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DEAD COUNTRY STAMPS AND BANKNOTES

CHECK OUT ISSUE #7 OF THE DCSTAMPS INVESTIGATOR – OVERPRINT MADNESS #4 –
SURCHARGES.

Welcome to DCStamps, a website designed as a resource for stamp and banknote
collectors of countries which no longer exist — often defined as a “dead
country”. According to Linn’s Stamp News, the definition of a dead country is
“any area that has ceased existence and no longer produces postage stamps”.

My definition of a Dead Country is somewhat different, see my Definitions page,
the spirit remains the same, a focus on countries, colonies, revolutionary
entities or occupational forces which no longer exist. Also, for this site at
the moment, I have limited countries covered to those that ceased to exist by
the end of 1959. This has been extended from 1955. Read more on my Dead Country
List Page.

This site will continue to grow as new “dead countries” are added monthly. The
goal is to eventually become an indispensable resource for collectors (or those
just interested in understanding the history of the transition of nations).

If you want to contact me directly, drop me an email at: ILikeMaps@msn.com

WHAT’S NEW AT DCSTAMPS

* 19 Apr, 2018 – Added new Album for the Austrian Occupation of Montenegro in
WWI
* 19 Apr, 2018 – Published History for the International Zone of Tangier,
British Offices
* 19 Apr, 2018 – Added new Album for the International Zone of Tangier, British
Offices
* 17 Apr, 2018 – Added New stamps to the Austrian Province of Bosnia and
Herzegovina Album
* 17 Apr, 2018 – Added new stamps to the Mozambique Company Album
* 17 Apr, 2018 – Added new stamps to the Ubangi Shari Chad Album
* 17 Apr, 2018 – Added new stamps to the Trans-Baikal Region under General
Semyonov Album
* 11 Apr, 2018 – Published Issue #7 of the DCStamps Investigator “Overprint
Madness #4 – Surcharges”

WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON DCSTAMPS

DEAD COUNTRY HISTORIES (below) – A brief history of each “Dead Country”
including the stamps and/or banknotes it issued. New country histories are added
routinely.
DEFINITION OF A DEAD COUNTRY – A detailed working definition of a “Dead
Country”. Essentially it includes kingdoms, nations, colonies, occupational
forces or revolutionary entities which ceased to exist. (I limit my collection
to countries who “died” by the end of 1955.)
LIST OF DEAD COUNTRIES – A full list of “Dead Countries” which ceased to exist
before the end of 1959. This list is frequently updated as new information is
discovered.
REGIONAL TRANSITION CHARTS – A useful resource to understand the changes and
transitions of nations with a designated region. Very useful for collectors –
check them out!!
STAMP ALBUMS – My personal stamp/banknote albums for each of the “dead
countries” which have been posted to date. I will continually add to this as I
develop additional albums from my collection.
BANKNOTES – I am fairly new to collecting Banknotes, and this is a relatively
sparse area at this time.

NORTH AMERICA AND HAWAII

Hawai’i, Kingdom (1810 – 1893)
Hawaii, Provisional Government (1893 – 1894)
Hawaii, Republic (1894 – 1897)
New Brunswick (1784 – 1867) album only
Newfoundland (1548 – 1949) album only
Nova Scotia (1713 – 1867)
Prince Edward Island (1769 – 1873)

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

Danish West Indies (1754 – 1917)

SOUTH / CENTRAL AMERICA

Buenos Aires, Argentine State (1852 – 1861) album only
Peru, Chilean Occupation (1881 – 1884)
Arequipa, Chilean Occupation of Peru (1881-1885)
Chala, Chilean Occupation of Peru (1884)
Chiclayo, Chilean Occupation of Peru (1884)
Huacho, Chilean Occupation of Peru (1884)

WESTERN EUROPE

Alsace & Lorraine, German Occupation – Franco Prussian war (1870 – 1872)
Alsace, German Occupation – WW2 (1940 – 1944)
Belgium, German Occupation – WW1 (1914 – 1918)
Eupen, Belgian Occupation – post WW1 (1920 – 1925)
Eupen & Malmedy, Belgian Occupation – post WW1 (1919 – 1920)
France, German Occupation – WW1 (1915 – 1918) album only
Lorraine, German Occupation – WW2 (1940 – 1944)
Luxembourg, German Occupation – WW2 (1940 – 1944)
Malmedy, Belgian Occupation – post WW1 (1920 – 1925)

GERMANY / POLAND AREA

Allenstein, plebiscite (1920)
Baden, Grand Duchy (1806 – 1871)
Bavaria, Kingdom (1806 – 1918) album only
Bavaria, Revolution and Socialist Republic (1918 – 1919) album only
Bavaria, Free State (1919 – 1920) album only
Bavaria, Weimer State (1920 – 1921) album only
Berlin-Brandenburg, Russian Occupation – post WW2 (1945-1949)
Danzig Free State (1920 – 1939)
Danzig, German Administration – WW2 (1939 – 1945)
Polish Offices in Danzig Free State (1920 – 1939)
Germany, Empire (1871 – 1920) album only
Germany, AMG Occupation – post WW2 (1945 – 1946) album only
Marienwerder, plebiscite (1920)
North German Confederation (1866 – 1871)
Poland, German Occupation – WW1 (1914 – 1918)
Saxony, Kingdom (1806 – 1871)
Schleswig, plebiscite (1920)
Upper Silesia, Plebiscite (1920 – 1921)

ITALY AREA

Fiume (1919 – 1924) album only
Italian Social Republic (1943 – 1945)
Naples, AMG Occupation of Italy – WW2 (1943 – 1944)
Sardinia, Kingdom (1720 – 1861) album only
Sicily, AMG Occupation – WW2 (1943 – 1944)
Trento and Trieste, Italian Occupation post WW1 (1919) album only
Tuscany, Grand Duchy (1569 – 1860)

BALTICS

Baltic Area (Ob Ost), German Occupation – WW1 (1916 – 1917) album only
Central Lithuania (1920- 1922)
Klaipeda (Memel), Lithuanian Occupation (1923 – 1925)
Latvia, West Russian Army Occupation under Col. Bermondt-Avalov (1919) album
only
Memel, French Administration (1920 – 1923)

CENTRAL / EASTERN EUROPE

Austria, Allied Occupation post WW2 (1945 – 1955) album only
Eastern Silesia, plebiscite (1919 – 1920) album only
Romania, Austrian Occupation – WW1 (1916 – 1918)
Temesvár, Serbian Occupation – post WW1 (1918 – 1919)

BALKANS

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austro Hungarian Empire Occupation (1878 – 1908)
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Province of Austro Hungarian Empire (1908 – 1918) album
only
Dalmatia, Italian Occupation (1918 – 1922)
Janina, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1902 – 1914) album only
Montenegro, Principality / Kingdom (1878 – 1916)
Montenegro, Austrian Occupation in WW1 (1916 – 1918) album only
Epirus, Autonomous Republic (1914)
North Epirus, Greek Occupation in WW1 (1914 – 1916)
North Epirus, Greek Occupation in WW2 (1940 – 1941)
Saseno, Italian Occupation (1914 – 1947) album only
Serbia, Austro Hungarian Occupation – WW1 (1916) album only

