Russian Topical Stamps: WRITERS, POETS

Issue year	Catalog Number			Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
Issue year	CPA	Michel	Scott	Issue Description	Print run	Perf.	Notes
1932
	392	412	470	15k brown, Maxim Gorki, writer	0,200	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	393	413	471	35k ultra, Maxim Gorki, writer	0,100	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1935
	523	536B	577	3k black-violet, Leo Tolstoy, novelist	0,650	11	MNH, EF
	524	537B	578	10k black-brown, Leo Tolstoy, writer	0,500	11	MNH, EF
	525	538B	579	20k green-brown, Leo Tolstoy, writer	0,500	11	MNH, EF
1936
	535	548A	589	10k rose, Dobrolubov, writer, critic	9,900	11	MNH, EF
1937
	536	549Ax	590	10k brown, Alexander Pushkin, poet	7,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	537	550Ax	591	20k green, Alexander Pushkin, poet	18,10	12,5	MNH, EF
	538	551Ax	592	40k rose, Alexander Pushkin, poet	16,70	12,5	MNH, EF
	539	552Ax	593	50k blue, Pushkin monument	0,980	12,5	MNH, EF
	540	553Ax	594	80k carmine, Pushkin monument	6,200	12,5	MNH, EF
	541	554Ax	595	1r green, Pushkin monument	0,810	12,5	MNH, EF

	542	1bl	596	10+50k brown, Souvenir sheet of two	0,140	Imperf.	MNH, EF
1938
	587	580	610	20k green, Shota Rustaveli	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1939
	673	695	721	15k brown-black, Shevchenko, poet	0,300	12,5	MNH, EF
	674	696	722	30k red-black, Shevchenko, poet	0,300	12,5	MNH, EF
	675	697	723	60k green, Monument at Kharkov	0,200	12,5	MNH, EF

	702	714	745	15k claret, Saltykov-Shchedrin	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	703	715	746	30k green, Saltykov-Shchedrin	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	704	716	747	45k olive, Saltykov-Shchedrin	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	705	717	748	60k blue, Saltykov-Shchedrin	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	714	726	757	15k indigo-sepia, Lermontov, poet	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	715	727	758	30k green, Lermontov, poet	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	716	728	759	45k red-indigo, Lermontov, poet	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	717	729	760	15k green, Chernyshevski, critic	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	718	730	761	30k violet, Chernyshevski, critic	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	719	731	762	60k green, Chernyshevski, critic	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1940
	720	732	763	10k green, Chekhov, playwright	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	721	733	764	15k ultra, Chekhov, playwright	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	722	734	765	20k violet, Chekhov, playwright	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	723	735	766	30k brown, Chekhov, playwright	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	733	745	776	15k red, Mayakovsky, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	734	746	777	30k brown, Mayakovsky, poet	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	735	747	778	60k gray-blue, Mayakovsky, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	736	748	779	80k ultra, Mayakovsky, poet	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
1941
	817	819A	850	15k blue-green, Lermontov, Poet	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	818	820A	851	30k violet, Lermontov, Poet	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1942
	821	827	857	30k brown, Alisher Navoi, poet	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	822	828	858	1r violet, Alisher Navoi, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1943
	858	870	895	30k green, Maxim Gorki, writer	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	859	871	896	60k slate-black, Maxim Gorki, writer	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	869	881	905	30k orange, Mayakovsky, tank, plane	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	870	882	906	60k blue, Mayakovsky, tank, plane	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	871	883	909	30k green, Writer Ivan Turgenev	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	872	884	910	60k purple, Writer Ivan Turgenev	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1944
	943	937	957	30k brown, Krylov, fable writer	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	944	938	958	1r blue, Krylov, fable writer	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1945
	958	946	966	30k green, Griboedov, poet	7,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	959	947	967	60k brown, poet	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1004	988	1009	30k brown, Alexander Herzen, author	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1005	989	1010	2r black, Alexander Herzen, author	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1946
	1053	1045	1047	30k brown, Maxim Gorki, writer	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1054	1046	1048	60k green, Maxim Gorki, writer	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1098	1076	1089	30k sepia, Nikolai Nekrasov, poet	5,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1099	1077	1090	60k brown, Nikolai Nekrasov, poet	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1947
	1131	1109	1121	30k sepia, Alexander Pushkin, poet	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1132	1110	1122	50k green, Alexander Pushkin, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1948
	1258	1217	1227	30k, green, Playwright A. Ostrovsky	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1259	1218	1228	60k, brown, Portrait of A. Ostrovsky	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1260	1219	1229	1r, violet, Portrait of A. Ostrovsky	0,350	12,5	MNH, EF

