Russia, zemstvo local post. Mostly ★. A lifetime's work, extensive mint and used, accompanied by hand drawn maps, diagrams, extensive, research, beautifully written up. This is one of the best Zemstvos collection we have ever offered, all housed in 5 albums. Album 1 has Ardatof, Arzamas, Bielozersk, Bielozersk, Borovichy, Kirillof, Novgorod, Cherepovets, Bogorodsk, Bronnytzy Kolomna, Podolsk, Valdai, Petrolzavodsk, Pudozh, Yelets, Livney, Belebey and Penza with 148 stamps. Album 2 has Akhtyirka, Orgheff, Soroki, Kozelets, Bakhmut, Kharkov, Starobyelsk, Sumy, Valki, Volchansk, Alexandria, Anaief, Kherson, Yelisavetgrad, Odessa, Kologrief and Vetluga with 71 stamps. Album 3 has Borisoglyebsk, Shatsk, Lebedian, Morshansk, Byezhetsk, Rzhef, Ostashkof, Twer, Vessigonsk, Glazof, Kotelnich, Malmyzh, Molinsk, Urzhum, Sarapui, Viatka, Griazovets, Kadnikof, Ustsysolsk, Totma, Velsk, Bobrof, Ostrogozhk and Zemliansk with 216 stamps. Album 4 with Athkrsk, Godof, Luga, Novayaladoga, Bugulma, Bugurusian, Novouzensk, Stavropol, Balashof, Khvalynsk, Kuznetsk and Krasny with 78 stamps. Finally, book 5 with Shadrinsk, Yekaterinburg, Irbit, Kamyishlof, Okhansk, Perm, Osa, Solikmsk, Cherdyan, Kungur, Verkhotur, Gadiach, Konstantinograd, Kremenchug, Lokhvitza, Lubuy, Pereyasiaf, Poltava, Zienkof, Zolotonosha, Porkhoi, Ostrof, Piskof, Pakoi, Dankof, Kassimof, Ryazhsk, Sapozhok and Skopia with 254 stamps. There are some fabulous Zemstvos here worth hundreds of euros each, such as Krasny large pictorials, Bobrof, Twer 2 colour imperfs, etc, etc. There are at least 767 stamps here in total. This will delight any serious collector or dealer of Zemstvos, hugely undervalued today, esepcially given the paucity of numbers printed and seen on the market, particularly in collection format. A wonderful collecting area with huge potential for the future, offered intact as received, a highly recommended viewing. Approx. 11 kg. (767)