GREECE AND ISLANDS

Castelrosso, Italian Dominion (1921 – 1943)
Cephalonia and Ithaca, Italian Occupation – WW2 (1941)
Corfu, Italian Occupation (1923)
Crete, Autonomous Government (1898 – 1913)
Crete, Austrian Offices (1903 – 1914) album only
Crete, British Occupation (1897 – 1909)
Crete, French Occupation (1897 – 1909)
Crete, Italian Occupation (1897 – 1909)
Crete, Russian Occupation (1897 – 1909)
Crete, Theriso Revolution (1905)
Dodecanese Islands, Italian Occupation (1912 – 1923)
Ionian Islands, British Protectorate (1810 – 1864)
Ionian Islands, Italian Occupation in WW2 (1941 – 1943)
Kavala / Cavalla, Greek Occupation – Balkan wars (1913)
Lemnos, Greek Occupation (1912 – 1923)
Salonika, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1908 – 1914) album only
Thessaly, Ottoman Occupation (1897 – 1898)
Thrace, Greek Occupation (1920 – 1922)
Western Thrace, Autonomous Government (1913)
Western Thrace, Inter-Allied Occupation (1919 – 1920)
Zakynthos (Zante), German Occupation – WW2 (1943 – 1944)

RUSSIA AREA

Armenia, Republic (1918 – 1920)
Aunus, Finnish Occupation (1919)
Azerbaijan, Republic – pre USSR (1918 – 1920)
Crimea, German Occupation – WW1 (1918)
Crimean Border Government (1918 – 1919)
Crimea, White Army Control (1919 – 1920)
Czech Legion Army in Russia (1918 – 1920) album only
Don Republic / Don Cossack Government (1918 – 1920) album only
East Karelia, Finnish Military Administration (1941 – 1944)
Far Eastern Republic (1920 – 1922)
Georgia, Republic – pre USSR (1918 – 1921)
Georgia SSR (1921 – 1923) album only
Kuban Cossack Government (1918 – 1920)
North Ingria (1920)
Priamur Provisional Government, Merkulov (1921 – 1922)
Priamur Rural Province, Gen. Diterikhs (1922)
Russian Armed Forces of the South, Gen. Denikin (1919 – 1920)
album only
Russian Army of the North, Gen. Rodzianko (1919) album only
Russian Army of the Northwest, Gen. Yudenich (1919)
Provisional Government in Siberia, Adm Kolchak (1918 – 1919)
Trans-Baikal Region under General Semyonov (1920) album only
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922 – 1936)
Ukraine Republic – pre-USSR (1918 – 1920) album only
Wrangel’s Army (1920 – 1921)

TURKEY AREA

Cilicia, French Occupation (1918 – 1921)
Constantinople, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1908 – 1923) album only
Dardanelles, Russian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1774 – 1914) album only
Hatay State (1938 – 1939)
Kerassunde, Russian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1774 – 1914) album only
Ottoman Empire, Greek Occupations – Balkan/Greco-Turkish wars (1912 – 1923)
album only
Ottoman Empire, Polish Offices (1919 – 1922) album only
Rizeh, Russian Office in the Ottoman Empire (1774 – 1914)
Scutari, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1909 – 1916) album only
Smyrna, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1908 – 1923) album only
Trebizonde, Russian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1774 – 1914) album only

MIDDLE EAST

Alaouites (Alawite State), French Mandate (1924 – 1930)
Hejaz, Kingdom (1916 – 1925)
Jerusalem, Italian Offices in the Ottoman Empire (1908 – 1914) album only
Latakia, French Mandate (1930 – 1936)
Palestine, British Occupation (1918 – 1920)
Palestine, British Mandate (1920 – 1948) album only
Rouad, Ile (1916 – 1920)

NORTH AFRICA

Cyrenaica, Italian Colony (1919 – 1934)
Cyrenaica, Emirate (1949 – 1951)
Fezzan-Ghadames, French Occupation (1943 – 1949)
Fezzan, French Occupation (1949 – 1951)
Ghadames, French Occupation (1949 – 1951)
International Zone of Tangier, British Offices (1924-1956)
Tripolitania, Italian Colony (1922 – 1934)

WEST AFRICA

Lagos, British Colony (1862 – 1906) album only
Niger Coast Protectorate (1893 – 1900)
Northern Nigeria Protectorate (1900 – 1914)
Oil Rivers Protectorate (1885 – 1893)
Southern Nigeria Protectorate (1900 – 1914)

CENTRAL AFRICA

Kamerun, British Occupation (1915 – 1920) album only
Ubangi-Shari-Chad (1910 – 1920) album only
Ubangi-Shari (1920 – 1934) album only

EAST AFRICA / MADAGASCAR

Sultanate of Anjouan (1886 – 1912)
German East Africa (1885 – 1919)
Ethiopia, Italian Occupation (1935 – 1936)
Obock, French Colony (1884 – 1896)
Oltre Giuba (Trans-Juba), Italian Colony (1924-25)

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Cape of Good Hope (1815 – 1910)
Kionga Triangle, Portuguese Occupation – WW1 (1916 – 1919)
Mozambique Company (1891 – 1949)
Natal (1843 – 1910) album only
Nyassa Company (1891 – 1929)
Orange Free State (1854 – 1902)
Orange Free State, British Occupation (1900 – 1902)
Orange River Colony (1902 – 1910)
Quelimane, Portuguese Colonial Province (1913 – 1920)
Tete, Portuguese Colonial Province (1913 – 1920)
Zambezia, Portuguese Colonial Province (1894 – 1920)
Zululand, British Colony (1887 – 1897)

INDIA AREA

Alwar, Princely State of India (1803 – 1948)
Bahawalpur, Princely State of India (1833 – 1947)
Bahawalpur, Princely State of Pakistan (1947 – 1955)
Cochin, Princely State of India (1835 – 1949) album only
Faridkot, Princely State of India (1763 – 1886) album only
Gwalior, India Convention State (1787 – 1947) album only
Jaipur, Princely State of India (1818 – 1949) album only
Hyderabad, Indian Princely State (1798 – 1948)
Jhalawar, Princely State of India (1838 – 1949) album only
Sirmoor, Princely State of India (1815 – 1948)
Wadhwan, Princely State of India (1740 – 1947) album only

