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Raritan auction #66

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Stefan

A short comment to the current auction at Raritan. The Armenian stuff looks quite good. The got some interesting items. For example that one: This is one of the more difficult overprints. If the basic features (stamp itself) are ok, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ebay, Delcampe and Co, First Essayan, Forged, Genuine | 1 Comment

Framed Zs what is rare and what is not

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Stefan

When dealing with stamps often the question about rarity arises. Normally you can use a catalog and you will get an answer. Perhaps you have a second catalog (e.g. a local one) or you need to use a factor to … Continue reading →

Posted in Framed Z, Genuine | 1 Comment

Forgeries of the Fiscal Overprint on the Paris Issue stamps

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Stefan

The so called Paris issue or Chassepot issue (the name of the printing works in Paris) was never brought into use since once it arrived in Erevan, the Armenian communist had taken over and the Dashnaks who ordered this issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Chassepot, Forged, Genuine | 1 Comment

A page of the Ashford collection

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Stefan

Recently I was able to get hold on an original page of the Ashford collection. Peter T. Ashford together with S. D. Tchilinghirian created back in 1953 one of the most important works regarding the stamps of Armenia. Page four … Continue reading →

Posted in Framed Z, Genuine | 2 Comments

Forgeries at Cherrystone

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Stefan

Some of the most common overprint forgeries on the First Essayan Pictorial Issue can (again) be bought at Cherrystone. This forgery of the 35 Gold-kopeck overprint is quite crude and easily spotted. You can check here  for my article with … Continue reading →

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New Addition to the collection

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Stefan

The lilac overprints of the HH (ruble) overprints are much rarer then the black ones. In order to get a feeling for the look of the genuine ink you need several items with this overprint, the more the better. This … Continue reading →

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Shades of the 250 ruble stamp from the first Essayan pictorial issue

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Stefan

Reading the comment from Trevor about the rare stamps of this set, I put together some material about the 250 ruble stamp. Here are the main shades of the basic stamp as I found in my collection. The 3rd and … Continue reading →

Posted in First Essayan, Genuine | 1 Comment

Rare stamps of the first Essayan pictorial set

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Stefan

If you want to collect all stamps from this set, you face not much hurdles. The most obvious problem are the forgeries and the reprints. Once you got that sorted out the stamps are quite common and you wont need … Continue reading →

Posted in First Essayan, Genuine | 2 Comments

Recent Additions – the gutter block

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Stefan

The latest addition to my collection is this horizontal gutter block (a pair is only two stamps). The basic stamp is the 2000 ruble value from the unissued first Essayan set. With all the pictorial sets it is important to … Continue reading →

Posted in First Essayan, Genuine | 4 Comments

A possible world record – three overprints on one stamp

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Stefan

I did not check all the stamps issued all over the world. But let’s have a look at this one:The stamp originally issued during the tsar regime had a face value of one Kopeck. It got a first overprint after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Genuine, k60k, Mixed Ruble and Z, Ruble, Unframed Z | 3 Comments