The 108th edition of the Michel Catalog Russland und Sowjetunion 2023/2024 (E16) (English Title: Russia and Soviet Union) covers in detail the stamps of Russia and the Soviet Union. This 2023 edition lists almost 200 new MICHEL numbers for the collection area of Russia. Besides several interesting motifs, this edition also features various special blocks of standard issues on the occasion of birthday anniversaries of Russian and Soviet artists. These special blocks are not perforated and were produced in low numbers of issue with special features, such as an additional bronze-coloured metal effect or embossed printing.
This edition contains approx. 762 pages, 7'900 colour pictures and approx. 34'800 price appraisals.
€72.00
Russia (including city postage stamps, civil war mail, RSFSR, Russian Federation and foreign mail), Soviet Union
The catalog is organized according to collection areas. Cataloging within these sections is chronological, based on issue date. Special stamp types, like official stamps, are located at the end of a collection area section. In order to assist collectors organize their stamps, numerous illustrations are provided, as well as information on similar stamps to help avoid possible mix-ups.
This 2023 edition lists almost 200 new MICHEL numbers for the collection area of Russia. Besides several interesting motifs, this edition also features various special blocks of standard issues on the occasion of birthday anniversaries of Russian and Soviet artists.
These special blocks are not perforated and were produced in low numbers of issue with special features, such as an additional bronze-coloured metal effect or embossed printing Photos: MiNo. 3287, Block 368 & MiNo. 3288, Block 369 |
Stamp collectors specialized in issues of Russia and the Soviet Union, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers
108th edition, in colour
762 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
On sale: 3 November 2023
ISBN: 978-3-95402-466-7
The Michel Catalog Russland und Sowjetunion 2023/2024 (E16) contains the popular collection areas of the Russian Empire, RSFSR, USSR and the Russian Federation.
The improvements made by our Editorial Team can be found throughout the whole edition. This year Russia has again been very prolific, issuing nearly 200 new MICHEL numbers. In addition to a large number of standard stamps, limited blocks that offer interesting potential to us collectors were issued in sales kits again. In the Soviet Union collection area, we complemented the personal data of several cosmonauts. Furthermore we have listed known forgeries in footnotes. Last but not least we are able to report two new type variations of issues from the Soviet Union.
The revision and updating of price quotations was one focal point. In the Russian Empire, the value of some type variations, such as those of the postage stamps from 1889 with the motif of the national coat of arms, has gone up considerably. Yet standard issues from the Tsar era and the RSFSR are in great demand, too, resulting in increased prices. So taking a close look at your collection will pay off. Regarding today’s Russian Federation, particularly several motif stamps are of special interest to collectors. And individual type variations from the 1920s to the 1980s issued in the Soviet Union have scored higher appraisals.
We hope our readers will enjoy spending time with their wonderful hobby and the Michel Catalog Russland und Sowjetunion 2023/2024 (E16).
Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team
Users of the MICHEL catalogs value the comprehensive and detailed listings of collectable items. The MICHEL catalogs are among the best in the world when it comes to details, comprehensiveness and illustration. MICHEL products have been awarded well over 600 medals (including 31 gold), diplomas and honorary prizes in the course of the company’s history. The expertise of the Schwaneberger publishing house’s staff is outstandingly represented in the MICHEL catalogs.
The colourful, varied range of products includes standard and special-edition catalogues for Germany, Europe and overseas. There is also philatelic literature, the MICHEL-Exklusiv album, the MICHEL Colour Guide, the MICHEL-Lux examination lamp and the MICHEL-Rundschau monthly magazine. More than 85 different products in total.
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The 669,000th MICHEL catalog number was issued recently. A look at the most important of the 85 different MICHEL catalogs reveals that the catalogues for Europe and overseas alone make up some 25,000 catalog pages. They contain 314,000 pictures and 1,800,000 price quotations. Most of this information is stored in powerful picture and text databases and is consulted, revised and corrected for each new edition of a MICHEL catalog. And of course that also applies to each individual page, irrespective of which MICHEL catalog it comes from. MICHEL goes to great lengths on its customers’ behalf. MICHEL’s editorial team spends an average of 45 minutes on research for each new set of stamps. Around 18,000 new stamps appear each year, which are then catalogued and published in the MICHEL-Rundschau, as well as in the relevant MICHEL catalog and online catalogue.
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Weight | 2 kg |
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Dimensions | 15 × 23 × 3.2 cm |
Language | German |
Publisher | Michel |
Interest | Philately |
ISBN | 978-3-95402-466-7 |
Country | Russia, Soviet Union |
Accessory Type | Catalog |
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