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1868
2 k black and brown
1871 Arms, imperforated
3 k black on yellow 3 k black on lilac
1876 Text
Large sized stamps 2 k black (rare) 2 k black on green (rare) 2 k black on blue 2 k black on red (rare) 2 k black on brown 2 k black on yellow (rare) Smaller stamp 2 k black
Text with small arms (1882)
2 k black
Text, arms on background (1882)
2 k blue (imperforated or perforated)
1884 Arms in ellipse, value in circles in the corners
2 k blue 2 k green
1887 Value, large stamps with ornaments
2 k brown 2 k lilac 2 k orange
I've seen the 2 k lilac in tete-beche.
1889 Arms in diamond (perforated or imperforated)
2 k black on red 2 k black 2 k orange 2 k yellow 2 k blue 2 k violet 2 k green 2 k red
1893 Arms in circle (perforated, but imperforated stamps exist)
Fishes, moon and cross
2 k blue 2 k red 2 k olive 2 k brown 2 k green 2 k orange 2 k yellow 2 k grey 2 k lilac 3 k red 3 k green 3 k brown Surcharged (be careful, forgeries exist!)
3 kop on 2 k red (1908, I've seen an inverted overprint) 3 kop on 2 k grey (1908) 3 kop on 2 k brown (1908) 3 kop on 2 k green (1908) 10 kop on 3 k red (rare, 1915)
(1919 issue?)
1872 Text, diamond shape
3 k black on lilac
1879 Text, rectangular shape
(Sorry, no picture available yet)
3 k black on green
1879 Text, large sized stamps (rare)
Reduced sizes
3 k black on green (oval shaped ornaments) 3 k black on green (rectangular shaped ornaments) 3 k black on lilac (other type) 3 k black on blue (other type)
1871 Arms, horse, imperforated
1 k red 1 k violet (1877) 5 k blue 5 k red (1872) 10 k red 10 k blue
1877 Arms, horse, perforated
?
1 k violet 1 k brown 1 k red 1 k orange 5 k blue 5 k violet 5 k red 5 k brown 5 k orange 5 k black 10 k brown 10 k blue 10 k red 10 k orange 10 k black
1888 Arms, lozenges with crown, imperforated
1 k violet 1 k lilac on lilac 5 k blue 5 k orange 10 k blue 10 k orange
1889 Arms, lozenges with crown, perforated
1 k violet 5 k blue 5 k orange 5 k red 5 k violet (rare) 10 k blue 10 k orange 10 k lilac
With value in letters at top and bottom indicating the value (1892)
1 k violet 5 k blue 10 k red
With text in letters at top (usage) and bottom (value) (1892-94)
1 k violet (due) 1 k red (due, '1893' added in design) 2 k blue (postage paid, '1894' added in design) 2 k brown (due, '1894' added in design) 2 k red (due, '1894' added in design) 4 k blue (postage paid, '1894' added in design) 4 k red (due, '1894' added in design) 5 k red (due, no date) 5 k red (due, '1893' added in desing) 5 k blue (postage paid, no date) 5 k blue (postage paid, '1893' added in design) 8 k green (postage paid, '1894' added in design) 8 k red (due, '1894' added in design) 10 k blue (postage paid) 10 k grey (postage paid) 10 k green (postage paid, '1893' added in design) 10 k red (due, '1893' added in design) 20 k blue (postage paid, '1894' added in design) 20 k red (due, '1894' added in design)
With text in letters at the top, no text at the bottom, inscription '1894' just below the arms
2 k blue 2 k red 3 k blue 3 k red 4 k blue 4 k red 4 k brown 8 k blue 8 k green 8 k red 20 k blue 20 k red
With text in letters at the top, no text at the bottom and no date (1895)
2 k blue 2 k lilac 2 k orange 3 k blue 3 k lilac 3 k red 4 k green 4 k brown 4 k blue 8 k green 8 k red 20 k blue 20 k red
With text in letters at the top, and '1896' at the bottom (1896)
2 k blue 2 k green 3 k green 4 k violet 4 k blue 8 k violet 8 k blue 20 k blue
With text in letters at the top, '1896' just below the arms and no text at the bottom
2 k red 2 k brown 3 k orange 3 k brown 3 k red 4 k red 4 k brown 4 k orange 8 k red 8 k brown 20 k lilac
Postal stationery, example:
1871 Text in rectangle, handstamped
5 k black
I've seen an (official?) reprint in the color violet in the above design:
A forgery based on an illustration of the Moens catalogue "Les Timbres-Poste Ruraux de Russie" by Samuel Koprowski (editor J.B.Moens), 1875 exists. It has 'HO' instead of 'KO' in the right bottom corner. It is also illustrated in "Les Timbres de Russie' by J.B.Moens, 1893. Source: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00035/24j.
The Moens illustration (reduced size)
In this stamp the 'A' has been replaced by an 'a'. The '5' is
also different (smaller). Forgery?
1872 Seal-alike stamp, embossed
(Reduced size, dots before and after '3k.')
3 k blue
Three types exist of these stamps; with large dots before and after '3 k.', with six-pointed stars and with eight-pointed stars.