Wednesday, March 23, 2016

cover from Russia

On Monday I got not only six postcards but also three covers including one from Russia.

Stamps:
Flora and Fauna (two from set of fifteen) (issued 29-08-2008)


Inside was my first card from Abkhazia.

Abkhazia is a partially recognised state on the Black Sea coast bordering on Georgia and Russia. It claims to be independent, but most countries consider it to be a part of Georgia. Abkhazia's capital is Sukhumi. Together with Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Transnistria it forms the Commonwealth of Unrecognized States.

A translation of the text on the backside of the card says that the cards shows the River Gera, the largest tributary of the river Bzyb, but I could not find any information about such a river in Abkhazia. If you know something please tell me.


On the backside the card has a postmark from an Abkhazian post office.


Thank You very much Irakliy!

2 comments:

  1. Maybe is river Gega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Norte_Abjasia_fisico.svg

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  2. Thank You, Brane! Your brilliant! :)
    On the backside of card "Гега" is written and the Internet only translated it as G(j)era. The River Gega is also neither mentioned on English Wikipedia nor on German Wikipedia.

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