Help with Russian Stamp

A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I thought
I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number for
him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after reading the
catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the second
time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find the
stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone out
there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp for me?

A scan can be seen at:

http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg

Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the right
side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I cannot
explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.

The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.

TIA for any help!

George

"PMATS5" wrote in message
...
A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I
thought
I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number
for
him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after
reading the
catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the
second
time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find
the
stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone
out
there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp
for me?

A scan can be seen at:

http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg

Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the
right
side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I
cannot
explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.

The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.

TIA for any help!

George

This definitive stamp was issued on 3rd September 1958, Michel 2138; print
run 2 millions pieces. It shows a metallurgical worker.

The stamp isn't listed at its place in my Scott 1999 either.

HTH.
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Victor Manta

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Hi,

I don't have Scott - I've Yvert (since I'm French), but I think you'll
find it after you got those informations :
It was issued in 1958 in a definitive issue representing "workers"
(farmer, architect and metal-worker -this one)
It was issued engraved (#2090 -CV : 15 euros) or litho (#2090C - CV : 1
euro).
I cannot see from your scan which one it is...
It's very common... i've dozens of it (well, at least "litho" ;-))

Hope these will help...

Philatelically yours,
Helene Sarrazin (still collective definitives, and eventually, reading
the NG at home :-))

Merry Christmas !

In message ,
PMATS5 wrote:
A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott.
Being a brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was
for him. I thought I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come
up with the Scott number for him. I thought that he had simply
missed the listing! Well, after reading the catalog several times -
once looking for similar illustrations and the second time by looking
for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find the stamp! I
will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone out
there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the
stamp for me?

A scan can be seen at:

http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg

Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on
the right side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction
- although I cannot explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower
left corner.

The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.

TIA for any help!

George

I cannot help you with a Scott number. The stamp features a blast
furnace worker, and was issued in 1958-1960 (two versions, engraved or
litho). Yvert #2090/C.
The set includes a peasant woman (20k) and an architect (25k).
The foliage is an ornament that appears on all three stamps. Laurels ?

--
Kind regards,
Bruno

"PMATS5" skrev i en meddelelse
...
A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I
thought
I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number
for
him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after
reading the
catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the
second
time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find
the
stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone
out
there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp
for me?

A scan can be seen at:

http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg

Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the
right
side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I
cannot
explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.

The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.

George,

I cannot find it in Scott either (!), but I found it in Michel 1958, # 2138.
It was issued on 3rd September 1958 as part of a large series of
definitives, and depicts "a construction worker". The design comes in at
least 2 values (rose, 60k, and light blue, also 60k -- I know, because I
have them both :-)). Design by Beresowski, and engraved by Mokroussov.

I hope this helps you on the right path.
--
Best regards
Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
reply to heindorffhus at heindorffhus dot.dk
http://www.heindorffhus.dk
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"PMATS5" wrote in message
...
A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I
thought
I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number
for
him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after
reading the
catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the
second
time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find
the
stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone
out
there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp
for me?

A scan can be seen at:

http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg

Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the
right
side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I
cannot
explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.

The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.

TIA for any help!

George


Any chance it is Scott 2288 or am I going blind ?
--
Tony Vella in Ottawa, Canada

"Tony Vella" skrev i en meddelelse
...
- snip -


Any chance it is Scott 2288 or am I going blind ?

Tony, it *is* Scott 2288, so your eye-sight still works perfectly ;-) And
even the blue version I mentioned is there, Scott # 2293.

Regards
Mette

For those who have problems with this stamp
in Stanley Gibbons.
They are listed under the 1929 definitive set.

A set of 29 stamps
Catalogue Numbers range from #541 to #2253a

The issue shown is SG2253 60k red (there is also a 60k blue)



| A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
| brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I thought
| I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number for
| him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after reading the
| catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the second
| time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find the
| stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone out
| there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp for me?
|
| A scan can be seen at:
|
| http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg
|
| Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
| commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the right
| side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I cannot
| explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.
|
| The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.
|
| TIA for any help!
|
| George

Oh yes.....
described as a "furnaceman"
The ring that he is holding is the handle part of a long iron
bar with a small spade attachment on the end, which is used for
adjusting the coke levels in the furnace, his eyes protected by the
goggles on his forehead.
The "foliage" is unknown to me, but shares similar design attributes
for many stamps of this era, presumably decorative only. Maybe
a reflection on a floral emblem of the district where the furnaces are located.


HTH



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(Remove gum to reply)


"Rodney" wrote in message ...
| For those who have problems with this stamp
| in Stanley Gibbons.
| They are listed under the 1929 definitive set.
|
| A set of 29 stamps
| Catalogue Numbers range from #541 to #2253a
|
| The issue shown is SG2253 60k red (there is also a 60k blue)
|
|
|
| | A friend of mine came up with a stamp he could not find in Scott. Being a
| | brave and daring soul, I said I would find out what it was for him. I thought
| | I would just look in my Scott catalogs and come up with the Scott number for
| | him. I thought that he had simply missed the listing! Well, after reading the
| | catalog several times - once looking for similar illustrations and the second
| | time by looking for the denomination (60k) I have not been able to find the
| | stamp! I will be embarassed to return without a solution. Can someone out
| | there save me the embarassment and humiliation by identifying the stamp for me?
| |
| | A scan can be seen at:
| |
| | http://members.aol.com/pmats5/russiaunk.jpg
| |
| | Bob, my friend and challenger, would also like to know what the stamp
| | commemorates. To him it is an agricultural worker - grain silos on the right
| | side. To my eye, I see someone in industrial construction - although I cannot
| | explain the obvious bit of foliage in the lower left corner.
| |
| | The stamp is fully gummed, so I assume it is a CTO.
| |
| | TIA for any help!
| |
| | George
|
|

"Rodney" skrev i en meddelelse
...
For those who have problems with this stamp
in Stanley Gibbons.
They are listed under the 1929 definitive set.

A set of 29 stamps
Catalogue Numbers range from #541 to #2253a

The issue shown is SG2253 60k red (there is also a 60k blue)

1929??? What a way to list stamps, some of which are issued in 1958 and
later! No wonder that they are hard to find in the cats ;-) According to
Michel the Farm Girl pictured in SG for the 1929-listing was issued as late
as 10th February 1959, thirty years later !! In my opinion this might call
for a revision of listing policies for both Scott and SG! But I seriously
doubt that they would listen ;-)

Mette