Inscriptions Overprints On Stamps |
No |
Name |
Languange |
Description |
1 |
A |
|
architect, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. |
2 |
A |
|
Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A. Avianca airlines, Colombia overprint, first used July 12, 1950. |
3 |
A |
|
overprint on SCADTA airmail issues, indicating a consular overprint sold in Germany, 1920. |
4 |
A |
|
"A" inscription, US nondenominated stamp, valued 15-cents, placed on sale May 22, 1978. |
5 |
A |
|
anotacion, Colombia registration inscription, 1865-70. |
6 |
A and T, A&T |
|
Annam and Tonkin overprint, French Protectorate in Indo-China; Jan. 21, 1888-1892: stamps of French Colonies surcharged A & T, see: Annam and Tonkin. |
7 |
A Certa |
Sp. |
Ancachs, 1884 Peru manuscript overprint, provisional issue; term is former canceling device used for another purpose. |
8 |
A percevoir |
Fr. |
"to collect" inscription/overprint on postage dues of Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Haiti and Monaco. |
9 |
A Receber |
|
Postage Due, Portugal, Portuguese Colonies inscription. |
10 |
A. H. PD |
|
Angra, Horta, Ponta Delgado overprint on stamps of Azores, 1906. |
11 |
A. R. Col¨®n Colombia |
|
Panama overprint on stamps of Colombia indicating acknowledgment of receipt. |
12 |
A. T |
|
Army Telegraph; Orange Free State overprint. |
13 |
A. Z. |
|
Albania 1927 overprint for President Ahmed Zogu. |
14 |
A.D.P.O. |
Fr. |
Administration Dette Publique Ottomane," inscription; Administration of the Ottoman Public Debt, 1917, French military occupation, revenue stamps. |
15 |
A.D.P.O./Z.O. |
Fr. |
Zone Ouest (Western Zone for Lebanon), inscription; see: A.D.P.O. |
16 |
A.E. |
Fr. |
"affairs ¨¦trangcres" foreign affairs, French Colony Revenue inscription. 1912-1944: Italian issues overprinted "Egeo," "Isole Italiane Dell'Egeo" from various islands: Calchi, Calino, Caso, Coo, Fero, Nisiro, Patmo, Piscopi, Rhodes (Rodi), Scarpanto, Simi, and Stampalia, 1945-47: British Middle East Forces occupation overprint MEF (Middle East Forces), 1947: stamps of Greece overprinted SDD (Dodecanese Military Occupation). |
17 |
A.G. |
|
Attorney General, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. |
18 |
A.I.F. |
|
Australian Imperial Forces overprint. |
19 |
A.M.G. V.G. |
|
Allied Military Government Venezia Guilia, Trieste; 1945-47: Italy overprint, Allied Occupation, replaced by A.M.G. F.T.T. |
20 |
A.M.G.F.T.T. |
|
Allied Military Government Free Territory of Trieste; 1947-54:Zone A, Italy, Trieste overprint on stamps of Italy. |
21 |
A.O.F. |
|
"Afrique Occidentale Franeaise" French West Africa overprint, 1945: on stamps of semi-postal issue of France. |
22 |
A.O.I. |
|
Italian East Africa Postage Due overprint, 1941: on stamps of Italy. |
23 |
Abu Dhabi |
|
stamps overprinted United Arab Emirates, 1972. |
24 |
Achin |
|
Sumatra local overprint, Japanese occupation, 1942-45. |
25 |
Actes de Naissance |
Fr. |
birth certificates; French Colony revenue inscription. |
26 |
Ad¨¦lie (Coast) Land |
|
"Terre Ad¨¦lie-Dumont Durville 1840" overprint on stamp of Malagasy Republic. |
27 |
Adigey |
|
bogus Russian local overprint, 1993. |
28 |
Admiralty Official |
|
Admiralty Dept., Great Britain 1903 overprint for official use. |
29 |
Adygeia |
|
bogus Russian Federation Republic; local overprint and stamps. |
30 |
Aeores |
Fr. |
Azores overprint and inscription on stamps of Portugal. |
31 |
Aerea |
It. |
airmail overprint. |
32 |
Aereo |
Sp. |
airmail overprint or inscription. |
33 |
Aereo exterior |
Sp. |
Guatemala overprint for airmail. |
34 |
Aereo interior |
