ZEMSTVOS (Local) ISSUES,

Chembar - Dukhovschin

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Chembar

Arms

(Reduced size)

  5 k green and black (imperforated, 1874)
  5 k green and black (perforated, 1884)
  (-) black, blue, green and yellow (different type, 1888)

Unissued stamp for Chembar? No value inscription, different design.

Cherdyn

1889

  2 k black on lilac

1889 Value

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  2 k black on lilac

1890 Arms, bear, deer and crown, different sizes, perforated

  1 k brown (1895)
  1 k orange (1897)
  2 k red
  2 k red on lilac
  2 k blue (1891)
  2 k green (1892)
  2 k grey (1893)
  2 k yellow (1894)
  2 k violet (1895)
  2 k lilac (1895)
  3 k blue (1895)
  3 k green (1895, different size)
  3 k lilac (1897)
  10 k red (1895)

Surcharged (1902)
  '2' on 3 k green
  '2' on 10 k red

1906 Arms, dear and bear

  2 k blue

1910 Arms, new type

(Reduced sizes)

  2 k red (deer facing the right)
  2 k red (deer facing the left)
  4 k brown

1913 Text in oval, perforated or imperforated

  2 k blue

1918 Text, value surrounded by ornaments

  10 k green
  20 k green

Cherepovets

1869 Value in circle, imperforated

  3 k blue (2 types)

1884 Arms

  3 k green (2 types)

1907 Arms, new type

  3 k green
  3 k red

Cherkask

1879 Text with crown, imperforated

  5 k black on blue

Chern

1871 Arms with crown, imperforated

  3 k black
  3 k blue

Forgeries: I know that a bogus(?) value of 3 k red has been made by a forger from Hialeah Florida; large numbers of these forgeries are offered on Ebay (even blocks). General remarks about these forgeries: the forger has probably used a computer scanner and printer, the details are mostly lost in most of his forgeries, the paper is modern and the size does in general not correspond to genuine stamps.

Chistopol

1906 Value

  2 k green, lilac and black

1907 Arms

  2 k brown

Dankov

1873 Arms, diamond shaped stamps, imperforated

(Reduced size)

  3 k black and green (3 types)

In the first type the text is written circular, in the second and third type it is written straight. The third type has wider arms and numerals.

1883 Arms

  3 k black and green
  3 k black, blue and green (1898)
  3 k black, red and green (1899)

1904 Arms, new type

  3 k green (1904)
  3 k red (1910)
  3 k violet (1914)
  3 k blue (1916)

Demiansk

1868

Reduced size

  3 k black on blue

(I've been told that this is an official reprint)

Dmitriev

1871 Double headed eagle in a circle

(Reduced size)

  3 k black

(Dimitriev District rural government seal; information obtained thanks to Robert Scott)

Dmitrov

1874 Diamond shaped stamp

(Reduce size)

  3 k red and blue

1874 Arms

  3 k brown, green and red

Dneprovsk

1866-1874 Text

  5 k black (3 types)

A forgery based on an illustration of the Moens catalogue exists of the rare 1866 stamp which was made by a teacher in Odessa. Source: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00020235/00035/16j.

1876

  5 k black, orange and blue (imperforated or perforated)
  5 k black, red and blue (perforated)

1885 Arms

  5 k red, brown and blue
  5 k red and green (1899)

Donets

(Reduced sizes)

  1/2 k brown (1879)
  5 k blue (1879)

Dukhovschin

1873 Text, many types

(Reduced sizes)

(Reduced sizes)

  3 k black on blue
  3 k black on blue (inner wavy line)
  6 k black on lilac
  6 k black on lilac (inner wavy line)

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