Stamp Identification Charts For Beginners

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

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

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

Cabo Verde = Cape Verde
Cambodge = Cambodia
Cameroon = Cameroun

Dominicana Republica = Dominican Republic

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

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

Georgie / Georgienne = Georgia
Gronland = Greenland

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.R.Iran = Iran
Island = Iceland

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

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

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

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

Papua = Papua New Guinea
PCCP = Russia

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Mahesh Reddiar

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