Unknowns from August '14 Lottery

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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After nine weeks of sorting, squinting, measuring perforations, checking obscure watermarks, measuring designs, guessing at colors, and flipping pages and pages and pages of catalogues, plus painstakingly going through years of StampWorld pages while identifying over thirty-five hundred stamps from the August Lottery winnings, I have thrown up my hands on these last eight stamps.  I'm betting the folks that stuck them in with their entries know exactly what these stamps are and give me a means of identification.  I'm also sure that some of you will wonder why I don't already know.  Well, the quick and easy answer is that I am an old feller and my mind is easily boggled.  So, please help.
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I would like to know the Country, date of issue, known variances (if any), and the Scott number (if one applies).
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee 

[Philatarium]

Mr Lee --

Congratulations on completing the great slog!

The 7th item -- 2nd row, 3rd column -- is Ryukyus, either 3 or 3a.  (I'm not facile enough with Ryukyus to feel confident to distinguish the difference.)

Hope that's helpful!

-- Dave

[darkormex]

Gordon Lee, here is what I know:

Row 1 left to right:
? possible Italian overprint for an unknown Greek Isle?
Yugoslavia, Sc.1073A, 1971-73
Yugoslavia, Sc. 1488, 1980-81
French Volunteer Legion semi-postal propaganda stamp issued by Nazi government. This is in Michel and part of a set of 5 stamps issued in 1942.

Row 2 left to right:
Germany Official, Sc. O12, 1920-21
Indonesia Postage Due, Sc.J83, 1962-65
Ryuku Islands, Sc. 3 or 3a, 1949 2nd print or 1948 1st print
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[Philatarium]

Oh, the one just to left of it, I believe is Indonesia J83. (min cv)

[Philatarium]

Sniped by darkormex! Well done!

[khj]

Well done, bears!

R1C1 = Ionian Islands #N19(1941)

[kacyds]

The first one is from Ionian Islands - Issued under Italian Occupation

1941
Scott N19
Watermark 140
Perf. 14

[kacyds]

According to the 2014 Scott Specialized US Catalog....

The Ryukyu stamp... First printing: thick yellow gum, dull colors, rough perforations, grayish paper. Second printing: white gum, sharp colors, cleancut perforations, white paper.

Scott# 3 Second Printing, July 18, 1949, Typo., Wmk. 257, Perf. 13, CV $3.50 Mint or used
Scott# 3a First Printing, July 1, 1948, Typo., Wmk. 257, Perf. 13, CV $2.00 Mint or used

Yes, the Second Printing is listed first and the First printing has the small "a" behind the number.  Doesnt make much sense to me either..... 

[darkormex]

Gordon Lee, here are some screenshots of the Michel catalog listing for the French Volunteer Legion stamps...



Note that I was incorrect in my original explanation..these are private post stamps and the 1st page I uploaded gives an explanation of who and why these were issued. It was not the Nazi government as I had stated.

[kacyds]

For the last stamp, I googled Prisikėlimo bažnyčia and came up with a Roman Catholic church in Lithuania....

Must be some type of label or cinderella stamp.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s_Resurrection_Church,_Kaunas

[khj]

R2C4 = Lithuanian private issue for church rebuilding fund

It won't be listed in Scott, but it is in Lithuanian Revenue Stamps by Lapas.

[khj]

Your Ryukyu stamp is 1st printing, therefore #3a.

[darkormex]

We Bears are just cool....

[Gordon Lee]

Apr 8, 2015 18:48:46 GMT -5 darkormex said:

We Bears are just cool....

Greetings Fellow SB Boarders
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Mr. darkormex said it perfectly.  You all are just kwel!
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Normally I don't throw in the towel so easily when it comes to identifying stamps.  I figured the French Volunteer Legion stamp was what it is, but no recourse to verify.  I had the Resurrection Church pegged as a Cinderella fund raiser.   As for the rest, it was pure exhaustion.  The air conditioner / heater in my deluxe, custom-made double-wide conked out this last week.  Regardless of the outside temperature the upstairs stamp room builds up heat and humidity quite rapidly.  The ceiling fan can only run on the low speed without flinging stamps all over the place.  My feeble addled brain just can't compete.
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Therefore, a big old tip of the fedora goes out to  Mr. Philatarium, Mr. darkormex, Mr. khj, and Mr. kaycds.  Thank you most kindly for the help.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[Craig]

Apr 8, 2015 18:32:05 GMT -5 kacyds said:

According to the 2014 Scott Specialized US Catalog....

The Ryukyu stamp... First printing: thick yellow gum, dull colors, rough perforations, grayish paper. Second printing: white gum, sharp colors, cleancut perforations, white paper.

Scott# 3 Second Printing, July 18, 1949, Typo., Wmk. 257, Perf. 13, CV $3.50 Mint or used
Scott# 3a First Printing, July 1, 1948, Typo., Wmk. 257, Perf. 13, CV $2.00 Mint or used

Yes, the Second Printing is listed first and the First printing has the small "a" behind the number.  Doesnt make much sense to me either..... 

My guess, re 3 vis-a-vis 3a: probably the 2nd printing is more prevalent than the 1st? Maybe it was categorized first?