Identification of stamps is the most important part of stamp collecting. When a collector starts sorting out foreign stamps he is mostly likely to come across many which puzzle him. This maybe because a country's name is quite different in its own language than from what it is is in English, or on the the other hand , because the name of the country does not appear at all ! Great Britain which issued the world's first postage stamp has no name on it's stamp issues, just the Queen's head!. But Great Britain stamps can easily be recognized by the head of the reigning monarch. The list below will help you spot such stamps. Indian States are not included.