RUSSIA Eagle issues 1858-1922, part 2

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Russia eagle issues, small sizes 1858-1922, part 1

For various overprints on these issues, click here.

 

1883 New design

Without thunderbolts below the eagle

14 k blue and red "No thunderbolts" 35 k lilac and green 70 k brown and orange "No thunderbolts"

  14 k blue and red
  35 k lilac and green
  70 k brown and orange

A surcharged stamp '7' on 14 k should have been issued in the Causasus. I have never seen this stamp, it is very rare (bogus?).

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1883)
14 k * c  
35 k * *  
70 k ** *   
With thunderbolts below the eagle

25 k green and violet

  14 k blue and red (1889)
  15 k lilac and blue (1905)
  25 k green and violet (1905)
  35 k lilac and green (1889)
  70 k brown and orange (1904)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889)
Horizontally or vertically laid paper
14 k c vc  
15 k * c 1905
25 k * c 1905
35 k * c  
70 k ** c  

With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front (1909)

14 k c c  
15 k c vc  
25 k c vc  
35 k c vc  
70 k c vc  

These stamps with small circles added in the design or with value in 'PEN' or 'MARKKA' were issued for Finland. 

Imperforated (1915, with thunderbolts)

35 k brown and green 

  15 k lilac and blue
  25 k green and violet
  35 k brown and green
  70 k brown and red

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks

With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front

15 k vc c  
25 k c *  
35 k c c  
70 k c *   
Surcharged (perforated, with thunderbolts, 1916)

20 k on 14 k blue and red

  'k20k' on 14 k blue and red

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks

With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front

20 k on 14 k c c  


Inverted center on a 14 k, 15 k and a 25 k stamp (genuine)

According to the 'Russian post in the Empire, Turkey, China and the post in the kingdom of Poland' by S.V.Prigara postal forgeries of the perforated 70 k exist (thunderbolts issue), some with a Lodz cancel.


The Lodz postal forgery.


Stamps with this overprint were used in Ukraine

 

1889 Double headed eagle in an octogonal

Perforated

10 k red 

  4 k red
  10 k blue
  20 k blue and red
  50 k lilac and green

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889)
Horizontally or vertically laid paper
4 k c vc  
10 k c vc  
20 k * vc  
50 k ** c   
Imperforate (1915)

20 k blue and red

  20 k blue and red
  50 k lilac and green

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
Watermark 'Wavy lines', perforated 14 1/2 (1889)
Horizontally or vertically laid paper
20 k c *  
50 k c c  


Inverted background on a 20 k stamp (genuine)


Proofs

20 k blue and red
Stamps with circles added to the design were issued in Finland.

 

1909 New designs with double headed eagle

Perforated

4 k red 7 k blue

  1 k yellow
  2 k green
  3 k red
  4 k red (slightly different design)
  5 k lilac
  7 k blue
  10 k blue (design as 4 k)

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks

With varnished 'Lozenges' pattern on the front, perforation 14 1/2

1 k vc vc  
2 k vc vc  
3 k vc vc  
4 k c vc  
5 k vc vc  
7 k c vc  
10 k c vc   
Imperforate (1915)

4 k red 5 k lilac 

  1 k yellow
  2 k green
  3 k red
  4 k red
  5 k lilac
  10 k blue

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 k vc vc  
2 k vc vc  
3 k vc vc  
4 k c c  
5 k vc vc  
10 k * *   
Surcharged (1916, perforated)

10 k on 7 k blue

  'kop 10 kop' on 7 k blue

Value of the stamps

 
vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon
 
*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
10 k on 7 k c c  

The imperforate 2 k and 5 k stamps were rouletted in Georgia (so-called Tiflis issue):


(Locally perforated stamp of Tiflis)

Postal forgery:


(I've been told that this is a postal forgery made in 1909 of the 7k blue, printed on
thin paper with varnish lines)


Another postal forgery of the 7 k value


Postal forgery of Lodz of the 10 k value. The left '1' appears too small. The lettering is badly done.


These samps with inscription in "PEN" were issued for Finland.

Essays


Essays made in 1884.


Essays of a 2 k stamp, made in 1902


Essay made in 1902 of a 3 k stamp.


Another essay made in1902: 5 k brown and yellow. I've also seen it in the colors 5 k blue and orange, 5 k blue and green and 5 k red and green.


Essays made in 1902; 7 k blue and orange, I've also seen this essay in the color 7 k blue, 7 k black on orange and 7 k black on yellow.

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