Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is a country in central Asia.
 * With the fall of the Russian Empire in World War I, the Transcaucasian Democratic Republic declared independence in April 1918. It was made up of current Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
 * In May 1918, all three declared independence. Azerbaijan's first issue followe in 1919.
 * In May 1920, Russia invaded Azerbaijan and made it a Soviet republic.
 * In 1922, Azerbaijan issued its own stamps, later surcharged due to hyperinflation.
 * In the same year, the three countries were combined into Transcaucasian SFSR. They woould remain as one Soviet republic until 1936 when once again separated into three parts.
 * With the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan declared independence once again in October 1991. Its first stamp was issued in May 1992 inscribed AZÄBAYCAN.
 * This was followed by unissued Russian stamps surcharged similarly.

AZRBAYÇAN