However, what you accidentally collect is beautiful enough to keep track of. 'The Ministry of Posts and Communications of Georgia therefore states that, as Abkhazia and South Ossetia form an integral part of the Republic of Georgia, all postage stamps bearing the words 'Republic of Abkhazia', 'Republic of South Ossetia' and 'Batumi Post ' are illegal and cannot be used as a method of payment.' 'In accordance with article 5 of the Universal Postal Convention, 'Only postal administrations shall issue postage stamps attesting payment of postage….' Those to have just appeared are stamps bearing the inscription 'Republic of Abkhazia' in Russian and Abkhazian and a caricature of President Clinton and Ms Lewinsky, and stamps bearing the words 'Batumi Post' in Georgian, Russian and English.

'The so-called Republic of Abkhazia and Republic of South Ossetia continue to issue postage stamps. The UPU says about this, on behalf of the state of Georgia: The stamps are illegal and not valid for postage. The stamps are made and distributed (sold) for the money. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, this became a self-governing territory within the state of Georgia.īatumi itself has never issued stamps, or had them made, since 1920. In 1920, the area was reassigned to the Russian Bolsheviks. These copies can be found on LastDodo under 'Batumi'. Russian stamps were also overprinted to meet the increasing demand for mail distribution. Due to a scarcity, own issues were made (imperforate and low quality), which were subsequently overprinted with 'British Occupation'. This is the only period to date that 'official' stamps have been issued for the area. In April 1918, Batumi again briefly fell into Turkish hands, then Great Britain occupied the area from December 1918 to July 1920. Model trains / Railway modelling (11,866)īatumi was annexed by Russia, to the detriment of the Ottoman Empire, in 1878 under the Treaty of San Stefano between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.Figures / Statuettes / Figurines / Miniatures (80,699).

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