Odessa

Odessa, or Одеса (Ukrainian), or Одесса (Russian) is a city on the Black Sea and now a part of Ukraine. Odessa Oblast is the region/province around Odessa.

There are probably trident symbol control overprints issued locally during its first independence c. 1918. Otherwise, Odessa has used Soviet stamps, then Ukraine stamps after its second independence in 1991.

Bogus issues
A set of Art Nouveau fantasy designs appeared in the 1920s, denominated in kopecks and inscribed ПОЧТА with no country name. These were known as the "Odessa forgeries" for a long time. But wait, there's more.  File:Odessa forgery.jpg 

Beginning in the early 1990s, old Soviet definitives were surcharged in new values and with topical designs or the old trident symbol. These are all bogus. They are variously inscribed ОДЕСА, ОДЕССА, Пошта України / Одеса, ОДЕССЪІ (sic), Одеська область, at least.  File:Odesa butterfly bogus.jpg File:Ukraine Odessa bogus.jpg 

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