Zemstvo Listings

<body> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <p>I'm sorry, but if you can't view frames, then you really should update your browser (it is probably free!) to one that supports frames.  Unfortunately I don't have the time to maintain both framed and nonframed sets of this website.</p> <p>Here as an encouragement is what was the unframed version of this section before I converted (and added to) it.</p> <p> </p> <h2 align="center"><font color="#3C78B4" face="Arial">Stamp Information, Images, and Values</font></h2> <h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#3C78B4">Zemstvo Issues</font></h1> <hr width="60%" color="#3C7850"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Zemstvo stamps were stamps issued by local government authorities and were used for local mail in the period from about 1865 through until about the revolution in 1917.  They were most prevalent in the decade 1890-93 when 793 different zemstvo stamps were issued by the various different local governments.  Indeed, due to the large numbers of issuing authorities, vastly more zemstvo stamps were issued during the period that they were in use than regular postal stamps - more than ten times as many!</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">The word zemstvo means "county" or "district" in English.  The zemstvo stamps contrast with the national stamps, which were used for mail between major towns and cities, but the national postal service did not extend to regional service between and within local outlying regions of the major cities.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">For a complexity of reasons, most major catalogs do not cover zemstvos.  Most serious collectors feel this to be wrong, and believe that it is just these catalogs being lazy, for surely the zemstvo issues are complex and not commonly traded, but, for whatever reason, it remains a fact of life and all we can do is try and make up for their omission.</font></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Reference Sources</font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Until now, the major definitive work cataloguing zemstvo stamps was a publication issued in 1925 by the Soviet Commissioner for Philately, a Mr F G Chuchin.  This work, titled "<b><i>Catalog of the Russian Rural Postage Stamps</i></b>" is commonly referred to as "Chuchin", and fortunately remains easily available in slightly expanded improved reprint form, for sale by <a href="http://www.jbarefoot.co.uk/">J Barefoot Ltd</a>, and last time I checked, they were selling their 1988 reprint for £9.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Zemstvo stamps are not commonly available, and it is difficult to establish their market values.  Many collectors accept Barefoot's advice and use the values in Chuchin's catalog as an approximate guide to relative values between one issue and another.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">The key importance of the Chuchin publication appears to be currently challenged by a new multi-volume work being written by <a href="mailto:artuchov@hotmail.com">Alex Artuchov</a>, a gentleman in Canada who is also Treasurer of the Canadian Society of Russian Philately.  This has the title of "<b><i>Zemstvo Postage Stamps of Imperial Russia</i></b>".  I understand that four volumes of this encyclopaedic work have been published to date (totalling something over 700 pages!), and eagerly await a copy.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Subject to possible emendation by Artuchov's tome, I plan to follow the Chuchin categorisation of zemstvo issues.  He listed the issues by issuing authority - a sensible enough method.  There are 162 different issuing authorities spread over 33 different regional governments.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">In the table of issuing authorities below, I have placed all issuing authorities, but will only build links when I have material to show on that page.  From small acorns, giant oak trees grow - please be patient as this slowly grows!</font></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Caution - Counterfeits</font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">A cautionary note.  Because these stamps are of moderately high value, and because little is known of many of them by non-specialist collectors, it has been suggested that there may have been an increase in the offering for sale of counterfeit stamps, particularly on some of the general internet auction sites.  I have no knowledge as to if this is correct or over-hyped fear, but any time you are buying high value stamps from an unknown source, I think it is entirely appropriate to be cautious and engage the seller in some dialog to understand the provenance of the stamps and the method of identification/verification of the stamps used by the seller (usually none!) and what the seller's own knowledge level and ability to personally validate the stamps may be.  This last issue is perhaps the most relevant - there are also some respected long-time stamp dealers that specialise in Russia that sell zemstvo issues, and if that is the case, you can purchase with much more confidence than you can the person selling "old dealer's stock of rare zemstvo issues"!  :)</font></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Identifying Zemstvo Stamps</font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">There are two aspects to identifying a zemstvo stamp.  The first is to identify it as indeed being a zemstvo issue, the second to determine which zemstvo issue it is.  Arguably the third issue is to determine if it is real or counterfeit, but that is way beyond the scope of my own meagre knowledge.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Identifying a stamp as a zemstvo stamp usually involves hoping to find the cyrillic word zemstvo on the stamp (here are some <a href="zemstvos/zemscans.htm">scans</a>).  If you see this somewhere on the stamp, then you know you've got a zemstvo.  If you don't see it, then you probably don't, but note that not all zemstvo issues have the word zemstvo on them!</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">That was the easy part.  Now to determine which zemstvo it is.  I'm sorry, but there is no practical alternative to learning some of the cyrillic alphabet!  Fortunately, (as time allows) I'll make it easy for you and show the cyrillic spellings of the local governments in the table below.  I suggest all you want to do is to look at the first couple of letters of each word until you get a pattern match, then check in my table to see how many letters you need to get a unique pattern match and keep matching letters till you have that - then you have probably identified the local government that issued the stamp.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">The chances are that I don't have an image of the stamp yet on this site, but if the local government shows it has a link, go and have a look and maybe you'll strike it lucky.  And here's an offer I'll make to you - send me a nice big clean scan of the zemstvo and I'll identify it for you!  :)</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#3C7850">Which leads to the last item in this introductory section.  It is, unsurprising, a plea for assistance.  Any images you can contribute would be much appreciated!</font></p> <hr width="60%" color="#3C7850"> <p align="left"> </p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" width="95%"> <tr> <td width="35%"> <h3><font face="Arial" color="#3C78B4">Local Government</font></h3> </td> <td width="61%"> <h3><font face="Arial" color="#3C78B4">In Cyrillic</font></h3> </td> <td width="66%"> <h3><font face="Arial" color="#3C78B4">Controlling Region</font></h3> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Akhtyirka</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Alatyir</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Alexandria</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Ananief</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Ardatof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Arzamas</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Atkarsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bakhmut</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Balashof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Belebey</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bielozersk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Berdyansk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bobrof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bogorodsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Boghuchary</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Borisoglyebsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Borovichy</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bronnytzy</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Bugulma</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76"><a href="zemstvos/buguruslan1-5a.htm">Buguruslan</a></font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Samara</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Buzuluk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Byezhetsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Chembary</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Cherdyn</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Cherepovets</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Cherkassy</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Chern</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Chistopol</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Dankof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Demiansk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Dmitrief</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Dmitrof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Dnieprovsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Donez</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Dukhovstschina</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Gadiach</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Gdof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Glazof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Griazovets</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Irbit</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kadnikof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kamyishlof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kashira</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kassimof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kazan</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kharkof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kherson</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kholm</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Khvalynsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kirillof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kobelaky</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kologrif</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kolomna</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Konstantinograd</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Korcheva</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kotelnich</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kozelets</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Krapivna</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Krasnoufimsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Krasny</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kremenchug</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kungur</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Kuznetsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lahishef</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lebedian</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lebedin</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lgof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Livny</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lokhvitza</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Lubny</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Luga</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Malmyzh</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Maloarkhangelsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Mariupol</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Melitopol</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Morshansk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Nicolsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Nolinsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Novaya Ladoga</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Novgorod</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Novomoskofsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Novorzhef</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Novouzensk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Odessa</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Okhansk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Opochka</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Orgheef</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Osa</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Ostashkof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Oster</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Ostrogozhsk</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Ostrof</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="35%"><font face="Arial" color="#274F76">Pavlograd</font></td> <td width="61%"></td> <td width="66%"></td> </tr> 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