Transnistria

Transnistria, or Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) is a de facto country located between Moldova and Ukraine. It is also:
 * Moldovan: Република Молдовеняскэ Нистрянэ
 * Romanian: Republica Moldovenească Nistreană
 * Ukrainian: Придністровська Молдавська Республіка, or ПМР

History

 * The region was occupied by Romanian forces who established a government from August 1941 to January 1944, issuing stamps.
 * Transnistria declared independence in November 1991. In June 1992, the post office in Tiraspol overprinted Russian stamps, but these were suppressed by Moldovan authorities.
 * In December 1993, Transnistria issued its first stamp.
 * Since its beginnings, bogus issues for Transnistria have appeared, including fake overprints on Russian stamps.

For international mail, Transnistrian mail carries both their stamps for local carriage and Moldovan stamps for carriage beyond.





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