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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)