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This stamp from Adjaria was issued in 1999.
Adjaria is an Autonomous Republic within Georgia, of the former Soviet Union. It is one of the most beautiful parts, situated to the southwest of the Georgian Republic.
Great Pyrenees Adjaria Stamp... SOLD OUT


This lovely issue is from Albania issued in 1966.
Albania is located 9in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro. It is slightly smaller than Maryland. The climate is mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter. The terrain is mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast. The natural hazards are destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods and drought. Their religion is 70% Muslim. Poor and backward by European standards, Albania is making the difficult transition to a more modern open-market economy. Severe energy shortages are forcing small firms out of business, increasing unemployment, scaring off foreign investors, and spurring inflation. They have the poorest telephone service in Europe with fewer than two telephones per 100 inhabitants; it is doubtful that every village has telephone service.
Great Pyrenees Albania Stamp... $5.95 each


This stamp from Altai was issued in 2004.
The collapse of the Soviet Union has created a gold mine for stamp collectors. The local governments have issued some wonderful stamps in an effort to sell them to the world market and not even have to provide the associated service of mailing letters with them. This is a real boon when you see the number of Russian stamps issued below. Altai is also from the Russian block and is in southeast Western Siberia. It was noted as the largest agricultural producer in the Soviet Union.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union is bringing to light the enormous diversity of the indigenous people who were kept under its rule. The Altaics were a nomadic, herding people for millennia. They had a native language and customs. Several related groups are now considered more self-ruling, such as Dagestan, Kyrgyzstan and Altai. In 1997, Altai started to issue unique stamps and some of them were of different breeds of dogs. By 2000, they issued this attractive Pomeranian stamp for our collections.
Great Pyrenees Altai Stamp... $4.95 each


This stamp of a Great Pyrenees was put out by Angola in 2000.
Angola is in Africa near the Congo and on the Atlantic Coast. Portuguese is the official language of the government and business, but only about 42 percent of the population of 10 million is literate, 56 percent of males and 28 percent of females. The current issues facing the country are overuse of pastures and subsequent soil erosion attributable to population pressures; desertification; deforestation of tropical rain forest, in response to both international demand for tropical timber and to domestic use as fuel, resulting in loss of biodiversity; soil erosion contributing to water pollution and siltation of rivers and dams; inadequate supplies of potable water. Angola is a developing country at war, and civil unrest has been ongoing since the country's 1975 independence from Portugal.
Great Pyrenees Angola Stamp... $4.95 each


This stamp from the Principal of Andorra was issued in 1988. I also do not have a source for this one at this time. The name translates to Mastiff of the Pyrenees.
Not available at this time.


The economy in Russia since the break up of the Soviet Union has such high inflation that stamps that were previously issued are 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 Great Pyrnees shown above is one of these "Russian Overprints" from Askamayana. These stamps come in a set of five different colored stamps, all with the same overprint as shown in the detail on the right. 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. Unfortunately I do not have the original stamp that replaced the overprint.
Great Pyrenees Overprint from Askamayana... $12.95 each set of 5 colors


A nice rendition from Central Africa issued in 2000.
Central Africa Republic (CAR), landlocked republic in central Africa, bordered on the north by Chad, on the east by Sudan, on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and on the west by Cameroon. A former french colony, which became independent on August 31, 1960, the CAR was known as the Central African Empire from 1976 to 1979 under the autocratic rule of self-styled,emperor Jean Bedel Bokassa. The CAR has an area of 622,984 sq mi. Bangui is the Capital. French is the official language and tribal languages.
Great Pyrenees Central Africa Stamp... $4.95 each


Chad is in Northern Africa between Libya and the Republic of Central Africa.
Great Pyrenees Chad Stamp... $5.95 each


Great Pyrenees are sort of unique in the Dog Stamp world. They have essentially two types of stamps -- either the old established ones that we have enjoyed for years, or new issues from the local Russian governments. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economy has been in very sad shape. One of the possible ways for a local government to generate world currency is to issue stamps that can be collected on the open market while not requiring the associated postal service. This was the first of our Russian stamps. It was issued in 1996 from the Republic of Dagestan. I expect it to remain available. Nice, huh?
Great Pyrenees Dagestan Stamp... SOLD OUT


Then, just for good measure, Evenkia issued the same photo on their stamp in 1999. Evenkia is in the far northern region of central Russia. The native people were nomads who depend on hunting and reindeer for their livelihood for centuries. The Soviet government tried to bring these people under their rule but the climatic conditions are very harsh and it was difficult to exploit the natural resources, so much of the country was still undominated when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991.
Great Pyrenees Evenkia Stamp... $4.95 each


