Karakalpakia

Karalkapakstan, or Қарақалпақстан, is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan on its western side. Either the fakers and counterfeiters made up Karalkapakia or that place is supposed to be Karalkapakstan. Ain't no such thing as Karalkapakia, really.

Beginning in the early 1990s, old Soviet stamps were surcharged with КАРАКАЛПАКИЯ, KARAKALPAKIA or REPUBLIC KARAKALPAKIA plus a topical-type image. Various topical sheetlets, etc. followed, inscribed КАРАКАЛПАКИЯ, KARAKALPAKIA, REPUBLIC KARAKALPAKIA, РЕСПУБЛИКА КАРАКАЛПАКИЯ, KARAKALPAKISTON, plus various bilingual combinations just for maximum confusion.  File:Karalkapakia Butterflies.jpg File:Karakalpakia whale.jpg File:Karalkapakia tropical fish.jpg 

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