Forgotten names of countries that once existed. A dead country in philately is/was an entity that used to issue postage stamps and now no longer does. This is a fun top 10 countdown to explore the concept of dead countries in philately.

The two books:
Dead Countries of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Aden to Zululand Les Harding
Lost Countries: Exotic Tales from an old Stamp Album Stuart Laycock and Chris West.

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Note: Reference to USSR size is land area and not population count. The USSR occupied 1/6th of the worlds land surface, and was 2.5 times the size of the USA.

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