Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

Zemstvos, Porkhov - Pudozh

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Porkhov

1876 Arms, imperforated

With cancel

  5 k violet

1887 Arms, perforated

  5 k blue
  5 k red

5 k value overprinted with inverted '5'?

Priluky

1879 Arms

(Images thanks to Bill Claghorn)

  5 k black on lilac
  5 k black on blue
  5 k black on violet
  5 k black on green
  5 k black on red
  5 k black on brown

Forgeries

Pskov

1871 Diamond shaped stamps, arms

1871 type
Note the different sizes of the '5's in the corners in these stamps

Imperforate
  3 k black (1881)
  5 k violet

Perforated
  3 k black (1886)

Very similar stamps were issued for Ostrow.

1891 Arms

(Reduced size)

  1 k green
  10 k red

These stamps seem to exist with forged surcharge '13 k' or '12 k', see: http://www.rossica.org/Samovar/viewthread.php?tid=433 for more details.

1892 Lion in square

(reduced size)

  1 k blue, green, black and brown
  1 k black, brown, green and yellow (exists imperforate)
  3 k blue, green, black and brown
  3 k blue, red, black and brown (exists imperforate)
  5 k blue, black and brown
  10 k blue, violet, black and brown
  40 k blue, red, black and brown

Surcharged
  3 k on 1 k (1895)
  3 k on 5 k (1895)
  '3' on 10 k (1895)
  '5' on 40 k (1895)

1896 Arms, perforated or imperforate

(Reduced size)

  1 k black, brown and yellow
  3 k black, brown and green
  5 k blue and brown
  10 k red and brown
  40 k lilac and brown

Surcharged

  '3 k' on 10 k red and brown

1898 Arms in circle

  1 k lilac and brown
  3 k black, brown and yellow

1902 Arms, various frames

(reduced sizes)

  1 k black, brown, green, blue, yellow and red
  3 k black, brown, green, blue, yellow and red
  5 k black, brown, green, blue, yellow and red
  10 k black, brown, green, blue, yellow and red
  40 k black, brown, green, blue, yellow and red

1907 Arms in an ellipse, perforated or imperforate

40 k imperforated

  1 k orange
  3 k green
  5 k red
  10 k brown
  40 k blue

1910 Arms, new type

  1 k yellow, black, blue, green and red
  3 k blue, black, green and red
  5 k red, black, blue, green and red
  10 k green, black, blue and red

These stamps were printed together, example:

Pudozh

1903 Arms

  1 k brown
  2 k orange
  2 k red (1913)
  3 k green
  5 k blue
  5 k blue (1913)
  10 k red
  10 k blue (1913)
  25 k lilac
  25 k green (1913)
  20 k grey