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
1965
	3150	3014	2995	4k brown, Dante Alighieri, poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	3219	3080	3060	4k rose-lilac, Vsevolod Ivanov	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	3220	3081	3059	4k violet, Abay Kunanbaev, poet	2,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	3221	3114	3060A	4k gray, Vilde, Estonian writer	2,500	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	3222	3115	3064B	4k blue, Jan Rainis, Latvian dramatist	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	3223	3116	3062	4k blue-green, Manuk Abegian	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	3224	3119	3061	4k brown, Kropivnitsky, dramatist	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3311	3178	3154	4k blue-brown, Rolland, writer	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	3312	3210	3155	4k red-brown, Eugene Pottier, poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	3321	3184	3063	4k brown, Musa Djalil, Tartar poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	3322	3224	3064	4k green, Akopian, Armenian poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	3323	3303	3064A	4k green, Mamedkulizade, poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	3394	3258	3235	3k green, Poem by Rustaveli	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3395	3259	3236	4k brown, Rustaveli, bas-relief	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3396	3260	3237	6k blue, Poem by Rustaveli	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
	3397	bl44	3238	50k green, Souvenir sheet	1,000	Imperf.	MNH, EF
1966
	3445	3302	3280	6k brown, Cervantes, Don Quixote	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
1967
	3528	3380	3360	4k sepia, "Das Kapital", by K. Marx	3,000	12,5	MNH, EF
1968
	3615	3475	3450	4k olive-brown, Maxim Gorki	4,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	3628	3488	3462	4k brown, Alisher Navoi, Uzbek Poet	4,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	3637	3507	3482	4k olive, Sadridin Aini, Tadzhik poet	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3673	3542	3523	4k green, Ivan Turgenev, writer	3,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1969
	3726	3600	3573	4k multi, Ivan Krylov, fable writer	4,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	3750	3627	3595	4k tan-green, Suleiman Stalsky, poet	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3765	3638	3611	4k olive-brown, Kotlyarevski, writer	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3787	3660	3633	10k blue, Tumanian, Armenian poet	5,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	3806	3679	3652	4k brown, Aleksei Koltsov, poet	5,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1971
	3984	3855	3828	4k orange, Lesya Ukrainka, writer	3,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	3985	3869	3842	4k brown-gray, Upits, Latvian writer	3,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	3997	3876	3847	4k olive-black, Khafiz Shirazi, poet	3,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4026	3907	3876	4k multicol, Nekrasov, poet	4,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4027	3909	3878	10k multicol, Dostoevski, writer	4,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4044	3922	3889	4k multi, Gorki statue	4,000	11,5	MNH, EF

	4065	3943	3909	4k brown, Dzhambul, Kazakh poet	3,700	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4067	3949	3916	4k slate-orange, Fadeyev, writer	3,700	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1972
	4126	4009	3974	4k orange, Ordubady, writer	2,300	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4130	4013	3978	6k multicol, Portrait of Majkov, poet	5,600	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4131	4014	3979	10k multicol, N. Novikov, writer	6,600	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4132	4015	3980	12k multicol, Derzhavin, poet	5,800	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1973
	4215	4087	4056	4k multicol, Prishvin, author	4,600	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	4216	4106	4069	4k multicol, Ostrovsky, dramatist	4,900	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1973
	4253	4161	4118	4k sepia, Nasimi, Azerbaijani Poet	3,200	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1974
	4357	bl96	4202	50k multicol, Pushkin, souvenir sheet	1,050	Imperf.	MNH, EF

	4419	4313	4274	4k green-black, Ivan Nikitin, poet	3,600	11,5	MNH, EF
1975
	4490	4388	4354	16k multicol, Painting by Ulyanov	5,500	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4493	4391	4358	4k multicol, Isaakyan, Armenian poet	5,800	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4494	4392	4357	4k green-gold, Churlenis, lighthouse	4,200	11,5	MNH, EF

	4505	4403	4369	6k ocher-brown, Sergei Esenin, poet	4,100	11,5	MNH, EF

	4529	4427	4393	4k multicol, Sundukian, dramatist	4,100	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1976
	4542	4440	4406	4k multicol, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin	7,000	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	4571	4466	4433	4k multi, Vurgun, poet of Azerbaijan	3,500	11,5	MNH, EF

