Georgia: Stamps

Georgia, a country at the intersection of Europe and Asia, is a former Soviet republic that’s home to Caucasus Mountain villages and Black Sea beaches.

It’s famous for Vardzia, a sprawling cave monastery dating to the 12th century, and the ancient wine-growing region Kakheti. The capital, Tbilisi, is known for the diverse architecture and mazelike, cobblestone streets of its old town.

Formerly part of Russia, Georgia declared its independence after the Russian Revolution. In 1921 it became a Soviet Republic and in 1922 joined with Armenia and Azerbaijan to form the Transcaucasian Federation, whose stamps were used from September 1923. After absorption into the U.s.s.R. Russian stamps were used from 1924.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 Georgia again became an independent state.

"In Georgia, Russian stamps have been used before the country issues its first stamps as an independent nation in 1919. Most of these are definitive of local design. As of 1922, stamps are issued in the name of the socialist Soviet republic of Georgia. The stamps of Georgia are, in 1923, used concurrently with those of the Transcaucasia federation. All these to be superseded by the stamps of the Soviet Union in 1923. The republic of Georgia has issued stamps as of its independence in 1991. Stamps issued by the disputed regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not listed in the worldwide catalogs." link

   

I saw the below stamp between some world stamps packet,in a small street market festival in Istanbul,i bought the whole pack of 15 Turkish and worldwide modern/old stamps just to remove this single stamp, my memory served me well when i remembered having the regular issue back home(shown above). I bought several other packets just to remove some few interesting stamps . Each packet was 1$, the dealer had other antiques and did not show any interest in stamps, so bargaining was relatively easy .

Overprint : "Day of the National Guard,12.12.1920", Scott notes that this series "Was overprinted, probably in Italy, on the remainders taken by the government officials who fled when Russian forces occupied Georgia" .        No Scott numbers are given.

Appreciate more info on this overprint .