Chuvashia

Chuvashia, or Чувашия, is a republic of the Russian Federation in eastern Europe. See, it's right over there. No, that's Mari-El. No, that's Mordovia. Not that either, that's Tatarstan.

While Chuvashia is real as real can get, it does not and never issued its own stamps. The stamps supposedly being issued by it are not genuine. Beginning in the early 1990s, old Soviet stamps were surcharged with CHUVASHIA along with various topical images. Various topical sheetlets followed, inscribed ЧУВАШИЯ, CHUVASHIA or bilingually to cover all the bases.  File:Chuvashia satellite.jpg|From the (bogus) satellite surcharges. File:Chuvashia cat.jpg|From the/a cat sheetlet. File:Chuvashia Michael Jackson.jpg|Michael Jackson or impersonator? You decide. File:Chuvashia spider.jpg|The artist did an interesting job for a bogus stamp, but probably got fired for wasting time. 

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