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J P A: Junior Philatelists of America.
J P S: 1: Junior Philatelic Society. 2: Japan Philatelic Society
J S D A: Japan Stamp Dealers Association.
J. A. Nutter Boston: inscription for a stamp dealer, who worked with S. Allan Taylor.
J. C. Bruun Local Post: see Christianssund - J. C. Bruun Local Post.
J. Eriksen Local Post: see Drammen - J. Eriksen Local Post.
J. M.: Jerusalem municipality 1917: British overprint for Mid-East occupation forces.
J. R. MacLean Trucking & Despatch: local, Vancouver, Canada, 1968.
J.A. Jesurum & Zoom: local, private for Curacao.
J.D. Soomaaliya, Soomaaliveed: Somalia Democratic Republic Jeia-Marke: (Ger.) Joint Export and Import Agency; labels issued for firms licensed to export; used on airmail letters from Oct. 1,-19, 1948.
J.E.L.Co.: overprint on U.S. Proprietary revenue issue for J. Elwood Co. of Pennsylvania, 1898.
J.N.F.: see Jewish National Fund.
J.R.B.Pst.Exp.: Jerbane Post Expedition (Dan.) Railway Post Office.
J.R.G. Aereo Vale 1946: Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno; overprint for air mail, Venezuela.
J.S.D., J. St.D.: (Fr.) Île Saint-Domingue (Island of Saint Domingo); pre-adhesive postmark.
J: 1: Scott Catalogue prefix for Postage Due. 2: Peru-Yca overprint, 1884. 3. international postal code for Japan.
JAC: Joseph A. Clark, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JBRS: James Brook Raja Sarawak, initials on the first stamp of Sarawak.
JCF: James C. Filgate, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JCR: John C. Rout, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JEP: John E. Posey, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JES: John E. Schaeffer, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JF: 1: John B. Fischer 2: Joseph F. Fitzgerald, Jr., BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JFH: John F. Hardy, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JHK: James H. Kates, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JIG: Joseph I. Griffith, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JJM: James J. Murray, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JJMcD (JJMacD): John J. McDonald, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JKAL: The Jack Knight Air Log, USA.
JLH: Joseph L. Heffern, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JMB: James M. Butle, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JMH: John M. Hackley, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer
JMW: James M. Walsh, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JMcF: Joseph McFate, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JPL: Joseph P. Lennon, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JQ: Scott Catalogue prefix for Parcel Post Postage Due (US).
JR: John Reding, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JSS: Jake S. Seitz, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JTF: John T. Ford, BEP employees initials, 1906-1928; see Plate Finisher, Siderographer.
JU: auction abbreviation for topical Judaica.
Jack & Enterprise Agt.: Florida marking in R.P.O. grouping, c 1883.
Jack Rabbit Courier: local, Vancouver, Canada, 1987.
Jackass mail: 1: name given to mail carried by mules from San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, CA in 1857-58. 2: name given to mail carried by mules to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Jackn.T.: Jacksonville, Tenn. pre-adhesive postmark.
Jackson & Co.s Express: private mail and parcel delivery serviced Boston, Mass., Portsmouth and Dover, N.H.; used labels; 1865-95
Jackson, James A. & Co.: U.S. private die medicine proprietary stamp.
Jackson, Miss. Paid 5 cents: see Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jackson, Miss.: see Confederate States of America; 3˘ 1861 Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jacksons Express & Van Co.: private parcel delivery serviced unknown area; used stamp, year unknown.
Jacksonville, Ala., Paid 5 WTA: see Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jacksonville, Fl. Paid 5: see Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jaffa: 1: Egypt, see Interpostal Seals 1868. 2: now the Israel city of Yafo, near Tel Aviv.
Jaffa: overprint on stamps of Russia, commemorate 50th anniversary of Russian Offices in Turkish Empire, 1909.
Jaguar Express: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Jahanbecam: India, Bhopal State.
Jahre: (Ger.) year.
Jahrestag: (Ger.) anniversary.
