Space and Astronomy Stamps - Abkhazia (Аҧсны)

Abkhazia is a breakaway region of the Republic of Georgia. As of late 2011, it is officially recognized by by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Michel lists certain issues.

Issue Date / Set Description

Description

29 December 1994 - Quadranscentennial of Apollo 11

Lunar Module Descending
Lunar Module Descending (silver foil)
Lunar Module Descending (silver foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (Lunar Module in margin)
Lunar Module Descending (gold foil)
Lunar Module Descending (gold foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (Lunar Module in margin)
Lunar Module Descending (silver foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (moonwalkers in margin)
Lunar Module Descending (gold foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (moonwalkers in margin)

circa 1995 - World Scout Jamboree 1995 Overprints

Lunar Module Descending (silver foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (moonwalkers in margin)
Lunar Module Descending (gold foil) (souvenir sheet of 1) (moonwalkers in margin)

28 August 1995 - Definitive Issue

Mountain Lake
Lake Amtkel
Coat of Arms of Abkhazia
Gech Waterfall
Flag of Abkhazia
Lake Ritsa
Cathedral of Simon the Zealot
Dolmen
Stela
Pottery
Silver Cup
Gold Cup
Methods of Transport
Fauna of the Black Sea
Earth Station / Communication Satellite

11 December 1995 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Docked Spacecraft
Docked Spacecraft (imperforate souvenir sheet of 1)

10 January 1996 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Express

Docked Spacecraft (Latin alphabet overprint)
Docked Spacecraft (Cyrillic alphabet overprint)
imperforate souvenir sheet of 2 (1 of each alphabet)

12 April 1996 - Demiseptuagennial of Vostok 1

Yuri Gagarin in Flight Suit
imperforate souvenir sheet of 1

12 April 1996 - Decennial of the VeGa Missions

VeGa / Comet 1P/Halley
imperforate souvenir sheet of 1

17 July 1996 - American Space Exploration

sheet of 6
Shuttlenaut / Manned Maneuvering Unit 450r
Shuttle Cargo Bay / Earth
Shuttlenaut / Manned Maneuvering Unit 1800r
Shuttlenaut Wrestling Satellite
Buzz Aldrin Descending Lunar Module Ladder
Space Shuttle Launch

1 September 1996 - Centennial of Cinema

Saucer Craft Landing (souvenir sheet of 1)
Saucer Craft Landing (imperforate souvenir sheet of 1)

9 September 1996 - Launch of Mugunghwa 1

Launch (sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right
Launch (imperforate sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right

9 September 1996 - Galileo Descent to Jupiter

Descent on Parachute (sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right
Descent on Parachute (imperforate sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right

9 September 1996 - Re-Entry of Fanhui Shi Weixing Reconnaissance Satellite

Satellite Re-Entering (sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right
Satellite Re-Entering (imperforate sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right

9 September 1996 - MSAT-1

Satellite in Orbit (sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right
Satellite in Orbit (imperforate sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
upper right
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right

9 September 1996 - Inaugural Ariane 5 Launch

Rocket on Pad (sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
center left
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right
Rocket on Pad (imperforate sheet of 9)
upper left
upper middle
upper right
upper right
center middle
center right
lower left
lower middle
lower right

5 November 1996 - Vostok Cosmonauts

souvenir sheet of 6
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Andriyan Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova

11 December 1997 - Septdecennial of the Sukhumi Monkey Nursery (Сухумский обезьяний питомник)

Monkeys / Red Cross 900r (with label)
Monkeys / Satellite 900r (with label)
Monkeys / Red Cross 1500r (imperforate)
sheet of 4
Monkeys / Satellite 1500r (imperforate)
sheet of 4

22 December 1997 - Quaddecennial of the Space Age

Chess Pieces / Personal Computer / Rodin’s The Thinker
Chess Pieces / Personal Computer / Rodin’s The Thinker (imperforate)
souvenir sheet of 4 (imperforate)

3 January 1998 - 2nd Earth Flyby of Giotto

Comet 1P/Halley (orange) (souvenir sheet of 1)
Comet 1P/Halley (orange) (imperforate souvenir sheet of 1)
Comet 1P/Halley (green) (souvenir sheet of 1)
Comet 1P/Halley (green) (imperforate souvenir sheet of 1)

20 March 1998 - Septdecennial of НИИЭПиТ

Monkeys / Red Cross 900r
Monkeys / Satellite 900r

12 April 1998 - Yuri Gagarin

sheet of 6
In Military Uniform
In Space Suit (vert)
In Space Suit (horizontal)
In Space Suit (horizontal)
In Space Suit (horizontal)
With Dignitaries

7 July 1998 - Definitives

Map 5k
Flag 20k
Methods of Transportation 1.50
Space Shuttle / Russian Rocket 2.50
Telecommunications (ground station / communications satellite) 5.00

16 November 1998 - Definitives

Fruit 3.50
Wine 4.00
Ocean Transportation 7.50
Post Runner / Post Rider 8.00
Methods of Transportation 8.30
Space Shuttle / Russian Rocket 9.90
Aquatic Life of the Black Sea 12.60
Telecommunications (ground station / communications satellite) 14.20

