A military stamp, is a
postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ...
used by a military organisation, in time of war, or while ensuring a peace keeping operation. Often the letters will be transported by the army itself until they reach the country of destination. These stamps were widely used during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
by soldiers wishing to send mail home to their families. The usage of these stamps has been somewhat phased out by the appearance of electronic means of communication.
Some army issues include:
*China Expeditionary Forces (1900-1921)
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Indian Expeditionary Forces (1914-1922)
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British occupation of Mafia Island (1915-1916)
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British Field Office in Salonica (1916)
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Nyasaland Field Force (1916)
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Egyptian Expeditionary Force
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Force in Egypt (1914–15), at the beginning of ...
(1918)
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Indian Expeditionary Force D
The Indian Army during World War I was involved World War I. Over one million Indian troops served overseas, of whom 62,000 died and another 67,000 were wounded. In total at least 74,187 Indian soldiers died during the war.
In World War I the ...
(1919)
*British Forces in Egypt (1932-1939)
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Middle East Forces (1942-1947)
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East Africa Forces (1943-1946)
*Indian National Army (World War II)
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Indian Custodian Forces in Korea (1953)
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International Commission in Indo-China (1954-1968)
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Indian UN Force in Congo (1962)
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Indian UN Force in Gaza (1965)
File:India CEF 1913-21 ScM24.jpg, China Expeditionary Forces
File:India IEF 1914 ScM34.jpg, Indian Expeditionary Forces
File:GermanEastAfrica2-5heller1915hohenzollern-grmafiaovpt.jpg, British occupation of Mafia Island
File:Stamp Palestine 1918 20pi.jpg, Egyptian Expeditionary Force
File:Stamp Mesopotamia 1919 0.5a Mosul.jpg, Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mosul
Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...
File:Stamp UK MEF 1942 2p.jpg, Middle East Forces
File:Stamp UK Somalia 1943 5p.jpg, East Africa Forces
File:Stamp of India - 1953 - Colnect 925675 - 1 - Trimurti - overprinted.jpeg, Indian Custodian Forces in Korea
File:Stamp of India - 1968 - Colnect 938271 - 1 - Somnath Temple 13th Century - overprinted.jpeg, International Commission in Indo-China
File:Stamp of India - 1962 - Colnect 757426 - 1 - Map of India - overprinted.jpeg, Indian UN Force in Congo
File:Stamp of India - 1965 - Colnect 770938 - Indian UN Force in Gaza Palestine.jpeg, Indian UN Force in Gaza
Philatelic terminology
stamp
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