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"For memory of the liberation of Russia"
This stamp, named "Breaker of Chains" depicts a man (representing
the Russian people) breaking the symbolic chains of Bolshevik
oppression. The legend above says "In commemoration of
the liberation of Russia". This issue is a fantasy stamp
printed in Italy.
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-Issue of Welfare Organization under the patronage of Empress Maria
Feodorovna. Entertainment and Theater Tax Stamp. From a series issued
in 1915.
- Also available in 2k (brown), 5k (blue), 10k (red),
20k (brown), 50k (brown), and 1R (brown) values. 60k and
3R overprints on 2k value also exist. Stamps were subsequently
overprinted with handstamp's for use by the Estonian government
during 1918-1919.
- These stamps were stuck across the join of theatre tickets with
the stub, at the box office. On payment ticket and stub with stamp
given to customer. On handing the ticket to the usherette it was torn
across the stamp, the stub with half stamp was placed on a string
using a large needle. The ticket with half stamp was given to customer.
The retained stubs were later counted and compared with number of
stamps and tickets issued for the performance and an account produced
with appropriate general purpose tax stamp and a return made to the
taxing authorities.
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Ukrainian theater revenue stamp of 1918. Ten different stamps were
issued to use on theater tickets. It was cut in half and attached
to the back of a theater ticket. I have written a comprehensive article
on Ukrainian Revenue stamps. please note trident on right - it appears
on Ukr. stamps only!
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Ukrainian People's Republic, possibly 1920s
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Cinderella - Prepared in 1923 by the Italian firm of Marco Fontano
in Venice. Erroneously reported in Soviet Philatelist of 1924 as a
set to commemorate 5th anniversary of Soviet rule.
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Cinderella - Prepared in 1923 by the Italian firm of Marco Fontano
in Venice. Erroneously reported in Soviet Philatelist of 1924 as a
set to commemorate 5th anniversary of Soviet rule.
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1 gold kopek, for children's aid from the Primorskiy (Russian far
east) Guberniya (Province) Children's Committee
.Post WWI Child Welfare Fund Raising label produced by
the Far Eastern Government Children's Commission, Vladivostok,
1924, for homeless and abandoned children.
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A letter seal
inscription in Old Russian says: "Pristava 3 Stana Pruzhanskogo Uezda"
"Pristav" was a fairly low police rank, "Stan" referred to something
like a town or village, usually where Cossacks lived, Pruzhansky Uezd
is like the "County of the town of Pruzhan"
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- A 7 Kopeck Post Stamp (that what it says: "Pochtovaya Marka"
- Postal stationery cutout (1889-90 issue)
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A 50-kopeck soviet stamp issued by some "Consumer society" ("Potrebitelskoye
Obschestvo") Image not clear enough to see other inscriptions, I think
something to do with some companies ("T-ba" is abbreviated "Tovarischestva",
or "Comradships," similar to current LLC or Partnerships)
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Value: This is a cut of a Finnish stationary cover from
year 1850, when Finland was a part of the Russian Grand
Duchy. The value marking was printed on cover. Five different
papers were used. This printing is identified by the vertical
oval; issue 1856 was horizontal. The 1850 printing consisted
of three values: 5 kopek blue, 10 kopek red and 20 kopek
black. These covers were used in Finland and Russia before
stamps, which were issued in March 1856. Cancellation
with ink was normal, and date marking (if any) was put
elsewhere on cover.
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Seams that this has been sent from Finland. Finland is
bilingual country (Finnish and Swedish) and in this stamp
Swedish is written (which was more common in those days).
Symbols of Finnish post (which was founded already 300
years ago during Swedish era)horns can been seen well.
As I can see Lion of Finland (symbol as well) can been
seen). Also old symbol which is used even now a days.
ABSīs are latin. Finland got later itīs own currency (markka,
mark) even it was part of Russia until 1917. We also got
our own stamps because we were Autonomic. In Russia they
didn'tīt use this kind of stamps. So...this is not a Russian
stamp even value is mentioned in Russian currency.