CHINA AREA

China, Russian Offices in Imperial China (1886 – 1920) album only
Foochow, China Treaty Port (1895 – 1896) album only
Kiautschou, German Colony (1897 – 1914)
Kwangtung, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945) album only
Manchukuo (1932 – 1945)
Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia), Japanese Occupation (1936 – 1945)
North China, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945) album only
North China – Honan, Japanese Occupation (1941 – 1942) album only
North China – Hopei, Japanese Occupation (1941 – 1942) album only
North China – Shansi, Japanese Occupation (1941 – 1942) album only
North China – Shantung, Japanese Occupation (1941 – 1942) album only
Shanghai and Nanjing, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945) album only

FAR EAST

Annam & Tonkin (1883 – 1887)
Borneo and the Great East, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)
Cochin China, French Colony (1864 – 1887)
Java, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)
Korea, Japanese Offices (1876 – 1905)
Labuan, British Colony (1846 – 1906)
Netherlands Indies / Dutch East Indies (1801 – 1948) album only
Philippines, Japanese Occupation in WW2 (1942 – 45)
Straits Settlements (1867 – 1946)
Sumatra, Japanese Occupation (1942 – 1945)

AUSTRALIA / SOUTH PACIFIC

British New Guinea (1884 – 1906)
German New Guinea (1884 – 1914)
Papua, Australian Administration (1906 – 1949) album only
Western Australia (1832 – 1901) (album only

102 RESPONSES TO DEAD COUNTRY STAMPS AND BANKNOTES

1. Donna Bolioo.comver says:
March 20, 2018 at 6:50 pm

Please do not sell me anymore stamps unless I order them. I was just
charged $15.00 . I did not want any new at this time
Thank you

Reply
* Michael says:
March 20, 2018 at 7:22 pm

Hi Donna
I am not sure what you are talking about. I don’t sell stamps, nor to I
have any way to charge someone.
You might recheck the charge origination.
Michael

2. Juan says:
February 11, 2018 at 11:11 am

Dear Michael: I want to make a small contribution to your website, about
correcting an error that appears in the Kingdom of Sardinia, that is, the
emissions of the years 1851, 1853 and 1854 correspond to the facial values
5c, 20c and 40c, , and its website says: 5c, 20c and 50c. My comment was
taken from a catalog Yvert 1960 and Scott 2009. I appreciate the attention
you can give this comment. Greetings and thanks. Juan

Reply
* Michael says:
February 11, 2018 at 8:33 pm

Hello Juan
Welcome to DCStamps. Thank you for pointing out the typo in my Sardinia
album. I have made the changes. I suspect that these are stamps that I
will never own, as they are very high priced.
Hope you enjoy the site.
Kind Regards
Michael

3. jim jackson says:
December 31, 2017 at 9:29 pm

Welcome back Mike!

You were missed -I’m looking forward to your new investigations.
Jim Jackson

Reply
* Michael says:
December 31, 2017 at 10:24 pm

Thank you Jim
Its good to be back.
Michael

4. Charles R. Daye, Jr. says:
December 15, 2017 at 6:06 pm

This is not a reply but an inquiry. I have acquired a few stamps with the
country name ‘Azad Hind’. The only information I have been able to dig up
is from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Hind.
I have 4 of the stamps that the article says were not issued. I was
wondering if you could shed light on this.
Another set of stamps I have seems to be from Spain, I am willing to send a
photo-copy of these stamps (as well as the Azad Hind) to you for possible
identification, if you would be so kind as to send me an e-mail address
with ‘STAMP ID’ in the subject line. Thank you.

Reply
* Michael says:
December 31, 2017 at 11:12 am

Hi Charles
Azad Hind was a group formed as a provisional government in Japanese
occupied Burma and Singapore during WW2. Supported by Axis during the
war, their goal was to overthrow the British government in India. The
stamps you have were primarily printed and used as propaganda pieces. I
also have stamps from Azad Hind, and they have an interesting place in
history.
Hope this helps.
Michael

5. christopher kolker says:
November 20, 2017 at 10:26 pm

Great Idea, great website. I would love to help you with what I can, as I
am an avid collector of dead countries. Right now, I am just starting
http://www.trsg-usa.com , which is the study of Third Reich stamps in
conjunction with the Germany Philatelic Society.

Personally I have stamps from many of these places, although I am sure that
forgeries populate my collection. Oh well, I love them anyway.

Chris Kolker
Editor of Thrid Reich Study Group Journal

Reply
* Michael says:
January 10, 2018 at 10:42 pm

Hi Chris
Welcome to DCStamps, and it is great to communicate with an avid
collector of Dead Countries. I too know that there are lots of forgeries
and reprints in my collection, as well but as I organize my albums, I try
and learn about them to see what I have.
Regards
Michael

6. Sheryll Ruecker says:
September 13, 2017 at 11:06 pm

If you are still interested in forming a group or club or society of dead
country collectors, I would be interested.

K\ind regards,
Sheryll

Reply
* Michael says:
January 10, 2018 at 11:05 pm

Hi Sheryll
Hopefully you saw the first edition of the DCStamps Investigator. I
mentioned that I will be using the feature as a way of setting the
foundation for the group.
Stay Tuned
Michael

7. Roy Gelder says:
September 10, 2017 at 10:13 am

A Dead Country specialist group would be very helpful. Broadening the
awareness of helpful publications and resources, library holdings, (APRL,
etc) would help everyone. I have picked up a ot ust scrolling through the
home page and the comments.
Look forward to further development of the website, etc.

Reply
* Michael says:
January 11, 2018 at 4:43 pm

Hi Roy, Welcome to DCStamps. Hopefully you will read the first issue of
the new DCStamps Investigator “blog”. I will be using that to help build
the foundation for a Dead Countries group. I will definitely add you to
the list of names.
Stat tuned and don’t be a stranger at DCStamps.

8. Nikki says:
May 6, 2017 at 12:06 am

I have a ton of stamps from dead countries if you’d be intrested in buying
or know anyone who would
The history on this site is really neat to learn, there is so much to learn

Reply
* Michael says:
January 3, 2018 at 3:24 pm

Hi Nikki
Welcome to DCStamps. Glad you enjoy the site. I don’t buy stamps from my
site, sorry.
Michael

9. Bill Altmann says:
March 31, 2017 at 9:22 pm

Still a possibility?

Reply
* Michael says:
January 11, 2018 at 4:45 pm

Hi Bill, Welcome to DCStamps. I apologize for the late reply, as I was
out of stamps to finish a Masters degree for about a year. Hopefully you
will read the first issue of the new DCStamps Investigator “blog”. I will
be using that to help build the foundation for a Dead Countries group.
You are definitely on the list of names.
Don’t be a stranger at DCStamps.

10. David Broom says:
March 8, 2017 at 8:20 pm

Dear Michael,
I found this site purely by accident yesterday having called up a map of
Imperial Germany from google images. Only today did I realise what a Gem I
had found. Some forty five years ago I was given a world Stamp collection
in two large albums that I have never been quiet able to decide what to do
with. Now I realise I have the basis for a collection of “Dead Countries”
and this will take me onto a new and interesting aspect of stamp collecting
and history.