Hakasia issued this lovely stamp in 2001.
Hakasia is located in the south of Serbia, next to the Sayan-Altay Mountains and Yenisey River and the the north Altay Republic. Its capital is the city of Abakan. The real name of Hakas people who speak Turkish is Koray people. They are composed of four tribes. Hakasia is devoted to its own language, culture and traditions and there is a university, technical institute, and institutes for linguistic, historical and literary researches in Hakasia. There are also various cultural and artistic institutuins, 4 theatres, library and museums as well as music and art schools. Hakas Turks are Christians, but they continue their Shamanist beliefs and traditions. Agriculture, stockbreeding and timber productions are the means of subsistence in the region. Breeding of sheep horses, cattle, and beekeeping are also the signicant means of subsistence.
Great Pyrenees Hakasia Stamp 1... $4.95 each


Hakasia issued this lovely stamp, also in 2001.
See the stamp above for information on Hakasia.
Great Pyrenees Hakasia Stamp 2... $4.95 each


This fine stamp was issued by Kalmykia in 2001.
Kalmykia is a republic within the Russian Federation. The Kalmyks settled the Volga River region in the seventeenth century. A Mongol people, they were originally Buddhist in faith. Annexed to Russian in 1771, a Kalmyk Autonomous Province was created by the Bolsheviks in 1920. This was abolished during the Second World War, when, in common with many other ethnic minorities, the Kalmyks were deemed to have displayed insufficient enthusiasm for fighting for Communism. The customary mass deportations followed. An Autonomous Republic was re-established in 1958.
Great Pyrenees Kalmykia Stamp... $4.95 each


'Put on a happy face'. This wonderful stamp is from Karakalpakia, issued in 1999.
Karakalpakia, now under the domain of Uzbekistan, is on the edge of the shrinking Aral Sea, which has recently revealed a shocking scale of environmentally induced disease. Women and children are most severely affected from the spread of pesticides and other pollutants as the lake - once the fourth largest in the world - has turned into a desert, its waters siphoned off to irrigate vast cotton fields and rice paddies in Central Asia. Over 20 per cent of the young women, aged 13-19, have kidney disease, and another 23 per cent suffer from thyroid dysfunctions. And many women have high levels of lead, zinc and strontium in their blood. Although the Aral Sea probably has less than 10 years of life left, if nothing is done to salvage what remains of it, the 1.1 million residents of Karakalpakia are under immediate health threats. If nothing is done to improve the health of the people we may be witnessing the end of another entire society as a result of human folly. This stamp was issued in 1999.
Great Pyrenees Karakalpakia Stamp... $5.95 each


Karelia is on the northwest corner of Russia, bordering Finland, to which it once belonged. The Republic of Karelia is a remarkably beautiful land of white nights, boundless forests, and blue lakes. It is located on the border of Western and Eastern Europe, on the border of cultures and religions. Severe beauty of its nature, the climate, not too favourable in these latitudes, the coexistence and intermingling of various peoples inhabiting this land for centuries all that conditioned the character of the people living here: very laconic, self-assured, contemplative, and tolerant people. It also accounts for the fact that there is no national strife and terrorism in this land. Both of these stamps from Karelia were issued in 1999.
Great Pyrenees Karelia Stamp(left)... $4.95 each
Great Pyrenees Karelia Stamp(right)... $4.95 each


This is another of the beautiful Russian local stamps that have become available in the last few years, 1999. This one is from Koriakia, a region on the far upper right edge of the Russian Union, near Kamchatka and the northern passage to Alaska.
Koriakia and Kolyma Region, going southwest we cross huge ecotone between artic tundra and boreal forests. Zonal vegetation here is very specific unique for the world thickets of Siberian Dwarf Pine. The Pines produce cones with nuts and are the intial component for a lot of food chains. The weather in summer is mainly good, however sometimes in chilly evenings it is more comfortable in a sweater; also need in warm weather rain clothes and high rubber boots in most areas. problems are mosquitos and ticks. Local Russians take vaccines against these.
Great Pyrenees Koriakia Stamp... $4.95 each


This interesting stamp was issued by Kyrgyzstan, also in 1999. This landlocked central Asian country has only recently come on the world stamp market with some wonderful new offerings. The Kyrgyz are descendants of the nomadic Mongol herders who first settled the area. The Kyrgyz settled in today's Kyrgyzstan by the sixteenth century. But by 1876, the Russian empire had annexed and colonized the region. After 1936 an autonomous region of Turkestan Republic became the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic. In August 1991, it declared independence in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in Moscow.
Great Pyrenees Kyrgyzstan Stamp... $5.95 each