Jahreszahl: (Ger.) date, year only.
Jahrgangswerttabelle: (Ger.) list of year sets.
Jahrhundertfeier: (Ger.) centenary.
Jahrlich: (Ger.) anniversary.
Jail mail: term used by celebrities for mail received from prison inmates.
Jaipur: India Feudatory State; formerly Rajputana, British India; 1904: No.1, 1/2 anna ultramarine, first local stamps, 1929: first official stamp, 1931, Mar.14: first stamp, 1948: joined with other states to form Rajasthan, 1949: separate stamps discontinued, used stamps of Indian Union of Rajasthan, 1950, April: uses stamps of Republic of India.
Jakarta: formerly Batavia, Indonesia.
Jakobstad: formerly Pietarsaari, Finland.
Jalapa: overprint used on stamps of Mexico for this district, 1856-1883.
Jaliva: (Sp.) San Felipe de Jaliva, pre-adhesive postmark.
Jaluit Company: see Pacific mailboats.
Jamahiriya: (Arab) a state of the masses, used in official name of Libya.
Jamaica used: Jamaican stamps used in the Cayman Islands.
Jamaica: 1: marihuana inscription; unissued Great Britain cinderella by David Horry, 2001. 2: no, she went of her own accord inscription; unissued Great Britain cinderella by David Horry, 2001.
Jamaica: island of British West Indies, Caribbean Sea; first British colony to establish a post office; official name of postal administration: Post and Telecommunications Department currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound, 100 cents = 1 dollar (1969) 1655: postmaster of London placed in charge of postal affairs, after conquest from Spain, 1671: local men appointed postmasters, 1696: postmaster of New York made postmaster of the West Indies, 1755-1860: British Post Office controlled external mail, 1805: Jamaica with straight line marking appeared, 1858, May 8: postage prepayment made mandatory, British stamps cancelled A O1, A 27 to A 78, used to 1860, 1860, Aug. 1: No.1, 1 penny blue, colony took over operation from Colonial office, first stamps, 1890: first official stamp issued, 1916: first War Tax stamp issued, 1944: became self-governing, 1958: member Federation of the West Indies, 1962, Aug. 6: independent member of the British Commonwealth, 1963, Aug. 29: joined the UPU.
Jamaique: (Fr.) Jamaica.
Jamajka: (Czech.) Jamaica.
Jamajsky: (Czech.) Jamaican.
James Cook Land: Antarctic fantasy.
Jamestown (N.Y.) School and Collegiate Institute: 1867, used training stamps for practice instruction on how to properly address, frank and post a letter.
Jamhuri: (Swahili) means Republic; 1963, Dec. 10: Zanzibar became independent, 1964, Feb. 28: overprint on stamps of Zanzibar, for formation of republic. Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir: India Feudatory State; 1866, Mar.: No.1, 1/2 anna gray-black, first local stamps for the two states, 1867-77: joint and separate stamps issues, 1878: first official stamp, 1894, Nov. 1: separate stamps discontinued, used stamps of India, 1947: partition of India incorporated into India, but claimed by Pakistan, 1960: Pakistan issued map stamps showing disputed territory.
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir: India Feudatory State; 1866, Mar.: first local stamps for the two states, 1866-77: joint and separate stamps issues, 1878: first official stamp, 1894, Nov. 1: separate stamps discontinued, used stamps of Republic of India, 1947: partition of India incorporated into India, but claimed by Pakistan, 1960: Pakistan issued map stamps showing disputed territory.
Janina: located in northern Greece, Offices in Turkish Empire for Janina, Turkey, 1902: No.1, 10 paras green, surcharge on stamps of Italy, used at Italian post office at Janina, Turkey, 1913: occupied by Greece, now known as Ioannina, 1941: occupied by the Axis, 1944: liberated by allies.
Jantar: Donald Evans fantasy issue, Portuguese.
Januar: (Dan., Nor.) January.
Januari: (Swed.) January.
Január: (Hung.) January.
