Armenia to Zemstvo: A Philately Blog

This Blog is now closed but you can still contact me at patemantrevor@gmail.com. Ukraine-related posts have been edited into the book by Trevor Pateman "Philatelic Case Studies from Ukraine's First Independence Period", edited by Glenn Stefanovics. It is available in the USA from amazon.com and in Europe from me. The Russia-related posts have been typeset for hard-copy publication but there are currently no plans to publish them.

Monday, 29 September 2014

Expertising Handstamped Overprints

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Because they are handstamped, handstamped overprints are infinitely variable: the way the clerk inks the handstamp can vary infinitely (pres...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

First World War: Franked Mail from Prisoners of War in Russia

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After the end of hostilities between Germany and Russia and the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, it is quite common to ...
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Sunday, 21 September 2014

What Can We Learn from Philatelic Covers?

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Click on Image to Magnify They are horrible aren't they? Petrograd March 1918. People are cold, hungry and in some cases fright...
Wednesday, 17 September 2014

A Little Test Before Next Week's Harry von Hofmann sale ....

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Next week in Wiesbaden, Heinrich Koehler will sell the Harry von Hofmann collection of Imperial Russian Registered Mail. Virtually every cov...
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Sunday, 14 September 2014

Stamps which Fall between Categories: examples from Russia and Ukraine

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Click on Image to Magnify Until 1917, the State Printing Works in St Petersburg and then Petrograd - later part of Goznak and still...

Poltava Tridents: Types !a, 1b and 1c

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Click on Image to Magnify The Imperial 10 rouble stamp is very useful when you are studying Ukrainian and Armenian Civil War overpr...
Saturday, 13 September 2014

Frankings including Charity stamps: RSFSR Volga Famine Relief issue 1922

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Normally, Charity stamps show two denominations: one shows the franking value of the stamp and the other shows the Charity premium paid in a...
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