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Hi!
I picked up some Iraq stamps overprinted "In British Occupation". I believe they are circa 1918 or so, but cannot determine to which country they belong to in my Scotts Internationals........
Is it Iraq, Britain, Mesopotamia, or ???
Thank you!
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In the Gibbons Imperial albums, which cover all of the issues between 1840-1936, they're under Iraq. It depends in the focus of your collection. If you're interested in the Empire, you might put them there. Or they could go under Iraq in a Middle East collection. |
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Mobilman, I just answered another poster on the same question. It all depends on your view and/or collecting interest. I collect Netherlands and Overseas, so the Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies is under the Dutch East Indies in my album. But someone else might stick it under Japan.
I can see if one has a general world collection that it becomes more of a problem!
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Scott lists these stamps under the separate country title "Mesopotamia" — which always seemed strange to me.
I would rather regard these as a back-of-the-book section of Iraq material. |
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"Mesopotamia" is accurate in the sense that Iraq didn't formally exist, but, for practical purposes, the stamps seem to sit better at the start of an Iraq collection. Or, if that were a collecting focus, "The end of the Ottoman Empire". Not in any sense "back of the book", I shouldn't have thought. |
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Thank you for the responses and info.
Countries that "change names" creates some need for decisions in the world albums, and I may just combine these stamps into the Iraq heading.
Thanks again folks, you are appreciated!! |
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As a worldwide collector ,the best way to keep your stamps is the same way your main stamp catalog keeps them . If you use Scott or Michel ,keep your stamps to how the catalog lists them . It will be easier to find in the future ,most collectors follow this rule . |
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