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Cut-out from a stationery envelope of one of the first issues (mid
19th century, difficult to tell which one exactly...), postmarked
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Revenue
take a look at the revenues
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Postal stationery cutout (1868 or 1872
issue)
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- Issue of Welfare Organization under the patronage of Empress Maria
Feodorovna. Entertainment and Theater Tax Stamp. From a series issued
in 1915.
- This issue also exists with a Poltava type trident.
- Also issued with values of 5k (blue), 10k (carmine), 25k (violet),
and 50k (green).
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- "Benefiting pupils' cantine" febr. 1-2
1917
- For benefiting of pupils' diningroom
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Special issue for Saratov Day of Kolosarzhi
A day of Harvest 28-29th August in Saratov. (??)
Day of the Ear of Rye
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1 Ruble for the 92nd Reserve Regiment Officer's
Assembly
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Reads "skladchina" which translates pooling
(together to buy something, collecting resources for a mutual purchase)
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Appears to be overstamp of sovnarkom (Council
of People's Deputies) which was official title of Soviet government.
Therefore some sort of "official" stampoverprint:
Sov.(iet) Nar.(odnykh) Kom.(missarov) abbreviation means Council of
People's Commissars. Sovnarkom was the first soviet gouvernment and
therefore this overprint makes otherwise tsarist stamp a legitimate
soviet gouvernment's one. Denomination - 3 kop(ecks). Top banner reads
"pochtovaya marka" - postal stamp.
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- For the use of the Saratov Soviet (communist
government)
- Issued in 1917 to 1918 for excise tax on various items, especially
perfume. There are about 50 different stamps in the group that vary
in value, color of stamp, color of paper, wording and whether perf or
nonperf. There are also two related banderolls
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- The stamp reads "Turkestan" referring to one of the old provinces
in the south of Russia. The name was dropped due to its similarity
with Turkey
- This is from a 1923-1924 set of fantasy stamps printed
in either Paris or Italy. Other values include 1, 2, 5,
25 and 50 kopeks. Stamps exist in two varieties of perforation,
11.5 and 14.5, as well as imperforated. The imperf stamps
can be found with a purple overprint "Rub" (Ruble). Another
overprint (5 lines) shows the acronym VTKP (Vostochno-Turkestanskoye
Kraevoe Pravitel'stvo) East Turkestan Regional Government,
supposedly applied by the White Army units of General
Sychov. The rest of the overprint says: "Zarja osvobozhdenija
Rossii, 1924" (The dawn of Russia's liberation). Some
of these stamps have been cancelled with a fantasy circular
Russian language cancellation: "Field Post in Turkestan,
White Army" (Information translated from the Russian "Filatelija"
magazine.)
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1.) This is a pair of one kopek stamp
(russian type)used in Finland. Finland copied the same stamp but values
in penni and mark in 1911.
2.)
This stamp is absolutely not Finnish stamp. The currency
of this stamp is Russian (kop). Although this model of
stamps was allowed to be used in Finland, they were Russian,
not Finnish stamps. Under word "Franco" one
can see overprint "25". This stamp has NEVER
been used in Finland with changed value. This could be
Don Government's Rostov issue in South Russia in 1918.
This "Franco" may also be an overprint. Of its
origin I have no idea except it almost certainly has nothing
to do with Finland.
thanks to jarvekaur@netscape.net
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picture from:Oleg
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"Polish Military Post" and more
specifically as "Polish Corps in Russia, 1918". The overprint
comes about for the following reason, and I quote from S.G.
Pt 10 "Russia" (1999)5th Ed. "In 1917 Poles serving in the
Russian Army were transfered into Polish units so that an
autonomous Polish army could be organized. The Polish First
corps was formed on 21 August 1917. By January 1918 the
corps was based at Bobruisk, virtually surrounded by German
troops. An agreement with the Germans in February 1918 established
an area of 'Polish occupation', and the forwarding of Polish
mail to Warsaw by the German field post Post Offices operated
from 1 April to 29 June 1918, after which the corps was
disbanded". The stamp on the left can be identified, according
to S.G., as type 22, listed as M13 - 35k on 1k orange. Your
example is imperf. although perforated examples are also
known, but much more valuable. The surcharge is also known
to appear inverted on the perforated variety of this stamp.
Both imperf. and perforated stamps have no watermark.
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picture from:Eddy
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