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Posted 10/09/2023   1:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add serhii to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello,

please help in identifying stamps
I know that this stamps was produced in 1939, 1944 and 1947. Question for experts - what years of production of my stamps are in the photo?

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Posted 10/09/2023   2:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Check the watermarks. Each has a different watermark.
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Posted 10/09/2023   8:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
I know that this brand was produced…

"Brand?"
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Posted 10/09/2023   8:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NicholasC to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I think OP uses the term "brand" to refer to the stamp design + denomination combination. It could be the result of a language translation.
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Posted 10/10/2023   02:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Serhii is a Slavic name. In Slav languages, a stamp is a 'marka', plural 'marky'. If you put a 'marka' through an online translator, it translates marka ==> (trade) mark ==> brand.

This is why, recently, our Ukrainian friend with his $ 100 album of rare stamps kept posting 'brands.' OP may also be using a translator.
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Edited by NSK - 10/10/2023 02:18 am
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Posted 10/10/2023   02:59 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
NSK, that makes sense, except OP lists their location as the USA, and "marka/marky" is not the case in [i]all[/] Slavic languages, Czech and Slovak being at least two exceptions.
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Posted 10/10/2023   03:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Slovakia is a strange country. For centuries, it was Northern Hungary. There are a lot of Hungarian words in that language. There, also, is a strong 'Saxon' influence.

Luckily, when you go to the post office and ask for "marky" you will receive stamps to put on your mail in both countries. Maybe, on my next visit, I should ask for "znamky"?

What people state as their residence and where they reside may differ, especially if they use VPN. But the USA and Canada also have quite a lot of immigrants from the eastern Slav countries. He would not be the first US or Canadian member here who has trouble with English. He uses both stamp and brand. So, it may be a language issue. Serhii makes me think of Ukraine.
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Posted 10/10/2023   1:56 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add serhii to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
NSK, yes! i'm Ukrainian. Now in USA with my family
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Unfortunately, I had only one opportunity to visit Ukraine. I visited Kyiv and met with a friend. I had been planning on visiting Lviv and the southwest of the country. Hopefully, that opportunity will arise soon.

Sort your stamps into the three watermarks. In each of the years you mention, another watermark was used.
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Posted 10/10/2023   11:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Maybe, on my next visit, I should ask for "znamky"?

Yes.
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Posted 10/11/2023   4:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add serhii to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Watermarks are very difficult to see
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Posted 10/11/2023   4:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lighter fluid can help
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Posted 10/11/2023   7:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGV Collector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good catch NSK


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NSK, yes! i'm Ukrainian. Now in USA with my family
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Posted 10/11/2023   10:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add serhii to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
???
I don't know how to use this
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Put the stamp face down in a small, preferably black, dish or other shallow container. Drip some lighter fuel - petrol, not gas! - on the back. It should make the watermark easier to see.
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