Armenia

Armenia is a country in western Asia.
 * With the breakup of the Russian Empire, Armenia declared its independence May 1918.
 * Therefore, its first stamps were isued in 1919, overprints and surcharges on Russian stamps with the Armenia letter Armenia ho.png looking more like a stylized "Z". There are many varieties of this. Forgeries outnumber genuine by a wide margin.
 * An engraved set of definitives including pictorials was created in 1920 but never issued. It, too, has been forged.
 * In 1921(?) a pictorial set was released, again unissued, again with posthumous reprints/forgeries.
 * With invasion by Turkish and Russian forces, Armenia lost its independence in December 1920. In 1921, a pictorial set was released but only a few values were ever used. Again, forgeries are common.
 * In 1921, as a Soviet region, Russian ruble values were surcharged with a boxed star enclosing a hammer and sickle and Armenian inscriptions.
 * In 1922, another set of pictorials including mythical beasts was made but never released. These are also commonly forged.
 * However, provisionals were made using the previous issue with various handstamps used, reflecting the hyperinflation of the time. Once again, there are forgeries.
 * Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan were incorporated into the Transcaucasian SFSR in March 1922. See: Transcaucasian Federated Republic.
 * In 1936, those parts became Soviet Republics within the Soviet Union.
 * In September 1991, Armenia became independent once again, issuing that government's first stamp in May 1992.
 * Current Armenia stamps are inscribed with the name in Armenian script with ARMENIA in smaller letters alongside.

 File:Armenia 3r A.jpg|Early surcharge, framed style. File:Armenia 100r on 7 invert.jpg|Early surcharge, character inverted, which may have been an intentional error. File:Armenia first uniss.jpg|1920 unissued 5r value. File:Armenia 3ruble.jpg|1921 3 ruble. File:Armenia 5 ruble.A.webp|1921 5 ruble. File:Armenia 2nd.jpg|1921 unissued/never used 20000r value. File:Armenia 3rd uniss.jpg|500r from the 1922 unissued set. File:Armenia surcharge.jpg|200000r on 4000r inflation issue. The partial blue diamond is a control mark. File:Armenia leopards.jpg|1996 leopards stamp. File:Armenia food 2021.jpg|2021 Armenian foods. 