RUSSIA 1905-1918 issues

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1905 War issue (Japanese Russian war)

  3 (+3) k brown, red and green (monument of admiral Kornilof)
  5 (+3) k violet, lilac and yellow (monument at Moscow)
  7 (+3) k blue and red (Statue of Peter the Great)
  10 (+3) k blue and yellow (Kremlin)

These stamps exist with various perforations.

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
3 k ** **  
5 k ** **  
7 k ** **  
10 k ** **  

 

1913 300 years reign of the Romanovs, various designs

  1 k orange (Peter the Great)
  2 k green (Alexander II)
  3 k red (Alexander III)
  4 k red (Peter the Great)
  7 k brown (Nicholas II)
  10 k blue (Nicholas II)
  14 k green (Catherine II)
  15 k brown (Nicholas I)
  20 k green (Alexander I)
  25 k lilac (Alexei Michaelovich)
  35 k violet and green (Paul I)
  50 k brown and grey (Elisabeth)
  70 k green and brown (Michael Feodorovich)
  1 R green (Kremlin)
  2 R brown (Winterpalace in St.Petersburg)
  3 R violet (Castle of the Romanovs)
  5 R brown (Nicholas II)

Surcharged (1916)

  '10' on 7 k brown
  '20' on 14 k green

All the above stamps are perforated 13 1/2.

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 c vc  
2 k c vc  
3 k c vc  
4 k c c  
7 k c vc  
10 k c c  
14 k * c  
15 k * c  
20 k * c  
25 k * *  
35 k * *  
50 k * *  
70 k * *  
1 R ** *  
2 R ** *  
3 R ** **  
5 R ** ***  
Surcharged
10 on 7 k c c  
20 on 14 k c c  

Some of these stamps exist on very thick paper with an impression at the back side, they were primarily used as money and issued without gum.

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With eagle and text on the backside
  10 k blue (1915)
  15 k brown (1915)
  20 k green (1915)
  '1' on 1 k orange (1916)
  '2' on 2 k green (1916)
  3 k red (1916)

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
On thick paper, text on back
10 k c R  
15 k c R  
20 k c R  
1 on 1 k c *  
2 on 2 k c *  
3 k c *  

These stamps exist surcharged in 'PARA' or 'PIASTRES' for use in Turkey.

Provisional overprints exist with 2 crossed swords (could be a bogus issue), one stamp always bears 1/4 of the overprint, I have only seen this overprint in red, it also exists on postcards. Example of this overprint:

I've been told that this is a postal forgery, I have no further information:


(Postal forgery?)

 

Russia 1914-1918 issues

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