| Marking | Description * | @ |
| R |
universal symbol for "registration" |
| R |
(on stamp covered with Indian text): India- Jhind (1874-84) |
| R |
(overprint on stamps of Colombia): Panama |
| R |
(on stamps with Arabic lettering but no country name): Iran |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Austrian {Rastelamt} (a Croatian mark) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch (in double circle) {ROTTERDAM} (1777) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Rayon (followed by numeral 1 to 5)} |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Rebuts} (undelivered letters) (1796) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Rcommand} (1829-1900) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Raccomandato} |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {ROVIGO} (1763-67) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Polish (under numeral in circle) {Rano (Morning - numeral indicates hour)} (1854-59) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Prussian (thick with thin serifs 11 mm. high) Transit mark put on at TILSIT (1844) |
| R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Rcommand} |
| R. B. |
(overprint on stamps of South Australia ): officials (1868-74) {Road Board} |
| R. COMMISSARIATO CIVILE TERRITORIO SLOVENI OCCUPATI LUBLINA |
(overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia): Yugoslavia- Ljubljana- Italian occupation (1941-45) |
| R. de C. |
(overprint on stamps of Nicaragua): postal tax stamps {Reconstruction of Communications} |
| R. de C. GARZON 1894 NO HAY ESTAMPILLASż/td>
| Colombia- Tomina {Republica de ColombiaŠ(Republic of Colombia- No Stampsũ} |
| R. de Sumisw |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Route de SUMISWALD} |
| R. H. Official |
(overprint on stamps of Great Britain): officials {Royal Household} |
| R.B.S. |
(currency): Denmark (1851) {Riggsbank Skilling} |
| R.Commissariato |
(overprint on stamps of Yugoslav): Italian occupation (1940 Red Cross airmail) |
| R.D.ALLEM |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Route d ALLEMAGNE} |
| R.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): ? (Found on letter of 1768 from Ancona to Poro Maurico) |
| R.F. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Region Fronti鳥} (1850-57) |
| R.F. |
(no country name): France, French Colonies {Republique Francais (French Republic)} |
| R.F.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Region Fronti鳥 BADEN} (1856) |
| R.Front. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Region Fronti鳥} |
| R.H. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Irish {Receiving House} |
| R.H. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {R걵blique Helv굩que (Swiss Republic)} |
| R.H. |
Haiti: postage dues (1898) {Republique dӈaiti (Republic of Haiti)} |
| R.L. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Ride Letter} (1830) |
| R.L. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French (in oblong frame) {Rayon Limitrophe} (1900) |
| R.L. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {R걵blique Ligurienne} (1799) |
| R.O. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): (?) (in circle in red) {Real Officio} |
| R.O. |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): Eastern Rumelia (1880) {Roumelie Orientale} |
| R.O.M. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {ROMAGNA} |
| R.O.R. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Irish {(means?)} (1834) |
| R.O.T. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Dutch {ROTTERDAM} (1771-1808) |
| R.P. ROMINA |
Romania |
| R.P.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Returned Parcels Branch} |
| R.P.E. SHIQPERISE |
Albania |
| R.P.O. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): British {Railway Post Office} (1866) |
| R.Poste |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Regie Poste (Royal Post)} (1820) |
| R.S.M. |
San Marino (1949-51) |
| R.S.T.B. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Royaume de Saxe Transit Bade (Kingdom of Saxony via Baden)} |
| R.U.D.P. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Italian {Regio Uffizio Della Posta (Royal Post Office)} |
| RABAUL |
New Britain- German New Guinea: registration label (1914) |
| RACAPITO AUTORIZZATO |
Italy: authorized delivery stamps |
RAJASTHAN  |
(overprint on stamps of India): India- Rajasthan (1949) |
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| RAOUL |
Kingdom of, Republic of .. (aka: Sunday Island)
A micronation member of ICIS.
Raoul Philatelic Service, P.O. Box 876, Auckland, New Zealand.
