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Zemstvos, Rostov - Sapozhok

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Rostov

1871 Text

  5 k blue (3 types, differing in inner lines of oval)

1881 Arms in oval

  2 k blue
  2 k blue (oval more elongated, 1889)

Ryazan

1872 Text in diamond shaped stamps (all very rare)

  2 k blue
  2 k black
  2 k gold

Forgery (left) based on an illustration of the Moens catalogue (right) "Les Timbres-Poste Ruraux de Russie" by Samuel Koprowski (editor J.B.Moens), 1875. In the word 'RYZANSKO' (upper left), the letters 'R' and '3' are inverted. Source: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00035/23j. It also appears already in the John Edward Gray 'The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps' catalogue of 1870 on page 181 (see image above). Note tht the bottom and top part are both missing in the above illustrations.

1873 Text in diamond, new design (diamond more like square)

  2 k grey
  2 k gold

1874 Text with stars in the corners

  2 k blue
  2 k gold
  2 k grey
  2 k yellow
  2 k red
  2 k green
  2 k lilac

Forgeries exists and are described on http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00035/24j; genuine stamps always have some holes in the outer framelines (due to the printing setting of the lines). Most likely all forgeries have an extra large star in the lower left inner frame.

Ryazhsk

1882 Value in square

  3 k black on lilac (2 types)

1898 Arms

  3 k red, blue and gold

Rzhev

1867 Circle with inscription, '2' at the bottom

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  2 k black (very rare)

1868 Text

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  2 k black (extremely rare)

1869 Arms, imperforated

(Reduced size)

  2 k black and red (coloured letters)
  2 k black and red (white letters)
  2 k black and red (white letters, larger size)
  2 k red and blue on blue

1887 Circle with text

Reduced size

  2 k black

1887 Arms, perforated

  2 k green

1891 Number, perforated or imperforated

  2 k grey and red
  2 k brown and red (1895)

1896 Arms, new type, perforated or imperforated

  2 k blue and red

Envelope:

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Samara

1908 Arms

  3 k green

Sapozhok

1870 Arms, imperforated

  5 k black

1884 Value in circle, perforated

  5 k black and red
  5 k black and red (with red angles added)
  10 k black and green

1890 Arms, perforated

  5 k red
  5 k red and green (1891)
  5 k red and green (with coloured numbers, 1894)
  10 k black on green
  10 k green and yellow (1891)
  10 k green and yellow (with coloured numbers, 1894)

1897 Arms, new type

  5 k red and green
  10 k green and yellow

1909 Arms, new type, perforated or imperforated

  5 k blue

1909 Switzerland alike stamps

  5 k red and green
  10 k green and orange

1913 Arms, new type

  5 k black and brown

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