31 de octubre de 2024

MY COLLECTION OF OVAL COUNTRY STICKERS




Hello everyone,
My name is Ángel Corbí and I collect oval country stickers. My collection comprises over 200 oval plates and stickers from 85 countries and territories in the world. 
Every oval has been purchased from its country of origin. If you are interested in exchanging oval stickers with me, you can write me through this blog. 



Europe


Austria
                                                                                   
Albania

Andorra

Belgium

Bulgaria

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina)
                                                                                   
Belarus (Byelorussia)

Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica)

Cyprus
                                                                 
Czechia
                                
Germany (Deutschland)

Denmark
                                                                  
Spain (España)

Estonia
                  
France

Finland

Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein)

Greece
       
Hungary

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Italy

Ireland

Iceland (Ísland)

Luxembourg

Lithuania

Latvia
                                                      
Monaco
                                                                                   
Moldova
                                                                 
Montenegro
                                                        
Norway
                                                                                         
Netherlands


North Macedonia


Portugal

Poland
Romania

San Marino

Russia

Sweden

Slovakia

Slovenia

Serbia

Ukraine

United Kingdom



Asia




Armenia

Azerbaijan
                                                                                    
Georgia

State of Israel

Japan

Kyrgyzstan (unofficial though widely used)

Kazakhstan

Laos
                                                                                  
Palestine

South Korea
                                                                                               
Thailand

Turkey (from Azerbaijan)

United Arab Emirates
  
Uzbekistan



The Americas

                
                                                                  
Brazil
                                                                              
Canada
                                                                                    
Costa Rica

Ecuador

Mexico
                                                                                          
Panama

Paraguay

Argentina
    
USA

 

Africa


Algeria (El Dzayir)
                                                                 
Morocco (Al Maghrib)

Namibia

Tunisia 

South Africa (Zuid-Afrika)

Oceania

                                          
Australia

New Zealand
                                 
Dependencies with UN distinguishing sign


                                         
Faroe Islands (Føroyar)
                                                                  
Alderney

Guernsey

Jersey

Isle of Man
                                                                  
Gibraltar



Historic

                                               
East Germany
(Deutsche Demokratische Republik; used 1974-1990)
                                                                   
Great Britain (used 1910-2021; no longer official


North Macedonia (Makedonija; used 1992-2019)

Serbia and Montenegro
(Srbija i Crna Gora; used 2003-2006)

Yugoslavia (used 1954-2003)


Diplomatic
             

Unofficial stickers



Antarctica

Asturias (historic region in Spain)

Bilbao

Brittany (Breizh)

Catalonia

European Union

Basque Country (Euskal Herria)

Gibraltar (unofficial)
                                                                                   
Northern Ireland
                                                                                  
Kosovo

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Serbia (used before 2006)

Silesia (historic región in today´s Poland, Czechia and Germany)


Txantrea (a neighbourhood in Pamplona, Spain)



                                                                                  









List of world ovals (which appear in the UN lists)


A - Austria
AFG - Afghanistan
AL - Albania
AM - Armenia
AND - Andorra
AUS - Australia
AZ - Azerbaijan

B - Belgium
BD - Bangladesh
BDS - Barbados
BF - Burkina Faso
BG - Bulgaria
BH - Belize
BIH - Bosnia & Herzegovina
BOL - Bolivia
BR - Brazil
BRN - Bahrain
BRU - Brunei
BS - Bahamas
BUR - Burma (Myanmar)
BVI - Virgin Islands (British crown dependency)
BW - Botswana
BY - Belarus

C or CU - Cuba
CAM - Cameroon
CDN - Canada
CH - Switzerland
CI - Ivory Coast
CL - Sri Lanka
CO - Colombia
CR - Costa Rica
CY - Cyprus
CZ - Czechia