11 January 1999 - Space Exploration

sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Sputnik 1 / Laika
Yuri Gagarin
Lunokhod 1 / Luna 9
Venera
Molniya
Mir Space Station
Venera-Halley
Buran
sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Galileo / Jupiter
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Skylab
Magellan
Space Shuttle Launch
Apollo Moonwalker
Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle
Space Shuttle Landing
sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Sputnik 1 / Laika (imperforate)
Yuri Gagarin (imperforate)
Lunokhod 1 / Luna 9 (imperforate)
Venera (imperforate)
Molniya (imperforate)
Mir Space Station (imperforate)
Venera-Halley (imperforate)
Buran (imperforate)
sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Galileo / Jupiter (imperforate)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (imperforate)
Skylab (imperforate)
Magellan (imperforate)
Space Shuttle Launch (imperforate)
Apollo Moonwalker (imperforate)
Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (imperforate)
Space Shuttle Landing (imperforate)

22 June 1999 - 20th Century

sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Aircraft / Dirigible
Concorde
Telecommunication (ground station)
Submarine / Ocean Vessel
Robotics
Motor Vehicles
Locomotives
Underground Tunnels
sheet of 8 w/ 1 label
Aircraft / Dirigible (imperforate)
Concorde (imperforate)
Telecommunication (ground station) (imperforate)
Submarine / Ocean Vessel (imperforate)
Robotics (imperforate)
Motor Vehicles (imperforate)
Locomotives (imperforate)
Underground Tunnels (imperforate)

17 July 1999 - Rocketry

sheet of 6
Saturn II Launch
Little Joe II Launch
Saturn on Pad
Saturn IB Launch
Saturn Launch
Little Joe II on Pad

25 December 2000 - Sukhumi Monkey Nursery (Сухумский обезьяний питомник)

Statue
De Brazza’s Monkey
Mandrill
Common Chimpanzee
Red-Shanked Douc

23 July 2002 - Decennial of Abkhazian Sovereignty

Map 50k
Post Runner / Post Rider 1.00
Ocean Transportation 1.50
Methods of Transportation 2.00
Fruit 5.00
Wine 10.00
Space Shuttle / Russian Rocket 14.00
Telecommunications (ground station / communications satellite) 32.00
Aquatic Life of the Black Sea 50.00

14 November 2003 - Tercentennial of Saint Petersburg

23 July 2002 - Decennial of Abkhazian Sovereignty: Post Runner / Post Rider 1.00
25 June 2003 - 10th Anniversary of the First Abkhazian Stamp: Sparrow Hawk (red frame) (English caption)
souvenir sheet of 2 (English overprinted caption) (11 December 1995 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in margin)
23 July 2002 - Decennial of Abkhazian Sovereignty: Post Runner / Post Rider 1.00
25 June 2003 - 10th Anniversary of the First Abkhazian Stamp: Sparrow Hawk (red frame) (Russian caption)
souvenir sheet of 2 (Russian overprinted caption) (11 December 1995 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in margin)

22 May 2006 - Paintings

sheet of 9
Approach to the village of Voisins, by Camille Pissarro
Arearea, by Paul Gauguin
Flooding at Port-Marley, by Alfred Sisley
Twilight, (The Game of Croquet), by Pierre Bonnard
Starry Night Over the Rhone, by Vincent van Gogh
The Bridge at Maincy, by Paul Cezanne
Poppies, by Claude Monet
The Man at the Tiller, by Theo Van Rysselberghe
The Parade (Racehorses before the Stands), by Edgar Degas

12 April 2008 - Quadranscentennial of Soviet Cosmonautics

sheet of 9 (Latin alphabet captions)
Ivan Kleymyonov / Cruise Missile 212
R-1 Missile
Dezik & Tsygan
Rocket Launch
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Zond 5
N-1 Rocket
Soyuz 4 / Soyuz 5
Luna 15
sheet of 9 (Cyrillic alphabet captions)
Ivan Kleymyonov / Cruise Missile 212
R-1 Missile
Dezik & Tsygan
Rocket Launch
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Zond 5
N-1 Rocket
Soyuz 4 / Soyuz 5
Luna 15
imperforate sheet of 9 (Latin alphabet captions)
Ivan Kleymyonov / Cruise Missile 212
R-1 Missile
Dezik & Tsygan
Rocket Launch
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Zond 5
N-1 Rocket
Soyuz 4 / Soyuz 5
Luna 15
imperforate sheet of 9 (Cyrillic alphabet captions)
Ivan Kleymyonov / Cruise Missile 212
R-1 Missile
Dezik & Tsygan
Rocket Launch
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Zond 5
N-1 Rocket
Soyuz 4 / Soyuz 5
Luna 15

10 March 2009 - Europa 2009

Vulkan-Hercules Rocket
Buran / Energiya

15 January 2010 - Definitives

Map 1.00
Flag 6.60
Fruit 9.00
Wine 12.10
Ocean Transportation 12.90
Post Runner / Post Rider 13.80
Methods of Transportation 16.10
Space Shuttle / Russian Rocket 18.00
Aquatic Life of the Black Sea 19.00
Telecommunications (ground station / communications satellite) 19.30
Fruit 22.50
Wine 24.15
Ocean Transportation 25.90
Post Runner / Post Rider 27.60
Methods of Transportation 41.40
Space Shuttle / Russian Rocket 46.00
Aquatic Life of the Black Sea 48.90
Telecommunications (ground station / communications satellite) 53.80
Flag 64.90