Not sure if this is propaganda or the truth, but it´s interesting anyhow. Yes, it´s from Wikipedia!
Showing posts with label Abkhazia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abkhazia. Show all posts
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Friday, August 31, 2018
Send this rottweiler to Suchumi
My review of fake postage stamps on sale from Amazon. So that´s OK, but "biased reviews" are a no-no? LOL!
Abkhazia is a small republic at the Russian-Georgian
border. It's “independence” has only been recognized by Russia and a few
Russian allies. Most international observers consider it a Russian
protectorate. In 1992-93, Abkhazia (then part of Georgia) was the scene of a
brutal civil war between Georgians and the Abkhaz, the latter backed by Russia.
The Georgian president Eduard Shevarnadze was trapped in Abkhazia's capital
Suchumi, but narrowly escaped before the city fell to the rebels and their
Russian allies. The conflict is still unresolved, being just one of many ethnic
conflicts in this volatile region. The Russian ski resort of Sochi, where the
next Winter Olympic Games are about to be held, is just a stone throw away…
While these tragic events were unfolding, the international market was flooded by postage stamps supposedly from Abkhazia. While some of these stamps may have been genuine and actually used at rebel-controlled territory, most are probably bogus. What are we to make of a pair of “Abkhaz” stamps lampooning Marx and Lenin in the form of Groucho Marx and John Lennon? My guess is that the stamp showed here is also of questionable provenance, spelling the name “Abkhazia” with Latin letters, and including the name of the breakaway republic in Russian, but not in Abkhaz! And yes, the stamp shows a Rottweiler. So do many other stamps supposedly hailing from obscure regions of the ex-Soviet Union. I wouldn't be too surprised if it’s the same dog on all of them...
By all means, buy this product if you're interested in fringe philately, but I don't think you can sell it to a serious collector. Nor use it in Suchumi, in the case you should become trapped there next time the ethnic tensions flare up. A real Rottweiler might come in handier.
While these tragic events were unfolding, the international market was flooded by postage stamps supposedly from Abkhazia. While some of these stamps may have been genuine and actually used at rebel-controlled territory, most are probably bogus. What are we to make of a pair of “Abkhaz” stamps lampooning Marx and Lenin in the form of Groucho Marx and John Lennon? My guess is that the stamp showed here is also of questionable provenance, spelling the name “Abkhazia” with Latin letters, and including the name of the breakaway republic in Russian, but not in Abkhaz! And yes, the stamp shows a Rottweiler. So do many other stamps supposedly hailing from obscure regions of the ex-Soviet Union. I wouldn't be too surprised if it’s the same dog on all of them...
By all means, buy this product if you're interested in fringe philately, but I don't think you can sell it to a serious collector. Nor use it in Suchumi, in the case you should become trapped there next time the ethnic tensions flare up. A real Rottweiler might come in handier.
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