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Posted 9 years ago
SpiritBear
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I'm also on a Russian Coin Site (I was invited,) so I learned a while ago that CCCP = USSR.
So here are some Communist stamps, of which I know little as I don't read much Cyrillic.
A couple are obvious, like the gymnast on the last one, which is Olympics.
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Cool!
From left to right:
The orange one-"Mail of the USSR, 1 rouble" (image of Spasskaya Tower/Kremlin);
The top blue one- AirMail of the USSR, 2 roubles;
The bottom gray one-Mail of the USSR, 10 kopeks (with a typical propaganda image of a worker woman, unless she's someone famous I don't know);
The big blue one- "World Fair/Expo 1967, Mail of the USSR, 10 kopeks;
The purple one - Mail of the USSR, 1966, 2 kopeks;
The Green one-XX Olympic Games, 1979, Mail of the USSR, 6 kopeks;
No idea if they are special, I don't collect stamps, but I do translate from several Slavic languages =P
The ones for 1 and 2 roubles sound very expensive. The gray one has a stamp with Latin letters, wonder where it was sent and why for so cheap...just thinking out loud.
Where did you get them?
Oh, wow. Thanks!! *Will soon post my Yugoslav, Polish, Czechoslovakia, etc stamps now.* LOL.
I know a few are not special, like the Olympics one albeit it was designed well.
The roubles ones, if they are expensive, were likely either during an inflationary period or for some heavy/large/important item. Somewhere I also have Russian coins.
I buy stamps occasionally. In this case, I bought a small lot for $4. So far, if catalog value is correct, I've made $30 on what I've researched already-- so I am happy.
Well, I'm not locating any pics of my Russian coins (not everything gets photographed,) but here is a Bulgarian coin: 1 Lev from 1925.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oX111wW7H88/Vr0RhITfGBI/AAAAAAAAhT8/tJ2Ai6b7qkI/w599-h577-no/New%2BBrunswick%2Bhalf%2Bpenny%2B030.JPG
I think I've heard that if they are used they are of less value than unused ones, or it doesn't matter? You might be correct about the "rouble" stamps use for heavy items, since- to the best of my knowledge- there were just two instances of inflation in the USSR- in its beginning (1917-1924) and its end in 1991-on. They all look to be made during the "ripe" years of the ussr.
I'm very curious about your other stamps and coins. I'll be happy to translate.
It matters quite a bit.
For example, look at how well they cancelled the one at left in the following link:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Y7_HFuzj--Q/Vs9kU-yomtI/AAAAAAAAiAk/Lk_Yx2zpz5c/w769-h577-no/Stamps%2B019.JPG
Totally worthless Hungarian stamp. ^
Othertimes, what they have stamped over the stamp can make it more desirable.
I have one stamp, uncancelled/unused, that is worth $15, so I am very happy.
For my coins I usually toss them up on the Russian coin site. I ask for year, country of origin, denomination and they oblige me. :)
I'm mostly posting more modern stuff (1890s on,) whereas many of them are DIGGING 1700s Russian coins by the dozen.
I put up the other Eastern European stamps. Thanks for your help. :)
no prob. Thank you for the info on the stamps.
Your coin is engraved "Bulgaria, Unity Makes Strength"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_makes_strength#Bulgaria
Wow, 1700s coins...I have a few from 1800s and i'm happy, they are quite special to me.
I have a bazillion stamps to research since that lot. I went through, will 'discard' (sell for 1 penny each if I can) like 200 and figure out the rest.
Thanks for the translation and link. :)
Recently a man posted one from the 1600s-- a metal detecting video showing as he pulled it out of the ground.
Most of my coins are 1900-1910. Age doesn't always mean much. Some of my favorites are after the Civil War.
Gonna show us your coins?
Ok, will do :)
I saw your other stamps, very interesting, will get to them in a bit.
Here's something for you i thought you might appreciate.
Money with a Bear on them! Lol
http://m.ebay.com/itm/BELARUS-1992-25-50-100-RUBLES-UNC-3-ANIMAL-NOTE-SET-BUY-FROM-A-USA-SELLER-/351105621518?nav=SEARCH
These notes are actually interesting because they were produced right after the collapse of the union when Belarus became independent, and were used only during the wild 1990's. Because of hyper inflation, they were absolutely worthless. People would carry bags of them to a store to buy a loaf of bread (that is, if there was any bread...or anything at all). These money were named "bunnies" by people since each note had an animal on them, with rabbits being the smallest denomination and most worthless. Think 1/1000 of a penny Lol
correction, the squirrel was the smallest one =)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Belarus-1992-50-Kapeek-5-10-25-50-100-Rubles-Banknote-set-of-6-UNC/121821360447?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D35696%26meid%3Df10bf28e352849ba8b50c546da3f96e9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D351105621518
Very interesting. A member on a forum I left (she sadly vanished well before I albeit I kept contacting her for a year) would periodically post 'bear bottles' off e-Bay for me to look at. LOL. At this point I have only one bottle with a bear, which I shall post some time.
Sounds like Weimar Germany. Bread in 1923 cost 200 billion mark.