Zemstvos, Laishev - Lubny

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Laishev (Lahishev)

1896 As Russian arms type, but with value in center, perforated

  1 k orange
  3 k red (I've seen a tete-beche pair of this stamp)
  5 k blue

Lebedin

1884 Arms in oval, swan

  5 k blue (I've also seen this stamp in green)

1887 Arms in rectangle, swan

  2 k red (1900)
  3 k lilac (1900)
  5 k blue

Surcharged
  '2' on 5 k blue (1899)

Lebedyan

1872 Text in a rectangle, various types, imperforate

  5 k brown
  5 k green (1880)
  5 k red and yellow (1881)
  5 k black on violet (1884)

1872 Text in an ellipse, imperforate

Image reproduced with permission from: http://www.sandafayre.com

  5 k violet (3 types)

1882 Text, small size, imperforate

  5 k violet

1885 Number, perforated

  5 k blue
  5 k red (1887)

1888 Swan

Western Australia alikes

  5 k red on yellow (imperforated)
  5 k black on green (imperforated, 1891)
  5 k blue (imperforated, 1894)
  5 k red (perforated, 1901)
  5 k lilac (perforated, 1904)
  5 k green (imperforated, 1909)

Lgov

1881 Arms, imperforate

  5 k black, green, red and brown

1891 Arms in diamond, circle and ellipse, perforated

(Images obtained thanks to Bill Claghorn)

  5 k blue (diamond)
  5 k red (circle)
  5 k green (ellipse)

1902 Arms, new type, perforated

  5 k blue
  5 k red
  5 k green

Livny

1871 Text in circle

(Reduced size)

  3 k black on red

Surcharged
  '5' on 3 k black on red

1873 Arms, imperforated

Without value in corners

(Reduced size)

  5 k red

With value in corners

(Reduced sizes)

  5 k blue (1875)
  5 k red (1875)
  5 k green (1880)

1887 Arms, new type, perforated

  5 k green
  5 k blue

1894 Arms, new type

(Reduced size)

  5 k blue
  5 k red

Lokhvitsa

1899 Arms, tower, perforated, '3 kop' under tower

(Reduced size)

  3 k yellow and brown

1901 Arms, larger size

  3 k red

1902 Embossed arms, ellipse-shaped

  1 k black on green
  3 k black on orange

1904 Arms, new type, perforated (exists imperforate)

  1 k brown
  1 k yellow
  1 k grey
  1 k black
  1 k orange and black
  1 k red and green
  2 k blue
  3 k green
  3 k blue
  3 k orange
  3 k lilac
  3 k green and lilac
  3 k lilac and black
  5 k green
  5 k blue and brown
  6 k red
  6 k lilac and green
  10 k lilac
  10 k black and red
  15 k red and blue
  25 k yellow and brown (larger size)

Surcharged

(With surcharged 'Price 3 kop.')

  1 k on 5 k green
  1 k on 6 k red
  1 k on 15 k red and blue
  2 k on 1 k brown
  3 k on 1 k grey
  3 k on 2 k blue
  3 k on 10 k lilac
  3 k on 15 k red and blue
  5 k on 3 k blue
  5 k on 3 k orange
  6 k on 1 k brown
  6 k on 2 k blue
  6 k on 1 k grey

1911 Arms, very large size, imperforated

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  2 k red, violet and green

1911 Arms, different type (exists imperforate)

  1 k green, red and black
  3 k lilac, green and red
  5 k brown, blue and lilac
  6 k blue, red and green
  10 k black, red and blue
  15 k red, blue and brown
  50 k ornage, black and red

1915 Arms, different type

  5 k brown, and green
  6 k lilac and red
  10 k brown and red
  10 k black and red
  15 k red and green
  50 k yellow and brown

Lubny

1879 Text with 'No' in center

  5 k red ('5k' in the corners)
  5 k red ('5' in the corners)

1879 Text

  (-) brown

1890 Text in rectangle with 'No' in center

  5 k green and red

1893 Arms, perforated

Reduced sizes, second and third stamp in second printing

  5 k black, grey and orange

The first printing was done in 1893. In 1895 a second printing followed with a slightly modified design: the '5' and the surrounding circle were removed from the bottom right hand side.

1895 Arms, new type, perforated

(Reduced size)

  5 k blue

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