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ICC (overprint): India- Int. Commission on Indo-China (1965-8).
IDAR : India- Idar (1939-44).
IDROVOLANTE (overprint): Italy, hydroplane airmail (1917) [By Hydroplane].
I. E. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Intestate Estates].
I.E.F. (overprint): India, military stamps (1914) [India Expeditionary Force].
I.E.F. "D" (overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia (1919).
IERUSALEM (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Jerusalem (1909-10).
I GILDA (overprint): Iceland, restoring postal validity (1902) [In Validity].
IKAPIA Σ: Icaria.
ILE ROUAD : Rouad.
ILE ROUAD (overprint on stamps of French Levant): Rouad (1916).
ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA : Wallis & Futuna Islands.
ILES WALLIS ET FUTUNA (overprint on stamps of New Caledonia): Wallis & Futuna Islands. (1920-40).
IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY : British East Africa.
IMPERIO COLONIAL PORTUGUES (no colony name): Portuguese Africa, postage dues, 1945.
IMPERIO DO BRASIL : Brazil (1887-8) [Empire of Brazil].
IMPERIO MEXICANO : Mexico (1866) [Empire of Mexico].
IMPERIUM : Queen Victoria essays produced by De la Rue & Company. Ltd. as samples with no specific country named.
IMPER. REG POSTA AUSTR : Austria, Offices in Turkey (1883-6).
IMPRESOS : Cuba, Philippines, newspaper stamps [Prints].
IMPRIME (overprint): Turkey, newspaper stamps [Printed].
IMPRIMES (overprint): Iran, newspaper stamps [Printed].
IMPTO DE GUERRA : Spain, war tax stamps (1874-98) [War Tax].
IMPUESTO : Chile, revenues used as postage [Tax].
IMPUESTO DE GUERRA : Spain, war tax stamps (1874-98) [War Tax].
IMPUESTO DE ENCOMIENDAS : Uruguay, parcel posts.
INCHI YA ETAT DU KATANGA : Katanga, rebellion against the Belgian Congo.
iNCi YIL DONUMU : Turkey.
INDE : French India.
INDIA (with Portuguese or words REIS, REAL, TANGAS or RUPIA): Portuguese India.
INDIA PORT. : Portuguese India (1871-86).
INDIA PORTUGUEZA : Portuguese India (1887-95).
INDIE : French India.
INDO-CHINE : Indo-China.
INDONESIA (not preceded by REPUBLIK): Netherlands Indies.
INDONESIA REPUBLIK : Indonesia.
INDORE : India- Indore (1904-47).
INDUSTRIELLE KRIEGSWIRTSCHAFT : Switzerland War Board of Trade officials (1918).
INHAMBANE (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Inhambane (1894-5).
INKERI : North Ingermanland (1920).
INLAND (on stamp with no country name): Liberia.
INSELPOST (overprint): Germany, military stamps.
INSTRUCAO D.L. No. 7 de 3-2-34 (overprint on war tax stamps of Portuguese India): Timor, postal tax stamps (1934-5).
INSTRUCCION : Venezuela, fiscal stamps.
INSTRUCCION SELLO PROVISIONAL CARUPANO 1902 : Venezuela- Carupano (1902).
INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID POSTAGE DUE : Zanzibar (1931-33).
IONIKON KPATOΣ: Ionian Islands [Ionian Government].
I.O.V.R. : Romania, postal tax stamps (1948).
I POLSKA WYSTAWA MAREK (overprint): Poland, semipostals [White Cross Society].
I.P.N. (overprint): India, fiscal commission on due notes [Indian Postal Note].
I.R. (overprint): U.S. Internal Revenue issues.
IRANIENNES : Iran (1935-7).
IRAQ (overprint on stamps of Turkey): Mesopotamia (1918-22).
IRIAN BARAT : West Irian (New Guinea) (1963-8).
I.R. OFFICIAL (overprint): Great Britain, officials (1882-1904) [Inland Revenue].
I. S. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Inspector of Sheep].
ISLAND : Iceland.
