Search Russian Postage Stamps of 1956

USSR (Soviet Union) Postage - Stamps
1956 - 1960

MINT SETS, SINGLE STAMPS, SOUVENIR SHEETS

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

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Issue year	Catalog Number			Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
Issue year	CPA	Michel	Scott	Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
1956
	1857	1797	1792	40k brown, Krylov, Mathematician	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1858	1798	1789	40k brown, Race Horse	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1859	1799	1790	60k green-blue, Race Horse	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1860	1800	1791	1r purple-blue, Trotter	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1861	1801	1793	1r red-green, Symbol of Sport Games	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1862	1802	1794	25k multicol, Atomic Power Station	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1863	1803	1795	60k multicol, Atomic reactor	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1864	1804	1796	1r multicol, Atomic Power Station	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1865	1805	1797	40k multi, Statue of Lenin	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1866	1806	1798	1r multi, Statue of Lenin	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1867	1807A	1799	40k black-brown, Khachatur Abovian	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1868	1808	1800	40k multicol, Workers with Red Flag	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1869	1818	1819	1r multi, Leningrad and Northeast	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1870	1815	1820	1r multi, Moscow Region Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1871	1810	1809	1r multi, Tatar Republic Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1872	1819	1816	1r multi, Central Russia Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1873	1817	1817	1r multi, Young Naturalists Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1874	1814	1813	1r multi, Northern Caucasus Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1875	1811	1818	1r multi, Siberia Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1876	1813	1810	1r multi, Volga Region Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1877	1809	1808	1r multi, Ural Region Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1878	1812	1811	1r multi, Central Black Earth Region	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1879	1816	1814	1r multi, Bashkir Republic Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1880	1821	1812	1r multi, Northeastern Region	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1881	1820	1815	1r multi, Far East Region Pavilion	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1882	1822	1801	40k carmine, Kasatkin, painter	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1883	1823	1802	40k multi, Painting by Arkhipov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1884	1824	1803	1r multi, Painting by Arkhipov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1885	1804	1821	40k multicol, Ivan Kulibin, Inventor	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1886	1826	1805	40k multi, Perov, painter	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1887	1828	1807	1r multi, "Hunters at rest" by Perov	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1888	1827	1806	1r multi, "Birdcatchers" by Perov	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1889	1829	1821	40k multicol, Lenin as orator	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1890	1830	1822	40k brown, Nikolai Lobachevski	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1891	1832	1823	40k green-red, Nurse, Textile factory	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1892	1831	1824	40k red, First aid instruction	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1893	1833	C97	1r multicol, Arctic Camp	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1894	1834A	1826	40k multicol, Sechenov, Physiologist	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1895	1835	1825	40k violet, Arseniev, explorer, writer	0,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1896	1836	1828	25k brown, Ivan Michurin, Scientist	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1897	1837	1829	60k green, Michurin with Pioneers	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1898	1838	1830	1r blue, Ivan Michurin, Scientist	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1899	1839	1827	1r yellow, Savrasov, painter	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1900	1841A	1832	40k red-brown, Sergei Kirov	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1901	1840	1831	40k, brown, blue, N. Krupskaya	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1902	1843	1833	40k olive-brown, Leskov, novelist	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1903	1844	1834	1r green-brown, Leskov, novelist	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1904	1842	1835	40k olive-brown, Blok, poet	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1905	1846	1837	40k brown-rose, Fedotova, actress	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1906	1845	1836	40k multi, Rostov machinery plant	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1907	1847	1838	40k multicol, Tretiakov Art Gallery	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1908	1848	1839	40k multicol, Picture by Savrasov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1909	1863	1854	40k multi, Parachute landing	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1910	1849	1840	10k carmine-rose, Relay Race	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1911	1850	1841	25k brown, Volleyball	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1912	1851	1843	25k brown, Swimming	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1913	1852	1842	