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01 December 2003
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."