ISLAS DE JUAN FERNANDEZ : Chile- Juan Fernandez Islands, also seeing general use (1910).
ISLAS GALAPAGOS : Ecuader- Galapagos Islands.
ISOLE ITALIANE DELL'EGEO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands (1930-40).
ISOLE JONIE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation (1941).
ISTRA SLOVENSKO PRIMORJE : Yugoslavia, issues for Istria and the Slovene Coast (1946).
ISTRIA LITTORALE SLOVENO : Yugoslavia, issues for Istria and the Slovene Coast (1946).
ITA-KARIALA (overprint on stamps of Finland): Karelia, Finnish military administration (1941-?).
ITALIA : Italy.
ITALIANE : Italy.
ITALIANO : Italy.
ITALIA OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE ITALIANA ISOLE CEFALONIA E ITACA (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation.
ITALIAN SOMALILAND : Somalia.
IZMIR HIMAYEIETFAL CEMIYETI : Turkey, tax stamps (1933).
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J (overprint on stamps of Peru): Peru- Yca (1884).
JAFFA (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
JAIPUR : India- Jaipur (1904-49).
JAMHURI ZANZIBAR TANZANIA : Zanzibar (1964-8).
JANINA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Janina (1902-11).
JAPANESE : Japan (1876-96).
JAVA (overprint): Netherlands Indies for Java and Madura, to check the frequency of mail (1908).
JA ЦPECHN KPCT (and cross): Jugoslavia, postal tax stamps.
JEEND STATE (overprint): India- Jhind (1885).
JERUSALEM (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
JIND STATE (overprint): India- Jhind (1885-1913).
JIND (overprint): India- Jhind (1913-43).
JOHOR (overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements): Malaya- Johore (1884-91).
JOHORE : Malaya- Johore.
JORNAES : Portuguese language countries for printed matter [Journals].
JOURNAUX : France, for newspapers and printed matter (1868) [Journals].
JOURNAUX DAGBLADEN (overprint): Belgium, newspaper stamps.
J.R.G. AEREO VALE 1946 (overprint): Venezuela under the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno.
JUAN FERNANDEZ (overprint): Chile (1910).
JUBILE DE L'UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE : Switzerland (1900).
JUEGOS OLYMPICOS (overprint): Costa Rica, semipostals.
JЧΓOCЛABИJA: Yugoslavia.
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K (with no country name): Bosnia and Herzegovina.
K 60 K (surcharge): Armenia (1919).
K-numeral-K (surcharge): Far Eastern Republic (1920).
KA3AKCTAH : Republic of Kazakhstan
KAIS KON : Austria (1853-1907).
KAISERLICHE KONIGLICHE OESTERRPOST : Austria (1853-1907).
KAISERLICHE KONIGLICHE OESTERRPOST (denominations in piastres): Austria- Offices in Turkey.
KALAYAAN NANG PILIPINAS : Philippines- Japanese occupation.
KAMERUN : Cameroun (1900-18).
KAMERUN (overprint on stamps of Germany): Cameroun (1897).
Kans. (overprint): U.S., Kansas overprints to reduce theft (1929).
KAP : Latvia (1918-22).
KAPПATCbKA-YKRAIHA : Czechoslovakia- Carpatho-Ukraine.
KAПATCbKA ЧkPAIHA: Carpatho-Ukraine.
KARJALA : Karelia (1922).
KARKI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1912-22).
KARLFONDS : Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, military fieldpost stamps with charity surcharge [Emperor Karl’s Fund].
KARNTEN ABSTIMMUNG (overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Carinthian plebescite (1920).
KAROLINEN : Caroline Islands.
KASAI (SOUTH KASAI) : Congo- unrecognized state (1960-1).
KATANGA : Congo- unrecognized state (1960-3). Revolt was against the (then) Republic of the Congo.
KATCHAK POSTA (overprint in Turkish characters): Turkey, used on attempted but caught smuggled private letters into Greece, representing double postage and fine paid [Smuggled Letter].
KATHERI STATE OF SEIYUN : Aden- Katheri (1942).
