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"Para-States" and Philately
Today's issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting
article entitled "Quest for Legitimacy." It is about efforts by seven "para-states" to seek sovereignty and international recognition. In many cases, these regions have a government, flag, police, and other attributes of a nation. Some even issue passports and postage stamps. The article will be viewable online for a week at: http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content...anta_world_f3a 73a107380c10200bb.html Unfortunately, the online article does not have the color maps showing the location and purported boundaries of each wannabe nation found in the printed edition. The para-states listed are Republika Srpska, Transnistria Moldavian Republic, Turkish Cyprus, Abkhazia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Republic of Somaliland, and Taiwan (Republic of China). Taiwan has a long history of issuing stamps, but I don't know about the others. Of course, sovereignty and international recognition are not a prerequisite for printing and selling stamps. Ed Jackson |
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:14:18 -0400, Ed Jackson
wrote: Today's issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting article entitled "Quest for Legitimacy." It is about efforts by seven "para-states" to seek sovereignty and international recognition. In many cases, these regions have a government, flag, police, and other attributes of a nation. Some even issue passports and postage stamps. The article will be viewable online for a week at: http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content...anta_world_f3a 73a107380c10200bb.html Unfortunately, the online article does not have the color maps showing the location and purported boundaries of each wannabe nation found in the printed edition. The para-states listed are Republika Srpska, Transnistria Moldavian Republic, Turkish Cyprus, Abkhazia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Republic of Somaliland, and Taiwan (Republic of China). Taiwan has a long history of issuing stamps, but I don't know about the others. Of course, sovereignty and international recognition are not a prerequisite for printing and selling stamps. Ed Jackson Republika Srpska = Serbian held part of Bosnia. Probably has legit postal service, but I have no covers. Transnistria Moldavian Republic = pro Russian part of Moldova. They may have valid mail service, but I've seen no covers. Turkish Cyprus = their stamps get letters to me with no problem. Abkhazia = part of Georgia. Their stamps are bogus. Iraqi Kurdistan = Their stamps carry letters to internal and (scarce) international destinations Republic of Somaliland = former British Somaliland postally used covers anyone? Taiwan (Republic of China) = their stamps have gotten letters to me for years. Now, here's one from me... Anyone seen current commercial Iraq covers with Iraqi stamps used as postage? Blair -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Blair, please see my comments under some of the countries below.
Tony "TC" wrote in message ... On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:14:18 -0400, Ed Jackson wrote: Today's issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting article entitled "Quest for Legitimacy." It is about efforts by seven "para-states" to seek sovereignty and international recognition. In many cases, these regions have a government, flag, police, and other attributes of a nation. Some even issue passports and postage stamps. The article will be viewable online for a week at: http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content...anta_world_f3a 73a107380c10200bb.html Unfortunately, the online article does not have the color maps showing the location and purported boundaries of each wannabe nation found in the printed edition. The para-states listed are Republika Srpska, Transnistria Moldavian Republic, Turkish Cyprus, Abkhazia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Republic of Somaliland, and Taiwan (Republic of China). Taiwan has a long history of issuing stamps, but I don't know about the others. Of course, sovereignty and international recognition are not a prerequisite for printing and selling stamps. Ed Jackson Republika Srpska = Serbian held part of Bosnia. Probably has legit postal service, but I have no covers. Transnistria Moldavian Republic = pro Russian part of Moldova. They may have valid mail service, but I've seen no covers. Turkish Cyprus = their stamps get letters to me with no problem. Abkhazia = part of Georgia. Their stamps are bogus. Iraqi Kurdistan = Their stamps carry letters to internal and (scarce) international destinations Could you plese post an illustration of a cover ot two? Republic of Somaliland = former British Somaliland postally used covers anyone? Many months ago, I tried to contact the London office of that government, but they did not respond. Early tomorrow. I will try to call the postmaster in Hargeisa, if I can get through. I will post any information I get. Taiwan (Republic of China) = their stamps have gotten letters to me for years. Now, here's one from me... Anyone seen current commercial Iraq covers with Iraqi stamps used as postage? Blair -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Thanks for the tip and lead to the article.
I have a website, exclave.info, where I try to keep track of these places as part of general topic of enclaves and other georgrphical oddities (pieces of one country surrounded by another). There are many covers posted (Redonda, for example) and more come each week. Look for Seborga - now there's a weird one - a wannabe inside Italy that actually has a claim to a sovereign pedigree. Regards Len Nadybal Washington DC On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:14:18 -0400, Ed Jackson wrote: Today's issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting article entitled "Quest for Legitimacy." It is about efforts by seven "para-states" to seek sovereignty and international recognition. In many cases, these regions have a government, flag, police, and other attributes of a nation. Some even issue passports and postage stamps. The article will be viewable online for a week at: http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content...anta_world_f3a 73a107380c10200bb.html Unfortunately, the online article does not have the color maps showing the location and purported boundaries of each wannabe nation found in the printed edition. The para-states listed are Republika Srpska, Transnistria Moldavian Republic, Turkish Cyprus, Abkhazia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Republic of Somaliland, and Taiwan (Republic of China). Taiwan has a long history of issuing stamps, but I don't know about the others. Of course, sovereignty and international recognition are not a prerequisite for printing and selling stamps. Ed Jackson |
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