Japan, Airmail to: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Japan, French post offices: 1865: opened in Yokohama, closed March 1880.
Japan, United States post offices: 1867-Dec. 1874: Yokohama and Nagasaki, 1868-Dec. 1874: Hiogo, 1871-Dec. 1874: Hakodate.
Japan: British Offices in Japan; 1859: opened at Yokohama, closed in Dec. 1879, 1860: opened at Nagasaki, closed in Dec. 1879, 1864: used stamps from Hong Kong, 1869: opened at Hyogo (Kobe), closed in Dec. 1879. Japanese Chops: used as overprints and cancels on the stamps of occupied territories, 1942-45.
Japan: Eastern Asia, North Pacific Ocean; official name of postal administration: Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications currency: 1,000 mon = 10 sen, 100 sen = 1 yen, 10 rin = 1 sen 1630, government posts, not open to the public, 1871, April 20: No.1, 48 mon brown, issued first stamp, imperforate and square, 1877, June 1: joined the UPU, 1914, Nov. 7:-Feb. 7, 1922: controls Shantung Peninsula, 1919, Oct. 3: first air mail stamp, 1937, June 1: first semipostal stamp, 1945: stamps of Japan overprinted for use in Taiwan (Formosa), 1946, Oct. 11 and May 8, 1947: stamps of Australia overprinted B.C.O.F. Japan 1946 (British Commonwealth Occupation Force), 1947: constitutional monarchy, 1989: prefecture issues started; see Prefecture, 2000, Nov. 15: first prefecture semipostal stamps.
Japan: local post for Sutherland and Co., 1870.
Japanese Chops: used as overprints and cancels on the stamps of occupied territories, 1942-45.
Japanese Dependencies: Mariannes, Marshall and Caroline Islands; 1922, Jan. 1: joined the UPU, 1947, Apr. 2: became part of the U.S. Trust Territories.
Japanese Fish Auction: a simultaneous auction, whereby each bidder for a specific lot states their bid at the same moment, with the highest bidder getting the lot.
Japanese Naval Control Area: see Netherlands Indies, 1942, July 15: all Netherlands Indies stamps under Japanese naval control were overprinted with Dai Nippon, and an anchor.
Japanese Occupation of British Borneo: 1942, June: stamps of Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak were overprinted in Japanese.
Japanese Occupation of Brunei: see Brunei.
Japanese Occupation of Burma: see Burma.
Japanese Occupation of China: 1941, June 5-1945: North China, 1941, July 1-1945: Mengkiang (Inner Mongolia), 1945: Nanking, 1945: Shanghai, 1942, June 12- Sept. 1945: Kwangtung.
Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong: 1942, Jan. 22: post office reopened by Japanese, 1942, Jan. 22-April 1945: used stamps of Japan, 1945, Aug. 28: Japanese post offices closed, 1945, Sept. 5: British post office reopened, used Postage Paid handstamps, 1945, Sept. 28: stamps available.
Japanese Occupation of Java and Sumatra: 1943, March 9: first occupation stamps.
Japanese Occupation of Johore, Kedah, Kelatan, Perak, Trenggano; 1942: stamps of Johore, Kedah, Kelatan, Perak and Trenggano overprinted in Japanese.
Japanese Occupation of Malacca, Penang 1942: stamps of Straits Settlements overprinted.
Japanese Occupation of Malaya: 1942: stamps of Japan overprinted for postage due, 1943: stamps of all states, Straits Settlements overprinted; stamps, postage due stamps.
Japanese Occupation of Negri Sembilan: 1942: stamps of Negri Sembilan overprinted.
Japanese Occupation of Netherlands Indies: 1942: first postage due stamp, 1943: first commemorative, air mail stamps.
Japanese Occupation of North China: 1923: first stamps.
Japanese Occupation of Selangor: 1942, Apr. 3: stamps of Selangor overprinted.
Japanese Occupation of Straits Settlements: 1947, Mar. 16: stamps of Straits Settlements handstamp reads, Seal of Post Office of Malayan Military Department.
