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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 Bulldog shown
above on the left is one of these "Russian Overprints"
from Komi. 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 right is the stamp
that was ultimately issued with the Bulldog image
from the overprint, put out by Kalmykia.
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Batum is a local Russian state just south of the Black Sea,
near Turkey. It is a Black Sea oil port at the end of an oil line.
In 1878 its turbulent modern history began when it was taken by Russia
from Turkey. Following the fall of the Tsar, the caucasion peoples
reasserted their independence and Turkey saw its chance to win back old
territory. Its troops entered Batum in april 1918. From this time
date letters handstamped Batumskaya Kontora during a shortage of stamps
at the Post Office and thus begins Batums philatelic history.
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This souvenir sheet was put out by the islands of Grenada and Grenadines in the
Caribbean. Grenada is described as a spice island, for 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,
specially 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. has two dependencies in the
Grenadines chain, Carriacou and Petit (often spelt Petite) Martinique.
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Guinea is partial heir to the series of west African empires
that, at their height before the arrival of the Europeans,
cast significant political and commercial influence over many
peoples from Guinea's Atlantic coast to the southern edge of
the Sahara. The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai spanned
the period from about the 10th to the 15th centuries.
French military penetration into the area began in the
mid-19th century. Guinea became an independent republic in 1958.
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This
super minisheet has scenes from the Disney movie Oliver and Company. One of the
characters in the movie was the nifty Bulldog shown enlarged with his
friends to the right.
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This souvenir sheet is from Ras al Khaima, one of the United Arab Emirates. This sheet
has some of the most unusual breeds, including the Jack Russel Terrier and a
Leonberger as well as the really nice Bulldog. Since this sheet is not perforated,
it would make a
wonderful center of a framed set of Bulldog stamps.
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This sheet (all Bulldogs) comes from Tadjikistan in 2000.
Tadjikistan plays a fascinating role in the
power struggle in central Asia. After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union and the
declaration of independence by the former
Soviet republics, Tadjikistan acquired
national sovereignty for the first time in
history. Inexperience, in conjunction with a
particular clan-oriented, regional-based,
political culture established the foundation
for the prolonged conflict that ensued in
post-Soviet Tadjikistan. The intensity of
this conflict has been further fueled by the
ethnic and historical externalities
of the unresolved political situation in
Afghanistan.
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The republic of Touva lies at the upper reaches of the Siberian Yenisey River and forms
a barrier between Russia and Mongolia. Since its independence from the former Soviet
Union, Tuva continues to struggle to work on the appropriate way to safeguard and
develop its own identity and sovereignty going through the difficult changes
from a command-orientated planned economy towards an open market economy. Like so
many other former Russian states, the diversity of the people is starting to be
felt as the original culture, traditions and religion are gaining more followers.
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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.