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Anonymous said…
Hmmmm....This is nice...
Maybe you can send a letter to WhiteHouse from Tirana with the new stamp on...Hahahahahahahhaha...
Anonymous said…
save these and sell them in 20 years time to Albanians. They will be worth a lot!

I like all of them, and especially the colors on the last one!
Anonymous said…
I have similar stamps from the time when Krutchev visited Albania. I also have from Pope John Paul II's visit. I'm looking if I can find stamps from the visit of Chu En Lai, Paul Pot and Vittorio Emanuele II.
ITS said…
-Why do you need stamps in Albania, when there are no postal addresses?
Anonymous said…
Wait...this is not a joke right?!
olli said…
Not planning to send anything to anyone - no address to write to, no return address either. I've been here a year and a half and still think of my address as 'complexi dinamo'.

No joke - official commemorative stamps for the visit.

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