Liberia is an independent republic which lies on the on the bulge of Africa between Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast. The official language of Liberia is English but several local 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.
Great Pyrenees Liberia Stamp... $4.95 each


This is not actually a stamp, but one of those serendipitous finds that a dog person revels in. It is from Nanjing China and was issued about 20 years ago. These were premiums in match boxes somewhat like the premiums in our Cracker Jacks. I bought the set because it had a cartoon Borzoi in it for my collection. The vendor had two of the sets and I figured that I could come back for the other one. Of course, it was gone when I got back and I have never seen such a thing since. There is only one of this treasure for the first lucky person.
Great Pyrenees Nanjing, China Stamp... SOLD OUT


This lovely stamp of 'children and dogs' was issued by New Zealand in 1974.
The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. About 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world. The seat of government in New Zealand was moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865, largely on the basis of Wellington's central geographical position.
Auckland is New Zealand's largest urban area with population of just under a million people. It is NOT the capital, although it was at one time, until the capital moved to Wellington. Auckland has more boats per capita than anywhere else in the world, and is the current residence of the America's Cup. It is a water lover's paradise, with some of the best beaches, swimming, diving, fishing, sailing, windsurfing and watersports in the country. New Zealand consists of the North Island (Auckland is located here), and South Island.
Great Pyrenees New Zealand Stamp... $4.95 each


This beautiful stamp was issued by Para Timor in 2000.
Para Timor produced this lovely body pose and headstudy in 2000. East Timor is an area of Indonesia that recently voted to become independent. There is much unrest still since the current government does not want to give up power.
Great Pyrenees Para Timor Stamp... $4.95 each


This wonderful old stamp was put out by Poland in 1963. It is listed as a Tatra Mountain Dog, but has always been recognized as probably a Great Pyrenees.
Poland is located in Central Europe, east of Germany and is slightly smaller than New Mexico. Climate is temperate with cold, windy, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms. The terrain is mostly flat plain; mountains along the southern border; Natural resources consist of coal, sulphur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, and arable land. Natural hazard of the area is flooding. The situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by postcommunist governments. Historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain.
Great Pyrenees Poland Stamp... $5.95 each


This lovely stamp listed as a 'Romanian Sheepdog and Herder' was issued in 1982.
Romania is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea. between Bulgaria and Ukraine. It is slightly smaller than Oregon. The climate is temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog, sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms. They have the following resources petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron, ore, salt, arable land, hydropower. They also have natural hazards of earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; Geologic structure and climate promote landslides. Environment current issues include soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; the capital is Bucharest.
Great Pyrenees Romania Stamp... $5.95 each


This stamp from San Marino is also probably a variation of the Mountain Sheep dogs known as a Maremma. It was issued in 1956.
San Marino is a republic in southern Europe, an enclave in northern Italy, east of Florence. San Marino is one of the smallest republics in the world, covering about 24 square miles. In 1940, movie producer Darryl Zanuck thought it would make a pretty backdrop for his film, "Prince of Foxes." So he rented the whole country. This stamp was issued in 1994. It says that it is for the International Dog Exposition, but that was also the Year of the Dog, so it might have had a dual purpose.
Great Pyrenees San Marino Stamp... $5.95 each


This stamp was put out in 1972 by the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah. At one time, it was about the only Pyrenees stamp that we had.
Sharjah is the third largest of the seven states, which forms the United Arab Emirates that became fully independent in 1971. From that time, it has attracted attention -- first because of its oil reserves and its strategic location but now in addition to those, because of its program of economic and social development. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, the UAE has witnessed the creation of a truly modern welfare state. Education, health care and social services are available to all citizens.
Great Pyrenees Sarjah Stamp... $5.95 each


Tatarstan is a former Russian dependent near the Volga River with the capital of Kazan. In 1992, it was established with the new status of Republic. This set of stamps was issued in 1999, including the magnificent Great Pyrenees stamp above.
Great Pyrenees Tatarstan Stamp... $5.95 each


Both of these stamps were issued by Touva in 1999. Touva is a region of Russia in southern Siberia. There is some discussion whether many of these Russian stamps are valid, since there is often controversy over the independence of these regions. We don't argue when they produce dogs stamps with our breed on it :-)
Touva (often spelled Tuva) is a country in the southern area of Siberia. It's a unique place with the landscapes ranging from the desert to the permafrost, and local fauna-from camels to reindeers. Touva is known as almost the only place in the world where shamanism, a very ancient religion, is preserved, kept and cultivated in its original form.
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.
Great Pyrenees Touva Stamp(left)... $4.95 each
Great Pyrenees Touva Stamp(right)... $4.95 each



