Russian Federation bogus issues

Since the early 1990s, bogus stamps for various Russian republics, oblasts and regions have appeared. Except for those states that declared independence when the Soviet Union ended in 1991, the entities involved have previously used and still use Russian stamps only. Further, some of those now-independent countries have been plagued by fake or illegal stamps, too.

These are mostly the creations of printing companies owned by Clive Feigenbaum, famed for producing genuine stamps in all kinds of formats plus the creation of intentional errors sold via the back door. Some other printers have decided to try their luck in the fake stamp arena, but the Feigenbaum companies continue to crank out topical non-postal garbage for high prices.

The earliest bogus "issues" were overprints on obsolete Russian definitives or multiples, including a topical subject. Since then, topicals have typically appeared in sheetlets and souvenir sheets, often with an incomprehensible range of "denominations" without a currency symbol. First Day Covers and postal stationery have also been faked. Some bogus "stamps" are now additionally marked with "Local Post" or РОССНЯ (Russia).

These include but are not limited to:
 * Adjaria or АДЖАРИЯ
 * Adygea, ADIGEY or АДЫГЕР
 * Altai, ALTAY, ALTAJ or  АЛТАЙ
 * Amurskaya or АМУРСКАЯ
 * Bashkortostan, BASHKIRIA, Башкортостан or БАШКИРИЯ
 * Batum, or Batumi. There are earlier issues that are genuine.
 * Birobidzhan or Birobidzhan Republic (sic) or БИРОБИДЖАН
 * Buryatia, BURIATIA or БУРЯАТИА
 * Chechnya. CHECHENIA or ЧЕЧЕНСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА. However, there are legitimate issues also.
 * Cherkessia or ЧЕРКЕСИЯ(sic), see Karachay-Cherkessia
 * Chuvashia or ЧУВАШИЯ
 * Crimea or КРУМ (Russian) or КРИМ (Ukrainian)
 * Dagestan or ДАГЕСТАН
 * Eastern Siberia or ВОСТОЧНАЯ СИБИРЬ
 * Evenkia or ЗВЕНКИЯ or З.А.О.
 * Franz Josef Land or ЗЕМЛЯ ФРАНЦА-ИОИФЯ
 * Ingushetia, INGUSHIA or ИНГУШЕТИЯ
 * Jewish Autonomous Oblast (aka Jewish Republic) or EВEЙСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА
 * Kabardino-Balkaria or КАБАРДИНО-БАЛКАРИЯ
 * Kalmykia, or КАЛМЫКИЯ
 * Kamchatka, or КАМЧАТКА
 * Karachay-Cherkessia, or КАРАЧАЕВО-ЧЕРКЕСИЯ
 * Karelia, KARJALA or КАРЕЛИЯ
 * Khakassia or ХАКАСИЯ
 * Kolguyev Island, as KOLGUEV or КОЛГУЕВ
 * Kolyma
 * Komi, or КОМИ
 * Koryakia, or КОРЯКИЯ
 * Kunishir Island
 * Kuril Islands or КУРИЛЬСКИЕ ОСТРОВА, etc.
 * Mari El or МАРИЙ ЭЛ
 * Mordovia
 * North Ossetia or Северная Осетия or Северная Осетия — Алания
 * Novaya Zemlya, rumored but none found so far.
 * Novosibirsk Islands
 * Ossetia (but which one? Both?)
 * Russian Antarctic Territory, rumored to exist but unproven.
 * Sacha (Yakutia) or САХА-ЯКУТИА, SAХAЛИН, ЯКУТИА, etc., etc. Sacha is Yakutia.
 * Sakhalin, САХАЛИН, ОСТРОВ САХАЛИН, etc., etc.
 * Severouralsk or Североура́льск.
 * Spitsbergen as SVALBARD. There are genuine c.1900 private post/local post issues, too.
 * Tatarstan, or ТАТАРСТАН.
 * Taymyr, or ТАЙМЬІР or ТАЙМЬІРСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА
 * Tuva, TOUVA or ТЫВА
 * Udmurtia or  УДМУРТИЯ
 * Ural Republic or УРАЛ