List of people on stamps of Abkhazia
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This is a partial list of people featured on postage stamp
s of Abkhazia
. These stamps are mainly issued for collectors. The dates given are the dates of issue.
There are also illegal stamps
issued by "opportunistic printing companies acting like Abkhazians":
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
s of Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
. These stamps are mainly issued for collectors. The dates given are the dates of issue.
- Varvara BubnovaVarvara BubnovaVarvara Bubnova was a Russian painter, graphic artist and pedagogue.She was born in St. Petersburg in a family of Dmitry Kapitonovich Bubnov the bank clerk of lower rank....
, Russian painter (30 November 30, 1995) - Dmitry Gulia, Abkhazian poet (January 19, 1994)
- Alfred Kolakovsky, Russian botanist (December 22 1998)
There are also illegal stamps
Illegal stamps
Illegal stamps are postage stamp-like labels issued in the names of existing independent countries or territories used to defraud postal administrations, stamp collectors, and the general public. Often, but not always, a member nation of the Universal Postal Union will have asked the UPU to issue...
issued by "opportunistic printing companies acting like Abkhazians":
- John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, British musician (1995) - Groucho MarxGroucho MarxJulius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born...
, American comedian (1995)
External links
- Abkhazia at Former Soviet Union Postage Stamps Catalogue (for full lists of legal stamps issued by the Abkhazia authorities since 1993)