D - Germany
DK - Denmark
DOM - Dominican Republic
DY - Benin
DZ - Algeria

E - Spain
EAK - Kenya
EAT - Tanganyka (Tanzania)
EAU - Uganda
EAZ - Zanzibar (Tanzania)
EC - Ecuador
ER - Eritrea
ES - El Salvador
EST - Estonia
ET - Egypt
ETH - Ethiopia

F - France
FIN - Finland
FJI - Fiji
FL - Liechtenstein
FO - Faroe Islands (Denmark)

G - Gabon
GBA - Alderney (British crown dependency)
GBG - Guernsey (British crown dependency)
GBJ - Jersey (British crown dependency)
GBM - Isle of Man (British crown dependency)
GBZ - Gibraltar (UK)
GCA - Guatemala
GE - Georgia
GH - Ghana
GR - Greece
GUY - Guyana

H - Hungary
HKJ - Jordan
HR - Croatia

I - Italy
IL - State of Israel
IND - India
IR - Iran
IRL - Ireland
IRQ - Iraq
IS - Iceland

J - Japan
JA - Jamaica

KG/KGZ - Kyrgyzstan
KH - Cambodia
KWT - Kuwait
KZ - Kazakhstan

L - Luxembourg
LAO - Laos
LAR - Libya
LS - Lesotho
LT - Lithuania
LV - Latvia

M - Malta
MA - Morocco
MAL - Malaysia
MC - Monaco
MD - Moldova
MEX - Mexico
MGL - Mongolia
MK - North Macedonia
MNE - Montenegro
MOC - Mozambique
MS - Mauritius
MW - Malawi

N - Norway
NAM - Namibia
NAU - Nauru
NEP - Nepal
NIC - Nicaragua
NL - Netherlands
NZ - New Zealand

P - Portugal
PA - Panama
PE - Peru
PK - Pakistan
PL - Poland
PNG - Papua New Guinea
PS - Palestine
PY - Paraguay

Q - Qatar

RA - Argentina
RC - Taiwan [*]
RCA - Central African Republic
RCB - Congo-Brazzaville
RCH - Chile
RG - Guinea-Conakry
RH - Haiti
RI - Indonesia
RIM - Mauritania
RL - Lebanon
RM - Madagascar
RMM - Mali
RN - Niger
RNR - Zambia 
RO - Romania
ROK - South Korea
RP - Philippines
RSM - San Marino
RU - Burundi
RUS - Russia
RWA - Rwanda

S - Sweden
SA - Saudi Arabia
SD - Eswatini (Swaziland)
SGP - Singapore
SK - Slovakia
SLO - Slovenia
SME - Suriname
SN - Senegal
SO - Somalia
SRB - Serbia
SUD - Sudan
SY - Seychelles
SYR - Syria

T - Thailand
TCH / TD - Chad
TG - Togo
TJ - Tajikistan
TM - Turkmenistan
TN - Tunisia
TR - Turkey
TT - Trinidad & Tobago

UA - Ukraine
UK - United Kingdom
USA - United States
UY or ROU - Uruguay
UZ - Uzbekistan

V - Vatican
VN - Vietnam

WAG - Gambia
WAL - Sierra Leone
WAN - Nigeria
WD - Dominica
WG - Grenada
WL - Saint Lucia
WS - Samoa
WV - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

YAR - Yemen
YV - Venezuela

ZA - South Africa
ZRE - Democratic Republic of Congo
ZW - Zimbabwe

[*] state with limited international recognition

                                                                                    
Acknowledgements:


Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to my collection: 
Dulce Martínez Corbí and Luis Mazza from Spain,
Daniel Lyčka (www.danplate.wz.cz) and Radek Šikýř 
(rsikyr.wixsite.com/ovalstickers), from the Czech Republic
Laurence Winter, from England
Xavier Uzureau and Sébastien Weissenburger, from France, 
Olav Arne Brekke, from Norway (www.olavsplates.com), 
Sander Elie, from the Netherlands (www.europlates.eu), 
Bart Główczyk, Maciej Konarowski and Jakub Konarowski, from Poland, 
and many others.