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
1957
	1972	1913A	1903	40k indigo-olive, Lermontov, poet	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1973	1912A	1902	40k violet, Belinski, literary critic	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1974	1942C	1960	40k multi, Folksinger	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1975	1957	1962	40k orange, Chernyshevski, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	1976	1956	1961	40k green-brown, Shevchenko, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2013	1959A	1946	40k multi, Henry Fielding, novelist	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2016	1960	1861A	40k ultra-brown, Burns, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	2043	1973	1974	40k gray, Yanka Kupala, poet	2,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	2054	1983	1880	40k blue-green, Jean Beranger, poet	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2106	2039	1954	40k gray, Yakub Kolos, poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1958
	2117	2052A	2031	40k brown-olive, Alexey Tolstoi	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2118	2141	2112	40k brown, Saltykov-Shchedrin	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2126	2058	2038	40k sepia, Sharents, armenian poet	1,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	2127	2059	2036	40k black, Longfellow, american poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2128	2060	2037	40k black, William Blake, artist, poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	2136	2065A	2048	40k multi, Maxim Gorki, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2156	2083	2066	40k black, Chavchavadze, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2177	2100	2084	40k rose-buff, Aini, Tadzhik writer	1,200	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2230	2144	2114	40k gray, Kapnist, writer	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2247	2155	2113	40k multi, Rudagi, persian poet	1,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2261	2172	2144	40k multi, Sergei Esenin, poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	2262	2173	2146	40k blue, Kuan Han-Ching, dramatist	1,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2264	2181	2153	40k brown, John Milton, poet	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2266	2185	2155	40k brown, Fuzuli, Azerbaijan poet	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1959
	2281	2199	2164	40k chocolate, Shalom Aleichem	1,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2283	2203	2174	40k, ultra, red overprint, R.Burns	0,100	12,5	MNH, EF

	2284	2202	2172	40k brown, Selma Lagerlef, writer	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2285	2204	2173	40k brown, Zwirka, lithuanian writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2289	2210	2178	40k bister-brown, Ivan Krylov	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2290	2208	2175	40k black-violet, Griboedov	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2291	2209	2176	40k violet-brown, Ostrovski	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2292	2211	2177	40k slate-brown, Anton Chekhov	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2293	2212	2178A	40k gray-ocher, Nikolai Gogol	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2294	2213	2178B	40k brown-violet, Aksakov	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2295	2254	2178C	40k violet-black, Koltzov, poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	2296	2214	2189	40k blue, Saadi, Persian poet	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2297	2215	2190	40k rose-black, Orbeliani, writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2321	2237	2206	20k violet, Mayakovsky, Moscow	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	2322	2238	2207	25k blue, Pushkin, Leningrad	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	2323	2298	2208	60k green, Maxim Gorki, Moscow	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2334	2247	2221	40k black, Musa Djalil, Tartar poet	1,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2364	2270	2241	40k brown, Makhtumkuli, writer	1,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2377	2286	2268	20k gray, Sandor Petephy, poet	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1960
	2391	2312	2297	20k red-gray, Chekhov, dramatist	2,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2392	2313	2298	40k brown, Chekhov's home in Yalta	1,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2442	2359	2351	40k brown, Kosta Hetagurov, poet	1,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	2489	2413	2391	20k violet-brown, Leo Tolstoy	2,800	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2490	2414	2392	40k blue-brown, Yasnaya Polyana	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2491	2415	2393	60k claret-sepia, Leo Tolstoy	1,900	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2503	2427	2403	40k, brown-orange, Mark Twain	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, S

