Russian Philately – Russian Stamps https://russianphilately.com/ Stamps of Empire, Zemstvos, USSR, Ukraine, Baltic States. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:04:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Gold Standard. Forged perforation. https://russianphilately.com/gold-standard-forged-perforation Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:34:35 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=35340 Forged perforation on imperforated stamps is one of the ways to get expensive Gold Standard stamps. A few days ago a similar forgery was sold on ebay by a reputable seller. This is an imperforated Standard Collection (Sc) #0126, no watermark, horizontal “cells” paper, issued in March 1926. This stamp was not postally used and …

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]]> Zemstvo Forgeries on eBay https://russianphilately.com/zemstvo-forgeries-on-ebay Sun, 20 Jan 2019 20:11:25 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=17622 As Zemstvo collectors know, any old Zemstvo stamp forgeries are collectible and worth some money. But modern printer-made copies should be removed from collections. So, let see what I have caught today on eBay. The France based eBay seller avrolle sold few modern Zemstvo forgeries: Staraya Russa forgery Staraya Russa zemstvo forgery. Sold for $17.50. …

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]]> noyma cccp stamp https://russianphilately.com/noyma-cccp Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:49:32 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=16328 Just found these keywords (noyma cccp, noyta cccp stamp, noytobar mapka stamp) in our Google Analytics report. Looks like people are trying to identify Russian stamps (unknown for them) putting similar looking, but non Cyrillic, letters to Google’s search bar. Let’s explain them that “noyma cccp” means just “Почта СССР” or USSR Postal Service. This …

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]]> RSFSR Forgeries on eBay https://russianphilately.com/rsfsr-forgeries-ebay Fri, 08 Dec 2017 03:09:52 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=11128 The full but forged sheets of Volga famine relief issue were sold on eBay few days ago for GBP 66.00 (approximately $88 USD). Not too bad for the British dealer who sold it as genuine stamps, but a big surprise (in future) for a buyer. Probably forged stamps of the Volga famine relief issue are …

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]]> Buzuluk zemstvo stamp forgeries on eBay https://russianphilately.com/buzuluk-forgeries-ebay https://russianphilately.com/buzuluk-forgeries-ebay#comments Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:24:20 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=8926 Let’s try to track here the most interesting fake and forged Buzuluk zemstvo stamps, sold or just offered for sale on eBay. The forged Buzuluk #1 (1876) was sold on eBay on Jul 02, 2017 by British dealer i.b.redguy for GBP 103.00 or approximately US $133.12. The stamp was described as “possible reprint?”. The original …

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]]> https://russianphilately.com/buzuluk-forgeries-ebay/feed 1 A History of Russian Philately. Part 3 https://russianphilately.com/history-russian-philately-part-3 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 17:44:47 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=6865 25 October 1917J (= 7 November 1917G) With the support of the armed forces, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Petrograd. Elections a couple of weeks later showed them to be in a minority position, and the country rapidly fell into civil war for the next several years, with various alternate groups fighting against the …

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]]> A History of Russian Philately. Part 2 https://russianphilately.com/history-russian-philately-part-2 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:52:11 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=6850 1 January 1858 Russia officially adopts its first stamp – an imperforate 10 kopek stamp, good for the postage of a letter weighing up to 1 “lot”. A “lot” is a measure of weight, approximately equal to just under half an ounce (0.45oz) or 12.8grams. An announcement on 10 December 1857 referred to not only …

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]]> A History of Russian Philately. Part 1 https://russianphilately.com/history-russian-philately-part-1 https://russianphilately.com/history-russian-philately-part-1#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:38:13 +0000 https://russianphilately.com/?p=6843 Ninth Century Twelve hundred years ago. Way back then, the earliest known Russian writings referred to messages being sent from person to person, between one town and another. We don’t really know how these were sent, but the one thing that we do know for sure is that the “mail” in some form or another …

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]]> https://russianphilately.com/history-russian-philately-part-1/feed 2 Forgeries. Empire and Soviet proofs on eBay https://russianphilately.com/forgeries-empire-and-soviet-proofs-on-ebay https://russianphilately.com/forgeries-empire-and-soviet-proofs-on-ebay#comments Mon, 30 May 2016 21:32:20 +0000 http://russianphilately.com/?p=698 The large set of forged essays and proofs were sold on eBay in May 2016 by Russian (Moscow) seller, eBay ID – georgiy4129. 1904 year. The first semi-postal issue. There are different colors of the semi-postal issue “proofs”. Sold price range: $145-$170. Romanov issue There are different colors of the 1913 3 rubl “proofs”. Sold …

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