Japanese Occupation of Sumatra: 1943, Aug. 1: first stamps, previously administered from Malaya.
Japanese Occupation of the Philippines: 1942: first commemorative, semi-postal, postage due stamps.
Japanese Offices in China: 1876, Apr. 15- 31 Dec.1899: overprint on stamps of Japan with Chinese characters, 1900, Jan.: stamps of Japan overprinted for Offices in China, 1910-24: military overprint on stamps of Japan, 1922, Nov. 30: Offices in China closed, 1945: stamp issue for Offices in Taiwan.
Japanese Offices in Korea: 1876-99: first stamps of Japan used in Pusan, 1876, Nov. 10: Wonsan 1880, April: Chemulpo 1883, Dec.: Seoul, 1888, July: Mokpo, 1900: stamps of Japan overprinted.
Japanese Offices is Taiwan (Formosa): 1945: three values issued; six additional values prepared but not issued, entire set of nine values overprinted by China after WW II and issued for use in Taiwan.
Japanese paper: native-made silky paper, used for Japanese early issues.
Japansk: (Dan., Nor., Swed.) Japanese.
Japonez: (Rom) Japanese (adj.).
Japonsko: (Czech.) Japan.
Japonsky: (Czech.) Japanese.
Japón: (Fr., Sp.) Japan.
Jasdan: India Feudatory State; 1942: first and only local stamp, 1948, Feb. 15: merged with Kathiawar as part of the United States of Saurashtra, 1948-50: used stamps of Sorouth, now uses stamps of Republic of India.
Jason Island: Falkland Islands nature preserve, label.
Jaune: (Fr.) yellow (color).
Jaunâtre: (Fr.) yellowish.
Java and Madura: anti-Dutch nationalists for Indonesia Republic, 1945-50, Oct.: first stamps.
Java and Sumatra: 1943, March 9: stamps of Japan for Japanese occupation.
Java: Malay Archipelago, East Indies; 1864: stamps issued as Netherlands Indies, 1908: overprint Java on stamps of the Netherlands Indies, used on islands of Java and Madura. 1943, Mar.3: overprints on stamps of Netherlands Indies and stamps of Japan used as
Jayne, Dr. D. & Son: U.S. private die medicine proprietary stamp.
Jay’s Dispatch: unofficial carrier service; Jay’s and Richwood’s Dispatch stamp, LaHoyt, Iowa, 1887-88.
Jedda: Hejaz Railway Tax 1925 overprint; printed in anticipation of its fall to forces of Ibn Saud of Nejd., not used.
Jednoduchá Frankatura: (Czech.) franking.
Jedraejow: city in former Austrian-occupied Russian Poland, local post overprint, 1918-20.
Jeend State: overprint on stamps of India for Jind, 1885-1913; see Jind.
Jefferson Market Co.: U.S. local post, New York, N. Y., 1850.
Jefferson: territory created Oct. 24, 1859, never recognized and ceased to exist when Colorado Territory created Feb. 28, 1861.
Jeffries balloon mail: Dr. John Jeffries and Pierre Blanchard dropped mail from a balloon after crossing the English Channel, Jan. 1, 1874.
Jeind: see Jind.
Jemen (Dél): (Hung.) South Yemen.
Jemen (Királyság): (Hung.) Kingdom of Yemen.
Jemen (Észak): (Hung.) North Yemen.
Jemen: (Ger.) Yemen.
Jenkins Camden Dispatch: U.S. local post, Camden, N.J., 1853, reprinted in new colors.
Jenkins Express: railroad parcel delivery firm service area between Boston and Lynn, Mass.; used a label, year unknown.
Jenks Express: baggage delivery firm serviced Newport and Providence, R.I.; used a label, year unknown.
Jenny invert: U.S. 24˘ airmail stamp with its center inverted.
Jerkonia: Canada fantasy issue.
Jermend: Donald Evans fantasy issue.
Jernbane: (Dan., Nor.) railroad, railway; railroad line, railway line; see Jernbanelinie; Bane, Tog.
