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Tajikistan stamps and collectible Tajik philately
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Tajikistan's stamp history actually extends much further back than its 1991 independence date would suggest. Tajikistan (also rendered in English as Tadzikhistan and Tadjikistan among other similar variants) became a Russian territory in 1868, and remained a republic within the USSR until 1991.
Tajik is derived from Persian, and is sometimes called Tajik Persian. In the history of the Tajik area, the language was variously written in Persian script, Latin, and Cyrillic. Since the late 1930s, Tajik was written in Cyrillic, but since the fall of the USSR there has been an effort to convert the country back to the use of written Persian.
From 1925 — 1929, the area (then known as the Tadzikh Autonomous Republic) was put under the control of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Regular Soviet stamps seem to have been used during this time, however; at any rate, the Tadzikh Autonomous Republic was moved in 1929 from the Uzbek Republic to be under direct control of the USSR.
It wasn't until the waning days of the USSR and the momentous events of 1991 that Tajikistan's stamp history really began (although there was an overprint in 1988, bearing the Russian (not Tajik) characters Тадж).
Early Tajik independence stamp issues
Independent Tajikistan issued its first stamps in 1992; however, demand proved to be high and the Republic had to overprint old Russian stamps also for a couple years. Collectors of Tajik stamps now tend to concentrate on more complete sets, since the relatively short history of the country as a stamp-issuing body makes completeness a more realistic goal.
In 1991 Tajikistan also joined the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); although this body has not issued its own stamps, several countries have issued stamps recognizing and/or honoring the group.
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