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| RAPPEN |
(currency): Switzerland
(entered in symbols section.) |
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| RAROTONGA |
Cook Islands (1919-31) |
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| RATNI DOPRINOS |
Croatia: semipostals |
| RAYON |
Switzerland (1850-54) |
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| Re.He. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {R걵blique Helv굩que (Rep. of Switzerland)} |
| RECAPITO AUTORIZZATO |
Italy: authorized delivery |
| RECARGO |
Spain: war tax stamps (1898) {Extra Charge} |
| RECOMENDADA |
Colombia: registration (1881) |
| RECOMMENDATA |
Italian language countries {Registration} |
| RECOMMENDE |
French language countries {Registration} |
| RECOUVREMENTS |
French language countries (to collect postage on returned C.O.D. parcels) {Recoveries} |
| RECOUVREMENTS- TAXE A PERCEVOIR |
French language countries (on stamps used to collect magazine subscriptions, etc.) {Value to Collect} |
| RECOUVREMENTS- VALEURS IMPAYEES |
French language countries (on stamps used to collect magazine subscriptions, etc.) {Value Unpaid} |
| RECUERDO DEL I DE FEBRERO |
Honduras (1916) |
| RED CROSS TWO CENTS |
(overprint on stamps of North Borneo): surcharge to raise funds for the Red Cross Society (1918) |
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| Reg. FR |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Region Fronti鳥} (1850-57) |
| REGATUL ROMANIEI |
(overprint on stamps of Hungary): Hungary- Romanian occupation (1919) {Kingdom of Romania} |
| REGENCE DE TUNIS |
Tunisia (1888-1908) {Regency of Tunis} |
| REGGENZA ITALIANA DEL CARNARO |
(overprint on stamps of Fiume): (1920) {Italian Regency of Quarnaro} |
| REGIERUNGS DIENSTSACHE |
(overprint on stamps of Luxembourg): officials |
| REGISTRO |
Columbia-Antioquia (1896-99) {Registered} |
| REGNO D ITALIA FIUME |
Fiume (1924) |
| REGNO D ITALIA FIVME |
Fiume (1924) |
| REGNO D ITALIA TRENTINO |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): Italian Occupation (1918) |
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| REGNO D ITALIA VENEZIA GIULIA |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): Italian occupation (1918) |
| REGNO D ITALIA/MBRETNIJA SHQIPTARE |
(overprinted on stamps of Italy): Albania abroad (from ship sunk en route by enemy action; 200 sets survived) (1929) |
| REHABILITADA PARA EL SERVICIO |
(overprint on stamps of Honduras): (to convert air mails to ordinary postage) |
| REICH |
Germany (1872-1944) |
| REICHSPOST |
Germany (1872-1944) |
| REIS |
(currency): Portugal, Portuguese Colonies, Brazil |
| REIS (with) CORREIO |
(currency with no country name): Portugal. (1853-64) |
| REJISTRO |
Colombia: registration {Registry} |
| RELAIS |
Iran: (stickers for railway tickets allowing users to ride postal wagons on non-railway routes) |
| REP SOCIALE ITALIANA |
Italy- Italian Social Republic (1944) {Repubblica Sociale Italiana (see also below)} |
| REP. DI S. MARINO |
San Marino |
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| REPOBLIKA MALAGASY |
Madagascar |
| REPOBLIQUE DE GUINEE |
Guinea |
| REPOEBLIK INDONESIA |
Indonesia |
| REPUB · FRANC · |
France, French Colonies {Republique Francaise} |
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| REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO |
San Marino |
| REPUBBLICA ITALIANA |
Italy |
| REPUBBLICA SOCIALE ITALIANA |
Italy- Italian Social Republic (1944) (see also above) |
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| REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA |
(overprint on stamps of Bechuanaland Protectorate): Botswana (1966) |
| REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL |
Equatorial Guinea |
| REPUBLICA DOMINICANA |
Dominican Republic |
| REPUBLICA ESPANOLA |
Spain |
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| REPUBLICA INHAMBANE |
(overprint on stamps of various Portuguese colonies): Inhambane (1913) |
| REPUBLICA MAYOR DE CENTRO AMERICA ESTADO DE EL SALVADOR |
El Salvador |
| REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DE URUGUAY |
Uruguay (1864-66) |
| REPUBLICA ORIENTAL DEL URUGUAY |
Uruguay (1866-1961) |
| REPUBLICA PERUANA |
Peru |
| REPUBLICA POPULARA ROMINA |
Romania |
| REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA |
Portugal |
| REPUBLIEK STELLALAND |
Stellalan |
| REPUBLIEK VAN SUid-AFRIKA |
South Africa (1961-71) |
| REPUBLIK INDONESIA SERIKAT |
Indonesia |
| REPUBLIK MALUKU SELATAN |
Indonesia- South Moloccas (private issues) |
| REPUBLIKA MALAGASY |
Madagascar {Malagasy Republic} |
| REPUBLIKA NG. PILIPINAS |
Philippines- Japanese occupation (1943) |
| REPUBLIKA POPULLORE E SHQIIPERISE |
Albania |
| REPUBLIOUE ARABE UNIE-SYRIE |
United Arab Republic- Syria (1958) |
| REPUBLIOUE ISLAMIQUE DE MAURITANIE |
Mauritania |
| REPUBLIQUE AUTONOME DU TOGO |
Togo |
| REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE |
Central African Republic |
| REPUBLIQUE D HAITI |
Haiti |
| REPUBLIQUE D’AZERBAIJAN |
Azerbaijan (1919-22) |
| REPUBLIQUE DE HAUTE VOLTA |
Upper Volta |
| REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONCO |
Congo |
| REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO |
Congo, Congo Republic |
| REPUBLIQUE DU DAHOMEY |
Dahomey |
| REPUBLIQUE DU MALI |
Mali |
| REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER |
Niger |
| REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL |
Senegal |
| REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD |
Chad |
| REPUBLIQUE DU TOGO |
Togo |
| REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE |
France |
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| REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE |
Gabon (1959-present) |
| REPUBLIQUE GEORGIENNE |
Georgia |
| REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE |
Lebanon |
| REPUBLIQUE MALGACHE |
Madagascar (Malagasy) |
| REPUBLIQUE RWANDAISE |
Rwanda |
| REPUBLIQUE SYRIENNE |
Syria |
| REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE |
Togo (1961-present) |
| REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE |
Tunisia (1957-present) |
| REPULO POSTA |
(no country name, no denomination): Hungary: Poster Stamp (here for 1920 'first flight from Budapest to Szombathely '..listed as catalogue #72.01 in the 2000 catalogue Hungarian Poster Stamps and Similar Cinderellas by Ch J Blase ..over 500 pages (with) illustrations on an accompanying CD-ROM.." [Ray Petersen] ) via [rs] |
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| REPULO POSTA |
(overprint on stamps of Hungary): airmails |
| REPVBLIQUE DE COTE D IVOIRE |
Ivory Coast |
| REPVBLIQUE FRANCAISE |
France |
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| RESELLADO |
(overprint on stamps of Ecuador): control mark {Restamped} |
| RESELLADO |
(overprint on stamps of Venezuela): (to restore validity to demonitized stamps) {Restamped} |
| RESISTANCE |
(overprint on stamps of Syria): military semipostals |
| RESMI |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): officials |
RESPUBLIKA
HUSSA? ?YSTON |
South Ossetia (region of Georgia) [rs] |
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| RETARDO |
(overprint on stamps of Colombia and Panama): late fee stamps {Late} |
| RETOURBRIEF KGL OBERAMT |
German States- Bavaria: return letter stamps |
| RETOURBRIEF KGL OBERPOSTAMT REGENSBURG |
German States- Regensburg: return letter stamps |