KAULBACH ISLAND : (1971-84) Island off the coast of Nova Scotia with local post stamps to frank mail to the nearest Canadian post office on the mainland.
K.C.-NOUITA : Serbia (1866) [Princely Serbian Post].
K.C. ПOЩTA: Serbia.
K. CPБCKA ПOЩTA: Serbia.
KEDAH : Malaya- Kedah.
KEELING : Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
KELANTAN : Malaya- Kelantan.
KEMAHKOTAAN (overprint): Malaya- Johore, for new Sultan (1896) [Coronation].
KENTTA POSTIA. PUOLUSTUSVOIMAT : Finland, military stamps.
KENTTA-POSTI FALTPOST : Finland, military stamps (1943).
KENTTAPOSTIA : Finland, military stamps (1941-63).
KENYA & UGANDA : Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1922-33).
KENYA UGANDA TANGANYIKA : Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1935-64).
KENYA UGANDA TANZANIA : Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (1965-1976).
KERASSUNDE (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey (1909-10).
K.G.C.A. (overprint on newspaper stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia- Carinthian plebescite (1920) [Koruska Glasoona Cona A (Carinthian Plebescite Zone A)].
KGL. POST FRM. (denomination in cents): Danish West Indies (1855-73) [Kongeligt Post Freimaerk (Royal Post Free Stamp)].
KGL. POST FRM. (denomination in skillings): Denmark (1851-68) ) [Kongeligt Post Freimaerk (Royal Post Free Stamp)].
KИTAИ: Russia- Offices in China.
KHMERE : Cambodia (1971-5).
KHOR FAKKAN : Sharjah (1964-?).
KIAUTSCHOU : Kiauchau.
KIBRIS : Cyprus.
KIBRIS CUMHURIYETI : Cyprus [Cyprus Republic].
KIBRIS TURK FEDERE DEVLETI : Cyprus- Turkish occupation.
KINGSTON RELIEF FUND 1d (overprint): Barbados, semipostals for help for Jamaican earthquake (1906).
KIONGA (overprint on stamps of Lourenzo Marques): Kionga (1916)
KISHANGARH: India- Kishangarh (1904-47).
KISHENGARH : India- Kishangarh (1899-1904).
K.K. (BRIEF MARKEN): Austria [Imperial Royal Letter Stamp].
K K K (overprint): Philippines- Aguinaldo, political secret society [Kataas-taasan Kagalanggalang Katipunan].
KK-POST-STEMPEL with values in kreuzer: Austria [Imperial Royal Postage Stamp].
KK-POST-STEMPEL with values in cents: Austria- Lombardy Venetia [Imperial Royal Postage Stamp].
KLAIPEDA : Memel, Lithuanian occupation (1923).
KOH : Russia, South Russia, Far Eastern Republic, Finland, Latvia or Batum.
KOIN ΩNIKH ПRONOIA: Greece, postal tax stamps.
KOЛETHИ ПPATKИ: Bulgaria, parcel post.
KOLONIE CURACAO : Netherlands Antilles (1903-8) [Colony of Curacao].
KOLONIE SURINAME : Surinam (1903-8) [Colony of Surinam].
KON : Russia, South Russia, Far Eastern Republic, Finland, Latvia or Batum.
KO П-KOP.: Finland.
KONGELIGT POST FRIMAERKE : Denmark (1851) [Royal Post Free Stamp].
KONGRESI K.K.F.S. (overprint): Albania, postal tax semipostals.
KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN : Netherlands [Kingdom of the Netherlands].
KOP KOH : Finland (1856-66).
KOPYT ΣA: Epirus- Karitsa issue.
KORCA : Albania (1914-18).
KORCE : Albania (1914-18).
KORONA (currency): Hungary [Crown].
KOUANCTCHE-OUWAN (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Kwangchowan (1906-41).
KOUANG-TCHEOU (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Kwangchowan (1906-41).
KOZTARSASAG : Hungary (1918-9) [Republic].
KOZTARSASAG (overprint): Hungary (1918-9) [Republic].
K.P. (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation officials [Kagamitang Pampamahalaan].
