List of people on postage stamps of Abkhazia
This is a partial list of people featured on postage stamps of Abkhazia. These stamps are mainly issued for collectors.a The dates given are the dates of issue.
- Varvara Bubnova, Russian painter (30 November 30, 1995)[1]
- Dmitry Gulia, Abkhazian poet (January 19, 1994)[2]
- Alfred Kolakovsky, Russian botanist (December 22 1998)
There are also illegal stamps issued by "opportunistic printing companies acting like Abkhazians":
- John Lennon, British musician (1995)[3]b
- Groucho Marx, American comedian (1995)[3]b
Notes
- ^ Postage stamps of Abkhazia are not recognized by the Universal Postal Union and can only be used for postage inside Abkhazia.[3]
- ^ These stamps, issued as a pair – a play on Marx–Lenin – do not appear in catalogues of Abkhazian stamps, and were perhaps issued by opportunistic companies pretending to act on behalf of Abkhazia.[3]
References
- ↑ "Russians in Abkhazia". Former Soviet Union Postage Stamps Catalogue.
- ↑ "120th Birth Anniversary of D. Gulia". Former Soviet Union Postage Stamps Catalogue.
- 1 2 3 4 "Philatelists Just Wanna Have Fun". The New York Times. April 28, 1995. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
External links
- Abkhazia at Former Soviet Union Postage Stamps Catalogue (for full lists of legal stamps issued by the Abkhazia authorities since 1993)
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