| RETURN FROM NORFOLK ISLANDS |
Pitcairn Islands (marking inhabitant’s return to the island) |
| RETYMNO |
Crete (1899) |
| REUNION |
(overprint on stamps of French Colonies): Reunion (1891) |
| REVENUE |
(overprint on stamps of Iraq): Revenue (with Arabic) |
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| RHEIN-RUHR-HILSE |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): semipostals |
| RHEINLAND-PHALZ |
Germany- Rhine Palatinate- French military occupation (1947-49) |
| RHODESIA |
(overprint on stamps of Rhodesia and Nyasaland): Rhodesia: postage dues (1965-67) |
| RIAL(S) |
(currency): Iran |
| RIALTAR SEALDAC NA HEIREANN 1922 |
(overprint on stamps of Great Britain): Ireland (1922) {Provisional Government of Ireland} |
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| RIAU |
(overprint on stamps of Indonesia): Riouw Archipelago (1954-60) |
| RIED.B.W. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {RIED bei WORB} |
| RIGSBANK SKILLING |
Denmark (1851-54) |
| RIN |
(currency): Japan |
| RIOS 19 |
(overprint on stamps of Ecuador): Ecuador- Los Rios (provincial control marks) (1902) |
| RIS |
(currency overprint on stamps of Netherlands Indies): Indonesia (1950-51) {Republik Indonesia Serikat} |
| RIZEH |
(overprint on stamps of Russia): Russia- Offices in Turkey- Rizah (1910) |
| RL. PLATA F. |
Cuba, Philippines |
| RN |
(currency): Japan |
| ROBERTSPORT |
Liberia |
| RODI |
Italy- Aegean Islands- Rhodes |
| RODI |
(overprint on stamps of Italy): Italy- Aegean Islands- Rhodes |
| ROMAGNE |
Italian States- Romagne (1859-60) |
| ROMANA |
Romania |
| ROMANA |
Romania (or) Rome |
| ROMANIA |
Romania |
| ROMANIA- ZONE DE OCCUPATIE |
(overprint on stamps of Hungary): Hungary- Romanian occupation |
| ROMINA |
Romania |
| ROODE KRUIS |
Netherlands: semipostals {Red Cross} |
| ROSS DEPENDENCY |
New Zealand- Ross Dependency (1957-present) |
| ROTARY INTERNATIONAL- CONVENTION WIEN 1931 |
(overprint on stamps of Austria): semipostal (1931) |
| ROUMELIE ORIENTALE |
(overprint on stamps of Turkey): Eastern Roumelia (1880) |
| ROUTE DE SAR. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Route de SARGANS} |
| ROYAUME DE L ARABlE SAQUOITE |
Saudi Arabia |
| ROYAUME DE L ARABlE SOUDITE |
Saudi Arabia |
| ROYAUME DE YEMEN |
Yemen |
| ROYAUME DU BURUNDI |
Burundi |
| ROYAUME DU CAMBODGE |
Cambodia |
| ROYAUME DU LAOS |
Laos |
| ROYAUME DU MAROC |
Morocco |
| RP |
Liechtenstein, Switzeriand |
| Rpf (preceeded by number) |
(surcharge overprint on stamps of Luxembourg): German occupation (1940) |
| Rs.10$000 (+ bars) |
(overprint on stamps of Brazil (?)): (Zeppelin mail) (c.1930?; poss. private issue? or after 1940?) |
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| RSA |
South Africa (1967-present) |
| Rte |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Route} |
| Rte - LUCERNE |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): Swiss {Route LUCERNE} (1840) |
| RUA |
(overprint on stamps of Syria): United Arab Republic (1958) |
| RUANDA |
(overprint on stamps of Congo): German East Africa- Belgian occupation (1916) |
| RUE |
(overprint on stamps of Ecuador): (control mark) |
| RUMANIEN |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Romania- German occupation (1918) |
| RUS. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Russie} (1840) |
| RUSSISCH-POLEN |
(overprint on stamps of Germany): Poland- German occupation (1915) |
| RWANDAISE |
Rwanda |
| RYUKUS |
Ryukus Islands (1950-72) |
| RZ. |
(pre-adhesive handstamp): French {Hôpital Général de la Salpétrière} (Z was the index letter of the box at the Hospital; significance of R is unknown) (1783-1858) |
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