	2509	2433	2405	40k black, Zeretely, poet	1,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2548	2460A	2450	3k violet, Shevchenko Birthplace	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	2549	2461A	2452	6k green-brown, Shevchenko	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2570	2477	2467	6k maroon, R. Tagore, Indian poet	2,000	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2589	2499	2493	4k carmine, Belinski, literary critic	2,000	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2597	2509	2502	4k brown, Pshavela, poet	2,000	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2602	2511	2507	4k blue, Estonian national saga	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2650	2565	2555	4k claret, Pumpurs, Latvian poet	2,100	12:11,5	MNH, EF
1962
	2656	2573	2560	4k brown, Pushkin 125^th Death Ann.	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2670	2584	2575	4k ultra, Herzen, Political writer	4,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2681	2592	2588	6k blue, Charles Dickens, writer	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	2682	2593	2589	6k lilac, Jean Rousseau, writer	3,000	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2695	2606	2601	4k brown, Mesrob Mashtoz	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2696	2609	2602	4k brown, Goncharov, novelist	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2712	2624	2615	4k brown, Byelorussian poets	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2714	2625II	2616	4k brown, Alepker Sabir, poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	2735	2643	2635	6k yellow-brown, O. Henry, writer	2,000	12:11,5	MNH, EF

	2737	2645	2637	4k ultra, Denis Davidov and partisans	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2754	2662	2654	4k green, Akhundov, poet	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	2768	2675	2664	4k ultra, Sajat Nova, Armenian poet	2,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2785	2684	2680	4k multi, Arcadi Gaidar, writer	2,500	11,5:12	MNH, EF
	2786	2685	2679	4k multi, Makarenko, teacher, writer	2,500	11,5:12	MNH, EF
1963
	2807	2711	2696	4k brown, Serafimovich, writer	2,500	11,5	MNH, EF
	2808	2753	2735	4k brown, Demian Bednii, poet	2,500	12,5	MNH, EF
	2809	2808	2786	4k brown, Gleb Uspensky, writer	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	2810	2833	2787	4k green, Ogarev, political writer	2,500	11,5	MNH, EF
	2811	2834	2788	4k brown, Brusov, poet	2,500	11,5	MNH, EF
	2812	2840	2789	4k brown, Gladkov, writer	2,500	12,5	MNH, EF

	2837	2734	2719	4k ultra, Blaumanis, Latvian writer	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	2838	2800	2777	4k violet, Eristavi, Georgian writer	2,500	11,5:12	MNH, EF
	2839	2817	2802	4k rose, Kobylyanskaya, novelist	3,000	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2864	2757	2740	4k black, Jaroslav Hasek, writer	2,500	11,5:12	MNH, EF

	2905	2781A	2756	4k red-brown, Mayakovsky, poet	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF

	2925	2809	2784	4k blue, Denis Diderot, philosopher	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
1964
	2971	2865	2842	4k green, Donaltius, Lithuanian poet	2,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	2995	2875	2852	3k violet, Overprinted in red	0,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2996	2876	2854	4k green, Shevchenko statue, Kiev	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2997	2877	2853	4k magenta, Shevchenko statue	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2998	2879	2856	6k indigo, Shevchenko, self-portret	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	2999	2878	2855	6k brown-red, Shevchenko	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3000	2880	2857	10k brown, Shevchenko, by Repin	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3001	2881	2858	10k violet, Shevchenko, by Repin	1,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	3028	2904	2891	10k gray-brown, Shakespeare	4,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	3032	2912	2897	4k orange, Arkadi Gaidar, writer	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	3033	2957	2897A	4k brown, Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer	2,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3034	2909	2894	4k multi, Gulia, Abkhazian poet	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	3035	2910	2895	4k multi, Nijazi, Uzbekian poet	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	3036	2911	2896	4k multi, Seifullin, Kazakian poet	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	3037	2971	2897	4k multi, Kotsybinsky, writer	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	3038	2956	2898	4k multi, Nazaryan, Armenian writer	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	3039	2982	2899	4k multi, Satylganov, Kirghiz poet	2,500	12:11,5	MNH, EF

	3105	2972	2948	4k violet, Lermontov Birthplace	2,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3106	2973	2949	6k black, Mikhail Lermontov	2,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3107	2974	2950	10k brown, Lermontov and Belinski	2,500	12:12,5	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