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Identifying Stamps: A
To identify your stamp, examine your stamp for an inscription. Then match the printed inscription on the stamp to a term in the inscription lists.
If you can't find your stamp's inscription in the list, choose another, and if you need more help in identifying your stamp, you can post your question on our stamp discussion forum.
| Stamp inscription | Country of issue |
| A Certo (overprint) | Peru » Ancachs |
| A M Post | Germany » Allied Military Government |
| A Payer Te Betalen | Belgium » Belgian Congo » postage due |
| A and T (overprint / French colonies) | Annam and Tonkin |
| A&T (overprint / French colonies) | Annam And Tonkin |
| A. (overprint) | South Australia » official |
| A.B. (overprint / Russia) | Far Eastern Republic |
| A.C.C.P. | Azerbaijan |
| A.E.F. | French Equatorial Africa |
| A.M.G.-F.T.T. (overprint /Italy) | Trieste |
| A.M.G.-V.G. (overprint) | Italy » Allied occupation |
| A.O. (overprint /Congo) | German East Africa » Belgian occupation |
| A.O.F. (overprint /France) | French West Africa |
| Ablosung | Prussian local officials |
| Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi |
| Aco Hbi Atpad | White Russia |
| Acores | Azores |
| Aden | Aden |
| Admiralty Official | Great Britain » official |
| Afars et des Issas | Afars and Issas |
| Afghan Post | Afghanistan |
| Afghan Postage | Afghanistan |
| Afghanes Postes | Afghanistan |
| Afghanistan Postes | Afghanistan |
| Africa Correios | Portuguese Africa |
| Africa Occidental Espanola | Spanish West Africa |
| Africa Occidentale Espanola | Spanish West Africa |
| Africa Orientale Italiana | Italian East Africa |
| Afrique Equatoriale Gabon | Gabon |
| Afrique Equatoriale Francaise | French Equatorial Africa |
| Afrique Occidentale Francaise | French West Africa |
| Aitutaki (overprint) | Aitutaki |
| Aitutaki | Aitutaki |
| Ajanlas (overprint) | Hungary » registration stamps |
| Ajman State | Ajman |
| Ajman | Ajman |
| Aland | Finland » Aland Islands |
| Alaouites (overprint) | Alaouites |
| Albania (overprint) | Italy » Offices in Turkey » Albania |
| Albanie Centrale | Central Albania |
| Alcance Y.U.H. | Uruguay » late fee stamp |
| Alderney | Great Britain » Alderney |
| Alexandrie | France » Offices in Egypt » Alexandria |
| Alfabetizacion (overprint) | Ecuador » adult education |
| Algerie | Algeria |
| Allenstein | Allenstein |
| Allied Military Postage | Germany » Allied Military Government |
| Andorra, Principat d' | Andorra » French, Spanish |
| Andorra | Andorra » Spanish |
| Andorre, Vallees d' | Andorra » French |
| Andorre | Andorra » French |
| Angola | Angola |
| Anguilla | Anguilla |
| Anhapa Dinera (value) | Yugoslavia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia |
| Anjouan, Sultanat d' | Anjouan |
| Antigua and Barbauda | Antigua |
| Antigua | Antigua |
| Antioqiuia | Colombia » Antioquia |
| Arabie, Saoudite Royaume de l' | Saudi Arabia |
| Argentina Confed. | Argentina |
| Argentina | Argentina |
| Argentinos Correos | Argentina |
| Armenia | Armenia |
| Armenwet (overprint) | Netherlands And Colonies » official |
| Army Official (overprint) | Great Britain » official |
| Army Official (overprint) | Sudan » official |
| Arts Festival St. Kitts (overprint) | St. Kitts-Nevis |
| Aruba | Aruba |
| Arvizkarosultaknak Kulon (overprint) | Hungary |
| Ascension (overprint) | Ascension |
| Ascension | Ascension |
| Asegurado | Spanish speaking countries |
| Asistenta Sociala | Romania » postal tax |
| Assistencia Nacional aos Tuburculoses - Porte Franco | Portugal |
| Assistencia Publica | Portuguese India and Mozambique » postal tax |
| Assistencia - D. L. No. 72 (overprint) | Timor |
| Asuncion (underprint) | Paraguay |
| At Betale | Norway » postage due |
| Att(S) (value) | Thailand |
| Aunus (overprint / Finland) | Russia » Finnish occupation |
| Aur (value) | Iceland |
| Australia | Australia |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | Australia » Australian Antarctic Territory |
| Autopaketti | Finland » parcel post stamps |
| Avion Messre Tafari | Ethiopia » airmail |
| Avionska Posta | Yugoslavia » airmail |
| Avis De Recepcion | El Salvador |
| Aviso De Recepacion | El Salvador |
| Avisporto Maerke | Denmark » newspaper stamp |
| Avo(S) | Macao |
| Ayacucho | Peru » Ayacucho » Chilean occupation |
| Azarbaycan | Azerbaidjan |
| Azerbaidjan | Azerbaidjan |
