Stamp Desk

A stamp from somewhere. Read the clues. Which country? Learn the names countries print on their own stamps, from HELVETIA and SVERIGE to СССР and 大日本.

A mixed round takes ten stamps from all six packs.

Six packs of ten

Packs are teaching groups of ten chosen by the kind of clue (own-language names, other alphabets, no name, currency, plain names, mixed). They are not complete or official groupings; a country can appear in several packs.

Own names

Countries that sign in their own language: Helvetia, Sverige, Norge, Suomi, Danmark, Nederland, Ísland, Latvija and more.

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Other alphabets

Cyrillic, Greek, Japanese and Devanagari: learn the few letters that name the country.

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No name at all

The United Kingdom never names itself, and many early stamps skipped the country too. Read the other clues.

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Money talks

Øre, kopeks, shahiv, lepta, annas, sen: the currency often tells you where a stamp is from.

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Name in plain sight

English and French names written right on the stamp: a warm-up with famous designs.

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Mixed bag

Helvetia, Germania and Wilhelmina, numerals and overprints: ten stamps that mix every kind of clue.

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Names to know

Many countries sign their stamps in their own language or alphabet. These are the ones in the first release.

On the stamp	Country
HELVETIA	Switzerland (Latin name)
SVERIGE	Sweden
NORGE	Norway
DANMARK	Denmark
ÍSLAND	Iceland
SUOMI	Finland (FINLAND is the Swedish name)
NEDERLAND	the Netherlands
POCZTA POLSKA	Poland (“Polish Post”)
ČESKO-SLOVENSKÁ	Czechoslovakia
LATVIJA	Latvia
ΕΛΛΑΣ, ΕΛΛ.	Greece (Hellas)
СССР	the Soviet Union (USSR)
ПОЧТОВАЯ МАРКА	the Russian Empire (“postage stamp”)
УКРАЇНСЬКА	the Ukrainian People’s Republic
大日本	Japan (“Great Japan”)
जय हिन्द	India (“Jai Hind”)
REICHSPOST, DEUTSCHES REICH	the German Empire
K.K., ÖSTERREICH	Austria
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, RF	France
no name, a monarch’s head	the United Kingdom

All 60 stamps

Own names

Other alphabets

No name at all

Money talks

Name in plain sight

Mixed bag

About the stamps

Every stamp is a public-domain scan from Wikimedia Commons, chosen under a recorded rule (for example, its designer died more than 70 years ago). Shown at screen size for learning; these are illustrations, not valid postage. Every source and rule.

What is Stamp Desk?

A stamp mode inside Atlas Play: you see a real historical postage stamp and pick which country issued it from four choices. The reveal shows where the clue is, translates the inscription and adds the year and one fact.

Is there a daily stamp round?

Not yet. Stamp Desk starts with practice packs and mixed rounds of ten. A daily stamp round will only be added after every stamp has passed a human rights review.

Do stamp rounds change my streak?

No. Stamp results are kept separately from your flag results and never change your daily flag streak.