Iran – Azerbaijan: 1945/46 Russian Azerbaijani Government handstamped “National Government of Azerbaijan, 11 May 1945” on Persian stamps mint o.g. set. 2017 Mehrdad Sadri certificate. *
From May 1945 until March 1946 there was an Independent Government under Russian occupation but on the withdrawal of Soviet forces in March 1946 there was an “autonomous” Government within the Empire of Iran until December 1946.
