The purpose of the Worldwide Illustrated Stamp Identifier is to provide a visual tool to assist in identifying the country of origin of particularly challenging stamps. On this page are stamps inscribed using Cyrillic writing. Cyrillic was first used in the 10th century AD for writing the Old Church Slavonic language. Influenced by the Greek alphabet, the Cyrillic alphabet has been adapted as the basis of the written forms of over 50 different languages including Slavic languages such as Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Belarusian as well as non-Slavic languages including Mongolian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Tajik. Cyrillic inscriptions are found on stamps from Russia Central Asia, and Eastern Europe.
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The Worldwide Illustrated Identifier Start Page
Stamps with Chinese Characters
Stamps Using Greek, Hebrew and Other Writing Systems
Stamps with No Country Name Inscription
Introduction to Stamp Identification
Minor variations in collectible stamps can mean the difference between a common item and a great rarity. This introduction to the art and science of stamp identification covers provides an invaluable overview to the field covering such topics as finding your stamp in a catalogue, design variations, watermarks, printing methods and papers.
Understanding Stamp Values
The subject of stamp valuation is a deceptively complex one. While at first glance, determining the value of a stamp might appear to be a simple matter of turning to one of the many available reference catalogues, in fact the stamp catalogue is just the beginning of the process. This overview presents some of the major topics in stamp valuation, setting you on course to making confident purchases and understanding the ultimate worth of your collection.
The Grinnell Missionaries - Stamp Collecting's Greatest Controversy
First seen in 1919 when high school teacher and stamp collector George Grinnell claimed to have discovered dozens of rare early Hawaiian stamps, the Grinnell Missionaries have become perhaps the longest running controversy in stamp collecting. To this day experts and collectors alike still debate whether they are clever forgeries or the find of a lifetime.
The Hradcany Issue - Czechoslovakia's First Stamps
Issued beginning December 1918, the first stamps of Czechoslovakia offer an affordable treat for the philatelic specialist. Known as the Hradcany issue, there are five basic types accompanied by a wealth of variations in color, paper types, perforations and plate flaws.
