USSR (Soviet Union)  Postage - Stamps
1956 - 1960

USED  SETS  and  SINGLE  STAMPS

 

1956    1957    1958    1959-1960


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Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1858

1798

1789

40k brown, Race Horse

1,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1859

1799

1790

60k green-blue, Race Horse

1,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1860

1800

1791

1r purple-blue, Trotter

1,000

12,5

VF

 

         

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1862

1802

1794

25k multicol, Atomic Power Station

1,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1863

1803

1795

60k multicol, Atomic reactor

1,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1864

1804

1796

1r multicol, Atomic Power Station

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1867

1807A

1799

40k black-brown, Khachatur Abovian

2,000

12:12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1868

1808

1800

40k multicol, Workers with Red Flag

1,000

12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1885

1804

1821

40k multicol, Ivan Kulibin, Inventor

1,000

12:12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1889

1829

1821

40k multicol, Lenin as orator

2,000

12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1893

1833

C97

1r multicol, Arctic Camp

2,000

12,5:12

VF

 

         

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1896

1836

1828

25k brown, Ivan Michurin, Scientist

1,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1897

1837

1829

60k green, Michurin with Pioneers

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1898

1838

1830

1r blue, Ivan Michurin, Scientist

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1901

1840

1831

40k, brown, blue, N. Krupskaya

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

    

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1907

1847

1838

40k multicol, Tretiakov Art Gallery

1,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1908

1848

1839

40k multicol, Picture by Savrasov

1,000

12,5

VF

 

    

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1924

1865

1866

40k, multicol, "Volga river boatmen"

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1925

1866

1867

1r, multicol, "Zaporozhsky Cossacks"

1,000

12,5

VF

 

    

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1931

1871IA

1860

40k emerald, Makhmud Aivazov

2,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1931a

1871CI

1860a

40k emerald, Makhmud Aivazov

0,005

12:12,5

VF


Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1932

1867

1861

40k, yell-brown, Poet Robert Burns

1,000

12:12,5

VF

 

    

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

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

 

         

         

              

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1943

1885

1881

40k, green-olive, F. Dostoevsky

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1944

1884

1879

40k, black-blue, W. Mozart

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1945

1887

1883

40k, green, Pier Kuri

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1946

1888

1882

40k, brown, Genrik Ebsen

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1947

1886

1880

40k, violet, Genrikh Geyne

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1948

1905

1895

40k, carmine, Calidas

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1949

1890

1888

40k, gray, Bernard Show

1,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1950

1883

1875

40k, red, Benjamin Franklin

1,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1951

1889

1877

40k, black, Harmens Rembrandt

1,000

12:12,5

VF
 

1952

1882

1876

40k, orange, Japan artist Sessu

1,000

12:12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1956

1891

1884

40k slate-red, Soviet Antarctic bases

3,000

12:12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1958

1895

1887

40k ultra, F. Bredichin, astronomer

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1959

1897A

1891

40k multicol, Shatura Power Station

1,000

12,5

VF

 

         

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1960

1898

1888

40k orange, Field Marshal Suvorov

2,000

12,5

VF
 

1961

1899

1889

1r brown, Field Marshal Suvorov

1,000

12,5

VF
 

1962

1900

1890

3r red-black, Field Marshal Suvorov

1,000

12,5

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1963

1901

1892

40k sepia, Kryakutni's Balloon

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1964

1903

1893

40k ultra, Y. Shokalski, geographer

1,000

12,5:12

VF

 

    

         

Issue year

Catalog   Number

Issue Description

Print run

Perf.

Notes

CPA

Michel

Scott

1956

              
 

1966

1908

1898

40k red-brown, Lomonosov, writer

2,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1967

1909

1899

40k gray-brown, Pushkin, poet

2,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1968

1911

1897

40k blue-brown, Leo Tolstoy, writer

2,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1969

1907

1900

40k black-carmine, Gorki, writer

2,000

12,5:12

VF
 

1970

1910

1901

40k brown-gray, Rustaveli, poet

2,000

12,5:12

VF

 

1956    1957    1958    1959-1960

 

Comments and Abbreviations

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

 

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