Jernbanefrimerke(r): (Nor.) railroad stamp(s), railway stamp(s).
Jernbanefrimćrke: (Dan.) see Jernbanemćrke.
Jernbanelinie: (Dan., Nor.) railroad line, railroad line, railway line.
Jernbanemerke(r): (Nor.) railroad stamp(s), railway stamp(s).
Jernbanemćrke: (also Jernbanefrimćrke ) (Dan.) railroad stamps, railway stamps. The first Danish railway stamps were issued by the Jydsk-Fyenske Railways in 1865, with several other issues produced previous to the railroad being absorbed into the DSB-Danske Statsbaner (q.v.) in 1875. “Danske Statsbaner” local stamps appeared in 1875.
Jernbanepakkemerke(r): (Nor.) railroad parcel post stamp(s), railway parcel post stamp(s).
Jernbanepakkemćrke: (Dan.) railroad parcel post stamps, railway parcel post stamps.
Jernbanepost: (Dan., Nor.) railroad post (mail), railway post (mail).
Jernbanepoststempel: (Dan., Nor.) railroad post cancellation, railway post cancellation.
Jernbanepostvogn: (Dan., Nor.) railroad mail coach, railway mail coach.
Jernbanestasjon: (Dan. Nor.) railroad station, railway station.
Jernbanetillćgsmerke(r): (Nor.) railroad postal surtax stamp(s), railway postal surtax stamp(s).
Jernbanetillćgsmćrke(r): (Dan.) railroad postal surtax stamp(s), railway postal surtax stamp(s).
Jernbanetillćgsmćrke: (Dan.) railroad postal surtax stamp, railway postal surtax stamp.
Jernbanetjenestemerke(r):(Nor.) railroad mail service official stamp(s), railway mail service official stamp(s).
Jernbanetjenestemćrke(r): (Dan.) railroad mail service official stamp(s), railway mail service official stamp(s), ralway ar.
Jernbanetjenestemćrke: (Dan.) railroad mail service stamp, railway mail service stamp.
Jernbanetog: (Nor.) railroad train, railway train.
Jernbanevogn: (Nor.) railroad coach, railway coach.
Jerome & Cos Express: private mail and parcel firm serviced Boston, Mass. and Bangor, Maine; used labels, 1844-48.
Jersey Postage: issued under German occupation, 1941-44.
Jersey: English Channel Island, Jersey (Bailiwick) Dependency; official name of postal administration: Jersey Post currency: 100 pence = 1 pound sterling 1940, June 30: occupied by Germany, British stamps used, 1940, Dec. 27- Feb. 22, 1941: bisects of the 2d stamp allowed, 1941, April 1: German local issue Jersey Postage, 1945, May 10: British reclaimed island, local issues valid for one year, 1958, Aug. 18: British regional issues for Jersey, 1964: No. 1, 2 1/2 pence rose-red, 1969, Oct.1: Jersey issued own stamps, 1969, Oct. 1: postage due stamps.
Jerusalem: 1: overprint on stamps of Russia, Offices in Turkey, 1909-10. 2: French Consulate Post office, 1948. 3: overprint on stamps of Italy, Italian Post Office, Feb. 1909. 4: also called Gerusalemme and lerusalem.
Jet press: term for offset printing of stamps; first used by the USPS for the 33˘ blue Lincoln envelope issued June 5, 1999.
Jet silhouette: the US 7-cents air mail issue showing the silhouette of a plane.
Jetersville, Va. 5 AHA: see Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jethou: Great Britain local carriage label, Channel Island, 1960.
Jetons: small circular transparent cases containing stamps used as currency during American Civil war.
Jeu complete: (Fr.) complete set.
Jeugdzorg 1930: (youth care) inscription on semi-postal stamp of Netherlands Indies.
Jewelers Parcel Delivery Co.: parcel delivery firm serviced Chicago area; used a stamp; year unknown.
