Author Archives: Stefan

Again new material! Several new lots with Armenian stamps – mostly momograms – are listet. Nice items overall, just the collections contain many forgeries. While the first page looks almost good, on the following pages the genuine overprints are scarce… … Continue reading →

The current auction at Raritan again features several Armenia lots. My impression while scanning: interesting items, some quite nice and not often to see, but also at least two lots where I consider the overprints/cancels as fake (the dangerous forgery … Continue reading →

I did some research regarding the Vartashen cancel. This is what I found in the Ashford “Russian stamps used in Transcaucasia”: VARTASHEN (Village) (Post Telegraph sub-office) North of the railway line, Vartashen was an isolated village in the foothills of … Continue reading →

The cancels are from Azerbaijan, but still interesting area not far from Armenia. Some areas changed jurisdiction. A) “…OGRAD” and long tailed serial “a”.   B) “…SHIRI BAK.” and I think there is a “G.” Which stands for “gorod” which means … Continue reading →

Now on to the star overprints with cancellations. A) Starting with “A” On the left fragment is “LIS” – perhaps Elisavetpol Gubernia or Tiflis? Long tailed serial “a” – I’d say.   B) “AG?” “ELISAV.” Some town in the Elisavetpol … Continue reading →

Two more fragments. A) “ERIVAN. 3” can clearly be read. There is some word before. Also, could not find the specific cancel serial letter in Zakiyan.   B) A difficult one. Perhaps an “B” at the beginning. The cancel serial … Continue reading →

I just deleted all users and changed the policy to not allow registration without approval by me. There were over 100 users present and the vast majority tried to post spam comments. I apologize to all real accounts that were lost. Please … Continue reading →