Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

RUSSIA 1905-1918 issues

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1905 War issue (Japanese Russian war)

  3 (+3) k brown, red and green (monument of admiral Kornilof)
  5 (+3) k violet, lilac and yellow (monument at Moscow)
  7 (+3) k blue and red (Statue of Peter the Great)
  10 (+3) k blue and yellow (Kremlin)

These stamps exist with various perforations.

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
3 k	**	**
5 k	**	**
7 k	**	**
10 k	**	**

1913 300 years reign of the Romanovs, various designs

  1 k orange (Peter the Great)
  2 k green (Alexander II)
  3 k red (Alexander III)
  4 k red (Peter the Great)
  7 k brown (Nicholas II)
  10 k blue (Nicholas II)
  14 k green (Catherine II)
  15 k brown (Nicholas I)
  20 k green (Alexander I)
  25 k lilac (Alexei Michaelovich)
  35 k violet and green (Paul I)
  50 k brown and grey (Elisabeth)
  70 k green and brown (Michael Feodorovich)
  1 R green (Kremlin)
  2 R brown (Winterpalace in St.Petersburg)
  3 R violet (Castle of the Romanovs)
  5 R brown (Nicholas II)

Surcharged (1916)

  '10' on 7 k brown
  '20' on 14 k green

All the above stamps are perforated 13 1/2.

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	c	vc
2 k	c	vc
3 k	c	vc
4 k	c	c
7 k	c	vc
10 k	c	c
14 k	*	c
15 k	*	c
20 k	*	c
25 k	*	*
35 k	*	*
50 k	*	*
70 k	*	*
1 R	**	*
2 R	**	*
3 R	**	**
5 R	**	***
Surcharged
10 on 7 k	c	c
20 on 14 k	c	c

Some of these stamps exist on very thick paper with an impression at the back side, they were primarily used as money and issued without gum.

With eagle and text on the backside
  10 k blue (1915)
  15 k brown (1915)
  20 k green (1915)
  '1' on 1 k orange (1916)
  '2' on 2 k green (1916)
  3 k red (1916)

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
On thick paper, text on back
10 k	c	R
15 k	c	R
20 k	c	R
1 on 1 k	c	*
2 on 2 k	c	*
3 k	c	*

These stamps exist surcharged in 'PARA' or 'PIASTRES' for use in Turkey.

Provisional overprints exist with 2 crossed swords (could be a bogus issue), one stamp always bears 1/4 of the overprint, I have only seen this overprint in red, it also exists on postcards. Example of this overprint:

I've been told that this is a postal forgery, I have no further information:

(Postal forgery?)

Russia 1914-1918 issues

RUSSIA 1905-1918 issues

1905 War issue (Japanese Russian war)

1913 300 years reign of the Romanovs, various designs

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