Post by Hugh on May 25, 2024 21:39:52 GMT
Wasn't sure where to post this. I notice there is a thred called Russia - Army of the North, so I made this one.
[Admin: Please feel free to move it, with my apologies, if it should be somewhere else.]
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In my never-ending search for occupation stamps, I was deligted to find these in an accumulation I bought recently. Not because they have any financial value ... they don't. In fact, they have vritually none.
But,
I don't currently have them.
It's a series of occupation stamps issued during the Russian Civil War.
They're just interesting and a window into a interesting period. And, a great excuse to do some rainy day research.
Best of all, they are on a snippet from someone's very old album page. I think when I make my own page for these stamps, I'm just going to mount the piece like I would a cover or postcard. I just like looking at it - and the old-timey thin hinges they used.
According to Scott, they were issued in 1919 in Ekaterinodar (AKA Krasnodar). At the time, it was occupied by White (Volunteer) Army forces under General Denikin (AKA Deniken). The stamps were used in South Russia (in those places not occupied by the Red Army).
The stamps in this 'snippet' are ... Sc. South Russia 66-71 (Imperf). In the upper left corner of the 'snippet' is "39 a 44" -- I presume a dealer note referencing another catalogue.
The inscription reads 'United Russia'. We know how the civil war ended (the White Army lost) and Anton Deniken went into exile. He spent WW2 in rural France and lived in NYC until he died in 1947 on vacation in Ann Arbor, MI. In 2005, his remains were returned to Russia.
There are five other Deniken stamps ... another series. And, Sc. 68, 69 and 71 have a perferated version. The hunt is on.
[Admin: Please feel free to move it, with my apologies, if it should be somewhere else.]
...
In my never-ending search for occupation stamps, I was deligted to find these in an accumulation I bought recently. Not because they have any financial value ... they don't. In fact, they have vritually none.
But,
I don't currently have them.
It's a series of occupation stamps issued during the Russian Civil War.
They're just interesting and a window into a interesting period. And, a great excuse to do some rainy day research.
Best of all, they are on a snippet from someone's very old album page. I think when I make my own page for these stamps, I'm just going to mount the piece like I would a cover or postcard. I just like looking at it - and the old-timey thin hinges they used.
According to Scott, they were issued in 1919 in Ekaterinodar (AKA Krasnodar). At the time, it was occupied by White (Volunteer) Army forces under General Denikin (AKA Deniken). The stamps were used in South Russia (in those places not occupied by the Red Army).
The stamps in this 'snippet' are ... Sc. South Russia 66-71 (Imperf). In the upper left corner of the 'snippet' is "39 a 44" -- I presume a dealer note referencing another catalogue.
The inscription reads 'United Russia'. We know how the civil war ended (the White Army lost) and Anton Deniken went into exile. He spent WW2 in rural France and lived in NYC until he died in 1947 on vacation in Ann Arbor, MI. In 2005, his remains were returned to Russia.
There are five other Deniken stamps ... another series. And, Sc. 68, 69 and 71 have a perferated version. The hunt is on.