I shall most certainly be a regular visitor to the site and should your
“Society of Dead Counties” get formed I would be most interested in
joining.
Dave Broom
N.Z.

Reply
* Michael says:
January 26, 2018 at 1:45 pm

Hi David
Welcome to DCStamps. Welcome to the Dead Countries Collectors Club. I
have added you to the list, and will be communicating more in a few
months.
Michael

11. Alun Pedler says:
February 9, 2017 at 9:20 am

Hi Michael – stumbled on your site whilst delving into a search for Flags
of the Indian Princely States and there is another avenue for me to tread
at the despair of wife! As a starter do you know of any published works on
Dead Countries (or States) per se especially their flags/stamps?

Reply
* Michael says:
January 9, 2018 at 4:50 am

Hi Alun
Welcome to DCStamps. The only published work I am aware of on Dead
Countries is:
Dead Countries of the Nineteenth and the Twentieth Centuries: Aden to
Zululand by Les Harding.
Michael

12. Robert Henslee says:
January 1, 2017 at 11:44 am

I love your idea of a Dead Country Specialist Society. Your very creative
DC Stamps site has expanded my views on collecting. Look forward to your
plans becoming a reality.

13. Valter Varga says:
December 28, 2016 at 2:36 pm

Hello,
I am interested about a society of collectors of dead countries and history
and stamps. I collect a stamp from every country and I am a big fan of
history and geography.
Valter Varga

14. Daniel Muñoz Faccioli says:
December 23, 2016 at 1:25 pm

Hi Michael:

It is a nice and very good idea to promote the possibility to create a
society specialized in dead countries.

You can count on me for it.

Thanks and hope to have news about this from you soon.

Reply
* Michael says:
January 10, 2018 at 9:30 pm

Hola Daniel, sorry for the extremely late reply. I took a while away from
stamps, but am back now. If you get a change, take a look at the new
feature called the DCStamps Investigator. I will be using that to begin
building the foundation of a Specialty Group. I also have your email on
my list of those interested.
Regards
Michael

15. Surendran says:
December 2, 2016 at 10:43 am

Hello friends ,
I am from India just now thinking to collect stamps of dead country
Thanks for any help
Surendran

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* Michael says:
December 4, 2016 at 2:06 pm

Hi Surendran

Welcome to DCStamps. I am glad that you are considering the hobby. It is
quite interesting and there is much to be learned.
Good luck with your collection
Michael

16. Robert says:
November 5, 2016 at 6:52 pm

I would be very interested in a Stamp Society on Dead Countries. I have
been following your blog for a few years now and find it very interesting
and motivating. You are an amazing source of information.

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* Michael says:
January 26, 2018 at 1:43 pm

Hi Robert, I have added you to the list. Stay tuned, I will begin
communicating to folks in a few months.
Michael

17. Garry Southon says:
October 29, 2016 at 7:13 am

Dear Micheal

I have recently retired and opened up the 4 boxes of stamps I have moved
around with for the last 30 years.
I was under orders to use them or lose them
thankfully find your site has helped me organize this school boy collection
into something looking 1/2 reasonable. I have even ventured out to my first
ever auction next time I go, might even buy something.
thank you for very much for taking the time to publish, you have saved my
collection and reintroduced me to both collecting stamps and history

yours Garry Southon

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* Michael says:
December 4, 2016 at 2:20 pm

Hi Gary, welcome to DCStamps
I am glad that you find the site useful. I would encourage you to
continue in your collecting, as the hobby can be extremely rewarding and
educational.
As you are still new, I would recommend that you find a local stamp club
and become a member, most people are very helpful and friendly. There are
also some great online resources and boards (Stamp Bears and Stamp
Community Forum are two, but there are others as well), and follow along
and contribute to the discussions.
Good Luck with your collecting, and don’t be a stranger at DCStamps.
Michael

18. Mark Jochim says:
October 11, 2016 at 12:53 pm

I, too, would love to be a member of a Dead Countries Society. Your site
has helped me in a lot of research over the past few years; I am constantly
learning new things about the stamps I already own and finding new areas
that I want to collect as a result.

19. Martin Raine says:
August 29, 2016 at 12:05 pm

I would be interested in a Dead Country group.

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* Michael says:
August 30, 2016 at 10:51 am

Hi Martin, welcome to DCStamps, I will add you to our list. As the summer
winds down, I will be working on this so stay tuned.
Michael

20. robert beaty says:
August 21, 2016 at 10:02 pm

I would definitely be interested in a dead countries specialty society

21. Jorge Mir says:
August 20, 2016 at 9:56 pm

I like very much your idea. I try to investigate history throuh the
collection of stamps and I discover that the dead countries are a very rich
resource for this. Thanks for your work.

22. Jim Shaffer says:
August 19, 2016 at 12:22 pm

I discovered your excellent website with a one-word Google search: Kionga.
Years ago I began a world-wide collection which never developed into very
much – there are many empty pages in a set of Minkus Supreme Global albums.
I have decided that it will be interesting to do a collection of one to
three stamps from every country or area, for each of four time periods
1840-1890, 1890-1914, 1914-1940, and 1940-1960.

We have some differences in definitions, but it is normal for collectors to
decide what they want to collect. I consider it a new country if the name
changed, especially if it shown on the stamp, for instance Siam/Thailand.
On the other hand, I do not consider a change in government (end of
monarchy) to be a change of country unless it is a change from colony to
independent, or a foreign occupation.

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* Michael says:
August 21, 2016 at 5:30 pm

Hi Jim
Welcome to DCStamps. Good luck in your collecting three stamps from every
country, because some of them can be quite illusive and hard to find.
Regarding your dead country definition, I understand your thinking, as
you are looking more from a philatelic standpoint. I more try to approach
it from a historical / political standpoint (and there are a lot of dead
countries which never issued stamps but did issue banknotes). However,
how one defines it is not so important as that you have a good working
definition for your collecting interests.
Good Luck and let me know how your collection is going.
Cheers
Michael

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* Bob Brew says:
August 28, 2016 at 7:53 pm

Hi Michael – it was good to meet with you in New York – I assume all
those new album posts are the results of your acquisitions!
I’m still working on my list of dead countries, and like Jim above, I’m
struggling with the concept of monarchies. I have no problem with
including Tsarist Russia and Imperial China. Russia and China may still
exist, but don’t resemble those entities in any way. But how about
Iceland, which was not independent from the Danish king until 1944?
Portugal went from a monarchy to a republic with a revolution in 1910.
Thailand went from absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy in
1932 – does that count? And Greece was a monarchy until 1924, a
republic from 1924-1935, a monarchy again from 1935 to 1973, and then a
republic again – is that 3 previous dead countries? I wonder if I’m
starting a dead government collection rather than a dead country
collection.
I like using a broad definition, because it’s helping me learn the flow
of world history, which is one of my main goals (I didn’t know any of
the above info until I started collecting stamps), but somehow I have a
hard time thinking of Iceland, Thailand, Portugal and Greece as dead
countries. There are plenty of other examples.
I’m coming to the conclusion that some countries are “more dead” than
others, and I’ll probably focus my activities on dead countries that
the average person in the street has never heard of. I’m curious
though, how do you sort out which monarchies you include in your list?
Excuse my rambling,
Bob Brew

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* Michael says:
August 30, 2016 at 11:35 am

Hi Bob
Great to hear from you, hope you have recovered from NY.
You ask an excellent question which I don’t really have a hard and
fast rule. Monarchies are complicated and I normally take them on a
case by case basis. Sometimes I even change my mind, and for the real
complicated ones I decided based on whether I want to collect them.
The key word in my definitions is “overthrow”, because if it is a
peaceful, gradual change I consider it an evolution of the country. I
know this is a fuzzy answer, but it at least lets you know my general
thinking. Here is a more long winded answer, and some of the
principles I use. Maybe I might try include this on the web site at
some time. Also, I welcome your (or anyone’s) help in developing a
good definition.