Sp. |
Honduras overprint for official interior airmail. |
35 |
Aereo Sedta |
Sp. |
"Sociedad Ecuatoriano de Transportes Aereos" Ecuador airmail overprint, 1938-40. |
36 |
Aero correo |
Sp. |
Honduras airmail overprint. |
37 |
Aero oy |
|
Finland inscription for 20th anniversary of Finnair, 1944. |
38 |
Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia |
Sp. |
airline in Colombia; 1950-51: airmail stamps overprinted "A" for mail carried by AVIANCA. |
39 |
Aff O |
Fr. |
with Foreign Legion cross, overprint for Tunisia, may be private issue. |
40 |
Affiches |
Fr. |
public signs and posters; French Colony revenue inscription. |
41 |
Affranch |
|
official mail overprint used as precancellation in Andorra, France, Monaco, and Morocco; also overprint on some French stamps issued to officials for government mail. |
42 |
Affranchi ainsi faute figurine |
|
handstamp overprint on Madagascar and Diego Suarez during shortage of low values, may be private issue. |
43 |
Afgooye |
|
inscription showing location of area depicted on 1980 stamp of Somalia. |
44 |
Africa correios |
|
Portuguese territories overprint on the 1898 issue. |
45 |
Africa Occidental Espanola |
Sp. |
Spanish West Africa inscription. |
46 |
Africa Orientale Italiana |
It. |
Italian East Africa inscription. |
47 |
Afrique Equatoriale Franeaise |
Fr. |
inscription on French Equatorial Africa. |
48 |
Afrique Equatoriale Franeaise |
Fr. |
French Equatorial Africa overprint on stamps of Gabon, Middle Congo. |
49 |
Afrique Franeais Libre |
Fr. |
Free French Equatorial Africa overprint and inscription. |
50 |
Afrique Occidental Franeaise |
Fr. |
French West Africa; overprint: see: A.O.F. |
51 |
Afrique Orientale |
Fr. |
German East Africa overprint; 1918: Belgian Congo Charity issue stamps. |
52 |
Agencies consulaires |
Fr. |
consular agencies; French Colony revenue inscription. |
53 |
Ag¨¹era, La |
|
part of Spanish Sahara, Africa; 1920-1923: used Spanish Rio de Oro stamps overprinted "La Ag¨¹era" |
54 |
Aidez les Tuberculeux |
Fr. |
Tunisia surtax overprint semi-postal for tuberculosis. |
55 |
Air |
|
Canada, inscription for airmail. |
56 |
Airpost |
|
Newfoundland inscription for airmail. |
57 |
Aitutaki |
|
overprint on stamps of New Zealand, 1903-32. |
58 |
Ajanlos, Ajl.1, Ajl.2, Alahlas |
|
Hungary inscription for registered letters, 1946. |
59 |
Alaouites, Alaquites |
|
1925, Mar. 1: stamps of Syria overprinted Alaquites, 1931, July: first stamps as Latakia with "Lattaquie" overprint on stamps of Syria |
60 |
Albania |
|
1902-16: Italian stamps, Offices in Turkey, overprinted Albania with Turkish currency, 1909: each town, Durazzo, Scutari and Valona, received its own overprint, 1913: overprints on Turkey issues, 1939-43: Italian occupation with stamps overprinted; "Constituent Assembly 12 IV 1939 XVII" for Albanian crown being offered to Italy, XVII is the 17th year of Fascist rule in Italy, 1940-42: Greece overprint for southern Albania, 1943-44: Italian occupation stamps overprinted for German occupation, with some cities issuing their own stamps, 1945: Italian occupation stamps overprinted for new republic: see: Qeverija Demokrat (ike) E Shqiperise 22-X-1944. |
61 |
Alcance Y.U.H. |
|
Uruguay inscription for late fee, 1936. |
62 |
Alcoholes |
Sp. |
liquors; Spanish Morocco revenue inscription. |
63 |
Alcools |
Fr. |
alcohol, liquors; French Colony revenue inscription. |
64 |
Aledschen, Alsedziai |
|
Lithuanian city; 1941: German military overprint on Russian stamps "Laisa/Alsedziai/24-VI-41." |
65 |
Alexanderstadt |
|
