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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 five "old" printed stamps and overprinted them with
a new image and a new value. The Japanese Chin set shown on the right
is one of these "Russian Overprints" from Dagestan. 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. Above is the stamp that was ultimately issued
with the Japanese Chin image from the overprint, put out by Abkhazia.
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The Gambia is a long and narrow country in West Africa that parallels and takes
in both sides of the Gambia River. It is surrounded by Senegal on
all sides, except on the Atlantic coast, and for this reason the
two countries have a lot of ethnic and cultural ties. In contrast to Senegal,
a former French colony, The Gambia was colonized by Britain and gained its
Independence on February 18, 1965.
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Somalia, also called the Somalia Democratic Republic, is located on the Horn of
Africa, the easternmost part of the African continent. Although it gained its
independence in 1960, nearly constant unrest has kept it from establishing a
lasting presence in the area.
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This stamp is closely related to the one above and was probably issued at
about the same time. The one pictured is considered a non-perf, since there are no
perforations around the stamps, so it would have been used as a souvenir
sheet only. I now have a stamp sold separately from the souvenir
sheet. See detail at right.
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This lovely
souvenir sheet was issued in 1991 by North Korea. It was incredibly
expensive since it was brought to the country via Canada (we have an embargo
against North Korea). I am not sure what it commemorates, but the artwork
is outstanding! I have finally found a source for them and for the moment, have
the souvenir sheet available.
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Russia or Russian Federation, independent republic in eastern Europe and
northern Asia, the worlds largest country by area. Russia was once
the largest and the most prominent republic of the Union of
Soviet socialist Republics(USSR, or Soviet Union). In 1991
the USSR broke apart and Russia became an independent country. In
general, Russia's climate is similar to that of Canada. Like Canada,
although colder and with greater temperature extremes in many places,
most of Russia has a harsh continental climate. although climate,
and to some dgree soils, limit the country's agricultural wealth.
mineral wealth is considerable. Russia's mineral resources are
unmatched by any other country. The capital and largest city is Moscow.
Russia constitutes more than one-ninth of the world's land area
and nearly twice the area of United States or china. Russia is the
sixth most populous country, after China, India, the United States,
Indonesia, and Brazil. The wealthy, known as the New Rich or New
Russians, since 1991, often live quite extravagantly. However, approximately a
quarter of the population live in poverty and another 25 to 30 percent
earn only slightly more than poverty wages. Many of the elderly,
mostly women on fixed incomes, are poor.
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