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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. 

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

Cyrillic old style
 File:Army of Northwest.jpg|Northwestern Army (Russia). See: Northwestern Army. 

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. 

Japanese old style
 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 (in the Netherlands Indies) under Japanese occupation. 

Meng, for Meng Chiang or Inner Mongolia (under Japanese occupation)  File:Inner mongolia man.jpg 

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