Help To Identify This Atm Stamp

Hi everybody,

I found this ATM "stamp", and 4 more, in the middle of a lot of stamps. I can not find any reference about it in Yvert- Tellier catalog. It will be a private issue?
Thanks in advance for the collaboration,

Regards



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Latvia has participated in the peacekeeping missions in the Balkans already since 1996 (206 soldiers (all missions) during 1996-1998). Since 1998, the Baltic Battalion (BALTBAT) has participated in Bosnia - Herzegovina with its own contingent. In total 302 Latvian soldiers (all missions) of the BALTBAT served in SFOR together with the Danish Battalion from October 1998 till February 2002. The Latvian company will return to the Bosnia - Herzegovina in the August 2002. In the meantime several Latvian officers are involved in the mission.

Taken from a page by the Latvian Foreign Ministry. Beyond that I'm not sure about the label. You might want to contact http://www.hetbaltischegebied.nl/engels.htm Perhaps their members could steer you in the right direction.

there is a plethora of material similar to this, for the UN forces stationed in Bosnia during the civil war. Russia, Ukraine, Poland and a few others issued the majority of these issues, while the troops from western European nations (Germany, France, Netherlands, etc) mostly used their homeland stamps, with the various military postal centralized posts (mostly French and German) post marks.
As for the eastern European issues, as in the OP, there were issues for both the IFOR and SFOR troops.

Although I do actively collect Bosnian stamps, I have avoided collecting these (yet!), as I don't considered them Bosnian, although made for exclusive use in Bosnia.

over the years of browsing Bosnian listings on various auction sites, this one is one of the few that really struck me as "nice". Note they were issued both perf. and imperf.

I like the US Army Free Mail stamps. We just used to scribble Free in the corner and toss it in the mailbox. The double spelling of Latvija/Latvia would indicate it was meant for service other than to Latvia. But I'm surprised at the 20 cent valuation. I wonder what that's about. Mail other than to back home?

Many thanks for your good explanation.
So, they are private and military use reason why it is not in the catalogs.
But regarding the valuation I have 5 different valuations: 10 c, 20 c, 30 c, 40 c and 50 c.
Thanks again.

I don't know if I would call them private exactly. I think they are official though I don't know if issued by the post office or the military. Hopefully someone will have an answer for that. Interesting that the value is give as 20c and so on. Cents or centimes? Latvia in 1996 was using Lats and santimes for money.

It has the NATO symbol on it. Could that be a clue to what this is? Could it be a meter cancel?

Peter