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RUSSIA Overview

Return To Catalogue - Eagle issues 1858-1922 (small sizes) - Eagle issues 1858-1922 (large sizes) - Eagle issues, various overprints - Sowjet Union - Zemstvos (local) issues - Non issued stamps - Cancellations - Fiscal stamps - Postal stationary - Russian post offices in Turkey, part 1 - Russian post offices in Turkey, part 2 - Russian post offices in China - Russain post offices in Crete - South Russia

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Double headed eagle issues (the imperial arms of Russia), in this design and many other designs, to simplify this area, I have divided it into 1) small sizes, 2) large sizes and 3) various overprints:

Small sizes:

Large sizes:

Eagle issues, various overprints

Just after World War I many overprints were issued on stamps of Tsarist Russia.

Issues form 1905 to 1918, (other than eagle issues): Romanov issues etc.

Sowjet Union (CCCP)

Russian post offices in Turkey part 1 and part 2

Russian post offices in China

Russia, fiscal and semi-postal stamps: examples:

Issued for the Far east?

(Kuban overprint)

Some overprints on these stamps were issued for the Kuban region.

Unissued stamp of the Western Army:

(Reduced size)

A label with inscription: 'For the use of families of those called up to the war' (World War I? information obtained from Robert Scott, Greece):

Unknown Russian stamp

Northern Army, Siberia, Amur and Chita issues

Examples:

(Example of Northern Army and Chita)

(Siberia)

South Russia

Examples:

(South Russia, Rostov issue, inscription 'EPMAKb')

(Denikin Army stamp, South Russia, inscription 'EDNHAR POCCIR')

White Russia and Northern Army

(White Russia; inscription 'ACObHbI ATPAD)

(Northern Army: inscription 'OKCA')

Russian post offices in Crete

Special cancellations: Number (St. Petersburg and Moscow)

(Reduced size)

Postal stationary:

Zemstvo (local issues):

(A few examples of the many zemstvo stamps that were issued in Tsarist Russia)

Normally an inscription equivalent or similar to '3EMCKAR' can be found on these local stamps.

Other countries with cyrillic inscriptions

SERBIA: inscriptions 'CPBNJA', 'POWTA' or 'CPPCKA', examples:

MONTENEGRO: inscriptions 'UP. GOPE' or 'PPHA GOPA', examples:

BULGARIA: inscription 'bbLGAPCKA POWA' or similar, the value is in 'CTOT' or 'LEBA'

Websites

http://www.rossica.org/forum/: nice forum about classical Russian stamps.

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

Preview of Stamps Catalogue CD : VOLUME 2