Zemstvo Issues
These are the Zemstvo Districts for which I have stocks large enough for Wants Lists to have a fair chance of success. A red asterisk, *, means the stock is mainly or entirely ex-Faberge; a black letter C means that postal history material is also available. As you will see from this List, I have since 1999 acquired intact or remainder Faberge collections from nearly 40 Districts. I am still trying to get more: please contact me if you have a Faberge collection for sale!
Borovichy C | |
*Bugruslan | |
*Byezhetsk | |
*Cherdyn C | |
*DeJmyansk | |
*Dneprovsk | |
*Gadiach C | |
Glasov | |
*Irbit C | |
Kadnikof C | |
*Kamyshlov C | |
*Kherson | |
*Kirillof | |
*Kobelyaki | |
Korchebva | |
Kotelnich (C only) | |
*Kungur | |
*Kuznetsk | |
*Lahishef | |
*Lebedin | |
*Livny | |
*Lubny | |
*Luga (Soviet issue only) | |
*Malmyzh | |
*Nikolsk | |
Nolinsk | |
*Novgorod | |
*Orgeev C | |
*Osa C | |
*Penza | |
*Perm (Soviet issue only) | |
*Pereslaf | |
*Podolsk C | |
*Sapozhok C | |
*Shadrinsk C | |
Skopin | |
*Soroki | |
*Sudzha | |
*Tetyushy | |
*Tiraspol | |
*Urzhum C | |
Ustsysolsk C | |
*Valdai | |
Verkhotur | |
*Vessiegonsk C | |
*Vetluga | |
*Viatka C | |
Yekaterinburg | |
*Zienkof C | |
*Zolotonosha C |
I do have Zemstvo stamps from other Districts, generally the more common ones like Bogorodsk, but the stocks are far from comprehensive. You can always try...
I have Zemstvo Medical Fiscals for Dankov, Glazov, Kotelnich, Viatka
I have very little Proof material, but do have some errors and varieties (such as imperf between, double perf, colour shifts...). I have a handful of forgeries, most of them the 1920s-30s fake 'Proofs' made in Russia and easily recognisable because they all look alike with 'PROBA' and such like handstamped nonsense on the back. (£5 each)