Tambov in philately

Since ancient times, mail from Moscow to Astrakhan was delivered via a mail path passing through the Tambov province ^[1] .

In 1786, the Tambov post office was founded among the first seven Russian post offices ^[2] .

Zemsky post office of the Tambov district of the Tambov province was opened on August 1, 1869. Zemsky messengers 2 times a week delivered correspondence from the district center of Tambov in the volost. Private correspondence delivery was paid by zemstvo postage stamps ^[3] , which were printed in a private printing house. They were extinguished by ink (strikethrough). In 1874, private mail delivery fees were canceled.

In 1886, the Tambov Office of the Postal and Telegraph District was formed on the territory of the Tambov and Voronezh provinces ^[1] . In the same year, one of the first in Russia in Tambov was built post office building ^[1] .

Zemsky post

In the period from 1869 to 1874, while the delivery of private correspondence by zemstvo mail of the Tambov district was paid, only 3 types of postage stamps were issued. The circulation of stamps is unknown. The county coat of arms is placed on all stamps.

One of the Zemstvo miniatures of 1870 is the famous Tambov issue No. 1 of three-kopeck dignity. This is the first-born of the Tambov district of the Tambov province, a modest miniature sign, made by lithographic printing in blue on white paper. The drawing for those times is traditional - the coat of arms of the Tambov province. This brand on the generally recognized scale of rarities refers to the four signs RRRR ( Raritat ), that is, to the highest category of philatelic rarities. This brand is the smallest and very rare Zemstvo brand ^[4] .

The Tambov brand is known today only in four copies ^[5] . After ascertaining this fact (for example, in the catalog of V. Herrick ^[6] ) many decades passed, and during all this time not a single specimen was found. One of the four stamps is now kept at the Berlin Postal Museum. The second is in the Museum of Communications in St. Petersburg ^[7] . It was demonstrated at the Moscow-97 World Philatelic Exhibition at the stands of the State Collection of Postage Stamps of Russia. The third Zemstvo brand of Tambov resides in the famous collection of the deceased Mikhail Lupshits ^[8] . The fate of the fourth instance is also known: for a long time it passed to different owners, it was recently sold by the last owner in America for 50 thousand dollars. His collector, who remained incognito, bought it.

By its dimensions (13.5 mm by 16.5 mm), the brand set a record of “miniature” among all other issues of the Russian zemstvo and, combined with a record of catalog value, gives grounds to attribute “Blue Tambov” to the only ones in the world philately. According to the classification of philately rarities, this postage stamp belongs to world-class rarities (collectibles that are known only in the amount of 2-10 pieces belong to these).

• Zemsky postage stamps
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  Tambov district ( 1870 , No. 1)

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  Tambov district ( 1871 , No. 2)

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  Tambov Uyezd ( 1872 , No. 3)

  Soviet period

In Soviet times, a stamp dedicated to the 350th anniversary of the city of Tambov ( CFA [ ITC “Marka” ] No. 5721) was issued, which was extinguished by special cancellation on the envelope of the first day on April 26, 1986. The stamp depicts the historic buildings of the city.

  Modern Russia

As part of the series “Russia. Regions ”in 2011, the Tambov Oblast postage stamp was issued depicting such symbols of the Tambov region as a monument to the Tambov peasant, Michurin apples, the Nikiforovsky sugar factory and the Tsna River , the first day was extinguished in the second department of the Tambov post office on March 30, 2011 ^{[ 9]} .

On September 7, 2012, the series “Outstanding Lawyers of Russia” was put into circulation, one of the brands of which was dedicated to G. R. Derzhavin , who in 1786-1788 was the governor of the Tambov province ^[10] .

  Soviet period

In total, during the years of Soviet power, at least 140 ^[11] art-labeled and unlabelled envelopes with plots dedicated to the Tambov Region were issued.

Envelopes depicted the most significant events and attractions in Tambov and the Tambov region. Part of the envelopes is dedicated to the anniversaries of Tambov enterprises and organizations, while others were imprinted monuments and architectural structures of the city. Another topic of envelopes was the current events held in the city - philatelic exhibitions, sports competitions, cultural events.

• Club Mail Envelopes
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  Postal envelope on the 1968 SAI constituent conference

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  1959 philatelist postal envelope

  Modern Russia

The production of Tambov-style art-labeled envelopes continued in the Russian Federation.

In 2008, an artistic labeled envelope was issued dedicated to the opening of the monument to the Tambov peasant in the Tambov region.

