Russian stamps comprehensive collection guide

from several periods (imperial-R.S.F.S.R. and U.S.S.R.)

• Revenues

  used to designate collected taxes or fees on documents, tobacco, alcoholic drinks, drugs and medicines and many other things.

• Exposition sheets

  A lot of Scans of non-postal exposition sheets from Russia, just a few examples. click here. On this page you can also find the link to more then 100 different sheets.

• Municipals

  Municipals - nice: stamps from the Moscow police.

• Cut-outs

  Cut-outs - nice: some old cut-outs from the late 1800, seems to be revenue papers .

• Stamps from 1857 to 2000

  I have a wantlist according the Michel catalog.

• Zemstvos

  I have a few of these stamps. More information can be found here. click here.

• BOB stamps

  stamps which are not in the normal stamp catalogues like: army stamps, private stamps (i.e. cinderella's), cut-outs and seals.

• Stamps from Armenia

  ever seen the stamps in these colors, I didn't click here. to see some scans from the stamps.

• Perforation

  A really nice double perforation on a part of a sheet of the worker stamps. click here. to see the stamps.

• Time periods postage stamps

  The three periods of Russia, imperial Russia - R.S.F.S.R. and the U.S.S.R. click here. to see the periods.

• Unknown stamps

  please take a look at these rare and for me unknown stamps. click here. to see the unknown stamps.

• Identified stamps

  please take a look at these identified stamps. click here. to see the stamps.

• Unknown perfins

  please take a look at these. click here. to see the stamps.

• Revenues

  take a look at my revenues. These are the more general ones. click here. to see the stamps.

• Alcohol and Tobacco revenues

  take a look at my Alcohol and Tobacco revenues from the late 1800's. click here. to see the revenues.

• Republics

  read all about the Russian allied territories, republics and occupation areas. click here. for more information.

• Stamps from territories, republics, occupation areas and bogus stamps

  Batum British occupation , Azerbaijan, Deniken issue, Levante, Army of the North - General Millar, Russia: propaganda stamps, Turkestan, Rethymnon, bogus Russia, bogus Ukraine. - - - - click here. for the stamps.

• Kargopol

  See my latest acquisition, very nice cancellation!! click here. for the stamps.

• Occupation Azirbayedjan

  all the stamps I have with this overprint.click here. for the stamps.

• Smolensk

  How to identify the overprint from Smolensk.???

• Rare stamps

  Rare stamps - take a look at really rare stamps, only a few known examples.

• Cinderella's

  Cinderella's - a lot of old cinderella's, just take a look. Does somebody know there purpose? examples.

• Military postin Siberia.

  Military post: Czechoslovak army in Siberia.examples.

Not stamp related, old postcards

• Nostalgic postcards.

  Nostalgic Pictures from Russia, taken from very old postcards.click here. for the postcards.