Chuvashia in philately

Chuvashia, its history, life and famous people are reflected on some postage stamps and other philatelic materials of the pre-revolutionary era, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation , as well as a number of other states.

The Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the Post of Russia published postage stamps, art stamped and unmarked postal envelopes , the subjects of which were related to Chuvashia.

Collective interest in the development of the Chuvash theme may also be related calendar , franking , preferential and special postmarks .

Russian Empire

Prewar period

There is some information about the early development of the postal service in the territory of Chuvashia. So, in 1820, in Tsivilsk , on the Moscow - Kazan highway , the first post station was opened. ^[one]

Zemstvo Mail

In 1867, Zemsk post office was established in Alatyr district of Simbirsk province (now Alatyr district of Chuvashia ). Zemsky postal stamps of 1 and 2 kopeks were issued for local postal needs. They had a rectangular frame of typographic signs and the inscription "Alatyrskaya Zemsk post." One-mark brand has survived only in triplicate and is a rarity . At the same time, a significant number of counterfeits of both brands are common ^[2] .

It is known that when the collectors appealed to the Alatyrsky Zemstvo with a request to supply them with marks of this county, the officials of the council refused them, referring to the purely local purpose of the Zemstvo signs of postal payment. This was probably one of the reasons why Alatyr Zemsky stamps are extremely rare ^[3] .

  Soviet period

In Soviet times, there were three postage stamps directly dedicated to Chuvashia:

• 1933 - “ Chuvashi ”, the mark of the highest nominal value of 35 kopecks in the series “Peoples of the USSR ” ^[4] , circulation of 150 thousand, artist S. Novsky ( TsFA [ Mark ” ) No. 431 ^[5] ;
• 1960 - “ Chuvash ASSR . Cheboksary ”, from the series“ Capitals of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics ”, face value 40 kopecks, circulation 2 million, artist N. Kruglov , engraving I. Mokrousova ( CFA [ ITC“ Mark ” ] No. 2431) ^[6] ;
• 1970 - “Chuvash ASSR. Government House in Cheboksary ”, from the series“ 50th anniversary of autonomous Soviet socialist republics ”, face value 4 kopecks, circulation 5 million, artist Y. Kosorukov, engraving I. Mokrousov ( CFA [ Mark“ ITC ” ] No. 3901) ^[7] .

In addition, post miniatures were released, on which renowned natives of the Chuvash land were captured, including the legendary commander of the Civil War Vasily Chapaev (born in Budaika ) and twice Hero of the Soviet Union , cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev (born in Shorshely ).

Stamps of other states

Cosmonaut A.G. Nikolayev from Chuvashia was honored to be depicted on several foreign stamps marking his flight on Vostok-3 and Soyuz-9 spacecraft.

The table below shows the main types of artistic marked envelopes on the Chuvash theme, which were prepared by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the Post of Russia in the period 1957-2009 .

There are a number of special cancellations made officially by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the Post of Russia, which can be attributed to the Chuvash topic. In addition, a significant number of special quotas dedicated to cosmonaut A. Nikolayev were made by philatelist clubs (on club envelopes and max-max cards ).

In the post-Soviet time, on behalf of Chuvashia, stamps were distributed that are not actually postage and are speculative in nature. ^{[42] [43]}

• Philately
• Cheboksary
• Chuvashia
• n: Chuvashia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the birth of cosmonaut A. N. Nikolaev

• Vasiliev L. Postcard - normal flight! // Soviet Chuvashia. - 2009. - April 11th. (Checked March 22, 2010)
• Vasiliev L. Envelope in orbit // Soviet Chuvashia. - 2009. - 2 September. (Checked March 22, 2010)
• Peikov N. With the brand in Chuvashia // Soviet Chuvashia. - 1974. - December 31st. (On philately in the Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute .)
• Frolov V. The whole world in the palm of your hand // Cheboksary news. - 2007. - 9 August. (Checked March 22, 2010)

• Vinogradov, Alexey. Zemsky postage stamps. Alatyr County (Unsolved) (inaccessible link) . Zemsky postage stamps. Catalog of newsletters . Information channel Subscribe.Ru; CJSC Internet Projects. The appeal date is March 23, 2010. Archived on March 5, 2016.
• The Department of the Federal Postal Service of the Chuvash Republic is a branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Post” (Unidentified) (not available link) . The official portal of the authorities of the Chuvash Republic. The appeal date is March 22, 2010. Archived August 3, 2008.
• UFPS of the Chuvash Republic (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Volga FD . Post of Russia. The appeal date is March 23, 2010. Archived on June 29, 2011.
• October 9 - World Post Day (Unsolved) . The Department of the Federal Postal Service of the Chuvash Republic is a branch of the FSUE “Russian Post” (October 6, 2008). The appeal date is March 22, 2010. Archived on April 17, 2012.
• Cheboksary. Monument to Sespel ( Unsolved ) (inaccessible link) . Classic literature / Stamps . Philatelia.Ru; Dmitry Karasyuk. - Information about the postcard of Russia in 1992. The appeal date is March 23, 2010. Archived on June 23, 2013.