The issue date for this lovely stamp is 1999.
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.
Great Pyrenees Turkmenistan Stamp... $5.95 each

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Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheets


Christmas Island is a dependency of Australia, in the Indian Ocean, south of the western tip of Java. The stamps that are issued on islands like this are for postage only around the island itself or to the mainland post office. They are typically affixed to the upper left corner, with main post office stamps on the upper right corner for travel of the mail to other destinations. This lovely Souvenir Sheet was issued in 1994 in commemoration of the Year of the Dog and it shows a Lhasa Apso and the puppy Great Pyrenees. It is a beautiful central piece for any Pyrenees collection.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Christmas Island... $12.95 each


This is a Souvenir Sheet from Eritrea that was issued in 1984. It is cancelled on the day of issue. The dog is listed as a Pyrenean Mountain Dog. Eritrea is a country in north eastern Africa just south of Egypt against the Red Sea. Once at the center of a great trading crossroads in the ancient world, Eritrea has been isolated and ravaged by conflict for much of its recent history. From the 4th to the 6th century it was part of the Aksumite Empire, and later part of the Ottoman Empire. Italy captured it at the end of the 19th century, and Great Britain controlled it during World War II. When the U.N. combined Eritrea with Ethiopia in 1952, its struggle for liberation began in earnest. This stamp was issued during that time. It won independence in 1993, but remains locked in bitter border battles with its neighbor, Ethiopia.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Eritrea... $7.95 each



This nice souvenir sheet was issued by Liberia. The headstudy at the right is a detail of the picture in the middle top row on the sheet above.
Liberia is an independent republic which lies on the on the bulge of Africa between Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast. The official language of Liberia is English but several local 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.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Liberia... $12.95 each



Tristan da Cunha is a group of small volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, administered as part of the British dependency of Saint Helena. Tristan, the largest and only permanently inhabited island (with a population of about 300), has a volcano thought to be extinct until 1961, when an eruption occurred. Most of the inhabitants are descendants of British soldiers who were stationed on Tristan da Cunha during the captivity of Napoleon on Saint Helena. All inhabitants were evacuated following the volcanic eruption in 1961, but returned in 1963. This wonderful minisheet was produced in 1980 of various nursery rhymes. The stamp in the upper right is of Little Jack Horner who sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. The lovely companion with him is his Great Pyrenees.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Tristan da Cunha... $12.95 each


Vanuatu is actually a group of more than 80 islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia. It was first visited by the Portuguese in 1606. It was charted and named New Hebrides by James Cook in 1774, and was finally granted independence as the Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. This wonderful Christmas Souvenir Sheet was issued in 1982. The shepherd dog in the lower left corner is probably a Great Pyrenees. What a wonderful addition to any Pyrenees collection.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Vanuatu... SOLD OUT



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.
Today, Russia's interests in Tadjikistan center around preserving its economic and geopolitical position in Central Asia. These interests, however, conflict with those of the newly independent states in the region, which are focused on preventing Tadjikistan from becoming a "Russian protectorate." In this respect, resolution of the civil war in Tadjikistan is part of the broader problems of reconstituting global spheres of influence and establishing a "new world order" in the wake of the Soviet collapse.
In addition to the seemingly obvious military, strategic, and geopolitical factors, there are critical economic issues that underlie Russia's interests in retaining Tadjikistan within its sphere of influence. Tadjikistan is a mountainous country, rich in fuel and mineral deposits. Tadjikistan's potential to generate hydroelectric power is second only to Russia among CIS member states. Moreover, not so long ago, Tadjikistan was Moscow's main supplier of several minerals, as well as cotton. Finally, the country has the resources and infrastructure to become a major industrial power in the region.
This country is worth studying on its own and now it has issued some of the nicest stamps available from any country.
This is probably one of the most amazing mini sheets ever produced. There are eighteen breeds represented and they have managed to run a perforation line through all but one. My, what an accomplishment. The Great Pyrenees is shown enlarged to the left.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Tadjikistan... $7.95 each



Since 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC); formerly called Zaire) has been rent by ehtnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive inflow in 1994 of refugees from the fighting in Rwanda and Burundi. Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) is located n Central Africa, northeast of Angola. It is slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US. The climate is tropical; hot and humid on equatorial river basun; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; The capital is Kinshasa.
Great Pyrenees Souvenir Sheet from Zaire... $7.95 each

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