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(preceded by numeral of value with Japanese characters): Ryukyu Islands.

C (overprint): Paraguay [Compana].

C. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Customs].

CABO (overprint): Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios, used to prevent currency manipulation (1904-9).

CABO JUBI (overprint on stamps of Rio de Oro): Cape Juby (1916).

CABO JUBY (overprint on stamps of Spain): Cape Juby (1919-33).

CABO JUBY (overprint on stamps of Spanish Morocco): Cape Juby (1934-48).

CABO VERDE: Cape Verde.

CACHES (overprint on France and French Colonies postage dues): French India, postage dues.

CADIZ VIVA ESPANOL (overprint): Spain- revolutionary Cadiz issues.

C.CH. (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Cochin China.

C. D. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Convict Department].

C. DE PESO (currency): Philippines.

CADIZ (overprint on stamps of Spain): Cadiz (revolutionary period- 1936).

CAISSE d’AMORTISSEMENT: France, semipostals.

CALCHI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1930).

CALIMNO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calimno.

CAMBODGE: Cambodia.

CAMEROONS U.K.T.T. (overprint on stamps of Nigeria): Cameroons (1960-1) [United Kingdom Trust Territory].

CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of French Congo): Cameroun (1915-25).

CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of Gabon): Cameroun (1915-25).

CAMEROUN (overprint on stamps of Middle Congo): Cameroun (1915-25).

CAMPACHE: Mexico- Campache (1876).

CAMPANA CONTRA EL PALADISMO: Mexico, anti-malaria campaign.

CAMPIONARIA OE TRIPOLI: Tripolitania, Libya.

CAMPIONE D’ITALIA: Italy- Campione d’Italia (1944).

CANADRIN (currency): China (pre-1897).

CANAL ZONE (overprint on stamps of Panama): Canal Zone.

CANAL ZONE (overprint on stamps of U.S.): Canal Zone.

CANARIAS (overprint): Spain- Canary Islands (1936-7).

CANARO (overprint): Fiume- Italian occupation of Arbe and Veglia.

CANCELLED V-R-I (overprint): Transvaal- second British occupation- Wolmaranstad (1900).

CANTON (overprint on stamps of Indo-China): France- Offices in China- Canton (1901-23).

CANTONAL TAXE: Switzerland- Zurich.

CAPO VERDE: Cape Verde.

CARCHI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Calchi (1932).

CARITAS (surcharge): Luxembourg, semipostals [Charity].

CARNARO (overprint): Fiume (1920).

CARTILLA POSTAL DE ESPANA: Spain, franchise stamps.

CARUPANO: Venezuela- Carupano (1902).

CASA DE CORREOS (overprint): Ecuador, postal tax for new post office building fund.

CASO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Caso (1913).

CASTELORISO (overprint on stamps of France): Castellorizo (1920).

CASTELORIZO (overprint on stamps of France- Offices in Turkey): Castellorizo (1920).

CASTELROSSO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Castellorizo (1922-32).

CAUCA: Colombia- Cauca (1879-83, 1903).

CAVALLE: France- Offices in Turkey- Cavalle (1893-03).

CAVE (overprint): Ceylon, private merchant’s mark to discourage pilfering.

C.C.C.P.: Russia [USSR].

C. BEN. R. (overprint): Ecuador- Guayas, validation mark of governor’s initials [Carlos Benjamin Rosales].

C. CH: Cochin China.

C DPTO ZELAYA (overprint): Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios district to prevent currency manipulation.

CECHY A MORAVA: Czechoslovakia- Bohemia and Moravia.

C.E.F. (overprint): Cameroons (1915) [Cameroons Expeditionary Force].

C.E.F. (overprint): India- China Expeditionary Force (1900-21).

CEFOLONIA E ITACA (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- Italian occupation (1941).

CENT(S) (currency overprint): Russia- Offices in China (1901-22).

CENTENARIO DE S. ANTONIO INHAMBANR MDCCCXCV: (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Inhambane (1895) [Centenary of St. Anthony].

CENTAVO(S) (currency): South and Central American countries.

CENTENAIRE ALGERIE: France (1929).

CENTENAIRE DU GABON: French Equatorial Africa (1938).

CENTESIMI (currency): Italy, Italian Colonies

CENTESIMI (currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Italy- Austrian occupation (1918).

CENTESIMI (currency overprint on stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina): Italy- Austrian occupation, postage dues and special deliveries (1918).

CENTESIMI DI CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Austrian occupation (1919).

CENTESIMI DI CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Dalmatia (1921-22).

CENTESIMO(S) (currency): Italy, Uruguay.

