Zemstvos, Zemlyansk-Zolotoshna

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Zemlyansk

1874 Arms in circle

Large sized stamp

Small sized stamps

Large size
  5 k yellow and blue
  8 k yellow and blue

Smaller size (and slightly different design: value also indicated at the sides)
  5 k orange and blue
  8 k orange and blue

Zenkov

1878 Value

  3 k black on yellow (rare)
  3 k red
  3 k brown
  3 k green (coloured center)
  3 k green (white center)

1890 Value, new type, perforated

  1 k red (1895, exists imperforated)
  2 k blue (1895, exists imperforated)
  2 k gold (1896, exists imperforated)
  3 k brown (exists imperforated)
  3 k blue (1898, exists imperforated)
  3 k red (1898)
  3 k lilac (1898)

1891 Value with ornaments

  3 k red
  3 k green
  3 k gold

1898 Arms, perforated

  3 k green, black and gold

1898

  1 k bronze
  2 k gold

1898 Value, perforated or imperforated

  3 k gold

1898 New type, perforated or imperforated

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  3 k bronze

1899 Value, new type , value in colour

  3 k blue

1899 Lozenges in the center

  3 k green, red and black

1899 Small size, perforated

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  3 k black, blue and gold

1899 Text, perforated or imperforated

  3 k gold
2 other types with text exist, but they are proofs (imperforated)

1899 Value, perforated or imperforated

  3 k gold

1899 Small sized stamp

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  1 k gold
  3 k gold

1899 Arms

  1 k orange
  2 k red
  3 k green

1899 Value

  1 k gold
  2 k gold
  3 k gold

1899 Text, perforated or imperforated

(Reduced sizes)

  1 k green
  2 k bronze
  3 k gold
  3 k green

1910 Same design, but '2k' in upper corners, perforated or imperforated

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  2 k bronze

1912 New type, perforated

  3 k grey

1911 New type, perforated

(Reduced size)

  1 k black
  2 k brown
  3 k gold

I have been told that the following two stamps are proofs:

Zolotonosha

1880 Arms, imperforated

(Reduced sizes)

  2 k yellow, green and black
  10 k yellow, red and black

Surcharged

  3 k on 2 k yellow, green and black

A '25' surcharge on the 2 k value is probably bogus, see: http://www.rossica.org/Samovar/viewthread.php?tid=434 for more details.

1892 Arms, perforated

  3 k gold, green and black
  10 k gold, red and black

1916 Arms, new type

  3 k green (exist imperforated)
  10 k red

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