The Rossica Journal

Rossica Society annual membership dues include the award winning Rossica Journal. There are two journals printed in a calendar year, the first in the Spring and the next in the Fall.

Previous Editions of the Rossica Journal issues 44 - 154, are available as single issues on CD ROM in pdf format for $7.50 (Members) or $9.00 (Non-members). Additionally single issues are available as a download for a reduced price of $5.00 (Members) or $8.00 (Non-members). The price for a single CD ROM issue includes postage if sent to USA and Canada addresses. All other shipping destinations should include an additional $2.00. Please contact the The Rossica Society Treasuruer if you are interested in purchasing single issues on CD ROM.

The Rossica Society is pleased to offer Rossica Journals 1 - 44, in Russian, on a single DVD. Issues 44 - 137 are also available on a single CD ROM. Please see the Rossica Bookshop for more details.

The Rossica Journal editor is William Moskoff.

Issue No. 154, Spring 2010 Issue No. 153, Fall 2009 Issue No. 152, Spring 2009 Issue No. 151, Fall 2008 Issue No. 150, Spring 2008 Issue No. 149, Fall 2007 Issue No. 148, Spring 2007 Issue No. 147, Fall 2006 Issue No. 146, Spring 2006 Issue No. 145, Fall 2005 Issue No. 144, Spring 2005

• Latvia: Postage Due Markings Used by Traveling Post Offices, by Vesma Grinfelds
• The Zemstvo Stamps of Ukraine, by V.G. Katzman (translated by David Skipton)
• Addendum to "The Zemstvo Stamps of Ukraine," by Leon Finik and George Werbizky
• Stamp with Two and Half Flaws, by George G. Werbizky
• The "Iz Finlyandii" Cachet Revisited, by Wolfgang Torterotot
• Anglo-Soviet-American Cooperation During WWII in the Mirror of Philately, by Meer Kossoy (translated by David Skipton)
• Rossika's Estonian Lost and Found, by David M. Skipton and Alexander Epstein
• Support of Russia's World War I Effort by the Russian Red Cross and the All-Russia Cities Union, by George G. Werbizky
• Inventory Tables of the Plate Numbers and Inscriptions of the Second and Subsequent Printings of the Arms Issues: 1913 - 1923, by Ged Seiflow
• Kliment Voroshilov: The Rise and Fall of a Stalin Crony, by William Moskoff and Carol Gayle
• Flyspecker 154, by Greg Mirsky & David Waterman
• The Local Post of the Wenden District, by G. G. Werbizky

• The 7500R and 100000R Surcharges on the 250-Ruble Stamps of 1921 - Record of Plate Numbers - Additional Information, By Ged Seiflow
• Varieties of the 1899-1903 Money Order Formulars, By Vladimir Venets
• Rossicapex 2009, By David M. Skipton
• The Torgsin Stores, By William Moskoff and Carol Gayle
• Update to the Samara-Zlatoust Railroad Article, By John D. Myke
• Russian Civil War Issues and Varieties-Part II, By George G. Werbizky
• Vignettes of the 1915 Petrograd Military Exhibit "Our Trophies," By Nikolai Sorokin
• Flyspecker 153, By Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Enduring Sentimentality: World War II and the Ballad of the Blue Kerchief, By William Moskoff and Carol Gayle
• A Russian "Attempted Delivery" Label, By Joseph J. Geraci
• Russian Mute Cancels of World War I. Terminology and Addenda, By Arnold Levin (trans. David M. Skipton)
• Plate Numbers of the Imperial Arms Issues, By Ged Seiflow
• Registered Mail from Odessa Up To 1917, By Steve Volis and Thomas Berger
• Romanov-Zemstvo Combination Covers, By John D. Myke
• Greeting Postcards in Russia: From Privilege to Penalty, By Alexander Epstein

• The Political Red Cross by David M. Skipton
• The Partisan Post during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945 by Anatoly Osatinski trans. by David M. Skipton
• Early Soviet Iconography by Jeremy Busch
• Soviet Propoganda During World War II, The Use of Postal Material to Rally the Nation by William Moskoff and Carol Gayle
• Official Perfins of the Russian Empire by Dick Scheper, trans. Steve Netten
• Balpex 2008 Report by David M. Skipton
• Stamps of "Free Russia" by Rostislav Polchaninoff
• Updates to the Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bugul'ma Railroads Articles by V.G. Levandovsky, trans. David M. Skipton
• A Watermarked Romanov Item by John D. Myke
• Railway Mute Cancels and Registration of Correspondence by Arnold Levin, trans. David M. Skipton
• One-sided Albino by George G. Werbizky
• Flyspecker 152 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Orthodox Action Society and its Mail to the USSR by Rostislav Polchaninoff