CENTIMES (currency overprint on stamps of Austria): Austria- Offices in Crete (1903-7).

CENTIMES (currency overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in Turkey (1908).

CENTIMOS (currency- no country name): Spain.

CENTIMOS (currency- overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in Morocco (1891-1910).

CERIGO (overprint on stamps of Greece): Ionian Islands- fraudulent issue.

CERRADO Y SELLADO: Mexico, official seals.

CERTIFICADO: Spanish language countries [Registered].

CERVANTES: Spain, officials (1916).

CESKOSLOVEN VOJSKO NA RUSI: Czechoslovakia, Sibarian Army Post.

CESKOSLOVENSKA: Czechoslovakia.

CESKOSLOVENSKE ARMADY SIBERSKE: Czechoslovakia, Sibarian Army Post.

CESKOSLOVENSKO: Czechoslovakia.

CESKO-SLOVENSKO: Czechoslovakia- Slovakia (1939).

CFA (overprint on stamps of France): Reunion [Communaute Francaise d’Afrique].

C.G.H.S. (overprint on stamps of Germany): Upper Silesia, officials (1920-22).

CH (currency- followed by oriental characters): Korea.

CHALA: Peru- Chala- Chilean occupation (1884).

CHAMBA: India- Chamba.

CHARKHARI: India- Charkhari (1894-1945).

CHARLEROI 1911 (overprint): Belgium, semipostal.

CHEMINS DE FER: Belgium, parcel posts.

CHEMINS DE FER SPOORWEGEN: Belgium, parcel posts.

CHIFFRE TAX (no country name on perforated stamps): France, postage dues.

CHIFFRE TAX (no country name on imperforated stamps): French Colonies, postage dues.

CHIHUAHUA: Mexico- Chihuahua provisionals (1872).

CHIMBORAZO RIOBAMBA (overprint): Ecuador- Chimborazo (1902).

CHINA (overprint on stamps of Germany): Germany- Offices in China (1898-1913).

CHINA (overprint on stamps of Hong Kong): Great Britain- Offices in China (1917-27).

CHINE (overprint on stamps of France): France- Offices in China (1894-1922).

CHINESE IMPERIAL POST: China (1898-1912).

CHRISTMAS ISLAND (overprint on stamps of Australia): Christmas Island (1958-62).

CH TAXE O.M.F. SYRIE (overprint): Syria, postage dues.

C.I.C.I. (overprint): Portugal, franchise stamps (1933) [Congress of the Int. Colonial Institute].

CIERRO OFICIAL: Chile or El Salvador, official seals.

C.I.H.S. (overprint on stamps of Germany): Upper Silesia, officials (1920) [Commission Interalliee Haute Silesie].

CINQUANTENAlRE 24 SEPTEMBRE 1853-1903 (overprint on stamps of French Colonies): New Caledonia, postage dues (1903).

CIRENAICA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Cyrenaica.

CIRENAICA (overprint on stamps of Tripolitania): Cyrenaica, airmails (1932).

C.I.S. (overprint): Schleswig, officials [Commission Interallie Slesvig].

C. L. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Crown Lands].

C.M.T. (overprint on stamps of Austria): Western Ukraine- Romanian occupation- Pokutia (1919) [Compana Militaire Timbru (military campaign stamp)].

CN (currency): Korea.

C. O. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commisariat Officer].

COAMO: Puerto Rico- Coamo- U.S. Administration (1898).

COCHIN: India- Cochin (1892-1949).

COCHIN ANCHAL: India- Cochin (1892-1949).

CO.CI. (overprint): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- Italian occupation (1941).

COLIS POSTAL: parcel posts [Postal Packages].

COLIS POSTAL (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.

COLIS POSTAUX (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.

COLIS POSTEAU (no country name): Belgium, parcel posts.

COLOMBIA (on stamp of Panama with map): Panama, Colombian dominion (1887-97).

COLON: Chile [Colombus].

COLONIA DE RIO DE ORO: Rio de Oro [Colony of Gold River].

COLONIA ERITREA: Eritrea.

COLONIA ERITREA (overprint on stamps of Italy): Eritrea (1892-1928).

COLONIALI ITALIANE: Italian Colonies.

COLONIE ITALIANE (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italian Colonies (1932).

COLONIES DE L’EMPIRE FRANCAIS: French Colonies (1859-65) [Colonies of the French Empire].

COLONIES POSTES: French Colonies (1881-6).

COMITE FRANCAIS DE LA LIBERATION NATIONAL: French Colonies, semipostals (1943).

COMISSAO PORTUGUESA DE PRISONEIROS DE GUERRA (overprint): Portugal, franchise stamps for use by members of the military commission in charge of prisoners of war.

