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DSG [DDSG] — privileged Danube steamship company (Austria). The companies steamers sailed the Danube to the Black sea and the Aegean sea. In 1845, steamship lines was limited to the Danube. In the Danube countries under Turkish rule, mail was almost absent, and the ships took correspondence, on the border of Austria passed the domestic mail. In 1840 the society got right to establish their own postal service. Issued own stamps with the image of the anchors and the name of the society (the first brand in 1866) — a total of 4 stamps. In 1880 stamps withdrawn from circulation. Brand companies used only outside of Austria.

Postage stamps of the Danube shipping company

DUBAI [Dubai] Arab Principality on the coast of the Persian Gulf. Since 1971, the United Arab Emirates. In 1909-48 years in Dubai worked as a post office of British India. Used stamps of British India. In 1948, entered into circulation stamps of the British mail in East Arabia, and in 1961 — stamps of Trucial Oman. Own brand was produced from 1963. This is a standard and an airmail stamps with original drawings. Issued commemorative stamps and blocks, postage due stamps (until 1972), since 1973, in the treatment of brand UAE.

Postage stamp of Dubai.

DUBASOV, Ivan Ivanovich (born in 1897) — Soviet painter, honored artist of the RSFSR, the author of many postage stamps. In 1922 the winner of the competition to mark the 5th anniversary of the October revolution. 25 January 1924, established the original funeral marks the memory of V. I. Lenin. Since Dubasov in almost 50 years has created more than 100 drawings of stamps, distinguished by high artistic skill, deep ideological content. Among them are more than 20 brands of Leniniana. Widely known for his brand, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the storming of Perekop by the red Army the heroic deeds of the Soviet people in the great Patriotic war. He is the author of stamps with portraits of A. I. Herzen, I. I. Mechnikov, A. S. Griboedov, A. Navoi, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Gorky, and many other figures of science and culture. In addition to the original brands, Dubasov has fulfilled the projects of the State emblem of the USSR, order of Lenin, the star of Hero of Soviet Union, medal "For labour distinction" and "For labour valour", created the originals of all banknotes last 4 decades of the USSR.

DUBROVSKY PROVISORY (Yakutsk) — a local issue of 1920, the revaluation of plying brands in the ratio 1:100, — handwritten in red ink the new denomination "10 f" on a postage stamp of Russia with overprint "10 K." on the 7 kop.

DUCATS is the currency of the Kingdom of the two Sicily, is 100 Grand or 200 tornesi.