	4577	4472	4439	4k multi, Trenev, Playwright	3,800	11,5	MNH, EF

	4638	4529	4494	4k green, Vladimir Dahl, writer	3,600	11,5	MNH, EF

	4684	4580	4553	4k multi, Novikov-Priboy, writer	4,400	11,5	MNH, EF
1978
	4884	4767	4694	4k green, Leo Tolstoi, novelist	5,200	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1980
	5119	5001	4869	4k multi, Guramishvily, Poet	4,400	11,5	MNH, EF

	5128	5010	4880	4k multi, Alexander Blok, Poet	4,300	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1981
	5197	5079	4949	4k multi, Nizami, Azerbaijan poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
1982
	5280	5162	5031	6k multicol, Painting by Kiprensky	6,900	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	5282	5164	5033	4k black, Tchukovsky, writer	4,100	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1983
	5448	5328	5198	5k multi, Machtumkuli, poet	3,000	11,5	MNH, EF
1985
	5630	5510	5369	5k brown-gold, Sholokhov, novelist	2,300	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	5631	5511	5370	5k brown-gold, Sholokhov, novelist	2,300	12:11,5	MNH, EF
	5632	5509	5368	5k brown-gold, Sholokhov, novelist	2,300	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	5670	5548	5400	10k multicol, Ancient epic poem	3,500	11,5:12	MNH, EF
1986
	5840	5723	5566	5k multi, Alexander Pushkin, Poet	2,200	11,5	MNH, EF
1987
	5885	5768	5611	5k brown, John Reed, Journalist	2,300	11,5	MNH, EF

	5886	5769	5612	5k claret, Samuil Marshak, author	3,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	5887	5770	5613	5k blue, Chavchavadze, author	2,800	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1988
	5912	5795	5634	15k multi, Lord Byron, English Poet	2,600	12:11,5	MNH, EF

	5924	5807	5646	10k olive-green, Makarenko, teacher	2,700	12,5:12	MNH, EF

	5929	5812	5651	10k brown, Shaginyan, Author	2,700	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1989
	6049	5930	5756	5k green-brown, Shevchenko, poet	2,300	11,5	MNH, EF

	6078	5961	5777	15k multi, Jean Racine, dramatist	2,000	12,5:11	MNH, EF

	6102	5983	5801	15k multicol, J. Cooper, novelist	2,000	12:11,5	MNH, EF

	6112	5993	5815	5k brown, Khetagurov, Ossetic poet	2,000	12,5:12	MNH, EF
1990
	6256	6135	5938	15k brown, Ivan Bunin, writer	2,300	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6257	6136	5939	15k black, Boris Pasternak, poet	2,300	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6258	6137	5940	15k black,Mikhail Sholokhov, author	2,300	12:12,5	MNH, EF
1991
	6324	6201	6002	1r multicol, William Saroyan, writer	0,900	12:11,5	MNH, EF

	6377	6253	6052	10k multicol, Tatishev, historian	2,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	6378	6254	6053	10k multicol, Karamzin, historian	2,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	6379	6255	6054	10k multicol, Soloviev, historian	2,000	11,5	MNH, EF
	6380	6256	6055	10k multicol, Klyuchevsky, historian	2,000	11,5	MNH, EF
1995
	6570	409	6240	250r sepia, Griboedov, dramatist	0,700	11,5	MNH, EF
1999
	6884	725	6515	1r multi, Pushkin, by Chirikov	0,350	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6885	726	6516	3r multi, Pushkin, by Vivien	0,350	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6886	727	6517	5r multi,Pushkin, by Bryulov	0,350	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6887	bl26	6518	7r multi, Pushkin, Souvenir sheet	0,250	12:12,5	MNH, EF

	6919	760	6546	2r multicol, Bulat Okudzhava	0,350	12:12,5	MNH, EF
	6920	761	6547	2r multicol, Vladimir Visotsky	0,350	12:12,5	MNH, EF
2000
	7000	852	6606d	1r 30k multi, Maxim Gorky, writer	0,350	12,5:12	MNH, EF
	7002	854	6606f	1r 75k multi, Mayakovsky, poet	0,350	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