1. The great Empires are easy (Russia, Austra-Hungary,
German/Prussian, Ottoman, etc) are Dead Countries.

2. In general, if it is a forced or revolutionary overthrow, I would
include them (e.g. China, Maximilian’s Mexican Empire, Pedro’s
Brazilian Empire). I am still thinking about the Empire of Japan and
the Kingdom of Italy.

3. If a country peacefully moves from an absolute monarchy to a
constitutional monarchy, I consider it an evolution of the country,
so I would not include them in my Dead Country List.

4. Those countries that went back and forth are really complicated –
Greece, Spain, and France changed several times during their history
and I don’t know how to handle them. For today, I am planning on
collecting Greece, primarily because I have a very good Greek
collection (which I have yet to catalog).

You mention several examples:
– Iceland – Honestly I really hadn’t thought about Iceland, I will
take a look.
– Portugal – This is one of the areas I have been thinking about, but
I think since the overthrow was fairly revolutionary I would include
them.
– Greece – As mentioned above, I don’t know how to handle it, but am
collecting it primarily because I have a good collection already.

Last word – Your comment about focusing your activities on the clear
cut dead countries are a good one. There is a huge amount of
interesting places to collect in the clear cut ones.

I will be organizing a first effort on a Dead Countries Group over
the next few weeks, and I will contact you then.
Cheers
Michael

23. Catalin says:
August 12, 2016 at 1:28 pm

I think it’s a very good and interesting idea, and I see myself learning
and sharing with others a lot of philatelic things about the years when in
my country (Romania) were various foreign occupations. I like very much
your blog, and I must admit that it always guides me to collect the stamps
from DC country. Warm regards, Catalin

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* Michael says:
August 20, 2016 at 4:25 pm

Catalin, Welcome to DCStamps.
Glad this is interesting to you and helps you with your collection. We
will soon be starting to launch a Dead Country Stamps interest group, and
I will keep you informed.
Cheers
Michael

24. Riasat Tufail says:
July 3, 2016 at 3:41 am

I collect worldwide stamps from 1840-1900 in used, mint and on cover.
I think your idea of forming a society is great idea and would be pleased
to know your latest developments on the same.
Your site is wonderful and a pleasure to check out each time and so well
maintained and planned and very informative and interesting.
Well done and keep up the good work.

Reply
* Michael says:
July 4, 2016 at 10:52 am

Hi Riasat – I have added you to my list. Will be getting back to everyone
after the summer holidays.
Michael

25. Sergio De Benedictis says:
May 31, 2016 at 4:39 am

Hi Michael,
following your site from a long time. Nice and interesting for all the
news.
I think that is a wonderful idea to create a study group on DC.
As italian philatelist I am interested in Italian Old States, particularly
Naples 1858-1861.
Regards
sergio

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* Michael says:
June 1, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Salve Sergio, welcome to DCStamps
I will certainly add you to the growing list of the Dead Country group.
We will be looking for experts in varies areas, so will definitely tap
into your knowledge. Stay tuned, more to come soon.
Michael

26. Rod Milbourne says:
April 29, 2016 at 6:19 am

Very interesting site. i would be interested in joining a society such as
you are proposing. One of my interests is the homelands of South Africa
which existed under the white government until the election of Nelson
Mandela and the reincorporation back into RSA proper.

With all these dead countries the fact that there will not be any new
material churned out to catch unwary collectors as well as the historic
interest are plus factors to me

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* Michael says:
May 4, 2016 at 11:30 am

Hi Rod
Welcome to DCStamps.
I was away for a few weeks but am back now and will be working on the
idea of a Dead Country Group. You are on my list — stay tuned.
Michael

27. robert brew says:
April 17, 2016 at 8:32 pm

I am definitely interested in a group that collects dead country stamps. I
have just started doing so and have found your website to be tremendously
helpful.

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* Michael says:
April 17, 2016 at 10:48 pm

Hi Robert, welcome to DCStamps. I just returned from a trip to Bhutan and
India, and now have time to begin seriously begin putting this together.
Will get back to you soon.
Michael

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* robert brew says:
May 3, 2016 at 9:53 pm

Michael – by any chance are you going to the International Stamp Show
in NY at the end of this month? – perhaps dead country enthusiasts
could meet up there / Bob Brew

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* Michael says:
May 4, 2016 at 11:29 am

Hi Robert
Welcome to DCStamps.
Actually I am going to NY2016 and will be speaking with a few people
about the potential for a Dead Country group. This exploration is
rather new, so it was far too late (and far too premature) to do
anything official. I will be in New York from Sat May 28 – Tues May
31 and will be meeting with a couple of people to discuss the
potential of the group. If you (or anyone) would like to join us,
please let me know.
Michael

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* robert brew says:
May 4, 2016 at 1:00 pm

I will be there those days and would be interested in meeting up
with you and anyone else – just let me know when and where

* Michael says:
May 4, 2016 at 4:39 pm

OK Robert – stay tuned, I will send you an email when I have
finalized something.
Michael

28. History of Indian Stamps says:
April 12, 2016 at 2:24 am

Amazing blog posted. It’s really very informative.

29. Lord Richard Mannyng says:
April 4, 2016 at 12:37 pm

Most interested in your endeavor. Please keep me apprised of your progress
and how I may assist.

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* Michael says:
April 5, 2016 at 8:47 am

Richard, I have added you too our growing list of people interested. When
I return from holiday, I will begin to reaching out in earnest to those
interested.
Michael

30. Jaime Espina says:
March 7, 2016 at 11:15 pm

Hi Michael

I strongly support your initiative, and considering my expertise, i collect
Chile stamps (my country) and german empire and related areas (occupation,
old states, etc.), please consider my participation in the initiative and
have in mind all my potential support providing information mainly from my
country history (one of the dead territories is the occupation of Peru in
the Chile Peru and Bolivia war). Finally as a collector i also have a good
number of dead countries stamps.

