These are Ukrainian stamps from the early 1990's
A look through the illustrated identifier in the back of all Scott catalogs shows several examples of the 'YKPAIHN" printed on the bottom of the stamp in this question, under Ukraine. The illustrated identifier also shows that Serbian stamps are inscribed "CPBNJA".
Learning how to use the tools of the trade helps make the hobby more enjoyable.
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For ROTW (Rest of the World) stamps, you can also scroll down the list at ...
http://stampfinderonline.com/identify.asp
... or give these guys a try ...
http://www.stampmasteralbum.com/ForeignCountryIdentifier/KeywordIndexY.htm
... or cut'n'paste your keyword into the APS search tool ...
http://countryid.stamps.org
... or, especially for Cyrillic & Greek, take a scroll all the way down ...
http://www.iswsc.org/iswsc_identifier.html
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who notices that none of these are perfect)
Thanks for your help and advice. Much appreciated.
I have an old "Stamp Identifier" which says that the term "NOWTA" which appears on the top of the stamps = Serbia. Why would the stamp say Serbia on the top and Ukraine on the bottom?
I guess I should throw away the old stamp identifier that I have and only use the Scott "Illustrated identifier" as suggested by Michael.
The five letters you identified are Cyrillic.
And transliterate to "POSTA".
Thanks, Calstamp.
Can anyone help me identify these stamps? I can't locate them in Scott.
Thanks.
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
These are Ukrainian stamps from the early 1990's
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
A look through the illustrated identifier in the back of all Scott catalogs shows several examples of the 'YKPAIHN" printed on the bottom of the stamp in this question, under Ukraine. The illustrated identifier also shows that Serbian stamps are inscribed "CPBNJA".
Learning how to use the tools of the trade helps make the hobby more enjoyable.
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
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For ROTW (Rest of the World) stamps, you can also scroll down the list at ...
http://stampfinderonline.com/identify.asp
... or give these guys a try ...
http://www.stampmasteralbum.com/ForeignCountryIdentifier/KeywordIndexY.htm
... or cut'n'paste your keyword into the APS search tool ...
http://countryid.stamps.org
... or, especially for Cyrillic & Greek, take a scroll all the way down ...
http://www.iswsc.org/iswsc_identifier.html
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey (who notices that none of these are perfect)
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
Thanks for your help and advice. Much appreciated.
I have an old "Stamp Identifier" which says that the term "NOWTA" which appears on the top of the stamps = Serbia. Why would the stamp say Serbia on the top and Ukraine on the bottom?
I guess I should throw away the old stamp identifier that I have and only use the Scott "Illustrated identifier" as suggested by Michael.
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
The five letters you identified are Cyrillic.
And transliterate to "POSTA".
re: Unidentified stamps from Serbia
Thanks, Calstamp.