Belarus : The SCF Catalogue.

The one stop shop for Belarus.
Everything and anything to do with Belarus.

Belarus Propaganda stamp:

Belarus National Republic:
often found under "white russia"


SG0001

SG0002

SG0003

SG0004

SG0005

SG0006

NOTE: Sorry links no longer Valid......

On 12 April 2005 Belarus issued a set of
4 stamps plus one souvenir sheet
commemorating the end of World War Two.

What is interesting is that the four stamps
were denominated as A, H, H, and P .
(see Notes below)

The A stamp sold for 160 Belarus Rubles. (140 in 2004)
http://www.belpost.by/stamps/pics/s...005/0601.jpg

The two H stamps sold for 350 Belarus Rubles. (320 in 2004)
http://www.belpost.by/stamps/pics/s...005/0602.jpg
http://www.belpost.by/stamps/pics/s...005/0603.jpg

The P stamp sold for 900 Belarus Rubles. (870 in 2004)
http://www.belpost.by/stamps/pics/s...005/0604.jpg

Strangely enough, the souvenir sheet contained two
stamps denominated as 1000 Belarus rubles each.
http://www.belpost.by/stamps/pics/s...605-0606.jpg

Normally stamps denominated with a letter indicate
expected rate changes or hyperinflation. However
subsequent releases are denominated in Belarus rubles
and rates appear to be unchanged.

Currently there are about 2150 Belarus Rubles to $1 US.

It could be that this area may produce some interesting
postal history in the near future.


======= Notes: (Belarus NVI stamps) ======

Face value A is equal to the tariff for sending a letter
within Belarus.

Face value B is equal to the tariff for sending a postal
card within Belarus.

Face value C is equal to the tariff for sending an airmail
letter up to 20 g of weight to Russia, Lithuania, Latvia,
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Face value H is equal to the tariff for sending a letter
up to 20 g of weight by surface to Russia, Lithuania,
Latvia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Face value P is equal to the tariff for sending an air-mail
letter up to 20 g of weight to other foreign countries.

Acknowledgement :Blair RCSD newsgroup

Cool stuff Rod... I do collect Belarus; but it is on hold right now since I'm mounting/hinging couple of other countries on Steiner pages.

Appreciate all the info.

Cheers
Ram

Belarus map.

Belarus, one of former Soviet Union Republics, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. One third of the country is forested, and agriculture and manufacturing are pillars of the economy.

Belarusian territories were acquired by the Russian Empire in 1795 and held them until they were occupied by Germany during World War I. Belarus first declared independence on March 25, 1918, forming the Belarusian People's Republic, which lasted for about 10 months, then fell under the influence of Russia and became the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) in 1919. Belarusian SSR became a founding member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922.

The final unification of the Belarusian lands in the modern borders took place in 1939 when the ethnically Belarusian lands that were a part of interwar Poland were annexed by the USSR and attached to the Soviet Belarus. The territory and its nation were devastated in the Second World War as Belarus lost about 1/3 of its population while the loss of the economy amounting to 35 times the republic's annual GDP.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus officially declared independence on August 25, 1991 and belongs to Europe

Thanks guys for your contributions,
I am only a fledgling collector,
(just because I found all the early stamps
in a Russian collection) Then you're hooked

I hadn't realised Belarus was so large an area,
nor did I realise Minsk was the capital,
the cyrillic on the map stamp didn't dawn on me to be Minsk

Thanks for an excellent Map BeeSee
you are the SCF Map Man.



Oh, show me round your snow peaked
Mountain way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm

I see a rainbow on a stamp !

I welcome corrections,
I cannot read Russian so I guessed the names on the
castle and churches of the following.


SG0007

SG0008

SG0009

SG0010

SG0011

SG0012

SG0013

Rodster, you have me looking now, I want the early 1990's in nice used condition.

(sucking in air through pursed lips)
OOoh! that's a bit of a challenge BeeSee,
Good Luck
You are evidently a fellow who likes the bar set high.

My earliest used is 2002
cut square from cover of Melbourne Stamp Dealer Mr. Peter Strich.
He was probably importing Belarus stamps for his clients

2002

The overprinted Minsk map and flag

In my younger days I could jump over it...

That must be before I caught you lolling about in a Hammock
in Funafala........
Nothing much gets past the SCF secret police.

Folks, this is BeeSee hard at work

Rodster, you have filed everything! Are you sure the Tuvalu Secret Service did not pass that on to you?

oh memories.......



yeh that's the Bee...

Belarus : 1992 Pottery Set.
SG0040

SG0041

SG0042

SG0043
damaged..likely culprit=gum.

Just posting what I've got

A registered cover I have received on February 2015 from Minsk, Belarus.



Another registered cover received from Kobryn, Brest (former Brest Litovsk) region, Belarus on June 2015.