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The Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic was a short-lived ( 1922 – 1936 ) Soviet republic, consisting of Georgia , Armenia , and Azerbaijan , which were traditionally known as the '''Transcaucasian Republics''' in the Soviet Union . The capital of the Republic was Tbilisi .

The republic's roots date back to the dissolution of the Russia n Empire in 1917 , during the Russian Revolution , when the provinces of the Caucasus seceded and attempted to form their own federal state called the Transcaucasian Federation . Competing national interests and war with Turkey led to the disbanding of the republic half a year later, in April 1918 .

In the following years, the three constituent territories went through the civil war with heavy involvement of the Red Army , and emerged as Soviet Republics. In March 1922, the area was reunited as a union of Soviet republics. It was reorganized as a single republic in December of that year. In 1936, the republic was dissolved and the three contries became the Georgia , Armenian and Azerbaijan SSR respectivley.


STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY


Before 1923 , each of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan issued its own Postage Stamp s. The Federation began issuing its own stamps on September 15 , 1923, and superseded the separate republics' issues on October 1 . The first issues consisted of some of the stamps of Russia and Armenia Overprint ed with a star containing the five-letter acronym of the federation inside the points. Massive Inflation having set in, this was followed by an issue of the Federation's own designs, four values of a view of Oil Field s, and four with a montage of Soviet symbols over mountains and Oil Derrick s, values ranging from 40,000 to 500,000 Rubles . The 40,000r and 75,000r were then surcharged to 700,000 rubles. On October 24 , the stamps were re-issued with values from 1 to 18 Gold Kopeck s. Starting in 1924 , the Federation used stamps of the Soviet Union .

Most of the stamps of the Federation are not especially rare today, with 1998 prices in the US$1-2 range, although the overprints on Armenian stamps range up to US$200. As might be expected from a short period of usage, used stamps are less common than unused, and Cover s are not often seen.


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