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ARMENIA – “PARIS ISSUE” 1920 ( * ) – 25 roubles Yvert No.
See original version (French)
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ARMENIA – “PARIS ISSUE” 1920 ( * ) – 25 roubles Yvert No.
See original version (French)
Estimate €35
Voluntary lot
Description
ARMENIA – “PARIS ISSUE” 1920 ( * ) – 25 roubles Yvert No. 97.
UNPERFORATED, CENTRE OMITTED, BLACK PRINTING TRIAL.
( * ) The independent Republic of Armenia, having emerged from the Ottoman Empire, was proclaimed in May 1918. This issue (Yvert numbers 94 to 101), which was to be the first series of independent Armenia, was commissioned from a Paris printing works but remained unissued due to the Soviet invasion of the country. The Soviets who seized power established the ‘Socialist Republic of Armenia’ in 1921, which was incorporated into the USSR.
In 1991, the collapse of the USSR enabled Armenia to regain its independence.
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