Colombia- Manizales |
| MAPKA |
Russia, Finland or Serbia |
| MARCA DA BOLLO |
Italy |
| MARIANAS ESPANOL |
(overprint on stamps of Spain): Mariana Islands (1899) |
| MARIANEN |
Mariana Islands (1899-1919) |
| MARIENWERDER |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Marienwerder plebescite (1920) |
| MARK |
(currency): Finland, Germany |
| MARKA |
(currency): Estonia (1919-28), Russia. |
| MARKAA |
(currency): Finland |
| MARKKA |
(currency): Finland |
| MAROC |
French Morocco, Morocco |
Morocco |
| MAROCCO |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in Morocco |
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| MAROKKO |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in Morocco (1911) |
| MARRUECOS |
Morocco- Northern Zone (1956-58) |
| MARRUECOS |
(overprint on stamps of Spain): Spanish Morocco |
| MARRUECOS ESPANOL |
Spanish Morocco- Northern Zone |
| MARSCHELL INSELN |
Marshall Islands |
| MARSHALL-INSELN |
Marshall lslands |
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| MARTINIQUE |
(overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Martinique (1886-92) |
| MAT TUAN D.T.G.P. MIEN NAM VIET NAM |
National Front for the liberation of South Vietnam |
| MAURITANIE |
Mauritania |
| MAURITIUS |
Mauritius: Post Paid (1848) |
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| MAZATLAN |
(overprinton stamps of Mexico- Mazatlan): Mexico- Mazatlan (1916) |
| MBLEDHJA KUSHTETUGESE |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Albania- Italian dominion (1939) |
| MBR SHQITARE |
Albania - air post |
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| MBRETNIJA SHQIPTARE |
Albania- Italian occupation |
| MECKLENB. |
German States- Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1856-67) |
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| MEDELLIN PROVISIONAL |
Colombia- Antioquia (1888-89) |
| MEDIA ONZA |
Spain, official stamps (1854-63) |
| MEJICO |
Mexico (1856-64) |
| MELAKA |
Malaysia state (aka: Malacca [zz]) |
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| MELAT-I-KAZERUN 1335 |
(overprint on stamps of Iran): unofficial rebellion overprint (1917) |
| MEMEL |
(overprint on stamps of France): Memel (1920-23) |
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| MEMEL GEBIET |
Memel {Memel District} |
| MEMEL (with) FLUGPOST |
(overprint on stamps of France):- Memel (1920-23) |
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| MEMEL (with) KLAIPEDA |
Memel- Lithuanian occupation (1923) |
(See Also: KLAIPEDA) |
| MENSAJERIAS |
Uruguay: special delivery stamps |
| MET. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Austrian {METKOVICH} |
| METELIN |
(overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1910) |
| MEXICANO |
Mexico |
| MEXICO TRANSITORIO |
Mexico- Sonora revenues |
| MIL (or) MILO |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {MILANO} |
| MILAN/F (or) MILAN/L |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (Two separate handstamps used at the French P.O. in Milan: {'L': Lombardo; 'F': unknown}) (1779) |
| MILANO/LF |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {MILAN / Lettre Francaise} |
| MILESIMA DE ESCUDO |
(currency): Spain. |
| MILESIMA DE PESO |
(currency): Spanish Colonies |
| MILESIMO |
(currency): Uruguay |
| MILIT. (POST) PORTOMARKE |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: military post postage dues |
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| MILITAR POST, K.u.K. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina- Austrian Administration (1912) |
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| MILITAR POST EILMARKE |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: special handling stamps |
| MILITARPOST |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (cf. above) |
| MILL. (or) MILLIEME(S) |
(currency surcharge on stamps of France- Offices in Egypt): Alexandria and Port Said (1921-28) |
| MM |
(pre-adhesive handstamp):- Italian - (monogram) MILAN (1764-93) |
| MN |
Korea (1884-95) |
| MOCAMBIQUE |
Mozambique |
| MOGADORO A MAROC |
Sultanate of Morocco, local issue of questionable repute (1895) {Mogadoro to Morocco} |
| Mogy M.M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Brazilian {MOGY MIRIM} |
| MOHΓOЛ ЩЧAAH |
Outer Mongolia |
| MOLOSSIA POST |
Republic of Molossia - a micronation founded 26 May 1977 and located on 3 properties spread through the USA. Stamps are available via their website or:
Government of the Republic of Molossia, 226 Mary Lane, Dayton, NV 89403, USA, @
[info, aj] |
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| Mon. B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Maison Biçêtre (Prison)} (1798-1900) |
| MONGTSEU |
(overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Mongtseu (1903-9) |
| MONGTZE |
(overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Mongtseu (1903-9) |
| MONISTIR |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): Turkey, for royal visit of Sultan to Rumelia (1911) {City of Monistir} |
| MONROVIA |
Liberia |
| MONSTER |
(overprint on stamps of Dutch): Dutch language countries {Specimen} |
| MONT ATHOS |
(overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Mont Athos (1909-10) |
| MONTE CASSINO 1944 |
(overprint on stamps of Poland-Exile in Great Britain): Polish government in exile (1944) |
| MONTENEGRO |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): Montenegro- Austrian occupation (1917-18) |
| MONTENEGRO |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Montenegro- Italian occupation (1941-42) |
| MONTEREY |
(overprint on stamps of Mexico- Monterey): Mexico- Monterey |
| MONTEVIDEO |
Uruguay- Montevideo (1858-67) |
| MONTMARTRE |
France- Paris: (my favorite part of Paris) - A curious fantasy, seen on eBay. [rs]. "According to Harry Rooke this set of 4 labels was prepared around 1923 by Girard & Bunino of Paris to publicise an exhibition of paintings. ..Unfortunately they were stolen in Rome. Beware the Train station in Rome!" [Ed Pieklo via rs] |
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| MONTSERRAT |
(overprint on stamps of Antigua): Montserrat (1876) |
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| MOQUEA |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Moquegua- Chilean): Peru- Moquegua- Chilean occupation (1885) |
| MOQUEGUA |
(overprint on stamps of Peru- Moquegua): applied after regional earthquake (1881) |
| MOQUEGUA |
(overprint on stamps of Arequipa): Peru- Arequipa- Moquegua- Chilean occupation (1885) |
| MORA |
Ukraine |
| MORELIA |
(overprint on stamps of Mexico- Morelia): Mexico- Morelia |
| MOROC |
(bogus): Morocco with Red Cross overprint. Rick Scott asks, "Does this overprint exist on all five (bogus) stamps?"[rs]
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| MOROCCO AGENCIES |
(overprint on stamps of Gibraltar): Great Britain- Offices in Morocco |
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| MOROCCO AGENCIES |
(overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain- Offices in Morocco |
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| MORVI |
India- Morvi (1931-48) |
| MOULINS B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Moulins BOURBONNAIS} (1781-91) |
| MOYEN CONGO |
Middle Congo |
| MQE |
(overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Martinique (1886-91) |
| Mü. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Prussian {MÜHLHAUSEN} |
| MUESTRA |
(overprint on stamps of Spanish): Spanish language countries {Specimen} |
| MULTA |
several countries, postage dues {Fined} |
| MULTADA |
Chile, postage dues {Fined} |
| MULTAS |
Ecuador, postage dues {Fined} |
| MUSCAT & OMAN |
Oman (1966-70) |
| MUSTER |
(overprint on stamps with German): German language countries (Specimen) |
| MYSORE |
Indian States- Mysore: Revenue (1920-30) [rs] |
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