Ukranian city; 1941-42: Russian stamps overprinted/surcharged by the Germans "16.8.41/B.ALEX." |
66 |
Alexandrie |
Fr. |
1899-1900 overprint used in French Offices in Egypt; see: Alexandria. |
67 |
Alg¨¦rie |
Fr. |
overprint and inscription on stamps of France for Algeria. |
68 |
Allemagne Duitschland |
Dut. |
Germany occupation overprint on stamps of Belgium, 1919-21. |
69 |
Allenstein |
|
1920: Germany district used stamps of Germany overprinted "Plebiscite Olsztyn/Allenstein" |
70 |
Allied Military Postage |
|
inscription for Allied Military Government, 1945-46. |
71 |
Allumettes |
Fr. |
matches; French Colony revenue inscription. |
72 |
Alphabetizacion/Alphabetisation |
Fr., Sp. |
Mexico and Haiti inscription to raise funds for the campaign against illiteracy. |
73 |
Alto commissariato |
It. |
top, head commission; 1940: Italian overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia for Lubiana. |
74 |
AM POST, M in oval |
|
Allied Military Post inscription; 1945-46: first issue of stamps after World War II in Germany. |
75 |
Ambon |
|
local overprint, Japan Naval Control, 1942-45. |
76 |
Ambulance laquintinie |
|
surtax overprint for Free French Army ambulances; 1941: with value in francs, for Cameroun. |
77 |
Ambulante |
Bel., Fr. |
poste ambulante overprint on stamps of Belgium and France used for a mobile post office. |
78 |
American Zone |
|
British, Russian and American occupying powers; 1946-48: one issue, overprinted with pattern of posthorns, for occupation of Germany, 1948-49: "Deutsche Post" inscription used. |
79 |
Amsterdao |
Port. |
Portugal overprint to raise funds for Olympic team to go to Amsterdam. |
80 |
Amtlicher verkehr |
Ger. |
inscription of the official (dienst) stamps; 1881-1919: W¨¹rttemberg. |
81 |
Amure |
|
Russian inscription; 1929, Feb.: for autonomous administration at Blagovestchansk, Amur province |
82 |
AN |
|
Turkey overprint; Annas, currency unit. |
83 |
Anatolia |
|
Turkey in Asia; 1920: Turkish revenue stamps overprinted by Nationalist Government revolutionaries |
84 |
Ancachs |
|
Hairez, Peru postal district; overprint "Franca" used in 1884; see: A Certo. |
85 |
Anciens Combattants |
|
War Veterans, Tunisia overprint. |
86 |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
|
part of India, twin island groups; when occupied by Japan in World War II, 1942-45, Indian stamps were overprinted by occupiers. |
87 |
Andorre |
Fr. |
1931 overprint on postage due stamps of France for Andorra. |
88 |
Angora, Ankhara, Ankara |
|
1921: Turkey overprint for city in 1921 |
89 |
Anjouan |
|
1892-1914: French colonial stamps inscribed Sultanat d'Anjouan |
90 |
Ann¨¦e Mondiale du R¨¦fugi¨¦ |
Fr. |
Year of the Refugee, overprint on stamps of Switzerland for United Nations. |
91 |
Anotado |
|
overprint on Mexico 1868 issue, applied in 1872, some claim to make the stamp valid for temporary use such a reuse of an obsolete issue, others claim they were for registered letters. |
92 |
Antananarivo |
|
British Madagascar hand stamp for mail inscribed "British Consular Mail Anatananarivo" now known as Tananarive, Madagascar. |
93 |
Anzac commemoration |
|
overprint for Australian-New Zealand Army Corps. |
94 |
AO |
|
1918: overprint on stamps of Belgian Congo charity issue semi-postal. |
95 |
AO |
|
Audit Office, South Australia official overprint, 1868-74. |
96 |
Apurimac |
|
Arequipa, Peru provisional overprint, 1885; Chilean occupation of Peru. |
97 |
Arad |
|
1919: stamps of Hungary overprinted "Occupation Franeaise" now part of Romania. |
98 |
Arbe |
|
1920, Nov.- Dec. 1920: Fiume overprint. |
99 |
Arequipa |
|
1881: overprint on stamps of Peru for Chilean occupation |
