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Does this one look familiar to anyone? It's light blue with a perf 14, measuring about 22 x 27 mm. The heavy cancellation and the fact that I can't tell which side is up make it tricky. The two smaller crops have false color to bring out the contrast.
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This is from Bahrain, I believe....
....war tax stamp.
Scott #MR2 (I think)
Maybe someone else can verify this.
Randy
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Stamp from Bahrain (Persian Gulf) you have it display correctly. The cat. list only one color, light blue (Sc# MR2). I have two copies, one light blue and another one blue-green
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SG lists two versions:
SG T194 - 5 fils - new blue - perf 14½ - 1 Dec 1973
SG T194a - 5 fils - pale greenish blue - perf 14½ x 13½ - 10 Apr 1988
SG T194 comes in different shades and the paper varies.
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Here is a copy on piece from Bahrain together with a clean but used copy.
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The Scott number is MR2 and MR2a 1974.
The "a' one is 14.5x13.5 wheras original is perf 14.5
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Thank you, everybody. It's right there in my Scott catalog and I even scanned it right-side up! The "war tax" was instituted at the time of the Arab-Israeli (Yom-Kippur) War of 1973, but most of the money went to help settle Palestinian refugees, rather than for military purposes.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
01 Dec 2016
07:45:44pm
Does this one look familiar to anyone? It's light blue with a perf 14, measuring about 22 x 27 mm. The heavy cancellation and the fact that I can't tell which side is up make it tricky. The two smaller crops have false color to bring out the contrast. Thank you!
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re: Looks Asian, but...
This is from Bahrain, I believe....
....war tax stamp.
Scott #MR2 (I think)
Maybe someone else can verify this.
Randy
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re: Looks Asian, but...
Stamp from Bahrain (Persian Gulf) you have it display correctly. The cat. list only one color, light blue (Sc# MR2). I have two copies, one light blue and another one blue-green
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re: Looks Asian, but...
SG lists two versions:
SG T194 - 5 fils - new blue - perf 14½ - 1 Dec 1973
SG T194a - 5 fils - pale greenish blue - perf 14½ x 13½ - 10 Apr 1988
SG T194 comes in different shades and the paper varies.
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re: Looks Asian, but...
Here is a copy on piece from Bahrain together with a clean but used copy.
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re: Looks Asian, but...
The Scott number is MR2 and MR2a 1974.
The "a' one is 14.5x13.5 wheras original is perf 14.5
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
02 Dec 2016
03:34:58pm
re: Looks Asian, but...
Thank you, everybody. It's right there in my Scott catalog and I even scanned it right-side up! The "war tax" was instituted at the time of the Arab-Israeli (Yom-Kippur) War of 1973, but most of the money went to help settle Palestinian refugees, rather than for military purposes.
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