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Karelia, Russia · 1922

Dancing Bear pennia

Dancing Bear pennia — Front
US$277

From Karelia's very first stamp issue, 1922.

ConditionUsed on piece, perforated, light cancel, stamps are cancelled to order.
CatalogueScott 1-15 (US$1600)
ShippingFree shipping within United States, elsewhere arranged privately after checkout.
Issue background

Karelia’s first stamps can feel provisional, because the region itself was. Issued on 31 January 1922, at the edge of the newly formed Soviet world, they belong to a short-lived moment when Northern (East) Karelia was caught between identities and borders not yet settled. Unlike many emergency first…

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