On November 19, 2018, an artistic marked envelope was issued - 100 years of Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavina. Architect F. Livchak

Calendar Cancellation

The date and place of departure of the postal item are marked on the calendar postal stamps .

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  1925 calendar stamp

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  1957 calendar stamp

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  1961 special stamp "325 years of Tambov"

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  2000s Special Cancellation Cancellation

Special Cancellations

There are a large number of special cancellations directly dedicated to Tambov and events in his history. There are also special cancellations dedicated to events that are not directly related to Tambov, but which contain the name Tambov as a place of cancellation. Among them are special cancellations on the occasion of the Writing Week , various holidays ( New Year , Valentine's Day , Easter ) and others.

The society of Tambov collectors originates from the Tambov provincial society of local lore experts created in 1924 ^[12] (1924-1931) ^[13] . At the first meeting of the board members of the company, which took place on January 13, 1924, questions of studying the nature and culture of the local region were considered ^[14] . The further development of regional studies was provided by the Second All-Union Conference on Local Lore, held on December 3-4, 1924 in Moscow . The Tambov organization at the conference was represented by its scientific secretary P. N. Chermensky ^[15] .

In 1968, the Tambov branch of the All-Union Society of Philatelists was created, whose successor was the Tambov branch of the Union of Philatelists of Russia ^[16] , and in 1997 the Public Organization “Tambov Regional Club of Collectors” was created.

The USSR Post issued a lot of postage stamps , artistic labeled and unmarked postal envelopes and one-sided postcards with the original stamp , the subject of which was connected with the Tambov and Tambov regions . Tambov collectors also contributed to their release.

One of our most famous contemporaries involved in the study of Tambov subjects was the local historian, journalist and collector Nikolai Alekseevich Nikiforov ^[17] (1914-2003), who was born in Tambov in a noble family and was fond of collecting from 15 years old: he collected everything that he has attitude to the Tambov region. Over the years, a special interest has appeared in collecting everything that is connected with literature .

From October 1 to October 15, 1988, a philatelic exhibition “Chernozem Territory-88” was held in Tambov. On the occasion of the exhibition, the USSR Ministry of Communications issued a marked labeled envelope and carried out a special cancellation .

On September 12, 2013, in the Museum and Exhibition Center of the Tambov Region , a local history exhibition of postcards with views of the cities of the Tambov province of the late XIX - early XX centuries “Tambov province. In the heart of Russia. ” The exhibition was organized by the Public Organization "Tambov Regional Club of Collectors" ^[18] and is dedicated to the Year of Culture in the Tambov Region ^[19] .

• Zemsky post office of Tambov district
• Tambov
• Tambov Region
• Philately

• Nikiforov N. Searches and finds: Collector's stories. - Voronezh: Central Black Book Publishing House, 1964. - 36 p. - 15,000 copies.
• Nikiforov N. Searches proceed: Collector's stories. - Voronezh: Central Black Book Publishing House, 1968. - 64 p.
• Lasunsky O. G. Tambov Museum Worker. // Power of the book: Stories about books and scribes. - 2nd, rev. and add. ed. - Moscow: Book, 1980. - P. 85-100. - 206 p.
• Tambov Dates - 1994: Reference Index. - Tambov, 1993 .-- S. 20-22.
• Pisarev E. Material evidence of Nikolai Alekseevich Nikiforov. - Tambov:?, 2004. -? from. - ISBN 5-88934-269-X .
• Ulyanov I. The envelope can tell a lot about it ... , Tambov Life (2003-10-7). Date of appeal September 26, 2013.
• Collector's Handbook No. 2 (Addresses of societies, clubs, sections, circles and amateur collectors of the USSR) / Compiled by I. Ya. Koltashev. - Tambov: Edition of the Tambov City Society of Collectors, 1965. - 300 copies.
• Address Directory of Numismatist and Bonist / Compiled by I. Ya. Koltashev. - Tambov: Edition of the Tambov City Society of Collectors, 1966. -? from. - 1st plant, 400 copies. [The publication is marked collectible.]
• Address Directory of Numismatist and Bonist / Compiled by I. Ya. Koltashev. - Tambov: Edition of the Tambov City Society of Collectors, 1966. -? from. - 2nd plant 150 copies. [Correction and addition to the collectors guide No. 2, published by the Tambov Society of Collectors in 1965. Collector noted in publication.]

• TOGBUK “Tambov Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A. S. Pushkin ” (neopr.) . Date of appeal September 19, 2013.
• Tambov Society of Collectors (Neopr.) . Tambovrar.ru. - The site of Tambov collectors. Date of appeal September 19, 2013.