TRANSNISTRIA
(Pridnestrovie or Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica)

Stamps inscribed 'ТирасполЬ 30-VI-92' (overprint on Soviet stamps), 'Почта' and CoA, 'ПМР', or 'Почта ПМР' with or without 'PMR'.

<- 1990 Part of Soviet Union
1990 -> Unrecognised, de-facto independent republic, officially part of Moldova
Stamps of Transnistria are only valid for inland postage, and in direct postal
exchange with Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh (?), and South-Ossetia. Use on mail to
Russia is also known.

From 1990: 1 Ruble (SUR) = 100 Kopeks
From 1993: 1 'Stamped' Transnistrian Ruble = 100 Kopeks (= 1 SUR)
From 1994: 1 Transnistrian Ruble = 100 Kopeks (= 1,000 'Stamped' Rubles)
From 2000: 1 (New) Transnistrian Ruble = 100 Kopeks (= 1,000,000 old Rubles)
Checklists > Countries > Transnistria Heraldic Cats

List status: Incomplete / under construction
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HERALDIC CATS

Issue Item code Item type Face value Remarks SC
1994 Coats of Arms MDTN19990227 ST A 1 Stamp A Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
PST 57Ai
 
  MDTN19990227 ST A 2 Stamp A Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Colour-shift viariety of
MDTN19990227 ST A 1
PST 57Aii
 
  MDTN19990227 IMP A 1 Imperforate stamp A Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
PST 57P
 
  MDTN19990227 MS AAABB Miniature sheet 3 x A
+ 2 x B
Heraldic Lion (on one stamp)
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
5-stamp MS with
MDTN19990227 ST A 1
and 4 other stamps
PST B12A
 
  MDTN19990227 IMS AAABB Imperforate miniature sheet 3 x A
+ 2 x B
Heraldic Lion (on one stamp)
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
5-stamp MS with
MDTN19990227 IMP A 1
and 4 other stamps
PST B12B
 
  MDTN19990227 FDC A 1 First Day Cover A Heraldic Lion (on stamp and cachet)
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Official FDC with
MDTN19990227 ST A 1
 
  MDTN19990200 PRO A 1 Unnissued stamp essay A Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Red shield
PST 57EI
 
  MDTN19990200 PRO A 6 Unnissued stamp essay A Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Yellow shield
PST 57EII
 
  MDTN19990200 PRO 5xA 1 Unnissued miniature sheet essay 5 x A Heraldic Lion (on one stamp)
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Red shield
5-stamp MS with
MDTN19990200 PRO A 1
and 4 other stamps
PST B12E
 
2008 600th Anniversary of Bendery City MDTN20081008 ST E 8 Stamp E Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Imperforate stamp
PST 252
 
  MDTN20081008 MS EEPP
Specimen overprinted
"ОБРАЗЕЦ
"
Miniature sheet EEPP
(2 x E
+ 2 x P)
Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
Imperforate MS with
MDTN20081008 ST E 8
and 3 other stamps
PST B45I
 

2014 20th Anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship Between Pridnestrovie and South Ossetia

Joint Issue with South Ossetia

MDTN20141226 ST E Stamp E Heraldic Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard Passant
South Ossetia CoA
PST 565
 
  MDTN20141226 FDC KE First Day Cover KE
(K + E)
Heraldic Snow Leopard (on one stamp and cachet)
Snow Leopard Passant
South Ossetia CoA
Official FDC with
MDTN20141226 ST E
and another stamp
 
2015 25th Anniversary of the Republic MDTN20150829 ST K Stamp K Heraldic Lion
Lion Couchant Guardant
Historical CoA of Bendery
PST 601
 
2016 Coats of Arms of Imperial Russian Military Commanders MDTN20160206 ST A Stamp A Heraldic Lion
Two Lion Reguardant Supporters
Suvorov Family CoA
PST 652
 
  MDTN20160206 ST K2 Stamp K Heraldic Lion
Heraldic Leopard
Lion Rampant Guardant Supporter
Leopard Rampant Guardant Supporter
Rumyantsev Family CoA
PST 655
 
  MDTN20160206 ST K3 Stamp K Heraldic Lion
Lion Rampant
Sayn-Vitgenshtein Family CoA
PST 653
 

Compiled by Geir Arveng with valuable information from D.G.Naryshkin, and the PMRstamps website.
Latest update: 9 April, 2017