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General Philatelic/Identify This? : Green 1 Mill stamps with Arabic inscriptions - what are these?

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jmh67

07 Apr 2019
02:40:24pm

These four stamps have baffled me:

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It appears that they are postmarked, the currency unit suggests Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia or perhaps Libya, but I could not find them on Colnect. There are at least two color shades. There is no country name, so they could be something quite obscure.

Where are they from? What are they? When were they first issued? If applicable, a matching catalog number (from any major stamp catalog) would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!
Martin

musicman

APS #213005
07 Apr 2019
02:52:35pm

re: Green 1 Mill stamps with Arabic inscriptions - what are these?

Egyptian tax stamps - not listed in Scott.

General revenue, if I recall correctly;

used from '39 to '49.

Yours is the lowest face value of the set of 10.

Sorry I can't help with a catalog number.

jmh67

07 Apr 2019
03:16:17pm

re: Green 1 Mill stamps with Arabic inscriptions - what are these?

Thanks a bunch - now I could even find them on Colnect:

https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/755521-Egyptian_revenue_stamp-Revenue_stamp-Egypt

(the color seems to be different, but that may be an artifact of the scan)

Martin

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jmh67

07 Apr 2019
02:40:24pm

These four stamps have baffled me:

Image Not Found

It appears that they are postmarked, the currency unit suggests Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia or perhaps Libya, but I could not find them on Colnect. There are at least two color shades. There is no country name, so they could be something quite obscure.

Where are they from? What are they? When were they first issued? If applicable, a matching catalog number (from any major stamp catalog) would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!
Martin

musicman

APS #213005
07 Apr 2019
02:52:35pm

re: Green 1 Mill stamps with Arabic inscriptions - what are these?

Egyptian tax stamps - not listed in Scott.

General revenue, if I recall correctly;

used from '39 to '49.

Yours is the lowest face value of the set of 10.

Sorry I can't help with a catalog number.

jmh67

07 Apr 2019
03:16:17pm

re: Green 1 Mill stamps with Arabic inscriptions - what are these?