Jaime

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* Michael says:
March 8, 2016 at 11:45 am

Hola Jaime, welcome to DCStamps. Thank you for your interest in being a
part of a Dead Country Specialists organization, your passion and
expertise is most welcome. I have just begun to reach out to people who
might be interested, and I will add your name to that list.
Regards
Michael

31. John Staunton says:
February 8, 2016 at 12:47 pm

I don’t really disagree Michael, I was just being a little ticklish. I will
drop you the chart by email in the next day.
Roger is also correct they were never part of the various Acts of Union and
are therefore not also in the European Union.
John

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* Michael says:
February 8, 2016 at 3:01 pm

Thanks John, will take a look when I get it.
Cheers
Michael

32. John Staunton says:
February 6, 2016 at 6:50 pm

Hi Michael,

I love your site; it mirrors my own approach to stamps in wanting to
understand the historical relevance. By my reading of your definition I
would propose (I guess to the surprise of many) that you should also add
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. From the independence of
Ireland in 1922, it lost a chunk of its territory and by necessity had to
rename as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In
addition, part of its territory was occupied by the Germans in WWII, i.e.
the Channel Islands (which also merits recognition for that reason). I have
taken the liberty of drawing up a Regional Transitions Chart, which I will
share with you by e-mail for review and if you think this is of merit to
also share with your readers, as you have shared your fine work with all of
us. I’m probably blind but I can’t see your e-mail address, so drop me a
note and I will forward to you. Best regards and keep on rocking. John

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* Roger F Kilshaw says:
February 7, 2016 at 1:26 pm

John, I was interested to read your submission as your experience mirrors
my own. In the 1950s my parents received letters from British Colonies in
the Far East. They gave the envelopes to me and I removed them by soaking
in hot water. I used to go to the world atlas to find out where they were
in the world, and I am sure this started by interest in history and
politics. Relating the stamp to a specific era and what was happening at
the time makes it all the more interesting. One minor point on the C.I.
Along with the IOM they never were part of the UK.

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* Michael says:
February 7, 2016 at 3:02 pm

Hi Roger, welcome to DCStamps. I appreciate the discussion and
comments.
I too love the history, which often is as important (or even more so)
than the stamps. I am in the process of developing Historical Oriented
Stamp Albums, so stay tuned.
Michael

* Michael says:
February 7, 2016 at 2:59 pm

Hi John, Welcome to DCStamps and thank you for your thoughts.

First of all, my email is ILikeMaps@msn.com. I will make it more clear in
the site.

In general, for a country to become a “dead country”, territory change or
name change is not a criteria. Minimally, there needed to be a
fundamental change in the government and regime. The UK did not
fundamentally change when it lost Ireland, it just became smaller.
Ireland, however did become a new country (although it isn’t dead).
Military occupations are another matter (e.g. German or Japanese
occupations in WW2). If you look on my list I do have the German
Occupations of Guernsey and Jersey as separate “dead countries”. I am
always open for more discussions.
Cheers
Michael

33. Peter Beach says:
January 23, 2016 at 10:48 am

Good day,
I am replacing the medals/decorations that my grandfather won while in
service to the Crown. He was in the Scottish Guards. Two medals/decorations
that he won that I can’t find out what they look like are;
Occupation of Crete 1898
Flask of Khartoum 1898
Have you seen these awards? Where could I find photographs of them?
Thank you.
Pete

Reply
* Michael says:
January 23, 2016 at 1:41 pm

Hi Peter
Welcome to DC Stamps. I am sorry, but I don’t know anything about medals
and decorations. If you can’t find information using google (or any other
search engine), there is nothing more that I can add.
Good Luck
Michael

34. Roger says:
December 19, 2015 at 3:10 pm

Dear Michael,
I wonder if you have any information about the former German (leased)
Colony of Tsing-Tao. Did they have issues of stamps and banknotes and
coins? It was occupied by the Ozzies during 1914, so what arrangements were
made during that period? It was then administered by the Japanese but again
I have no knowledge of stamps/banknotes/coins. I think that in the early
part of the 1920s the League of Nations ordered Japan to return the
territory to China. They only legacy of Tsing-Tao now is the beer, the
Germans set up a brewery there in 1903 and it is still brewed in China.

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* Michael says:
December 19, 2015 at 5:19 pm

Hi Roger, welcome to DCStamps.
I do in fact have information on TsingTao and it can be found under
Kiautschou which can be found HERE. They issued both stamps and
banknotes, was known as the Kiautschou Bay Concession, and it was
administered under the authority of the Imperial Navy rather than a
colonial administration.

With the outbreak of World War I, the Republic of China cancelled the
Kiautschou lease and Japan issued an ultimatum to the Germans to
unconditionally evacuate the colony. Germany rejected the demand, and on
23 Aug, 1914, Japan declared war on Germany and within three months the
Japanese were in control of the region. After the war, the Treaty of
Versailles agreed to Japanese claims at the Paris Peace Conference and
assigned all German territories north of the equator in the Pacific
territories to Japan, which included Kiautschou. The Chinese government
refused to sign the treaty, and eventually, through negotiation led by
the US Government, it was agreed that the region would be returned to
China, which was realized in February 1922.

I was unaware that the Australians ever occupied Kiautschou, but will
have to look into it.

Hope this helps.
Cheers
Michael

35. ENRICO says:
September 22, 2015 at 6:00 am

Compliment for your site, it’s great !

My target is to have one stamp for each country, colony, occupied
territories, etc. etc.

I have a question : the countries list is definitive or the most complete ?
Can i use tour list like a ” holy bible ” or it must be integrated with
other lists ?

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* Michael says:
September 22, 2015 at 4:50 pm

Hi Enrico
Welcome to DCStamps, I am glad you enjoyed the site. I am not sure I
would use my list as the final definitive list for several reasons. First
of all, I continue to do research in the history of areas, and from time
to time I learn enough to modify the list based on the the history, so it
will change as I learn things. Another reason is that this is only a list
of countries which ceased to exist before the end of 1956 (although i am
thinking about bringing up the date to 1960). So my list does not include
countries that continue to exist, nor those that ceased to exist after
1956.

If you want an exhaustive list of stamp issuing entities, you might check
out the one at Linn’s. Their list includes all of the current countries
as well. However, please note that I define countries quite differently
from Linn’s so in many ways our list could be quite different. As an
example, I would consider the German Occupation of Belgium, as a separate
“country” from the Kingdom of Belgium, while they do not.
http://www.linns.com/en/insights/stamp-issuing-entities-of-the-world.html

Good luck with you collection.
Michael

36. Gerben van Gelder says:
June 15, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Micheal

Thank you for putting StampWorldHistory on your links list. Much
appreciated!!!

Thanks again
Gerben van Gelder

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* Michael says:
June 16, 2015 at 9:19 am

No problem. I haven’t had time to do much as we have family visiting, but
will get by your site eventually.
Michael

37. hirosi matsumoto says:
May 7, 2015 at 8:00 pm

Nice to meet you.I am japanese.I can not write English well
I have enough six years by collecting stamps.It’s getting to the study at
this site.

