Stamp Identification Charts For Beginners

by / April 27, 2009/ Basic & Tips in Philately/ No Comments/

For the beginners in stamp collecting, here is a chart that I have compiled to identify some of the common stamps.

Words printed on stamp
Country name

A

  • Abyssinia = Ethiopia
  • Afghan = Afghanistan
  • Afghanes = Afghanistan
  • Afrique Equatoriale (Francaise) = French Equatorial Africa
  • Aland = Aland Islands (Finland)
  • Andorre = Andorra
  • Australian Antarctic Territory = Australia
  • Azerbaidjan = Azerbaijan

B

  • Bayern / Bayer Postaze = Bavaria
  • Belgisch Congo = Belgian Congo
  • Boliviana = Bolivia
  • Brapex = Brazil
  • Brussel / Bruxelles = Belgium
  • Bulgarie = Bulgaria
  • Buu-Chinh = Vietnam

C

  • Cabo Verde = Cape Verde
  • Cambodge = Cambodia
  • Cameroon = Cameroun

D

  • Dominicana Republica = Dominican Republic

E

  • Eeste / Eesti / Esti = Estonia
  • Egypte / Egyptiennes = Egypt
  • Eilmarke = Bosnia & Herzegovnia
  • El Salvador = Salvador
  • Equateur = Ecuador
  • Ethiopie / Ethiopiennes = Ethiopia
  • Etiopia = Ethiopia

F

  • Federated Malay States = Malaya
  • Federation Du Mali = Mali
  • Filipinas = Philippines
  • Foroyar = Faroe Islands

G

  • Georgie / Georgienne = Georgia
  • Gronland = Greenland

H

  • Hashemite = Jordan
  • Haute Volta = Upper Volta (Now known as Burkina Faso)
  • Haut Senegal-Niger = Upper Senegal and Niger
  • Ht. Senegal-Niger = Upper Senegal and Niger

I

  • I.R.Iran = Iran
  • Island = Iceland

K

  • Kalaallit Nunaat = Greenland
  • Kalatdlit Nunat = Greenland
  • Kamerun = Cameroun
  • Kampuchea = Cambodia
  • Keeling Islands = Cocos Islands
  • Khmere = Cambodia
  • Kibris (Cumhuriyeti) = Cyprus
  • Kibris Turk Federe Devleti (Postalari) = Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  • Kibris Turk Yonetimi = Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  • KPHTH = Crete
  • Kuzey Kibris Turk Cumhuriyeti = Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

L

  • LAO = Laos
  • L.A.R. = Libya
  • Latvija = Latvia
  • Libanaise = Lebanon
  • Libia / Libye = Libya
  • L.L.L.R. = Georgia

M

  • Macau / Macav = Macao
  • Malagache = Madagascar
  • Mauritanie = Mauritania
  • Mejico = Mexico
  • Mocambique = Mozambique
  • Muungano = Zanzibar
  • Myanmar = New name for Burma

N

  • Naciones Unidas = United Nations
  • Nations Unies = United Nations (Geneva)
  • Noreg = Norway
  • N.S.W. = New South Wales
  • Nueva Granada = Colombia
  • N.Z. = New Zealand

P

  • Papua = Papua New Guinea
  • PCCP = Russia

R

  • Reich = Germany
  • Reichspost = Germany
  • RF = France
  • R.H. = Haiti
  • R.I.Iran = Iran
  • Rwandaise = Rwanda
  • Ryukyus = Ryukyu Islands

S

  • S.A. or S.A.K. = Saudi Arabia
  • S.A.R. = Syria
  • SHQIPENIA, SHQIPENIE, SHQIPERIA, SHQIPERIJA, SHQIPERISE, SHQIPNI, SHQIPNIJA, SHQIPONIES, SHQIPTARI, or SHQYPTARE = Albania (Strange and unique spellings, hence easy to identify once you know the clue.)
  • Siam = Thailand (Siam is the old name of Thailand.)
  • S.Marino = San Marino
  • Somali Democratic Republic = Somalia
  • Somaliya = Somalia
  • Soomaaliya = Somalia
  • Soomaaliyeed = Somalia
  • St. Christopher and Nevis = St. Kitts-Nevis
  • St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla = St. Kitts-Nevis
  • Suid Afrika = South Africa
  • Suidwes Afrika = South West Africa
  • Suriname = Surinam
  • Syrian Arab Republic = Syria
  • Syrie / Syrienne = Syria

T

  • Tanganyika Kenya Uganda = Kenya Uganda Tanzania
  • Tanganyika & Zanzibar = Tanzania
  • Tanger = Tangiers
  • Tchad = Chad
  • Toga = Tonga
  • Togolaise = Togo
  • Touva / Tovva = Tannu Tuva
  • Trans-Jordan = Jordan
  • Tunis / Tunisie / Tunisienne = Tunisia

U

  • Unie Van Zuid Afrika = South Afrika
  • Union Francaise Royaume Du Laos = Laos
  • Union of South Africa = South Africa
  • Union Postal Arabe = Libya
  • U.P.U. = Universal Postal Union (Commemorated by many countries.)
  • USSR = Russia

V

  • Vaticana / Vaticane = Vatican City
  • Veneza / Venezolana / Venezolano / Venez. = Venezuela
  • Vereinte Nationen = United Nations (Vienna)
  • Viet Nam (Cong Hoa) = Viet Nam (South)
  • Viet Nam Dan Chu Cong Hoa = Viet Nam (North)

Z

  • Zajre = Zaire
  • Zanzibar-Tanzania = Zanzibar
  • Zuid Afrika = South Africa
  • Zuid Afrikanaasche Republiek = Transvaal
  • Zuid-West Afrika = South West Africa
  • Z.u.n.Z. = Armenia

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