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CARELIA (Karjala)

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A territory between Finland and Russia, in 1922 stamps were used during several days in an attempt to join the territory to Finland.

1922 Arms, bear, inscription 'KARJALA 1921'

(left genuine, right forgery, note the different 'J' in 'KARJALA', image obtained from the forgeries idenfication site of Bill Claghorn.)

  5 p brown
  10 p blue
  20 p red
  25 p brown
  40 p lilac
  50 p green
  75 p yellow
  1 M red and brown
  2 m green and black
  3 M blue and black
  5 M lilac and black
  10 M brown and black
  15 M green and red
  20 M red and green
  25 M yellow and blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 p to 3 M	**	**
4 M to 20 M	***	***
25 M	R	R

Information concerning forgeries: the bottom of the 'J' of 'KARJALA' is pointing towards the left in the genuine stamp, while in the forgeries it points in the direction of the left bottom corner. Furthermore the shading on the sword is much less in the forgery. The eyes are also different (they are clearer in the genuine stamp). The value inscriptions also differ for some values (I haven't seen all values of the forgeries). More information about these forgeries can be found on http://www.firstissues.org/ficc/main/can_you_tell.shtml.

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Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 2