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Crimea 1992 Overprint on USSR Stamp

Name: Crimea 1992 Overprint on USSR Stamp
Brand: Soviet Union

Soviet Union · 1992 · 10 kopecks

A red Soviet Union definitive stamp featuring a tractor, overprinted diagonally in black with 'КРЫМ' (Crimea) and '1992'.

This unofficial 'Cinderella' overprint reflects political sentiments regarding Crimea in 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and amid the early years of Ukrainian independence.

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cinderella overprint political territorial agriculture soviet-era

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