Stamps W Back Inscriptions.

To start, From 1975 Scott USA 1559-1562:

Interesting idea.
Here's a stamp from Montenegro issued in 1943 with a part of a national poem printed on the back.

By a coincidence I was just answering a query about another Russian stamp & these were on the same page

From Stamp-Collecting-World

"Three Romanov Dynasty type Russian stamps were issued in 1917, due to a coinage shortage. These Russian "stamps" are printed on thin cardboard, and they were issued to be used in the place of coins. The reverse of each of these Russian "stamps" has the Imperial Arms, the value, and a four line inscription meaning "Having circulation on par with silver subsidiary coins" ".

They were issued as coins but were also used for postage

1917 Scott 139-141,

How about all the early US Ducks? Most of them have inscriptions on the back. No need to post examples especially for US BOB collectors. Wolf-==-

1996 Atlanta Olympic games:

Australian Antarctic Territory.

I have that sheet Rod, bought it as a new issue and never knew there was an inscription on the back

Your recent statement from another thread
holds true

I used to have some old Queen Victoria stamps from New Zealand that had adverts on the back. In particular, I remember one was for a dentist - I think advertising painless extractions. Alas, the stamps are now sold and the images I had have apparently been purged from my computer.That would be fertile ground for an NZ collector to show.

Here are a couple of examples from the SG catalogue:

No problems Bobby, standard human nature.

I only found out a few days ago, one could right click the "back arrow"
and choose what previous link one visited.
I have been clicking the back arrow for each move for 10 years, how bad is that!

Frank,
I recall SCF member "Revenuecollector" posting a full pane, somewhere on SCF.

I've started displaying a second set facing the other way to display both sides. Do other people do this as well?

Another way is to use the T-Bar-type produced by Lindner, Safe and, in a limited way, Yvert, which enables you to raise the plastic sheet and look at the back of the stamp. Don't know if Scott offers these.

In 1925 the 1/2d and 2d George V definitives of New Zealand were issued on unwatermarked paper with bluish NZ and star printed by lithography on the reverse. They are Stanley Gibbons #s 444-5. The stamp on the right is SG #444a, the 1/2d value lacking the blue pigment.



There is also a British Machin definitive with a star printed on the back, I believe.

Czechoslovakia
1925
Sc#B137

Gum applied through a screen to the back. CSP

Not only was a 12p, 1985, Machin with stars printed on the back:





But, also there were versions of the lower values of UK Xmas issues of 1985/86 & 87 issued with with stars on the back:









With this post I wish our friendds of SCF a Happy New year 2019

Further Reading
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