Jewish Autonomous Region: 2002, Jan. 14: illegal labels, purporting to be stamps, Russian Federation report to the UPU; local post overprint and stamps, not valid for postage.
Jewish National Fund (J.N.F.): founded in1901, when British evacuated their Palestine Mandate in May 1948, the Jewish government overprinted J.N.F. receipt coupons and used these for postage.
Jewish Republic: Russian Republic; bogus overprint and stamps, not valid for postage.
Jhalawar: India Feudatory State; 1887: first local stamps, 1900, Nov. 1: post office taken over by the Imperial government; now uses stamps of Republic of India.
Jhind: see Jind.
Jibuti: see Djibouti.
Jiddah: formerly Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
Jiffy bag: padded mailing envelope sold in various sizes.
Jih: (Czech.) South.
Jihoafrická Republika: (Czech.) Republic of South Africa.
Jihoafrická: (Czech.) South Africa.
Jihovychod: (Czech.) Southeast.
Jihozapadni: (Czech.) Southwest.
Jiji: British Colonial Royal Wedding frames from Surreal and Unreal Stickers.
Jil: (Czech.) clay.
Jims Emergency Service: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Jind, Jhind: India Feudatory and Native State, North Punjab; 1874: first local stamps, 1885: became a Convention State, 1885: first official stamp, issued overprinted stamps of India, 1951, Jan.1: stamps invalidated, now uses stamps of Republic of India.
Jinian feng (FJ): (Chin.) commemorative cover.
Jiziya: Indian States term for a tax imposed on non-Muslems.
Jizni Amerika: (Czech.) South America.
Jizni Cinské More: (Czech.) South China Sea.
Jizni Korea: (Czech.) South Korea (the Republic of Korea).
Jizni Vietnam: (Czech.) South Vietnam.
Jizni: (Czech.) South.
Jog: to hit or shake a handful of mail pieces against a hard surface to align their edges.
Jogue: overprint on stamps of India to prevent employee theft, 1892.
Joh Enschedé Security Printers: printers of stamps of South Africa; formerly Enschedé & Sons.
Johan Lund Local Post: see Tromsř - Johan Lund Local Post.
John Paul Jones: label for training school in Texas, about 1910.
Johnson & Co.’s City Despatch Post: U.S. local post, Baltimore, Md., 1848.
Johnson & Cos Express: private mail delivery firm serviced New York City and Albany, N.Y. via railroad; used a label, year unknown.
Johnson & Johnson: inscription on Medicine stamp; see Private die proprietary stamps.
Johnson & Keyes Express: private parcel delivery firm serviced Boston and Auburndale, Mass.; used a stamp, year unknown.
Johnson Chicago & Suburban Express Co.: private parcel firm serviced Chicago area; used a stamp, 1898.
Johnson Express Co.: private parcel firm serviced Chicago area; used a stamp, 1904?
Johnson Grover: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Johnson, I.S. & Co.: U.S. private die medicine proprietary stamp.
Johnson, J.P.: postmaster, Pittsylvania Court House, Va., issued Confederate Postmaster’s Provisional.
Johnson, M.F.: postmaster, Tellico Plains, Tenn., issued Confederate Postmaster’s Provisional.
Johnsons Box: label to advertise private post office delivery.
Johnston Dienstag Company: 1906; inscription on adhesive stamp after San Francisco earthquake.
Johnston Holloway & Co.: U.S. private die medicine proprietary stamp.
Johore: Malay Peninsula; 1876, July: stamps first issued, No. 1, 2 cents brown, Malaysian State; 1884-91: Johore overprint on stamps of Straits Settlements with crescent and star, 1916-pre: used stamps of Straits Settlements for overseas postage, 1938, Jan. 1: first postage due stamp, 1942-45: Japanese occupation, Johore postage due stamps and ordinary stamps overprinted by Japanese for revenue purposes only, 1957: stamps of Malayan Federation used along with those of Johore, 1963, Sept.: became part of Federation of Malaysia, 1965, Nov. 15: inscription Malaysia Johor on stamps of Malaysia.
