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Y: 1: Yorkshire, England, pre-adhesive postmark. 2: Renminbi Yuan, currency in Peoples Republic of China. 3: Scott Catalog number prefix for Revolutionary Government Postage (Philippines). 4: used instead of “i” in many words, such as “Yndies” West Indies, “Ysla” for island
Y 1/4: overprint on stamps of the Spanish Antilles (Cuba and Puerto Rico) “Ynterior” for change in value as local post,1857
Yacht keytype: colonial stamps of Germany picturing the Hohenzollern, yachet of Kaiser Wilhelm
Y & T: Yvert et Tellier Catalogue, France
Yafo: formerly Jaffa, contained Russian post office while in the Turkish Empire
Yakutia: 2002, Jan. 14: illegal labels, purporting to be stamps, Russian Federation report to the UPU; not valid for postage
Yamskoi Prikaz: (Russ.) postcoachmen’s office, recruited postmen for the mail-coaches
Yang: specialized Hong Kong catalog
Y.A.R.: Yemen Arab Republic
Yarensk: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1911-12, Zemstvo
Yassy: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1879, Zemstvo
Yawaton Atoll: bogus issue for supposed Pacific island
YCA: department of Peru, overprint on stamps of Arequipa, for provisional issue during occupation by Chile,1879-84, now known as Ica
Y.C.C.P.: overprint on stamps of Ukraine semipostals, 1923
Y compris: (Fr.) including
YCTAB 1905: Montenegro, constitution
YD: Year Date
Year of the Rose: term used in 1976 when Great Britain stamps bearing roses were issued for the Royal National Rose Society
Year pack: sold by postal administrations and usually contain every stamp issued for the year being offered
Yecla: city in Spain, Spanish Civil War local post, Republican forces, 1937
Yegoryevsk: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1868-98, Zemstvo
Yeh-Hien: East Chinese local post
Yekaterinburg: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1895-1912, Zemstvo
Yekaterinoslav: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1872-76, Zemstvo
Yelets: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1873-1899, Zemstvo
Yelisavetgrad: city in Russia, Zemstvo local post; 1870-1902, Zemstvo
Yellowhead Courier Express: local, Canada postal strike, 1980-81
Yemen, Kingdom of: Arabian Peninsula on the Red Sea; currency: 40 bogaches = 1 imadi, 40 bogaches = 1 riyal (1962), 100 fils = 1 riyal (1978) 1918-pre: first postal service by Turks during Ottoman Empire, Turkish stamps with Arabic cancels, then a monarchy, 1926: No.1, 2 ½ bogaches black, local issue, Arabic inscription reads, “Sana. Government of Yemen by the Will of God. Yahya. May God Grant Him Success,” valid for domestic postage only as Yemen Arab Republic, 1930, Jan. 1: first foreign and domestic issue; joined the UPU, 1934: Saudi Arabia issued occupation stamps from Hodeida, 1942: first postage due stamp but were also used for regular postage, 1947: first air mail stamp, 1963: republic established after revolution stamps overprinted, “Free Yemen Fights for God, Imam and Country,” 1990: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) planned to merge to form the Republic of Yemen, government ministries merged but civil war delayed completion
Yemen, Mutawakelite Kingdom of: Royalist issues, not listed in Scott
Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of: southern Arabia, aka People’s Republic of Southern Yemen, currency: 1,000 fils = 1 dinar 1967, Nov.30: proclaimed People’s Republic of Southern Yemen when Federation of South Arabia became independent, 1968, April 1: No.1, 5 fils blue as People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, overprint on stamps of Saudi Arabia, 1970, Nov. 30: became People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1971, Feb. 1: first stamps as People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen, 1990: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) planned to merge to form the Republic of Yemen, government ministries merged but civil war delayed completion
Yemen, Southern: Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic
Yen, Yn: currency unit in Japan, Manchukuo, Ryukyu Islands
Yen-Fu area: “Jan Fu” East China local post, 1943-44
Yen-Ki Border sub-district: Yen Pien Post, Northeast China local post, 1946
Yerro: (Sp.) error
Yeste: city in Spain, Spanish Civil War local post, Republican forces, 1937
YF: Scott Catalog number prefix for Revolutionary Government Registration (Philippines)
Yil Donumu: postal tax, Turkey
Yin-Cheng: Kiangsi, Central China local post, 1949
Ying Yang: Chinese symbol of everything created and appears in watermark in stamps of China and Korea
Ykp. H.P.: overprint on stamps of Austria, 1918, for short-lived independent state; Galicia, Eastern
YKSI MARKKA: (Finn.) one mark; inscription on stamps of Finland, 1866-74
Y.M.C.A. Dover: United Kingdom postal strike: local post 1971
YMOS: Your Most Obedient Servants (Brit.)
