Help Identity These Stamps

Well I've done cataloging of Middle Eastern and Central Asian stamps and have only a few that I need help identifying because I can neither find these in Scott's or SG, that or I'm stamp blind as one is tend to become staring at catalog's trying to figure the stamps out.

14) Now on to Iraq. This is a stamp that I found the series, but not these types. Unlike the ones in the catalog, these have arabic on them instead of the usual "Iraq/IRAQ" variant. What are these?

















16) On to Ras-Al-Khaima. I found these stamps well enough in the SG, but the values for these stamps were off. Anyone know if they updated the values for this one or are they just Cinderellas?







17) On to Yemen. This version I've seen with the Imadi value, but not with the Ahmadi value. Is this fake or not or is this one a mistake?



18) I couldn't find these ones in any catalogs so I assume they were never issued correct?







Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. Like before I'll remove ones that have been answered. Thank you all for your mighty work, I really appreciate what this community helps me with!

The last one is easy. US Souvenir Sheet for CIPEX issued May 19, 1947 using reprints in different colors of designs from the original two US postage stamps. Scott #948. Value is ~$0.55 MNH.

23 is Latvia, not Lithuania.

In most European languages, 'w' is pronounced like a 'v' and a 'j' is pronounced like a 'y.'

Please do NOT remove the pics after they are answered. Just edit your list to indicate it has been answered. If you remove your pics, then the thread has no future value.

To be honest, it annoys me when member remove pics. Please leave the pics there as future reference for others. Thank you!

2009 Scott catalog numbers:

1. Israel #345(16Aug1967)

2-5,7-8. These are fairly common. They look like Turkey postal tax stamps, but actually they are private charity stamps issued by either the Red Crescent Society or the Society for the Protection of Children.

6. This may be Turkey #RA208(1957). Check to see if the color is olive bister. If not, then it is private charity stamp (see note above).

[EDIT: I number incorrectly in my original post for the Turkish stamps above. Katchem_ash noted my reply didn't match. The above two items should be (#2-3,5-8) and (#4). Sorry for any confusion].

9. Turkish revenue/tax stamp, used in the 1950s?

10. Turkish revenue?
11. Turkish revenue?
12. yes it is, Turkey #614(1923)
13. Turkey #2449(31Aug1989)
14. all Iraqi revenues?
15. Iranian official stamps, never "officially issued", mentioned in Scott, but not cataloged
19. Syria #184(1925)

20. Mexico #299(1Nov1899)
22left. Oman #47(1952) or #59(3Feb1957), check watermark
22right. Oman #43(1953) or #56(4Mar1957), check watermark
23. Latvia #65(1919)

#9 is a Turkish tax stamp for the benefit of aviation but it's use wasn't obligatory so it's not listed in most catalogues.

#10 is a regular Ottoman postage stamp from 1919, Scott #567.

#11 is an Ottoman fixed fees revenue stamp from 1916.

Oh, yeah! You are right!

Now I remember you and I had a discussion about these overprints at another forum awhile back. The Scott catalog doesn't mention that the overprints vary in appearance, and that the picture shown is only a representative overprint. I had looked up the year but shrugged it off because the overprint appearance did not match.

Thanks, for refreshing my memory.

k

OK, I did a search. The discussion was with Michael##### on another forum, not with Nigel. Sorry if I confused you Nigel.

Also, it turns out I had ID'ed stamps from that series twice in that forum in the past. I missed it this time. I must be getting older than old...

k

Thank you for all the information guys and girls! I thank you greatly!




khj, I'm confused about this. RS208 refers to PT88 which is the Flower. No. 6 is the two children stamps. Did you mean something else?

As for #11, are these listed in any catalog? Same with the Iraqi stamps.

Thank you all!

Yeah, my bad, I lost track of the numbers during that stretch of Turkish charity stamps. I hadn't noticed that some of your stamp #'s covered more than one stamp. I meant stamp #4. Sorry about that. Check the color. It's the only one in that batch that might be an original postal tax stamp.



I know very little about revenues. Someone else will need to chime in.



Actually, I think everyone that answered so far was a guy. Or should I say, is still a guy.

Kim (still a guy -- yeah I checked just to make sure)

Thanks for the edit Khj, it became clear.

Can anyone else help to ID the rest of the stamps?

Thank you all for helping me identify these stamps. This is a great community, one that I'm very thankful for. Can anyone else help me with the rest or should I just assume that they are all Cinderellas/Revenue?

Hi Katchem_ash,

Why did you remove the other pictures? It makes our earlier posts meaningless.

I'm sorry but my photobucket account was at its limit so I had to remove photos from there and so it made no sense if red "X"'s appear all over. I'll try to find other places and post them there.

You could use Irfanview (or any of a number of other programs) to resize them and just post them here. Once you get the hang of the two or three clicks to do it, it takes about 15 seconds to resize. (There are batch resizers, too, but I haven't felt the need to try one.)

The benefit to posting them here is that they are then available for as long as the forum is around (theoretically).