Postal Etiquettes And/Or Labels From Around The World

Recently received from Germany:


(As per usual, click for larger.)

I checked the trains topical thread, and this stamp has already been posted.

A label on a recently recieved (2013) envelope from Japan to Canada, above an airmail etiquette label.

Does anyone know what it is for? I guessed something for customs.

I found this elsewhere:




Japanese kanji are still beyond me, but katakana isn't too difficult to learn. I could read "check seal" on your label, so I googled that and found the above.

Ryan

Thank you Ryan. I am still learning to tell rightside up from down myself.

Not a postal label but an address return label from Canada on a postal item (envelope), with a nice covered bridge shown, name hidden for privacy reasons.

I've been wanting to post in this thread, but it seems most of what I have has been posted! Nevertheless... here's a scan:

Very nice collection of airmail etiquettes and post office labels.

All of those in the US should be on the lookout for new labels that will be coming out later this month (July 2013) when the new Priority Mail Express packaging changes. Although post offices are directed to use up their existing supply of labels, new ones are already printed and will be available when existing supplies are exhausted.

A selection from Yugoslavia:

Urgent/Express



Nujno and Exspress are specifically Slovenian terms.

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The 'B' is of course a Cyrillic V (= valuta or something similar)

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