Joi: (Rom.) Thursday.
Joined paper: two different paper sheets affixed together by overlapping after manufacture with stamps printed on the paper so that part of the stamp appears on both pieces of paper.
Joint issue: two or more countries issuing and releasing a stamp or set of stamps with a similar design on the same day, or within a few days of reach other.
Joint line: printed line between two coil stamps caused by inky deposited in the seam of adjoining curved plates on rotary presses.
Jointly addressed mail: mail addressed to more than one addressee (Mr. and Mrs. John Doe) neither of which can control mail delivery addressed to the other.
Jomfruřerne: (Dan.) the Virgin Islands.
Jones & Russell’s Pikes Peak Express Co.: U.S. local post handstamp, Denver, Colo. 1859-60.
Jones, Eadie & Berrick: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Jonesboro, Tenn Paid 5: see Confederate Postmasters’ Provisionals.
Jones’ City Express: U.S. local post, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1845.
Jones’ paper: chalk-surfaced paper used for New Zealand stamp in 1924-25.
Jonische Inseln: (Ger.) Ionian Islands.
Joniska Öarna: (Swed.) Ionian Islands.
Joniske řer: (Dan.) the Ionian Islands.
Jordan: kingdom of western Asia; formerly known as Transjordan in the Near East; official name of postal administration: Ministry of Post and Communications currency: 10 millienes = 1 piaster, 1,000 mils = 1 pound (1930, 100 fils, piasters = 1 dinar 1918, Feb. 10: first stamps, E.E.F. (Palestine), 1920-pre: stamps of Britain and Turkey used, 1920, April: mandated to the British as an autonomous emirate, 1920, Nov.: No. 1 1 millieme dark brown, stamps of Palestine overprinted East of Jordan in Arabic, considered first stamps, 1923-27: stamps of Hejaz overprinted East of Jordan in Arabic, 1923: first postage due stamp, 1923: became independent state with British advisers, 1924, Jan: first official stamp,1927-47: first specially designed stamps for Jordan, inscribed Transjordan, 1930, April 1: first semipostal stamp, 1946: became independent kingdom when British mandate ended, 1947, May 16: joined the UPU, 1948-49: issued stamps overprinted for use in Palestine during period when Israel gained its independence, 1950, Sept. 16: first air mail stamp.
Jordania: (Sp.) Jordan.
Jordanian Occupation of Palestine: 1948, Dec. 2-April 24, 1950: first stamp overprinted Palestine in English and Arabic, 1948: first postage due stamp,
Jordanie: (Fr.) Jordan.
Jordanien: (Ger., Swed.) Jordan
Jornaes: (Port.) inscription; journals, newspaper stamps, Portugal and colonies, Brazil.
Josef Karl, S.S.: steamship marking of the Danube Steam Navigation Company built around 1850-60s, for middle or upper Danube lines.
Joseph Kennedy and Family: Philippine cinderella label.
Joslyns Express: parcel firm serviced Boston and North Bridgewater, Mass.; used a label, year unknown.
Jour d’Emission: (Fr.) day of issue. Journal stamps: stamps that have been issued for the express purpose of prepaying postage on journals, newspapers, magazines, etc.
Journaux Dagbladen: bilingual inscription, overprint on stamps of Belgium, Parcel Post issue for newspaper stamp, 1928-32.
Journaux: (Fr.) inscription on stamps of France, journals, newspapers, 1868.
Journée du Timbre: (Fr.) Day of the Stamp.
Juan Fernandez Islands: group of islands in the Pacific, part of Chile; 1910: Chile overprint Islas de Juan Fernandez, used throughout Chile.
Juan de Fuca: local, Victoria, Canada, carrier service operated between Victoria, B. C. to Port Angeles in Washington State, USA.
