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warrenthamm
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hello like to see if anyone can give me any information about these two stamps I cannot fin them in the 2009 Scott catalog thanks again for you help
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The second stamp is an Austrian tax stamp (neither a newspaper, nor a due one). Cancelled on Feb, 20th 1895.
The first stamp is written in German "Stamp from the Wenden's Cross" but the currency is Russian, "2 kopecks". Perhaps on the struggles following WWI?
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warrenthamm
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thank you for your help I looked and just couldn't find it in the Scott Catalog. I looked in the German section but nothing to avail the "kopecks" threw me off.
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The first stamp is a local stamp from Wenden (now Cesis in Latvia).

This looks like SG 12 from 1884.

"Kreis" means "district".
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The Russian province of Wenden (now Cesis, Latvia) issued local post stamps between 1863 and 1901. Yours looks to be from 1880:

http://www.philateria.com/html/wenden.html
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nigelc
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Perhaps I should clarify: in general "Kreis" means "circle" but in this context it's the district (around Wenden).
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I see the Wenden stamps are listed in Scott at the end of the Russia listings under the name "Wenden (Livonia)".
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Found it on page 744 thank you so much for all the help
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