The first is French, WWI, showing Marechal Joffre. The second, German, shows Helgoland island (British until early XX century). The third is from the Singers Groups Union of Steyr (Austrian Empire). The fourth is also Austrian and shows Kaiser Franz Josef I; it looks military. The 8th is German from the 1920's years of the series "lost colònies". 17th is from Sicily and Calabria (Italy). The last one is from Latvia and Estonia.
Thank Cursus, I am mostly familiar with the countries of origins of all cindies and revenues, except the Arabic ones and the Anti-tuberculosis one with the Chinese characters (I suppose that one is either from Republic of China - Taiwan or PR China).
The Latvian and Estonian is overprint on the Prussian revenue stamps... I have never seen before that oveprint, but I suppose that is from the WW1 period (1914-1918).
Thanks for the photo, Rod. Those Italian are a really great examples of early cinderella sets. They probably looks great in the sheet blocks (mentioned in description you have provided).
Arabic are not so interesting on the first sight... I would say that they are from early 1960-ies to early 1980-ies.
For me is a head scratcher the Anti-tuberculosis one with the Chinese characters... probably the first person from China who will come here will know to decipher it... possibly I will need to open a new thread with that one only, specifing "China seal" in thread's name.
Thank you, Rod. Looks that you have made a reference on some web page with the Syrian revenues, but you have missed to write the link?
A complete sheet of Italian revenuse looks really great... for the year 1908 just excellent.
Here is a better scan of the China Anti-TBC stamps.
I am almost sure that I have already seen it somewhere, sometimes, and that the country was obvious (PRC or Taiwan or Manchuria), but I am unable to find that info again.
Btw. I think that newer stamps from Taiwan always have had inscription both in English and Chinese... on this one I don't see any latin characters...
It is indeed Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. She was very active in the anti-TB campaigns. Maybe it was just a matter of timing, but the first large-scale usage of Taiwan anti-TB seals that I noticed was with that issue. I saw it used or passed around for many years after it was originally issued. I'm not sure of print quantity (don't have my Mosbaugh catalog with me).
If I remember correctly, years later they issued a set of TB seals with Chinese opera masks, which I thought was really strange. But they were also very very popular at the time.
Thanks for taking me back a few decades. Obviously my nightmares about still being in school and having forgotten to attend a class for the entire semester and just finding out the final exam in tomorrow -- are coming true!
It is a caricature of what should be a type of silk moth. I think that is a reasonable guess on your part. Following those lines, I would guess that it may be an Atlas moth, as those are a native to Taiwan. But that's just a guess.
It's hard to say, since it's a caricature. It might still be a regular common silk moth (Samia cynthia).
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Posted 05/26/2017 08:58 am
Thanks for taking me back a few decades. Obviously my nightmares about still being in school and having forgotten to attend a class for the entire semester and just finding out the final exam in tomorrow -- are coming true! 
