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I've got some stuff that stumps me, and will fire up the scanner and post it here, too. Hope to get some help from members with them.

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Someone has cut the country name off this one. I think it may be India, but I don't have a catalog at the moment to check it. Can anyone confirm that? Probably should go in the bin, but it's the only copy I have.



Steve

OK, here's my first unknown. Yes, it's from the German Democratic Republic, but beyond that, what is it?

According to Freetranslation.com the words "Vertrauliche dienstsache" translate to "Confidential official matter"

Steve

Well, I'll take a stab at it, Vertrauliche means private/confidential and Dienstsache means Official. I think it translates to "For Your Eyes Only" and "Top Secret". But what is that symbol in the circle? Is that a protractor,surveying tool, mason's tool, ???

Gussyboy1

So funny! Triggersmob, you beat me by 23 seconds! ha


Gussyboy1

Thanks Triggersmob and gussyboy1. So this might not be a stamp at all but an official seal or label for secret or confidential material.

Anyone know anymore about it?

Modern_Who I'm glad I am an insperation to different threads on here I will do more searching and find out what I have that I can post. Love all these mysteries.

ok here is a stumper....What are these???

Triggersmob, this is an Indian stamp (from the 5th Definitive Series) depicting the Himalayas--2 Rupees violet and blackish-brown. There are two dies---die I was issued on 15 July, 1975 and die II in 1977.

Thank you, Amitvyas03

That's one mystery solved.

Steve

Here's another unknown. These are from Indonesia but not in Scott albums or catalogs. Sometimes when Scott doesn't list a stamp it shows a picture and says stamps like the one shown don't qualify. But there is nothing on these. Does anyone know anything about them?

Modern......C27 & C55 both 1949 ....from my Scott 08 set. The overprint is in celebration of the Liberation of Jakarta. (C1-C31 w/op = C37-C61)

Thanks, Tom. I have the Internationals through Part 8 and there are no airmails for Indonesia in them. I keep an old set of 1972 Scott Catalogs handy (from when I stopped collecting) for quick reference since I don't collect much beyond that, and they list no airs for Indonesia. When I resumed collecting in 2004 I picked up the current set on disks, and that has no "C" issues under Indonesia, either. So has Scott recently changed its mind about these or what? Are they worth anymore than the obligatory 20 cents? Thanks again. These have bugged me for years!

How about these guys


Dianne

Hi Modern....

Sorry, I should have noted for you that the C27 lists at $2.10 & the C55 $2.50. No value noted for any used Indonesian airmails.

Dianne....not sure about the first, can't see it well, possibly Israel ?....#2 Syria, #3 Russia semi-postal, #4 not sure, can't see it well, #5 Russia, #6 Armenia.