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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?)

1914 Large stamps, war charity

Note the weird cancel: 'Ponape Karolinen 6/6 07'!!!

  1 (+1) k red and green on yellow (mediaeval russian heroe)
  3 (+1) k red and grey (Kosak)
  7 (+1) k brown and green on yellow (mother with children)
  10 (+1) k blue and brown on blue (St.George killing the dragon)

Two different colour shades exist of all these stamps (except the 7 k). They were perforated 11 1/2, 12 1/2 or 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 c Both colour shades
3 k c c Both colour shades
7 k c c Both colour shades
10 k * *

"SPECIMEN" overprint

Numerous of these stamps were overprinted with 'ObPA3EIIb' (Specimen in Russian).

(Reduced size)

The above overprint was used for sending stamps abroad (as the stamp commerce was controlled by the state in Sowjet Russia).

1918 Sword breaking chains (so-called Kerenski issue)

  35 k blue
  70 k brown

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
35 k	vc	vc
70 k	c	c

Overprinted with Russian text and value (surcharged for the Wolga hunger famine, 1922)

  100 + 100 R on 70 k brown
  250 + 250 R on 35 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
100 + 100 R on 70 k	c	*	Overprint in black, red or blue
250 + 250 R on 35 k	c	c	Overprint in black, red or blue

(Unknown overprint 'PCFCP UKPG ObMbH 500 p.')

1924 Postage due stamps, overprinted 'DOPLATA' and surcharged in russian (in red)

  1 k on 35 k blue
  3 k on 35 k blue
  5 k on 35 k blue
  10 k on 35 k blue
  12 k on 70 k brown
  14 k on 35 k blue
  32 k on 35 k blue
  40 k on 35 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 on 35 k	c	c
3 k on 35 k	c	c
5 k on 35 k	c	c
10 k on 35 k	*	*
12 k on 70 k	*	*
14 k on 35 k	*	c
32 k on 35 k	*	*
40 k on 35 k	*	*

I've been told that the next stamp is a postal forgery:

(Left: postal forgery; Right: genuine stamp)

There are small differences in the letters and numbers when compared to a genuine stamp. For example the left '7' is clearly different the '0's have narrower center spaces, the 'P' is different and the inverted 'R' is different. This postal forgery is not mentioned in the book 'Postal Forgeries of the World' by H.G.L Fletcher.

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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