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The first stamps with inscriptions in two different alphabets were issued by the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1856. The value (in kopeks) was rendered in the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets. The first stamps issued by Moldavia were likewise inscribed in Roman and Cyrillic (1858 - 1862). The first stamps in Roman and Oriental scripts were issued by Hong Kong in 1862 (English and Chinese), followed by Shangai in 1865 (English and Chinese), Egypt in 1866 (Roman and Arabic). Jammu and Kashmir was the first country to issue stamps in two different Oriental scripts - Arabic and Hindi in 1866.
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