I hope that even Indian Princely State and Yugoslavia stamp increase
Thank you in the future

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* Michael says:
May 7, 2015 at 9:53 pm

Dear Matsumoto-san
ようこそ DCStamps. I used to live in Japan, but my Japanese is very basic,
よろしくお願いします, 日本語を だんだん に 忘れて いきます.
Since your English seems to be far better than my Japanese, Thank you for
visiting the site. I will be slowly adding India State stamps, but for
the moment I do not have much on Yugoslavia, すみません. Are there other areas
you collect?
Michael

38. Brian Denham says:
October 26, 2014 at 8:27 am

Hi Michael,
Great site , I am enjoying it immensely. Do the stamps of the Confederated
States of America qualify as a dead country? I cannot locate them here.

Reply
* Michael says:
October 26, 2014 at 2:04 pm

Hi Brian
The Confederate States do indeed qualify as a dead country. You can find
it in my Dead Country List under North America & Hawaii, listed under the
United States of America Area. I do two or three write ups per month, and
have many years to go to finish them all. Since I don’t have really have
very many stamps or banknotes from the CSA, I haven’t prioritized the
write up.
Thanks for asking
Michael

39. Jaume Gorriz says:
June 8, 2014 at 2:01 pm

Dear Sir:

I suggest you a links’ exchange.
I just add a link to your website in mine.

Our website’s basic facts:
Title: Encyclopaedia Philatelica
URL: http://www.encyclopaediaphilatelica.net
Logo: http://www.encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/images/logo.gif
Description: Multilingual encyclopaedia composed around four sections:
personages, fauna, flora & geography. Picture gallery about iconography,
genealogy, history, art & taxonomy.

Thank you in advance and greetings

Jaume Gorriz

Reply
* Michael says:
June 8, 2014 at 6:59 pm

Jaume
Thank you for visiting and putting a link to DCStamps on your site. I
have added a link to Encyclopaedia Philatelica on my list of references.
Cheers
Michael

40. Keith S. Chambers says:
June 6, 2014 at 3:44 am

Fantastic site. Dead countries and bygone colonies are of great interest to
me. Your website has become a fount of information and inspiration [thank
you].
I have been slowly building a collection of Tanna Tuva stamps and don’t see
this republic [1921 – 1944] on your list — perhaps I missed it?
The region went through a dynamic political [and postal] history during
this era; Outer Mongolia and Manchukuo are of particular interest [the
former has more interest to me than the latter]. Did I miss Outer Mongolia
on your list as well? Or perhaps you have your reasons for not listing
these countries. I would relish your thoughts on this topic.

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* Michael says:
June 6, 2014 at 10:13 am

Thank you for visiting DCStamps and your nice words.

First of all, if you go to the section called “Dead Country List”, you
will find Tannu Tuva under RUSSIA AREA, and listed in the section
“Siberia and Russian Far East (including Mongolia)”. Tannu Tuva is an
interesting era to collect and can be somewhat controversial to stamp
collectors. Many question whether the beautiful stamps issued by this
“country” were ever really used for postage, and were mostly designed for
philatelic purposes. I also have many of the Tuva stamps in my collection
and am working on developing an album for this area. Probably won’t be up
for a few months, but stay tuned.

Regarding Outer Mongolia. In reality, the term refers to the country of
Mongolia. Since Mongolia is not a “dead country” I don’t collect stamps
from there. However, if you understand anything different, please comment
back, because I am always happy to be proven wrong, which only betters
the quality of this site. Inner Mongolia is a region of China which
borders Mongolia. The region issued stamps when it was a Japanese Puppet
Government called Mengjiang during much of World War 2.

Interesting blog, by the way.
I wish you well on your collection.
Michael

41. Julio S S Bueno says:
June 2, 2014 at 8:44 pm

The League of Nations issued stamps?? While it is not a dead country.
Should have issued because I have two which I think is the League. I am
Brazilian.

Reply
* Michael says:
June 4, 2014 at 9:37 pm

Hi Julio
Thank you for visiting DCStamps. Various Swiss stamps were overprinted
for use by the League of Nations. You can read more about those stamps
which can usually be found under Switzerland in a stamp catalogue. I
guess that they are similar to the United Nations stamps that are issued
today. It is not considered a country, rather an international agency.

Nice to hear from folks from Brazil. Good Luck in the upcoming World Cup,
hope the games go well (even though I am rooting for the U.S.A.)
Um abraço
Michael

42. Rosa Sazatornil Angulo says:
May 23, 2014 at 5:50 pm

I would like to have Hungary’s album. Do you have ? Thank you very much. I
loved your site. Rosa

Reply
* Michael says:
May 24, 2014 at 10:35 am

Rosa, thank you for visiting DCStamps. I an sorry, but Hungary is not
considered a dead country so I don’t have any stamps from there. There
are some early occupational issues after world war 1, but I have yet to
create albums for them yet.
Glad you loved my site.
Michael

43. Alex Cirigottis says:
May 19, 2014 at 4:56 pm

This is a great site, Michael. Full of very useful information, lovely
pages and so easy to navigate.

And i really like the idea of virtual albums, saving paper and ink and
keeping the stamps safe elsewhere.

Well done, mate!

Reply
* Michael says:
May 19, 2014 at 7:48 pm

Thank you Alex for visiting DCStamps and your encouragement. In case you
haven’t seen, I am doing a Tutorial on making these albums at Stamp
Bears. The thread can be found HERE
Cheers
Michael

44. Joy Daschaudhuri says:
August 1, 2013 at 8:21 am

This refers to the album of Indian feudatory state Faridkot (1879-1886).
First, both of the first two stamps (1879 1 Folus ultramarine imperforate
handstamped stamp on unwatermarked thick laid paper without gum) have been
depicted inversely. Considering the very fine mint condition of the 1F
stamps shown, there is high possibility that these were part of the
remaining stock of stamps sold by the Faridkot State Post to the public at
face values for additional revenue after the enactment of the postal
convention on January 1,1887 which resulted all previous postage stamps of
Faridkot to cease to be valid for postage within the state.
The stamps of type N1 partially show gutter margin which also suggests that
these could be another variant of 1F stamp, which was originally prepared
in 1877 and handstamped in ultramarine color among others (sold at market
as color trials), which are always found in mint state. The 1F reprint from
original die and reengraved die are distinguishable by the intensity of
color impressions.
When the Scotts/Michel Faridkot 2 or SG Faridkot N2 1P ultramarine (type
N2) stock was exhausted in 1887, it was replaced by type N3 having no
postal validity at all.
The 1 Paisa and 1/2 Ana lithograph reprints of 1887 on wove paper, have
totally different design and are easily identifiable. These were printed
from 3 different stones having both perforate and imperforate variants in 4
shades of blue, 4 shades of red, 3 shades of yellow and orange and 2 shades
of green colors.
This is why Faridkot feudatory stamps are among few Indian states which
command greater price in used condition (more so on postally used covers)
except the type N1 1F so-called color trial reprints in various shades of
blue,green,orange,red and black, many of which are sold with false
postmarks (mostly F in circle of bars in black) on them.
If the Faridkot feudatory stamps have been procured from eBay, the it is
almost certain that these stamps are forgeries.

