First Issues And Number 1s

If you use pre-printed albums, you are usually following a catalog. Scott and SG sorts sets (definitive series) by denomination and more intended for organization and presentation.

Kazakhstan Sc/SG #1 issued 17th March 1992. Formerly a republic of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan declared its independence in 1991. Kazakh might originate from the Turkic word verb qaz-, 'to wander', reflecting the Kazakhs' nomadic culture. (First Issues Collectors Club)



A proof draft.

(Wikipedia)



Credit to John for his ASFSEC source code adapted.

angore:

I really like this approach and format.

John

Belarus Sc/SG #1 issued 20th March 1992. Belarus declared itself sovereign on 27 July 1990 by issuing the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic.





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Turkmenistan Sc/SG #1 issued 26th April 1992. Formerly a republic of the Soviet Union, Turkmenistan declared its independence in 1991. Turkmenistan's first issue was a single stamp in April 1992, with the rest of the 'set' following in August.

Another one of the 'stans.



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Uzbekistan Sc/SG # issued 7th May 1992. Formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. On 20 June 1990, Uzbekistan declared its state sovereignty. On 31 August 1991, Uzbekistan declared independence after the failed coup attempt in Moscow.



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Tajikistan Sc/SG #1 issued 20th May 1992. On 9 September 1991, Tajikistan declared itself an independent sovereign nation as the Soviet Union was disintegrating. A civil war was fought almost immediately after independence, lasting from 1992 to 1997.



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Macedonia Sc #1 issued 8th September 1992. The Republic of Macedonia was formed as one of the new countries after the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991 (following the death of Tito).



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During WW2, in 1941, Bulgaria occupied part of Yugoslav Macedonia and Bulgarian stamps were subsequently used. In 1944, German troops briefly occupied the area and declared its independence. Overprinted Bulgarian stamps were issued. SG #1.

In December 1922, Ireland, except for six counties that voted to remain within the United Kingdom became a Free State. In the run up to that moment, the future Free State of Ireland had a provisional government. Stamps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were overprinted 'Provisional Government of Ireland 1922' in Gaeilge.

The ½d stamp from a set of eight stamps is listed as nr.1 for Éire by most catalogues and as T1 by the Hibernian Handbook.

The first stamps. No more to add.



Except, maybe, that neither is listed as nr. 1 by Stanley Gibbons.

Kosovo, Republic Sc #93 issued 7th March 2008 (First Issue Listed in Scott). On 17 February 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia. Serbia did not accept the declaration until the Brussels Agreement of 2013.



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Kosovo SG #118 (Sc #114) issued 2009. Gibbons begins with this 2009 issue, SG118, numbering from the 1913 Kingdom issues. Scott started numbering after the United Nations Interim Administration Mission (U.N.M.I.K.) issues.

United Nations Interim Administration Mission (U.N.M.I.K.) Sc #1 / SG K1 issued 14th March 2000. Stamps were used locally for the first two months and for international use from May 2000.

Mount Athos (Greece) Sc 1-5 issued 16th May 2008. Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece and an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. It is governed as an autonomous polity within the Greek Republic.