Help Are These Russian, Yugo, Something Else?

Please help, I can't figure out where these come from....

the larger ones I did find perforated...but I cant find them as imperfs

Hi D.G. Upper row are Russian stamps. There are varieties depending on color shade, watermark, paper, so can't really tell you Scott numbers. They generally were issues from the mid-1920s into the late '30s (without consulting the Scott catalog. I just sold a stockbook with a lot of these and similar Russian issues, at auction, for a friend).

Row 2, left two stamps, are early 1920s Ukrainian and fairly common. The trident shown at the top of each is a symbol for Ukraine. The other item in Row 2; either imperforate or on piece; is again Russian and either czarist period or end of World War I; again without consulting the Scott.

Hmmm, the 20 on the top looks to have a watermark, but not the others, at least not that I can see with the naked eye. And what is on piece?

And thank you steve, that gives me a starting point....although I have been struggling with these for days, sooo frustrating.

Hi again D.G. On piece means that a stamp was cut off an envelope, but left on a small piece of the paper rather than being soaked off. This is done sometimes to protect a valuable stamp that may have a little damage. Or to preserve a postmark. Or because the stamp was printed in water soluble ink, which means some of the ink will wash away if it is soaked.

In terms of the upper row, these are Russian worker issues. In the Scott, see #s 413 - 426; 469; 613A - 619A; 734 - 738. And see the note after #738 for further re-issues in the 1950s. I left out 456 - 467 as those are imperforate.

I would probably need to review the last two brownish orange stamps to determine exactly which ones they are. The printed value on each; by the way; is 1 ruble.

thank you Steve, I will look in to these!
Bethany