Abkhazia
abk-20170000-o-061
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Width: 33 mm
Height: 46 mm
Perforation: Perforated 10.50 x 10.50
Location: Ice Hockey Volume I
Stamp ID = 5485
In this series there are two identical items for Newsy Lalonde. Although the images are identical you can differentiate between the two by looking at the positioning of letter "L" in Lalone. On this version the "L" is not directly under the right hand glove. On abk-20170000-o-097 the top of the "L" touches the glove.
Local post shows Newsy Lalonde
From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page.
Abkhazia (1995-)
Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 537,000 (1989). An autonomous region of the republic of Georgia, located on the Black Sea. Since 1995, many pictorial sets and souvenir sheets, offered as local issues, have appeared on the market. These are bogus, issued by private individuals for sale to collectors.