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Russian Stamps, Philately and Postal History
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Russia #1 (in all
catalogs)
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Russian Stamps,
Philately
& Postal History
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Welcome (privet) to over 400
pages about Russian philately - stamps, covers, postmarks, postal history,
revenues, images, values, and anything (everything!) else related to the
subject.
Please consider this your
central resource for all aspects of Russian philately - both with original
material provided by ourselves and with helpful links to other Russian specialty
sites. Thanks for visiting, and please visit again. We're always
adding to and improving the site! :)
NEW
: Read the review of Scott's 2002 catalog
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A History of
Russian Philately |
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A
history of the development of the postal service and stamps in
Russia, dating all the way back to the 800s. |
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Stamp Images and Values |
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A
section containing images and valuation data (usually based on eBay
trades) on stamps, zemstvos, back of the book issues, and some
revenues too. |
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Zemstvos |
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A
fascinating and much neglected aspect of Russian philately - stamps
issued for local (rather than national) postal service. |
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Book and Catalog Reviews |
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Opinions
and reviews on some of the different reference material available to
collectors of Russian philately. |
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Mystery Stamps |
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A
"display room" for you to post images of stamps you can't identify,
and for you to assist other people identify stamps that have them
puzzled. A cooperative offsite service coordinated by the WSRP
for the benefit of all Russian philatelists. |
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Buying and Selling Stamps |
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Our
hobby is unusual because we can conveniently be both buyer and
seller. Here are some thoughts on the strange seeming vagaries
of stamp values and how to optimize the spread between what you buy
and sell stamps for. |
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WSRP
Message Board |
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A direct
link to a discussion board at the WSRP (and hosted on one of our
servers) shared by its members, other philatelic society members,
and "ordinary people" too. A great place to ask questions and
to get helpful answers. |
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Reference Library |
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Includes
a Links section, a site search engine, and a wonderful index to
articles in philatelic journals. |
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Some Sidebar Things
Just like a side-bar to an
article in a magazine, here are some side-bars to the main part of this
web-site.
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A note about linking to
this site : Please link to my site! Wherever possible, please
build a link to the "home page" only at this address -
http://www.rossia.com/stamps.
Addresses of other pages on this site may change as I continue to grow and
occasionally restructure the site, so links to subordinate pages run the risk of
being invalidated.
This page last
modified on February 15, 2003