	1261	1214	1224	30k brown, Belinski, literary critic	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1262	1215	1225	50k green, Belinski, literary critic	0,350	12,5	MNH, EF
	1263	1216	1226	60k purple, Belinski, literary critic	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1315	1259	1275	40k purple, Abovian, armenian writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1316	1260	1276	50k green, Abovian, armenian writer	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
1949
	1422	1369	1388	40k green, Alexander Radishchev	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1423	1370	1389	1r gray, Alexander Radishchev	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	1400	1348	1359	25k indigo-sepia, Pushkin as youth	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1401	1349	1360	40k brown-sepia, Pushkin, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1402	1350	1361	40k red-violet, Pushkin reading poem	0,700	12,5	MNH, EF
	1403	1351	1362	1r choc, Pushkin Museum, Boldino	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1404	1352	1363	2r brown, Pushkin reading poem	0,300	12,5	MNH, EF
	1405	bl12	1360a	1r 80k brown, Souvenir sheet of four	0,100	Imperf.	MNH, EF

	1441	1392	1404	40k brown, Ivan Nikitin, poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	1442	1393	1405	1r blue, Ivan Nikitin, poet	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF
1951
	1607	1555	1548	40k, brown, Dmitry Furmanov	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1608	1556	1549	1r, gray, D.Furmanov at Work	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1952
	1674	1622	1619	40k sepia, Nikolai Gogol	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1675	1623	1620	60k multicol, Gogol and Belinski	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1676	1624	1621	1r multicol, Gogol and peasants	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1683	1632	1629	40k brown, Victor Hugo, writer	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1684	1631	1628	40k green, Novikov-Priboy and Ship	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	1690	1638	1635	40k black, Zhukovski, poet	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1692	1640	1637	40k green, Ogarev, poet	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1693	1641	1638	40k brown, Uspenski, writer	0,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	1696	1644	1642	40k brown-red, Radishchev, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1708	1651	1648	40k gray-red, Odoyevski, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1709	1652A	1649	40k green, Mamin-Sibiryak, writer	3,500	12,5	MNH, EF
1953
	1719	1667	1665	40k gray-brown, V.Mayakovsky	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1720	1668	1664	40k brown, Chernishevski, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1727	1675	1672	40k brown, Korolenko, writer	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1728	1676	1673	1r, brown, Write Leo Tolstoy	4,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1744	1692A	1690	40k claret, Griboedov, writer	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	1745	1693A	1691	1r black-green, Griboedov, writer	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1954
	1780	1721	1721	40k green-brown, Anton Chekhov	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1789	1727	1725	40k brown-red, Ostrovsky, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1796	1740	1738	40k red-gray, Salomeja Neris, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1955
	1801	1748	1746	40k green, Garshin, writer	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1806	1752	1749	40k, violet, Pushkin, Mickiewicz	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1813	1759	1756	40k chocolate, Friedrich von Schiller	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	1817	1763	1788	40k multi, Mayakovsky, poet	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1956
	1867	1807A	1799	40k black-brown, Khachatur Abovian	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

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

	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

	1932	1867	1861	40k, yell-brown, Poet Robert Burns	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
	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
	1949	1890	1888	40k, gray, Bernard Show	1,000	12:12,5	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
	7006	858	6606j	4r multicol, Tvardovsky, poet	0,350	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	7008	860	6606l	6r multi, Likhachev, literary critic	0,350	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