• Late 19th-and Early 20th-Century Mail from the Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bugul'ma Railroads (V) by V.G. Levandovsky (trans. David M. Skipton)
• On the establishment of regular postal communication between Kyakhta and Tientsin, (trans. Howard Weinert)
• Rediscovery of an Old Variety by N. Mandrovsky
• Russian Civil War Issues and Varieties
• Far East Republic by George G. Werbizky
• Kharbin Issue Redefined by Leon Finik and George G. Werbizky
• Army of the Northwest by George G. Werbizky
• Siberia by George G. Werbizky
• South Russia by George G. Werbizky
• Postal Convention between Prussia and Russia, signed at St. Petersburg 12 (24) December 1821 (trans. David M. Skipton)
• How the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS) Corresponded With Soviet Citizens by Rostislav Polchaninoff
• The Red Army Cavalry and its Field Post Offices During The Great Patriotic War of 1941 -1945 by Anatoly Osatinski
• The Genesis of the 7-kopeck Double-Print Variety (Scott #35c) by Leon Finik
• Mute Cancels on Mail from Russian-Occupied Territory, 1914-1915. Facts and Commentary by Arnold Levin (trans. David Skipton)
• FlySpecker 151 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• More on the Civil War Postal History of Turkestan by Alexander Epstein

• Turkestan 1918 - 1923: A Postal History Review by Alexander Epstein and Robert Taylor
• A Formular Money-order Forms Question by George Shalimoff
• The Field Post Offices of the Red Army in the Field during the Polish "Liberation Campaign" in September—October 1939 by Anatoly Osatinski (trans. David M. Skipton)
• Black Sea Currents by David M. Skipton
• Late 19th-and Early 20th-Century Mail from the Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bugul'ma Railroads (IV) by V.G. Levandovsky (trans. David M. Skipton)
• A Classification of World War I POW Cards by Miron Lam (trans. David M. Skipton)
• The Rossica Vignette and Handstamp by David M. Skipton
• Official Poltava Zemstvo Stamps Printed on Watermarked Paper by George G. Werbizky
• A Reply to "Formular Money-order Forms Question" by Alexander Epstein
• A Major Zemstvo Discovery Leon Finik
• FlySpecker 150 Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Postscript to the Article "Scandinavian Volunteers in Finland During the Winter War" George G. Werbizky
• Rossica at the Pan-Slavic Show, 2007 David M. Skipton

• St Petersburg Residence Permits by Jack Moyes
• OBITUARY: Sergey Vasil'evich Prigara (1882 - 1950) by David Skipton
• A Much Travelled Cover by Philip Robinson
• Postal Rate Changes of 1917 - 1918 by Michael Ercolini
• Late 19th - and Early 20th -Century Mail from the Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bulgul'ma Railroads (III) by V.G. Levandovsky (trans. D. Skiption)
• Russian Refugee Vignettes by R.V. Polchaninoff and George G. Werbizky
• FlySpecker 149 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Red Army Parcel Mail During World War II by Anatoly Osatinsky
• The East Prussia Disaster: The Philatelic Echo by Alexander Epstein
• What You See Isn't Always What it Is by George G. Werbizky
• Lightning Strikes Again - A Second Zemstvo Catalog from Russia by George G. Werbizky
• Imperial Russian International Money Orders (An Update) by David Skipton and Vladimir Venets
• A Zemstvo Discovery by Leon Finik