100 |
Armenwet |
|
overprint of stamps of The Netherlands; 1913: for official use for Poor Law Administration. |
101 |
Armja Polska we Wloszech |
Pol. |
Polish Army in Italy handstamp, 1918. |
102 |
Army official |
|
Sudan overprint, officials, 1905. |
103 |
Army official |
|
Great Britain Foreign Offices overprint; 1896-1904: Paymasters and War Office. |
104 |
Army post |
|
British forces overprint used in Egypt in 1936. |
105 |
Army service |
|
Sudan overprint. |
106 |
Arriba Espana |
|
"Spain Above All" overprint in Guipuzcoa Province. |
107 |
Artigas |
|
Uruguay overprint honoring Gen. Artigas. |
108 |
Arts Festival of St. Kitts |
|
St. Kitts-Nevis overprint, 1964. |
109 |
Arviskarosultaknak Kulon |
|
Hungary semi-postal inscription, food sufferers, 1913. |
110 |
Ascension |
|
overprint on stamps St. Helena, starting in 1922. |
111 |
Asch |
|
local, Sudeten district in Czechoslovakia, had overprinted issues in 1938. |
112 |
Asegurada |
Sp. |
inscription on insured mail labels used in Spanish speaking nations. |
113 |
Asistenta sociala |
Rom. |
Romania charity stamp inscription. |
114 |
Assab |
|
bogus overprint on Italian stamps 1880, possible Ethiopian city on the Red Sea. |
115 |
Assicurato |
It. |
Italian inscription on insured mail labels. |
116 |
Assistencia |
Sp. |
charity or assistance inscription for colonial stamps for funds to fight tuberculosis; Azores, Macao, Portugal. |
117 |
Assistencia Nacional aos Tuberculoses-Porte Franco |
Port. |
Portugal National Aid Society for Consumptives, inscription. |
118 |
Assistencia Publica |
|
Portuguese India and Mozambique inscription on postal tax stamps. |
119 |
Assistencia-D.L. no. 72 |
Sp. |
Timor overprint for social welfare. |
120 |
Assobla |
Sp. |
Spanish Guinea overprint for Elobey, Annabon and Corisco. |
121 |
Assurances sociales |
Fr. |
social security; French Colony revenue inscription. |
122 |
Asuncion |
|
Paraguay 1886 official overprint for founding of city, Aug. 15, 1536. |
123 |
AT, A&T |
|
French Colonies, Annam and Tonkin overprint. |
124 |
Atlantis y Lemuria |
|
bogus, overprints on Atlantis stamps. |
125 |
A-U |
|
Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay SCADTA consular overprint. |
126 |
Au profit de la croix rouge |
|
Belgian East Africa Red Cross overprint for Ruanda Urundi. |
127 |
Aunus |
|
Russia overprint on stamps of Finland; 1919: Finnish occupation; Russian town of Olonetz. |
128 |
Austria |
|
1918, Austrian Republic overprint "German Austria." |
129 |
Austrian military post |
|
Bosnia stamps with "K.U.K. Feldpost"; 1912-14: stamps inscribed or overprinted used by Austrian forces in occupation of parts of Italy, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia, 1912-18: issues for Bosnia and Herzegovina had inscription "K.U.K. Militarpost," see: K.U.K. Feldpost, K.U.K. Militarpost. |
130 |
Autopaketti |
|
Finland parcel post inscription. |
131 |
Avion |
Fr., Sp. |
inscription for airmail, airplane, aviation, Alaouites, vertical overprint. |
132 |
Avion Messre Tafari |
|
"Royal Airmail" overprint on Ethiopia air stamps. |
133 |
Avionska Posta |
|
Jugoslavia airmail overprint. |
134 |
Ayachucho |
|
overprint on stamps of Peru, 1881, for one of the Arequipa issues. |
135 |
Azad hind |
|
bogus, "Free India" inscription printed in Germany in 1942. |
136 |
Azerbaijan |
|
1945-46: Persian stamps overprinted "Occupation Azirbaydejan" during Russian occupation; found to be bogus, 1945, May-Mar. 1946: occupied by Russia, set of 15 Iranian stamps overprinted "National Government of Azerbaijan, 11th May 1945." |