How to read Arabic-Indic numerals


 * Reading is what you (hopefully) learned in English-language school, where "two hundred seventy-five" is written "275". This assumes the reading is left to right, often the case.
 * As you can see, with muddy or tiny overprints, "2" can often be confused with "3".
 * Fractions are rendered as they are in English text.
 * Be aware that overprints and surcharges can be run off a stamp so that parts of dates can be missing because of that.
 * Dates can be rendered in the traditional calendar system or in the Western Gregorian calendar system. For the latter, the years are written left to right.
 * Persian uses a different "4", "5", "6". We'll get around to creating a table for that. Soon come.



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