As a final reverberation to the death knell of the Soviet Union, the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia has released a commemorative stamp that brings to mind an old Firesign Theatre album cover. Lenin and Marx, the two founding fathers of the Soviet Union, have been handily swept aside, replaced by an altogether different duo: John Lennon and Groucho Marx. The twin stamps are legal tender, worth 500 rubles each. And, as an added bit of unintentional irony, what was clearly meant to be a peace sign hovering about John Lennon's head, is in reality the Mercedes-Benz Logo. New world order, indeed.
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All Tied Up on the Eastern Front
Newer World Order
