Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

RUSSIA Eagle issues 1858-1922, part 2

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Russia eagle issues, small sizes 1858-1922, part 1

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1883 New design

Without thunderbolts below the eagle

35 k lilac and green

  14 k blue and red
  35 k lilac and green
  70 k brown and orange

A surcharged stamp '7' on 14 k should have been issued in the Causasus. I have never seen this stamp, it is very rare (bogus?).

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1883)
14 k	*	c
35 k	*	*
70 k	**	*

With thunderbolts below the eagle

  14 k blue and red (1889)
  15 k lilac and blue (1905)
  25 k green and violet (1905)
  35 k lilac and green (1889)
  70 k brown and orange (1904)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889) Horizontally or vertically laid paper
14 k	c	vc
15 k	*	c	1905
25 k	*	c	1905
35 k	*	c
70 k	**	c
With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front (1909)
14 k	c	c
15 k	c	vc
25 k	c	vc
35 k	c	vc
70 k	c	vc

These stamps with small circles added in the design or with value in 'PEN' or 'MARKKA' were issued for Finland.

Imperforated (1915, with thunderbolts)

  15 k lilac and blue
  25 k green and violet
  35 k brown and green
  70 k brown and red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front
15 k	vc	c
25 k	c	*
35 k	c	c
70 k	c	*

Surcharged (perforated, with thunderbolts, 1916)

  'k20k' on 14 k blue and red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front
20 k on 14 k	c	c

Inverted center on a 14 k, 15 k and a 25 k stamp (genuine)

According to the 'Russian post in the Empire, Turkey, China and the post in the kingdom of Poland' by S.V.Prigara postal forgeries of the perforated 70 k exist (thunderbolts issue), some with a Lodz cancel.

The Lodz postal forgery.

Stamps with this overprint were used in Ukraine

1889 Double headed eagle in an octogonal

Perforated

  4 k red
  10 k blue
  20 k blue and red
  50 k lilac and green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889) Horizontally or vertically laid paper
4 k	c	vc
10 k	c	vc
20 k	*	vc
50 k	**	c

Imperforate (1915)

  20 k blue and red
  50 k lilac and green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889) Horizontally or vertically laid paper
20 k	c	*
50 k	c	c

Inverted background on a 20 k stamp (genuine)

Proofs

Stamps with circles added to the design were issued in Finland.

1909 New designs with double headed eagle

Perforated

  1 k yellow
  2 k green
  3 k red
  4 k red (slightly different design)
  5 k lilac
  7 k blue
  10 k blue (design as 4 k)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front, perforation 14 1/2
1 k	vc	vc
2 k	vc	vc
3 k	vc	vc
4 k	c	vc
5 k	vc	vc
7 k	c	vc
10 k	c	vc

Imperforate (1915)

  1 k yellow
  2 k green
  3 k red
  4 k red
  5 k lilac
  10 k blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 k	vc	vc
2 k	vc	vc
3 k	vc	vc
4 k	c	c
5 k	vc	vc
10 k	*	*

Surcharged (1916, perforated)

  'kop 10 kop' on 7 k blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
10 k on 7 k	c	c

The imperforate 2 k and 5 k stamps were rouletted in Georgia (so-called Tiflis issue):

(Locally perforated stamp of Tiflis)

Postal forgery:

(I've been told that this is a postal forgery made in 1909 of the 7k blue, printed on
thin paper with varnish lines)

Another postal forgery of the 7 k value

Postal forgery of Lodz of the 10 k value. The left '1' appears too small. The lettering is badly done.

These samps with inscription in "PEN" were issued for Finland.

Essays

Essays made in 1884.

Essays of a 2 k stamp, made in 1902

Essay made in 1902 of a 3 k stamp.

Another essay made in1902: 5 k brown and yellow. I've also seen it in the colors 5 k blue and orange, 5 k blue and green and 5 k red and green.

Essays made in 1902; 7 k blue and orange, I've also seen this essay in the color 7 k blue, 7 k black on orange and 7 k black on yellow.