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Post by smauggie on Dec 16, 2018 15:08:17 GMT
I was happy to add this cover from Moldova. The date is unreadable but my guess is it is from around 1992. My guess also is that the postage is provisional postage as it consists of crudely overprinted Russian stamps.  |
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Post by daniel on Sept 4, 2020 4:24:18 GMT
All this talk about Transnistria following the discovery by darkormex of one of their stamps caused me to buy a handful of covers. Pro-Transnistria forces fought a war in 1990 against pro-Moldavian/Moldovan forces which culminated in a ceasefire in 1992. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Moldavian SSR declared independence in 1991 and became Moldova. Transnistria, it means beyond the Dniester (river), is officially an autonomous territorial unit with special legal status within Moldova. Transnistria prefers to be called Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or PMR. First, we have the envelope from Moldova in which the covers arrived. You will see that Moldova now produce their own stamps. Covering up my address is a nice cover for the 2017 dated stamp in the top right hand corner, although the date stamp appears to be 7th December 2018. Followed by a crude early imperforate stamp on cover, shown front and back, franked but without a date stamp. Then 2 further covers. You will see that the stamps are denominated by letter codes rather than values. I assume these covers are all used internally since PMR/Transnistria is not internationally recognised as a country and is not part of the UPU.  Scan_20200904 by Daniel, on Flickr  Scan_20200904 (2) by Daniel, on Flickr |
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