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* Michael says:
August 2, 2013 at 9:27 am

Hi Joy
Thank you for taking time to make comments on DCStamps. I appreciate your
expertise on Indian States. This is an area that is extremely complex and
full of new areas for me to learn. For the next couple of months, I will
have minimal time to spend any time on my stamps, but will try and work
through my States stamps come the fall.
Thank you again
Michael

45. Joy Daschaudhuri says:
July 26, 2013 at 2:42 pm

This refers to the Jhalawar album. Jhalawar issued only 2 stamps. The 1
Paisa stamp was released in 1886 (not 1887-1890). The second and last issue
(1890) was of 1/4 Ana value (not 1/2A). Both stamps having same vignette of
Rambha, a mythological character of nymph of heaven, were printed on laid
paper in typography in sheets having irregular settings of of horizontal
strips of 12 stamps.

46. Bob Bradford says:
March 3, 2013 at 4:34 pm

You can add Cilicia to your French Occupations.

Bob

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* Michael says:
March 3, 2013 at 5:09 pm

Hi Bob

Thank you for your note, I am always interested in comments and
“requests” from those who find this site useful. I have updated my
overall dead country list to make it clearer. Instead of merely listing
the country as “Cilicia” it is now Cilicia, French Occupation of Turkey
(under the Ottoman Area). At the moment, I don’t have very many stamps
from Cilicia, but will look at putting up an album and history of what I
do have. However it probably wont be completed for a little while, as
there are over 140 stamps issued, and it is difficult to make a virtual
album with few stamps (sizing the spaces is difficult).

Michael

47. Richard Mallett says:
October 17, 2012 at 5:06 pm

I was attracted to your website by the article on dead countries in Stamp
and Coin Mart, which featured Hatay, of which I was able to find a complete
set of stamps on Delcampe. I also have an example of the only stamp issued
by Tierra del Fuego, which (as far as I know) is the only stamp issuing
entity to have only a single stamp listed (and given a catalogue number) by
Stanley Gibbons.

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* Michael says:
October 18, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Richard
Thank you for visiting DCStamps.com. I hope you find it useful. I do not
have the Tierra del Fuego issue, but one day. I don’t know about Stanley
Gibbons, but Scott has some other stamp issuing entities which have a
single stamp . Examples include:
– Jasdan and Tonk (Indian Feudatory States)
– Basal (a Swiss canton)
– Cuautla, Cuernavaca, Merida, and Tlacotalpan (Mexican Provisionals
issues)
These are some I could find quickly, there are probably more.

Since I don’t have access to SG, are these included as something else?
Michael

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* Joy Daschaudhuri says:
July 24, 2013 at 7:33 am

Indian feudatory state Jasdan is not the stamp-issuing authority to
issue only a single stamp. Jasdan issued 6 postage stamps, all having
same vignette of coat of arms of Jasdan depicting the sun and all
printed by LV Indap and Company,Mumbai in typographic process in 5
series viz., on 03.15.1942., 1 Ana dark myrtle green and 1A light sage
green, in 1943, 1A light bottle green, in 1945 1A light yellow green
(perf.10*10), in 1946 1A light yellow green (perf.8.5*9) and in 1947,
1A turquoise green.
Secondly no single postage stamp was issued by Taunk and not a single
fiscal stamp of Taunk has ever been known to be used postally.

48. Kevin Duffy says:
September 20, 2012 at 2:39 am

Hullo Michael
I am a recent collector of some dead countries – at this time concentrating
on all the Chinese foreign post offices which opened following the Treaty
of Nanking. I am very impressed by your personal album pages, and wonder if
you sell these- without stamps of course? They would provide a very useful
basis for assembling my collection.
I am also assembling a collection with one stamp from every stamp issuing
entity ever, which takes in all the dead countries.
Congratulations upon your website – it is a great asset to collectors and
the hobby.
Best wishes…Kevin Duffy – kduffy@bigpond.com.au – in Sydney Australia.

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* Michael says:
September 20, 2012 at 9:03 am

Kevin

Thank you so much for your nice comments. Chinese foreign post offices
formed from the Treaty of Nanking seem like a very interesting area,
facinating history. Other than Shanghai and Russian PO’s, my treaty port
collection is rather limited (I would be willing to make some trades if
you are interested).

Also, trying to collect one stamp from every stamp issuing entity seems
like a tough challenge, as there are some areas that have only one or two
issues which are very expensive. Good Luck.

Regarding my personal album pages, I am not selling them, but am happy to
provide copies (without the stamps) to anyone interested. Realize that
they are generated on PowerPoint and converted to pdf, and are often
customized to my collection. Also, I have only completed the pages that
you can see on the site. but am hopefully putting together a few new ones
each month or so.

Michael

49. George Robinson says:
September 13, 2012 at 6:04 pm

Dear Sir:

I am tryng to find a source (catalogue preferred but xerox pages will do)
that will assist me in identifying stamps issued in ARAD during the French
Occupation of a part of Hungary (1919-1920). Can you help.

Thank you for any and all assistance you are able to provide.

George Robinson
gwejrobinson@comcast.net

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* Michael says:
September 17, 2012 at 7:02 pm

George

Any of the major catalogs will help you identify Arad stamps, in Scott
they are listed under Hungary (in the occupation stamps 1N section). The
difficulty is trying to determine whether they are genuine. Scott tells
us that: The overprints on this issue have been extensively forged. Even
the inexpensive values are difficult to find with genuine overprints.
Unexpertized collections should be assumed to consist of mostly forged
stamps. I am not an expert, and I would point you to a couple of places
to start:
http://www.hungarianstamps.com/
http://www.hungarianphilately.org/introduction/Intro_Default.htm

Sorry I don’t have more

Michael

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* Hans Hell says:
August 22, 2017 at 11:52 am

Aloha Michel,

thanks for your philathelic historic info work about Hawaii,
I do not understand why start and end date of a political aera you
always note with same date.
see: Kingdom ends at July 16, 1893 I mean, and Prov. Government starts
at
at July 17, 1893 and so on. ….
Hans from Germany

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* Michael says:
January 15, 2018 at 12:57 am

Hi Hans
Welcome to DCStamps

Often a country change didn’t happen at midnight, it happens with a
ceremony, a coup or a surrender. However, regarding the end of the
Kingdom of Hawaii, the marines landed to support the American coup,
on July 16, 1893 and the Provisional government was proclaimed on the
17th.
Hope this helps
Michael

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