Russian Topical Stamps: ORDERS, MEDALS

ORDERS, MEDALS

USSR (Soviet Union) and Russia Postage - Stamps
1918 - 2000

SETS, SOUVENIR SHEETS, SINGLE STAMPS

Issue year	Catalog Number			Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
Issue year	CPA	Michel	Scott	Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
1933
	438	456A	518	20k black-red, Order of Red Banner	0,300	14	MNH, EF
1941
	794	800	831	1r green, Marshal's Star	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1943
	853	854	885	2r black, Order of Patriotic War	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	860	872	897	1r black, Patriotic War Order	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	861	873	898	10r green, Order of Marshal Suvorov	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	864	876	831A	3r green, Marshal's Star	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1944
	883	897	913	30k green, Defenders of Leningrad	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	884	898	911	30k brown, Defenders of Stalingrad	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	885	895	914	30k green, Defenders of Odessa	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	886	896	912	30k blue, Defenders of Sevastopol	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	894	901B	923a	15k red, Patriotic War Order	9,900	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	895	902B	924a	20k blue, Order of Alexander Nevsky	9,900	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	896	903B	925a	30k green, Order of Suvorov	9,900	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	897	904B	926a	60k red, Order of Kutuzov	9,900	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	898	901A	923	15k red, Patriotic War Order	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	890	902A	924	20k blue, Order of Alexander Nevsky	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	891	903A	925	30k green, Order of Suvorov	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	892	904A	926	60k red, Order of Kutuzov	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	902	905	927	1r black, Order of Patriotic War	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	903	906	928	3r blue, Order of Alexander Nevsky	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	904	907	929	5r green, Order of Marshal Kutuzov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	905	908	930	10r red, Order of Marshal Suvorov	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1945
	946	940B	960a	15k green, Partisan Medal	1,200	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	947	941B	961a	30k blue, Order for Bravery	1,200	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	948	942B	962a	45k blue, Order of Chmelnitski	1,000	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	949	943B	963a	60k rose, Order of Victory	1,000	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	950	945B	965a	1r green, Order of Nakhimov	0,700	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	951	944B	964a	1r blue, Order of Ushakov	0,700	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	952	940A	960	15k green, Partisan Medal	1,200	12,5	MNH, EF
	953	941A	961	30k blue, Order for Bravery	1,200	12,5	MNH, EF
	954	942A	962	45k blue, Order of Chmelnitski	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	955	943A	963	60k rose, Order of Victory	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	956	945A	965	1r green, Order of Nakhimov	0,700	12,5	MNH, EF
	957	944A	964	1r blue, Order of Ushakov	0,700	12,5	MNH, EF

	960	948	971	1r indigo, Order for Bravery	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	961	949a	972	2r black, Order of B. Chmielnitcki	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	962	950a	973	3r henna, Order of Victory	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	972	959	983	60k red, Red Army elite guard badge	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	981	968B	984a	20k brown, Motherhood Medal	1,500	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	982	969B	985a	30k brown, Motherhood Glory	1,500	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	983	970B	986a	60k rose, Mother-Heroine Order	1,500	Imperf.	MNH, EF
	984	968A	984	20k brown, Motherhood Medal	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	985	969A	985	30k brown, Motherhood Glory	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	986	970A	986	60k rose, Mother-Heroine Order	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	987	971	992	3r henna, Day of Victory in WW2	0,380	12,5	MNH, EF

