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not of enough value to mail a letter any more, so to remedy the situation, the local Post
Offices have taken blocks of four "old" printed stamps and overprinted them with
a new image and a new value. The Basset Hound shown above
is one of these "Russian Overprints" from Amurskaya. These stamps
come in a set of five different colored stamps all with the same
overprint. Last time that I got in some overprints, I assumed
that they would remain available. I was wrong and I never saw
more copies of those. I expect these to be equally as rare and
collectable. There is no telling how many of the overprints they
produced (not many), since they were never designed to be sold
on the world market. They are of value for mailing letters only for a short while until
the actual stamps can be printed. To the right is a sample of an overprinted set.
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not of enough value to mail a letter any more, so to remedy the situation, the local Post
Offices have taken blocks of four "old" printed stamps and overprinted them with
a new image and a new value. The Basset Hound shown above
is one of these "Russian Overprints" from Buriatia. These stamps
come in a set of five different colored stamps all with the same
overprint. Last time that I got in some overprints, I assumed
that they would remain available. I was wrong and I never saw
more copies of those. I expect these to be equally as rare and
collectable. There is no telling how many of the overprints they
produced (not many), since they were never designed to be sold
on the world market. They are of value only for a short while
until the actual stamps can be printed. On the left is the stamp
that was ultimately issued with the Basset Hound image from the overprint, put out by Touva.
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island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence,
Dominca's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration
was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female
prime minister in the caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years.
It is slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC.
The climate is tropical and the terrain has rugged mountains of
volcanic origin. It is known as "The Nature Island of the Caribbean"
due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which
are protected by an extensive natural park system. The official
language is English. The capital is Roseau.
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Grenada is described as a spice island, because it produces large quantities of cloves and
mace and about a third of the world’s nutmeg. It also grows cacao, sugar,
bananas and a wide variety of other fruit and vegetables. Some of its beaches,
especially Grand Anse, a dazzling two-mile stretch of white sand, are very fine,
but the rest of the island is just as beautiful, rising from a generally rugged
coast to a spectacular mountainous interior. The island is green, well forested
and cultivated and is blessed with plenty of rain in the wet season. Grenada is
the most southerly of the Windward Islands. In contrast to other Windward Islands,
which have had a similar history of disputed ownership between the French and
English, the French cultural influence in Grenada has completely died out. The
population is very young; 38% are under 15 years old and nearly
26% are in the 15-29 years’ age bracket.
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languages are more widely spoken. In 1980 a military coup
overthrew the government and led to economic mismanagement and
debt. A democratically elected government was elected in 1997;
however, the war had severely damaged the economy through the
loss of facilities and foreign investment.
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After Independence in 1961 successive
governments were dominated by a small
political elite who exclusively profited from
the lucrative trade in diamonds. Little of
this national income trickled down to benefit
the rest of the population. After much
fighting and insurection the UN was finally
convinced to send a peacekeeping force that
was in the news for many months. This minisheet was issued
in 1997.
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Annexed by Russia between 1865 and 1885, Turkmenistan became a Soviet
republic in 1925. It achieved its independence upon the dissolution
of the USSR in 1991. President NIYAZOV retains absolute control over
the country and opposition is not tolerated. Extensive Hudrocarbon/natural
gas reserves could prove a boon to this underdeveloped country if
extraction and delivery projects were to be expanded. Turkmenistan is
on the east side of the Caspian Sea, just above Iran. It is slightly
larger than California in size. Its terrain is flat-to-rolling sandy
desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains
along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west. The religion is
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%. The capital is Ashgabsat.
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This beautiful new minisheet is from Zambia in Africa, issued in 2000. The
artwork and atmosphere are absolutely stunning. A detail of the Basset is to the
left.
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