K. П. (overprint): Greece, postal tax stamps.
KPAJbEBCTBO C. X. C. : Yugoslavia.
KPALJEVSTVO SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA : Yugoslavia.
KPAЛbEBИHA CPБИJA: Serbia.
KPAЛbEBИHA CPБA XPBATAИ CЛOBEHAЦA: Yugoslavia.
KPbIMCKЛΓO KPAEBOΓO ПPABKTEЛbCTБA: South Russia- Crimea.
KPCT.A. : Yugoslavia, postal tax stamps.
KPHTH : Crete.
KR. (currency): Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Germany, Hungary or Wurttemberg [Kronen (crown)].
Kr. 1.98 (overprint): Sweden, parcel posts.
Kr. 2.12 (overprint): Sweden, parcel posts.
KRALJEVINA SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA : Yugoslavia [Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia].
KRAlb. UPHATOPA : Montenegro.
KREUZER (currency): Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Germany, Hungary or Wurttemberg.
KRONE (currency): Austria (1899-1952).
KRONEN (currency): Austria (1899-1952).
K.S.A. : Saudi Arabia (1975-present).
K.U.K. : Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina [Kaiserliche und Konigliche (Imperial and Royal)].
K-U-K FELDPOST (overprint on stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina): Austria, military stamps (1915).
K-U-K FELDPOST : Austria, military stamps (1915-8).
K-U-K FELDPOST (with denominations in bani or lei): Romania- Austrian occupation (1917-8).
K-U-K-MILITARPOST : Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912-18) [Kaiserliche und Konigliche Militarpost (Imperial and Royal Military Post)].
KUPA (overprint): Yugoslavia- Italian occupation (1941-2).
KURLAND (overprint): Latvia- German occupation (1945).
KURUS : Turkey.
KUWAIT (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Kuwait (1948-58).
KUWAIT (overprint on stamps of India): Kuwait (1923-45).
K. WURTT. POST : German States- Wurttemberg (1875-1900) [Konigliche Wurtembergische Post (Royal Wurttemberg Post)].
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L (overprint): Colombia, airmails carried by LANSA company.
L. A. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Lunatic Asylum].
LA AGUERA : Aguera (1920-22).
L A B : Bolivia, airmails [Lloyd Aereo Boliviano].
LABUAN (overprint on stamps of North Borneo): Labuan (1894-1901).
LA CANEA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Crete (1900-12).
LA CRUZ ROJA ESPANOL : Spain, semipostals [Spanish Red Cross].
LA CRUZ ROJA PARAGUAY : Paraguay, semipostals [Paraguay Red Cross].
LA GEORGIE : Georgia (1919).
LAIBACH (overprint): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- German occupation (1944-5).
LAGOS : Lagos, Nigeria (1874-1906).
LA LEY : Bolivia (1878) [The Law].
LAND-POST PORTE-MARKE : German States- Baden, postage dues (1862) [Rural Post- Postage Due].
L & S POST (overprint): Newfoundland airmail to ordinary use conversion (1931) [Land and Sea Post].
LANDSTORMEN FRIMARKE : Sweden, semipostals for funds to equip soldiers [Military Reserves Stamp].
LANSA : Colombia, airmails (1950).
L.A.R. : Libyan Arab Republic (1969-present)
LATTAQUIE (overprint on stamps of Syria): Latakia (1931-3).
LATVIJA : Latvia.
LATVIJA DSR : Latvia- Russian occupation.
LATWIJA : Latvia.
L. C. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Legislative Council].
LEGI POSTA : Hungary, airmails.
LEI (currency overprint on Austrian stamps): Romania- Austrian occupation (1917-8).
LERO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy Aegean Islands- Leros (1930-2).
LEROS (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy Aegean Islands- Leros (1912-22).
LESOTHO (overprint on stamps of Basutoland): Lesotho (1966).
L’ETAT DU KATANGA : Katanga, rebellion against the Belgian Congo.
LEVA (currency): Bulgaria.
LEVANT : France- Offices in Turkey.
LEVANT (overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Turkey- Levant (1902-23).
LEVANT (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Great Britain Offices in Turkey- Levant (1905-6).