25k blue, Rowing	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1914	1857	1849	40k green-red, Stadium and Flag	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1915	1859	1846	40k green-brown, Soccer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1916	1858	1847	40k green, Fencing	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1917	1856	1850	40k blue, Diving	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1918	1853	1848	40k green, Bicycle Race	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1919	1854	1844	40k pink-yellow, Gold Medal	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1920	1855	1845	40k orange-brown, Tennis	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1921	1861	1852	60k violet, Gymnast	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1922	1860	1851	60k violet, Boxing	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1923	1862	1852	1r red-brown, Basketball	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1924	1865	1866	40k, multicol, "Volga river boatmen"	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1925	1866	1867	1r, multicol, "Zaporozhsky Cossacks"	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1926	1868A	1858	40k claret, Ivan Franko, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1927	1904	1896	40k green, Ivan Franko, writer	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1928	1869A	1859	1r blue, Ivan Franko, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1929	1870	1862	40k olive-brown, Lesya Ukrainka	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1930	1894	1886	40k green, Julia Zemaite, writer	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1931	1871IA	1860	40k emerald, Makhmud Aivazov	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1931a	1871CI	1860a	40k emerald, Makhmud Aivazov	0,005	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1932	1867	1861	40k, yell-brown, Poet Robert Burns	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1933	1874	1865	40k gray-brown, Ivanov, painter	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1934	1872	1863	40k, multicol, Statue of Nestor	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1935	1873	1864	1r, multicol, Statue of Nestor	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1943	1885	1881	40k, green-olive, F. Dostoevsky	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1944	1884	1879	40k, black-blue, W. Mozart	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1945	1887	1883	40k, green, Pier Kuri	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1946	1888	1882	40k, brown, Genrik Ebsen	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1947	1886	1880	40k, violet, Genrikh Geyne	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1948	1905	1895	40k, carmine, Calidas	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1949	1890	1888	40k, gray, Bernard Show	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1950	1883	1875	40k, red, Benjamin Franklin	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1951	1889	1877	40k, black, Harmens Rembrandt	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	1952	1882	1876	40k, orange, Japan artist Sessu	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1953	1864C	1855	40k orange, Civil Construction	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1954	1892A	1856	60k brown, Industrial Construction	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1955	1893A	1857	1r blue, Buildin a Dam	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1956	1891	1884	40k slate-red, Soviet Antarctic bases	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1957	1896A	1885	40k magenta, Kotovsky	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	1958	1895	1887	40k ultra, F. Bredichin, astronomer	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1959	1897A	1891	40k multicol, Shatura Power Station	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1960	1898	1888	40k orange, Field Marshal Suvorov	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1961	1899	1889	1r brown, Field Marshal Suvorov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1962	1900	1890	3r red-black, Field Marshal Suvorov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1963	1901	1892	40k sepia, Kryakutni's Balloon	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1964	1903	1893	40k ultra, Y. Shokalski, geographer	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1965	1902	1894	40k multi, Painting by Vasnetsov	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1966	1908	1898	40k red-brown, Lomonosov, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1967	1909	1899	40k gray-brown, Pushkin, poet	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1968	1911	1897	40k blue-brown, Leo Tolstoy, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1969	1907	1900	40k black-carmine, Gorki, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1970	1910	1901	40k brown-gray, Rustaveli, poet	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1971	1906	1904	40k multi, Fedor Volkov, Theatre	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

Stamps are referenced by CPA Stamp Catalog (Moscow, 1983), Michel (2002/2003) and Scott (2002/2003).
Stamp from set marked (*) my be available as single stamp.
CPA - "Souzpechat" Central Philatelic Agency under the Ministry of Communications of the USSR. CPA catalog numbering of 1918-1980 RSFSR and USSR postage-stamps are accepted in the Russia up to days ( have a look at V.Soloviev "1857-1991 Postage-Stamps of Russian and USSR. Catalog - Reference. 2002/2003 ".
The number of stamps printed (column Print run) is quoted in millions.
MNH - Mint never hinged
MLH - Mint lightly hinged
MH - mint hinged
F - fine stamp condition
VF - very fine stamp condition
EF - extremely fine stamp condition
S - superb, better than EF
SEC - Special Event Cancel
CTO - Cancelled to order
Imperf. - Imperforated stamp