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Stamps with country names or inscriptions in other alphabets

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(Unintelligible)
 File:Georgia 1922.jpg|Georgia. See: Georgia File:Ethiopia engr.jpg|Ethiopia. The bottom central tablet reads "Empire d'Ethiope" (honest!). See: Ethiopia 

Japanese katakana
These are phonetic characters. The inscriptions below happen to all read left to right.

Katakana ji character.png
 File:Java 40 occup.jpg|Java under Japanese occupation. See: Netherlands Indies – Japanese occupation File:Java soldier.jpg|Java under Japanese occupation 

Katakana su character.png
 File:Sumatra 3.5c.jpg|Sumatra under Japanese occupation. See: [[Netherlands Indies – Japanese occupation File:Sumatra printed ovpt.jpg|Though inscribed Sumatra, apparently used throughout the Netherlands Indies 

Katakana fu.png
 File:Phil occ Bataan.jpg|'''Philippines under Japanese occupation. See: Philippines – Japanese occupation 

Katakana ma.png
 File:Malaya occ 1c.jpg|Malaya under Japanese occupation. See: Malaya 

Cho AA.png
 File:North Korea meeting.jpg|North Korea. See: North Korea 

Amharic
 File:Ethiopia no1.jpg|Ethiopia. See: Ethiopia File:Ethiopia lion.jpg|Ethiopia 

Mt Athos script.png
 File:Russi off Lev Mt Athos 2 inv net.jpg|Russian Empire – offices in the Levant, Mt. Athos. See: Russian Empire – offices in the Levant 

Northwestern Army.png
 File:Army of Northwest.jpg|Northwestern Army (Russia). See: Northwestern Army </Gallery>

Georgian
= "S.S.S.R." for the Soviet republic.  File:Georgia 1000r.jpg|Georgia. See: Georgia. File:Georgia 1922.jpg File:Georgia inflation.jpg|"rubles" abbreviated in Georgian script. </Gallery>

Japanese phonetic characters
 File:Japan specimen.jpg| = specimen. </Gallery>

Chu 2.png
The same character as.  File:Central China 6c.jpg|Central China (Shanghai and Nanking) occupation zone. File:Central China commem 5c.jpg|Central China (Shanghai and Nanking) occupation zone. </Gallery>

Nichi old.png
The same character as.  File:Japan Defin inscrip.jpg|Japan, used for many issues, 1899-1945. Note the chrysanthemum crest as an additional indentifier. File:Java occup 3.5s.jpg|Java under Japanese occupation. See: Netherlands Indies – Japanese occupation File:Java 40 occup.jpg|Java under Japanese occupation. Inscribed "Java" at bottom. File:Sumatra 3.5c.jpg|Sumatra under Japanese occupation. Inscribed "Sumatra" at bottom. File:Neth Indies jpn occ flag.jpg|'''Netherland Indies under Japanese occupation, Navy control zone. See: Netherlands Indies – Japanese occupation File:Malaya occ 1c.jpg|Malaya under Japanese occupation. See: Malaya File:Taiwan 10c occup 1945.jpg|Taiwan still under Japanese dominion. See: Taiwan </Gallery>

Meng old.png
Meng, for Meng Chiang or Inner Mongolia (under Japanese occupation)  File:Inner mongolia man.jpg </Gallery>

Mongolian script
 File:Tuva first.jpg|Tuva. See: Tuva </Gallery>

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