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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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