#197: Fourth postcard from Transnistria

House of Councils, Tiraspol

Person stamp

Received from Nastia from Chisinau, Moldova.

Transnistria has its own central bank, which issues the Transnistrian ruble.

#92: Third postcard and first cover from Transnistria

Bender Fortress

Vancouver 2010 stamp

Received from Oleg from Tiraspol.

Ninety-one percent of the Transnistrian population adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

#92: Second postcard from Transnistria

River view

Flower and Europa stamps

Received from Alexandra from Tiraspol.

Only South Ossetia and Abkhazia recognise Transnistria as a sovereign nation.

#92: First postcard from Transnistria

Moldovan cityscape

Commemorative, architecture and Europa stamps

Received from Denis from Tiraspol.

Transnistria is located mostly on a strip of land between the River Dniester and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine.

#92: First postcard from Moldova

Chişinău

Archaeology stamp

Received from Irina from Chişinău.

Moldova is between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south.