• The "Rossika" Society of Russian Philatelist Abroad in the DP Camps, 1948-1951 by Rostislav Polchaninoff (trans D. Skipton)
• The V1 and V2 Flying Bombs and Slave Labor by George G. Werbizky
• Samara to Zlatoust Railroad - Addendum by Dr. Ed Laveroni
• Scandanavian Volunteers in Finland During the Winter War by Alfred Kugel
• Steve Alushin (1923 - 2006) by David Skipton
• Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Mail from the Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bugul'ma Railroads (II) by V.G. Levandovsky (trans D. Skipton)
• Moscow Local Lines and their Postmarks By Noel Warr, Leonard Tann, and Gary Combs
• Ani-Soviet Military Formations in World War II by George G. Werbizky
• Russia: The 15-kopeck, Scott #81 and #125 Re-engraved or Large Die Variety by John R. Iacovino
• Unknown No More by George G. Werbizky
• Flyspecker 148 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• The First Line of Defense: Imperial Russian Customs and Foreign Printed Matter by David M. Skipton
• The 7500R and 100000R Surcharges on the 250-Ruble Stamps of 1921 - Record of Plate Numbers by Raymond J. Pietruszka
• Deniken Issue Forgeries by Igor Myaskovsky
• Kuban Issue Forgeries by Igor Myaskovsky

• Soldier's Mail in World War I by George G. Werbizky
• Fly Specker 147 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Russian Stampless Mail Abroad - Part 1 by Dr. Ivo Steijn
• Esperanto Behind Bars by Bavid M. Skipton
• Zemstvo Collectors Rejoice! by George G. Werbizky
• Anything That Came to Hand. "Do-it-yourself" Mail in the USSR During World War II (1941-1945) by Meer Kossoy (trans. D. Skipton)
• Non-Postal Zemstvo Activity by George G. Werbizky
• Prisoner-of-war Camps in Imperial Russia by Miron Lam and Vladimir Vinokur (trans. D. Skipton)
• Late 19th- and 20th-century Mail. The Samara-Zlatoust and Volga-Bugul'ma Railroads by V.G. Levandovsky (trans. D. Skipton)
• Forumlars as Postal Stationery? by Alexander Epstein (trans. D. Skipton)

• Watchmen At the Gates: Censorship of Foreign Printed Matter in Imperial Russia by David M. Skipton
• Fly Specker 146 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• Money Order Formulars (Official Releases by the State Printing Office) by Vladimir Venets
• Notes on the Russian Field Post and Censorship during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 by Ian Roberts
• Perforation Forgery on Zemstvo Stamps by George G. Werbizky
• The International Language of Esperanto in Russia by Meer Kossoy (trans. David Skipton)
• Clandestine Surveillance of Mail in Odessa from 1921 to World War II by Steve Volis and David Skipton
• Formulars by Miron Lam (trans. Anatoli Chlenov)
• A Christmas Story by Miron Lam (trans. Anatoli Chlenov)

• To the Right of Me, Only the Wall - To the Left of Them, Only Hell (The Monarchist V.M. Purishkevich) by David M. Skipton
• The Debate Continues by Meer Kossoy (trans. D. Skipton)
• The Russian Philatelic Society in China by Raymond J. Pietruszka
• Batum Train Designation Handstamps by Dr. Howard L. Weinert
• More Romanov-Zemstvo Combies? by Leonard Tann
• Enigma 2: Ukrainian Mail Abroad in 1995 by Ivo Steijn
• Zemstvo Letters: Registered, Money, and Special Delivery (Express) Mail by George G. Werbizky
• Entertainment Tax in Imperial Russia, An Attempt to Classify Entertainment Tickets by Edward Bubis
• Early Mail from and to the Far Eastern Republic by Alexander Epstein and Ivo Steijn
• Flyspecker 145 by Greg Mirsky and David Waterman
• From the Archives: Early Rossica Application by Kennedy Wilson
• The Mailman Cometh! by Gary Combs

• Temporary Post Offices in the Russian Army by Meer Kossoy (trans. D. Skipton)
• Single-line Cachets used at the Tiflis Main Post Office on Letters Mailed to Batum via the Transcaucasian Railway, 1899-1902 by Dr. V.G. Levandovsky (trans. D. Skipton)
• Fly Specker 144 by Greg Mirsky and Dave Waterman
• Russian Mute Cancels 1914-1917, Addenda, Corrigenda, and Positive Identification by Arnold Levin (trans. D. Skipton)
• Notes on the Moscow Butyrka Rail Station by Noel Warr, Leonard Tann, Gary Combs
• Mail Sent Abroad by the Zemstvo Administration Office by G.G. Werbizky
• Armenia, More About Fakes Using Archive Material by Trevor Pateman
• More Zemstvo Covers by G.G. Werbizky
• From the Archives: 30th Anniversary of Rossica by A.A. Chebotkevich