LEVANT (overprint on stamps of Poland): Poland- Offices in Turkey- Levant (1919-21).
LEVANTE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Levant.
LEY 8310 (overprint): Peru, postal tax stamps [Law 8310].
LEY NACIONAL DE SELLO : Argentina, postal fiscal stamps [National Stamp Law].
L F F (overprint): Liberia, officials [Liberian Frontier Force].
LIBAN : Lebanon.
LIBANAISE : Lebanon.
LIBAU (overprint on stamps of Germany): Latvia- German occupation (1919).
LIBERTAD, 15 DE SETIEMBRE : Guatemala (1886-94) [Liberty, September 15].
LIBERTAD Y ORDEN : Colombia [Liberty and Order].
LIBIA : Libya (1912-51).
LIBYA : Libya.
LIBYA (overprint on stamps of Cyranaica): Libya (1951).
LIBYE : Libya.
LIETUVA : Lithuania.
LIETUVA (overprint on stamps of Russia): Lithuania- South District (1919).
LIETUVOS : Lithuania.
LIETUVOS PASTA : Lithuania [Lithuania Post].
LIFE INSURANCE (overprint): New Zealand, life insurance department.
LIGNES AERIENNE DE LA FRANCE LIBRE : Syria- Free French Administration military airmails (1942).
LIGNES AERIENNE F.A.F.L. : Syria- Free French Administration military airmails (1942).
LIMBAGAN- 1543-1943 (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation (1943).
LINDBERGH ENERO 1928 (overprint): Costa Rica [Lindbergh January 1928].
LINEAS AEREA NACIONAL : Chile, airmails [National Air Lines].
LINEAS AEREAS DEL ESTADO : Argentina, airmails [State Air Lines].
LIPSO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Lisso (1912-32).
LIRE (currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Italy- Austrian occupation (1918).
LIRE 1.20 DI CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Dalmatian occupation.
LISBOA : Portugal, Red Cross tax stamps (1913) or franchise stamps (1903-38).
LISSO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Lisso (1930).
LITAS : Lithuiania (1922-40).
LITWA SRODKOWA : Central Lithuania.
LITWY SRODKOWEJ : Central Lithuania.
LJUBLIANSKA : Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- German occupation (1944-5).
L. L. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Legislative Library].
L.L.L.R. : Georgia.
L. MARQUES (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Lourenco Marques (1895-7).
L Mc L (and design of ship): Trinidad- Lady McLeod private issue (1847).
LOCAL-TAXE : Switzerland- Zurich (1843-6).
LOCUST CAMPAIGN (overprint): Trans-Jordan, semipostals.
LOJA FRANCA (overprint on stamps of Ecuador): Ecuador- Loja Province, control overprint to prevent use of stolen stamps from July 1902 Guyaquil Post Office fire (1902-3).
LOKAL BREF : Sweden- Stockholm.
LOSEN : Sweden, postage dues [Redemption Money].
LOS RIOS (overprint): Ecuador, provincial control (1902-3).
LOTHRINGEN (overprint on stamps of Germany): France- German occupation of Lorraine(1940).
LOTNICZA : Poland, aimails.
L.P. (overprint on stamps of Russia): Latvia- Russian occupation for Mitau and Schaulen (1919) [Latvija Pawalda (Latvia Administration)].
L. T. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Land Titles].
LTSR 1940 VII 21 (overprint): Lithuania- Russian occupation.
LUBIANA (overprint): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- Italian occupation (1941).
LUCHA CONTRA EL CANCER (overprint): Panama, semipostals [Fight Against Cancer].
LUCHTEPOST : Belgium, airmails [Air Post].
LUCHTEPOSTZEGEL : Netherlands, airmails.
LUEBECK : German States- Leubeck (1863-7).
LUFTFELDPOST : Germany, military air post stamps (1942).
L.T.S.R. (overprint with date): Lithuania, union with the U.S.S.R.
LUGPOST : South Africa or South West Africa, airmail stamps.
LUXEMBOURG (overprint on stamps of Germany): Luxembourg- German occupation (1940-1).
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