YN: Japan, Manchukuo currency unit
Yndias: (Sp.) Indies marking to be applied to mail from the Americas addressed to Spain or the Caribbean islands, 18th century
Ynterior: (Sp.) misspelling of Interior; overprint of Spanish stamps for use in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1857
York EPS (Speed Post): United Kingdom postal strike: local post 1971
Yougoslavie: (Fr.) Yugoslavia
Young, Ladd & Coffin: inscription on Perfumery stamp; Private die proprietary stamps. Indo-Chinese Post Offices
Young’s City Parcel Delivery: private parcel delivery firm serviced Providence, R.I., 1890 used stamps
YP: Scott Catalog number prefix for Revolutionary Government Newspaper (Philippines)
Y-roulette: Y shape of each cut, as found on New Zealand issues, 1859-62, 1d and 1s
YT: Yukon Territory
Yteke: Donald Evans issue, Evans, Donald
YU: international postal code for Serbia & Montenegro
Yuan: currency unit in China, Manchukuo
Yucatan: state in Mexico, No.1, 5 centavos violet, issue during Mexican revolution, 1924
Yugoslavia: southern Europe on the Adriatic Sea, aka Jugoslavia; south-eastern Europe, currency: 100 heller = 1 krone (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 100 filler = 1 krone (Croatia-Slavonia) 100 paras = 1 dinar 1875, July 1: joined the UPU, 1918: formed as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; 1918, Nov.: Bosnia-Herzegovina had individual provincial stamps, 1918: Bosnia-Herzegovina issued semipostals, special delivery, 1918, Nov. 18: Croatia-Slavonia had individual provincial stamps which were stamps of Hungary overprinted “Hrvatska SHS” (Croatia Serbia, Hrvata, Slovenia), 1918: Croatia-Slavonia issued semipostal, special delivery, postage due, newspaper stamps, 1918, Dec.1: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia united as a kingdom to what became known as Yugoslavia, 1919, Jan. 3: Slovenia had individual provincial stamps, 1919: Slovenia issued postage due, newspaper stamps, 1920: Carinthia plebiscite semipostal stamp issued, 1921, Jan.16: No.1, 2 paras olive-brown, first definitives for entire country, 1921, Jan. 30: first semipostal, postage due stamps, 1921, Dec. 24: continued membership in the UPU as, 1929, Oct.: name changed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia (land of the Southern Slavs), 1931: first stamp inscribed as Jugoslavia, 1933, Sept. 17: first postal tax, postal tax due stamps, 1934, June 15: first air mail stamp, 1941: occupied by Germany, established separate governments for Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, each of which issued their own stamps, 1941-42: overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia for the Italian occupation of Fiume-Kupa Zone, 1941: province of Ljubljana (It.), Laibach (Ger.) occupied by Italy, issued “Co.Ci.” “Commissariato Civile” overprint on stamps of Yugoslavia, issued semipostals, air mails, postage dues, 1941, April 10: Croatia became an autonomous state, 1943: Yugoslav issued government-in-exile stamps from London for use of merchant navy, 1943: issued first Offices Abroad stamps, Offices Abroad semipostals, 1944: Laibach occupied by Germany used stamps of Italy overprinted / surcharged “Provinz Laibach,” regular postage, semipostal air mail, air mail special delivery, special delivery and postage due, 1944-post: Germans driven out and provisional government issued stamps for all of Yugoslavia, 1945, Nov. 29: republic replaced the monarchy, 1945: issues for Istria and the Slovene Coast (Zone B), first postage due, 1946, Nov.1: first official stamp, 1991: Macedonia declared its independence, 1992, Oct. 26: stamps of Yugoslavia surcharged for Bosnian Serb Administration 1993, June 28: first registered letter stamp, 1993-95: Republic of Serb Krajina, 2001, June 18: continued membership in the UPU as Serbia and Montenegro, 2003, Feb. 4: name changed to The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Trieste
Yugoslavia, German Occupation: 1944: stamps of Italy overprinted / surcharged
Yugoslavia, Italian Occupation: 1944: stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted / surcharged
Yugoslavia, Trieste: 1948: stamps issued by Yugoslav military government, 1954: Italy acquired northern section, Yugoslavia acquired southern section (Zone B)
Yu I: (Chinese) postal service
Yu-Kiang: local post, Kiangsi area, Central China, 1949
Yunnan Fou: overprint on stamps of French Indo-China, French Offices in China, 1906-19
Yunnansen: overprint on stamps of French Indo-China, French Offices in China, 1903-05
Yukon Airways & Exploration Co: local, Canada, 1927
Yukon Territorial Court Law Stamp: tax stamp issued in 1902 as part of the Yukon Territorial Courts
Yung-hsien: local post for West Szechuen, southwest China, 1949
Yun-Meng: local post, Kiangso area, central China, 1949
Yunnan: (Kunming) province of southwest China, 1926, Aug. 15: stamps of China overprinted in Chinese, overprint reads that stamps are only valid in Yunnan, 1935, July 31: stamps withdrawn due to local currency devaluation, French Post Offices, 1942: regional surcharge on stamps of China; China, Indo-Chinese Offices. 1949, Dec.: Southwest China Liberation Area issued stamps for Yunnan Province
Yunnansen, 1935, July 31: stamps withdrawn due to local currency devaluation, French Post Offices, China,
Yunquera: city in Spain, Spanish Civil War local post, Nationalist forces, 1937
YV: Yvert et Tellier catalog
Yvert & Tellier: stamp catalog for French speaking nations and the entire Mediterranean area.