	1010	994	986A	1r green, Motherhood Medal	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1011	995	986B	2r blue, Motherhood Glory	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1012	996	986C	3r red, Mother-Heroine Order	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1946
	1019	1003	1022	30k brown, Victory Medal, Stalin	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1020	1004	1021	30k violet, Victory Medal, Stalin	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1021	1005	1024	60k henna, Victory Medal, Stalin	4,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1022	1006	1023	60k black, Victory Medal, Stalin	4,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	1039	1029A	1036	60k carmine, Gold Star Medal	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1040	1026A	1034	60k plum, Hammer and Sickle medal	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1041	1025A	1032	60k green, Order of Lenin	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1042	1031A	1037	60k red, Order of Red Banner	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1043	1027A	1038	60k violet, Order of Workers banner	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1044	1028A	1033	60k brown, Order of Red Star	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1045	1030A	1035	60k blue, Order of Veneration	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1055	1035A	1041	60k blue, Marshal's Star	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1056	1036A	1046	60k violet, Medal for Bravery	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1057	1032A	1043	60k blue, Heroic Service in Battle	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1058	1037A	1040	60k brown, Workers' Gallantry	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1059	1039A	1039	60k salmon, Workers' achievement	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1060	1038A	1045	60k carmine, Defense of Moscow	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1061	1033A	1044	60k green, Defense of Caucasus	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1062	1034A	1042	60k green, Defense of Soviet Arctic	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	1064	1052	1074	1r claret, Bravery	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1065	1054	1071	1r black, Services in Battle	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1066	1049	1068	1r carmine, Workers' Gallantry	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1067	1048	1067	1r violet, Workers' Achievement	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1068	1053	1073	1r black, Defense of Moscow	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1069	1055	1072	1r brown, Defense of Caucasus	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1070	1050	1070	1r black, Defense of Soviet Arctic	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1071	1051	1069	1r carmine, Partisan of Patriotic War	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1100	1078	1100	30k brown, Stalin Prize Madal	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1948
	1322	1280	1289	20k, violet-brown, Marching Youths	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1323	1281	1290	25k, rose, Farm Girl	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1324	1282	1291	40k, brown-red, Komsomol members	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1325	1283	1292	50k, blue-green, Students	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1326	1284	1293	1r, multicol, Flag and badges	0,350	12,5	MNH, EF
	1327	1285	1294	2r, purple, Young steel-maker	0,350	12,5	MNH, EF

	1345	949b	1341A	2r violet, Bogdan Chmielnicki Order	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1346	950b	1342A	3r red, Order of Victory	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1949
	1389	949c	1341	2r green, Bogdan Chmielnicki Order	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1390	950c	1342	3r carmine, Order of Victory	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1950
	1526	1474	1463	1r rose, Medal and Order of Victory	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1952
	1703	1653	1650	1r brown, Token of Veneration	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1704	1654	1651	2r red-brown, Order of Red Star	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1705	1655a	1652	3r blue, Order Red Workers' Banner	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1706	1656a	1653	5r carmine, Order of Red Banner	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1707	1657a	1654	10r rose, Order of Lenin	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1953
	1717	1665	1662	40k, multicol, Stalin Peace Medal	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1954
	1754	1709	1709	2r, red overprint, Ukraine & Russia	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1968
	3665	3541	3513	4k multi, order of October Revolution	4,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1971
	4061	3938	3905	4k multi Order of October Revolution	4,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1973
	4284	4172	4129	4k multi, Order of Friendship	3,400	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1974
	4398	4292	4253	4k multicol, Order of Labor	3,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1975
	4456	bl102	4321	50k multicol, Souvenir sheet	0,600	Imperf.	MNH, EF
1976
	4599	4494	4517	1k green-black, Armed Forces Order	9,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4600	4495	4518	2k magenta, Golden Star Medals	9,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4604	4499	4522	10k green, Order of Labor	9,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4605	4500	4523	12k blue, Rocket and Gagarin medal	9,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4606	4501	4524	16k green, Lenin Prize Medal	9,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1980
	5066	4942	4819	4k multi, Lenin Order, 50^th Anniv.	5,400	11,5	MNH, EF
1984
	5499	bl173	5249	50k multicol, Hero of USSR medal	1,400	11,5	MNH, EF
1985
	5628	5506	5365	20k multicol, Order of Victory	1,340	11,5	MNH, EF
1998
	6837	678	6472	1r multi, St. Andrey's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6838	679	6473	1r 50k multi, St. Catherine's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6839	680	6474	2r multi, St. Alexander's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6840	681	6475	2r 50k multi, St. George's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1999
	6864	705	6496	1r multi, St. Vladimir's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6865	706	6497	1r 50k multi, St. Anna's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6866	707	6498	2r multi, St. Ioan's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6867	708	6499	2r 50k multi, White Eagles's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6868	709	6500	3r multi, St. Stanislav's Order	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF

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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