ARMENIA - 1922: An 1000 rubles dull blue and pale blue postage stamp depicting Harpy. Officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian occupation force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage

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Armenia is a satellit of Russia, bounded by Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey. Capital — Yerevan. With Azerbaijan and Georgia, Armenia made up the Transcaucasian Federation of Soviet Republics. Stamps of Armenia were replaced in 1923 by those of Transcaucasian Federated Republics. With the breakup of the Soviet Union on Dec. 26, 1991, Armenia and ten former Soviet republics established the Commonwealth of Independent States. And the CIS collapsed too. 100 Kopecks = 1 Ruble. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image

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Size: 4100px × 4800px
Location: Armenia
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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