This is a survey of the postage stamps and

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, officially the ''Republic of Tajikistan'', is a mountainous

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country in

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. Once part of the

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, Tajikistan became a constituent republic of the

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in the 20th century, known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic (Tajik SSR). It became independent in 1991.

First stamps

The first stamps of Tajikistan were issued on 20 May 1992.''Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 10 Russia''. 6th edition. London:

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, 2008, p.555. Before then, Tajikistan used stamps of the Soviet Union.

Overprints

In 1992 and 1993 the Tajikistan Post Office resorted to overprinting stamps of the Soviet Union as supplies of the new Tajik stamps ran low.

Bogus stamps

Tajikistan is a member of the

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and has issued notices through the U.P.U. warning of bogus stamps on popular thematic subjects issued in their name.

References

External links

Tajik Post
(Russian language) Communications in Tajikistan

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First stamps

Overprints

Bogus stamps

See also

References

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