Kabardino-Balkaria

Kabardino-Balkaria, or Кабарди́но-Балка́рия, is a republic of the Russian Federation. It is located in the southern of Caucasus region not far from the Black Sea, if you are planning a vacation anytime soon.

While it is real (honest!), it does not and never issued its own stamps; the stamps supposedly being issued by it are completely bogus. Beginning in the early 1990s, old Soviet Union stamps were surcharged with "Kabardino-Balkaria" or other similar phrasing and a topically-themed image. Various topical sheetlets followed, inscribed Republic of KABARDINO-BALKARIA, КАБАРДИНО-БАЛКАРИЯ, KABARDINO-BALKARIA or bilingually. If this is done to confuse collectors, it's working.  File:Kabardino Balkar wildlife.jpg File:Kabardino Balkar eagle.jpg|From the/a wildlife sheetlet. 

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