COMITE FRANCAIS: French Colonies, semipostals.

COMMISSION DE CONTROLE PROVISOIRE KORKA: Albania.

COMMISSION DE GOUVERNEMENT HAUTE SILESIE: Upper Silesia.

COMMISSION FUR RUCKBRIEF: German States- Bavaria, return letter stamps.

COMMISSION INTERALLIEE MARIENWERDER: Marienwerder.

COMMUNICACIONES: Spain.

COMORES: Comoro Islands.

COMP A DE MOZAMBIQUE (overprint on stamps of Mozambique): Mozambique Company (1892).

COMPANHIA DE MOZAMBIOUE: Mozambique Company.

COMPANHIA DO NYASSA: Nyassa (1921-23).

COMPANIA COLOMBIANA: Colombia, airmails (1920).

COMPLEMENTARIO: Mexico, postage dues [To Complete].

COMUNE DI CAMPIONE: Italy- Swiss enclave (1944).

COMUNICACIONES: Spain (1870-99).

CONFED. GRANADINA: Colombia- Grenadine Confederation.

CONFEDERATE STATES or CONFEDERATED STATES: United States- Confederate States.

CONFEODERATIO HELVETICA: Switzerland.

CONF’ON ARGENTINA: Argentina (1858-60).

CONG HOA MIEN NAM VIET NAM: National Front for the liberation of South Vietnam.

CONGO (with Portuguese inscriptions): Portuguese Congo.

CONGO BELGE: Belgian Congo (1908-10).

CONGO FRANCAIS: French Congo.

CONGO FRANCAIS GABON: Gabon (1910).

CONGRATULATIONS FALL OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR 1942 (overprint): Philippines- Japanese occupation.

CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS: Spain, officials (1896-8) [Congress of Deputies].

CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE: France- Council of Europe, officials.

CONSTANTINOPLE (overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1909-10).

CONSTANTINOPOL (overprint): Romania- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1919).

CONSTITUENTE FIUMANA 24-IV-1921 (with 1922 added overprint on stamps of Fiume): Fiume semipostals changed for ordinary use.

CONSTRUCCION (overprint): Guatemala, postal tax stamps.

CONSUMPTIVE HOMES: New South Wales, semipostals.

CONTRA LA FAIM (overprint on stamps of Rwanda): Ruanda-Urundi [Against Hunger].

CONTRAMARCA (overprint): Ecuador, believed bogus (1899-1901) [Countersigned].

CONTRA SELLO (overprint): El Salvador, prevent use of stolen unmarked stamps (1874) [Countersigned].

CONTRASENA- ESTAMPILLAS DE CORREO (overprint): Venezuela (1874-80) [Countersigned- Postage Stamps].

COO (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Coo (1930-32).

COOK ISLANDS or IS’DS (overprint on stamps of New Zealand): Cook Islands (1936-46).

COOK ISANDS - NIUE: Niue.

CORDOBA: Argentina- Cordoba (1858).

COREA: Korea (1884-94).

COREE: Korea, on stamps printed in Paris (1902-3).

CORFU (overprint on stamps of Greece): Corfu- Italian occupation (1941).

CORFU (overprint on stamps of Italy): Corfu- Italian occupation (1923).

CORONA (currency overprint on stamps of Italy): Austria- Italian occupation (1919), Dalmatia (1919-22).

CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE FRANCO-ANGLAIS CAMEROON (overprint): Gabon- French-British occupation of Cameroons.

CORREGIDOR MANILA: Philippines: Japanese occupation.

CORREIO(S) (no country name): Portugal (1853-65) [Postage].

CORREO AEREO (no country name): Spain [Air Mail].

CORREO AEREO: Spanish language countries [Air Mail].

CORREO ESPANOL MARRUECOS (overprint on stamps of Spain): Spanish Morocco (1903-10).

CORREO ESPANOL TANGER: Spanish Morocco- Tangier, semipostals (1926).

CORREO URCENTE: Spain, special delivery.

CORREOS (no country name) denominations in CUARTOS, REALES, CS or CTOS: Spain.

CORREOS (no country name) denominated REAL: Dominican Republic.

CORREOS (no country name): Cuba, Peru, Philippines, Dominican Republic or Spain.

CORREOS DE COLOMBIA: Colombia.

CORREIOS E TELEGRAPHOS: Portugal [Posts and Telegraphs].

CORREOS FONOPOSTAL: Argentina, recorded message stamps (1939).

CORREOS FRANCO (with queen or arms): Spain (1852-4) [Free Mail].

