Stampfinder C01

Use the buttons below and select the first character in your inscription or overprint. Monkeys and parrots beta testing the site have found the correct match 89% of the time; so can you. Make sure you reward yourself with something afterwards for a correct answer. Monkey chow or a piece of bark might work.

German fraktur
Fraktur is a traditional script used in German-speaking countries but is written in various styles and fonts just like English, for example. Note that what looks like a lower case "f" is an "s", so that perhaps you can work out the inscription or overprint from that and the translated letters below. For examples, click:





Greek

 * Greek and Cyrillic have common characters, so check the stamp in question for any other clues. Otherwise, just make a first guess; fortuna favet fortibus.
 * Search for what's on the overprint or surcharge first.







Cyrillic

 * Greek and Cyrillic have common characters, so check the stamp in question for any other clues. Otherwise, just make a first guess; it costs nothing.
 * Search for what's on the overprint or surcharge first.
 * Ignore the words ПОЧТА or ПОШТА ("post/mail"), РЕСПУБЛИКА and РЕПУБЛИКА ("republic") in your search. However, stamps with "ПОЧТА" only besides a denomination in kopecks or rubles is likely a Russian stamp. Examples of those are given under "П".
 * Note that sometimes a "Λ" is used as a variant form of "Л".











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