new member russindevon

Hello - discovered your amazing endeavours when researching 'dead' Russian territories.   Wow - what dedication and hard work you have put into creating your collection and sharing.   Many thanks - saved hours of searching.  I collect Russian stamps.  Having acquired some stock books many years ago and only partially began sorting, work and other interests took over.  Seeing my 'collection' gathering dust, thought it was about time I put it in order.   As a photographer this had taken over.   Unfortunately I do not have the time to scan and design a digital album.   You mentioned buying Stanley Gibbons Russia Part 10 a few years back.  As a UK citizen, at the time it was the only one I knew of.  For a few years I was a member of the British Russian Philatelic Society, but had to leave when we moved to far from London.   Having resuscitated my collection I have found the SG Catalogue rather limiting due to it's concentration on the main issues and less on the variations etc.  I subscribed to the SG digital online album maker but find that even more frustrating, as it only uses the SG World Catalogue.   In writing to a chap at SG he says that he is working on a fuller digital version of the Russia catalogue.   

Like you it is the history behind the stamps that I find fascinating and very interesting.   Hence the detail that you provide is a treasure trove.  I have been writing relevant bits from the SG catalogue into my albums.  Now that I have found your web site I hope you do not mind - I am copying and enclosing relevant bits of history into my album.  

I have also found the many useful catalogues that are now on the web.  

Kind regards