CORREOS GUIRIA (overprint): Venezuela- Marino, control mark on locals (1903).

CORREOS INTERIOR: Philippines (1859-63) [Inland Postage].

CORREOS MEXICO GOBIERNO REVOLUCIONARIO: Mexico- Yucatan (1924).

CORREOS MATURIN (overprint): Venezuela- Maturin, control mark on locals (1903).

CORREOS NACIONALES: Colombia (1859-86) [National Post Office].

CORREOS NALES: Colombia (1859-86) [National Post Office].

CORREOS OAXACA: Mexico- Oaxaca.

CORREOS- RL.: Spain (1864).

CORREOS- RL PLATA F.: Cuba, Puerto Rico (1855-66) [Real Plata Fuerte (silver real based)].

CORREOS Y TELEGEOS: Spain (1879).

CORREOS Y TELEGs: Spain (1879).

CORREOS URBANO DE BOGOTA: Colombia- Bogota [Bogota City Post Office].

CORREOS URBANO MEDELLIN: Colombia- Medellin [Medellin City Post Office].

CORREOS YRAPA (overprint): Venezuela- Marina, control mark on locals (1903).

CORREO URGENTE: Spanish language countries, special delivery.

CORRESPONDENCIA A DEBE: Panama, postage dues [Correspondence With Payment Due].

CORRESPONDENCIA OFICIAL: Mexico, officials [Official Correspondence].

CORRESPONDENCIA URCENTE: Spain, special delivery [Urgent Correspondence].

CORRIENTE (overprint): El Salvador, convert officials to ordinary postage (1918).

CORRIENTES: Argentina- Corrientes (1856-78).

COS (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Coo (1912-22).

COSTA ATLANTICA B.: Nicaragua- Province of Zelaya (1907).

COSTA ATLANTICA C.: Nicaragua- Cabo Gracias a Dios (1907).

COSTANTINOPOLI (overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Offices in Turkey- Constantinople (1909-23).

COSTITUENTE FIUMANA- 24.IV.1921 (overprint): Fiume (1921).

COTE DE SOMALIS: Somali Coast.

COTE FRANCAIS DES SOMALIS: Somali Coast.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Ivory Coast.

COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE: Netherlands- Int. Court of Justice, officials.

COUR PERMANENTE DE JUSTICE INTERNATIONALE: Netherlands- Int. Court of Justice, officials.

C. P. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commissioner of Police].

C.P. (overprint): Ivory Coast, parcel posts [Colis Postaux].

CPbCKA: Serbia.

БA XPB ATA И CЛOBEHЧA (overprint): Yugoslavia- Bosnia, semipostals.

CPБИJA: Serbia, newspaper stamps.

CPБИJA C. ДИHAPA : Serbia- German occupation.

CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA: Italy and San Marion, semipostals [Italian Red Cross].

CROISSANT ROUGE TURC: Turkey, semipostals [Turkish Red Crescent].

CROIX ROUGE: French language countries, mostly semipostals [Red Cross].

CROIX ROUGE HAITIENNE: Haiti, airmails (1945) [Haitian Red Cross].

CRUZ ROJA HONDURENA: Honduras, postal tax stamps. [Honduran Red Cross].

CRUZ VERMELHA PORTUGUESA: Portugal, Red Cross franchise stamps [Portuguese Red Cross].

CRVENI KRST (overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia, Offices Abroad, semipostals.

CS (overprint): Hungary, parcel posts [weight].

C. S. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Chief Secretary].

C.S.A. POSTAGE: United States- Confederate States.

CS. DE PESO (currency): Philippines.

C. SGN. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Colonial Surgeon].

CSOMAG (overprint): Hungary, parcel posts [weight].

CT.: Bulgaria.

C. T. (overprint): South Australia, officials (1868-74) [Commissioner of Titles].

CTOT.: Bulgaria.

CTOTNHKN: Bulgaria.

CUAUTLA: Mexico- Cuautla (1867).

CUBA (overprints on stamps of U.S.): Cuba, U.S. Administration (1899).

CUCUTA: Colombia- Cucuta (1907-7).

CUNDINAMARCA: Colombia- Cundinamarca.

CUERNAVACA: Mexico- Cuernavaca (1867).

CUNDINAMARCA: Colombia- Cundinamarca (1870-1904).

CURACAO: Netherlands Antilles (1873-1948).

CUZCO (overprints on stamps of Peru or Arequipa): Peru- Cuzco- Chilean occupation (1882-4).

C.X.C. (overprints on Bosnia Herzegovina): Yugoslavia- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1918).

CYPRUS (overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Cyprus (1880-1).


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