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The first stamp commemorating the Armenian
Genocide was published in Uruguay in 1986. This
was the first country to recognize the Armenian
Genocide. Commemorative stamps in Armenia
were published in 2005, and then again in 2007.
There are a number of commemorative stamps and
attachments dedicated to the Armenian Genocide.
They were created by our compatriots living abroad.
These commemorative stamps remind people once
again about the crime committed in 1915. Issuing
such a commemorative stamp or an attachment in
Soviet Armenia was impossible. They have mainly
been published abroad.

Many people confuse an attachment with an actual
stamp. For a long time, there was a common opinion
that France has issued a stamp commemorating
the Armenian Genocide, but in reality, it was an
attachment, and the initiative of an individual.
There was even an ink stamp that was created but,
naturally, it could not be used instead of the one
representing the state.
The rules of the International Council of Philatelists
do not allow the attachment to be displayed in
philately exhibitions. They can be considered
souvenirs which, in this case, are of value mainly to
Armenian philatelists.