Western Army

The Western Army, or West Russian Volunteer Army was a combination of German forces left in the Baltic region to supposedly counter Bolshevik forces during the Russian Revolution, combined into a monarchist Russian force led by Gen. Pavel Bermondt-Avalov.
 * They overprinted both Latvian and Russian issues with the Russian Orthodox cross in 1919.
 * They also produced the unissued РУССКАЯ ПОУТА series depicting the Russian imperial eagle.

It captured parts of Latvia and Lithuania, attempting to take both the newly formed countries, but failed. The German elements returned to Germany.

 File:West Army cross A.jpg|Overprint on Latvian stamp. File:West Army B pair.jpg|Overprint on Latvian stamp with Cyrillic letters. File:West Army B.jpg|Overprint on Russian stamp. File:West Army uniss.jpg|Unissued stamp. There is great debate over which are originals, reprints or forgeries. 

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