Jubaland: Oltre Giuba (It.), former Italian territory in East Africa, currently Somali; 1896: first stamps, British East Africa, used, 1925, June 29: first stamps issued, 1925: ceded to Italy from being part of British colony of Kenya, became part of Italian Somaliland, overprint on stamps of Italy, Oltre Giuba, 1925, July: stamps overprinted Oltre Giuba, first commemorative, postage due stamps, 1926: first postage due, semipostal stamp, 1926, July 1: incorporated in Italian Somaliland, now part of Somali Democratic Republic, 1942, April 13: used stamps of Britain overprinted M.E. F.
Jubile de LUnion Postale Universelle: Switzerland for the Universal Postal Union, 1900.
Jubilee Exhibition: stamp/label issued by the Romanian postal authorities for use within the exhibition hall, October 1906.
Jubilee line: line around the sheet margins first used during Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee in 1887, broken it is called the Co-Extensive line, unbroken the Continuous line.
Jubilee: a special anniversary, usually divisible by 25; the Jubilee stamps refer to the 1935 Silver Jubilee issue of King George V.
Jude: (Swed.) Jew.
Judea, State of: Palestine proposed state by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the 1980s.
Judenpost: (Ger.) local stamps issued for the use of Jews interned in concentration camps, but known in Lodz (or Litzmannstadt) in 1944.
Judgements: court judgement fees; French Colony revenue inscription.
Judisk: (Swed.) Jewish.
Juego: (Sp.) complete set.
Juegos Olimpicos: inscription on stamps of Costa Rica for semipostal, Olympic Games.
Jugendmarken: (Ger.) youth stamps; usually semi-postals.
Jugoslavia: see Yugoslavia.
Jugoslavien: (Dan., Ger., Nor., Swed.) Jugoslavia.
Jugoslaviensk: (Dan.) Jugoslavien (Yugoskavien).
Jugoslavija: Jugoslavia.
Jugoslavisk: (Den., Nor., Swed.) Jugoslavian (Yugoslavian).
Jugoslawien: (Ger.) Yugoslavia.
Jugoslávie: (Czech.) Jugoslavia (Yugoslavia).
Jugoslávsky: (Czech.) Jugoslavian (Yugoslavian).
Jugoszláv: (Hung.) Jugoslavian, Yugoslavian.
Jugoszlávia: (Hung.) Jugoslovia, Yugoslavia.
Jul: (Dan.) Christmas.
Julen: term for Christmas on Scandinavian seals.
Juli: (Dan., Nor., Swed.) July.
Julio 1936: overprint on stamps of Spain marking the start of the Franco regime.
Julmarke: (Ger.) Christmas seal issued by private organizations.
Julmerke: (Nor.) Christmas stamp.
Julmärke: (Swed.) Christmas stamp.
Julmćrke(r): (Dan.) Christmas stamp(s)
Jumbo pouch: name given to unlabeled pouches for miscellaneous matter on R.P.O. routes.
Jumbo stamps: stamps with wide margins; should have even margins on all sides; also referred to as Boardwalk Margins.
Jumelle press: web-fed press that combines two printing methods, photogravure and intaglio.
Jummo et Cachemire: (Fr.) Jammu and Kashmir.
Jump bidding: the principle that all participants at a public auction must engage in competitive bidding, even if they are represented by a common agent. If an auction agent receives two bids for the same lot, one at $500 and one at $1,000, and the bidding is in $50 increments, then if the bidding reaches $400, the auction agent calls out $550, the amount his $1,000 client would have needed to bid to win the bid if the $500 bid was entered.
Jump pair: two adjacent coil stamps where the design is not in alignment with each other.
Junagarh: India Feudatory State of Soruth.
Junagarh: see Sorouth.
Jungferninsein: (Ger.) Virgin Islands.
Jungfruöarna: (Swed.) the Virgin Islands.
Juni: (Dan., Nor., Swed.) June.
Junk box: 1: refers to a box of assorted low value stamps or covers being offered or sold as one lot. 2: Box of same priced material such as a box of 50˘ covers. 3: box of low-priced material being sold individually.
Jřde: (Nor.) Jew.
Jřdisk: (Nor.) Jewish.
Július: (Hung.) July.
Június: (Hung.) June. |
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