Marx and Lennon stamps

James Stephens

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Dec 14, 1994, 10:37:37 PM12/14/94

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Someone just gave me a set of (Groucho) Marx and (John) Lennon stamps
from Abkhazia. Does anyone know anything about these stamps, other than
the fact that the whole idea is so amusing? I don't really care what
they are worth (I assume it's not much) but I'm interested in whether
anyone has any information about when/how/why they were issued. Thanks.

Lawrence Ouellette

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Dec 15, 1994, 12:11:10 PM12/15/94

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James Stephens (jamess...@delphi.com) wrote:
: Someone just gave me a set of (Groucho) Marx and (John) Lennon stamps

I am also interested in these stamps. If anyone has any information (names &
addresses) of companies or dealers that carry these stamps, please post it
here or e-mail me at loue...@uism.bu.edu. Thank you.

Larry
loue...@uism.bu.edu

David Kendall

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Dec 15, 1994, 9:03:59 PM12/15/94

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I didn't think Abkhazia even issued it's own stamps. Being a big Marx
brothers fan (or a small Marx brothers toaster oven, take your pick! %=)
), I'm curious, but highly skeptical. What other of those breakaway
parts of former Soviet countries issue their own stamps (like Chechnya,
which has become in the news lately, it got stamps?)

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Mark Wechley

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Dec 16, 1994, 7:57:31 AM12/16/94

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In article <h+5Xm55.ja...@delphi.com>, James Stephens
<jamess...@delphi.com> wrote:

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These are real stamps from Abkhazia. A few weeks ago they were featured
in Linn's Stamp news. Other than profit from sales from collectors, the
stamp's motivation is certainly meant as sarcasm directed at the former
communist party.

M. Welchley

James Stephens

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Dec 16, 1994, 8:36:39 AM12/16/94

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For those interested in obtaining the Marx/Lennon stamps, I'll try to find
out where the set I was given was purchased. More on this later.

Todd Leavitt

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Dec 18, 1994, 2:48:58 AM12/18/94

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I've seen the s/s advertised by several new issue services: Geron's
(Portland,OR.), Herricks (Long Island,NY) and Marlen (Great Neck, NY).
They are being sold at @$5 retail.
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TODD LEAVITT ZJZ...@prodigy.com

Carl F. Cerco

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Dec 19, 1994, 1:55:37 PM12/19/94

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I've been off the net for a while so I don't know how long this Marx and Lennon
thing has been kicking around. I suspect the whole thing is a hoax. I doubt
people in Abkhazia have ever seen the stamps or would know what to make of them if
they did see them.

Groucho Marx and John Lennon are English language puns on Karl Marx and V. Lenin.
I understand that. Anybody who went to college twenty years ago saw this same
pun on posters and tee shirts. The question is whether the pun translates into
Russian or whatever language is spoken in Abkhazia. How many Abkhazians have
ever seen a Marx Brothers movie?

What the heck, buy the stamp and enjoy it. It's no more ridiculous than winter
olympics stamps from Equtorial Guinea or Mickey Mouse stamps from Bhutan.
(Maybe even Chinese New Year stamps from the US)

CFC