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Checklists > Countries > Soviet Union Domestic Cats

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DOMESTIC CATS

Issue Item code Item type Face value Remarks SC
1954 - New Year

Address side		 SUN19540000 PC 0_40 1 Pre-stamped postcard 0.40 Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cartoon cat
Cats in Literature
Scene from the fairy tale The Story of Father Frost
Printer's no. Ш03417
Order no. 3698
Printed 16/VIII-1957
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know.
MI P219AII		 M
1957 - New Year

Back		 SUN19570000 PSE 0_40 1 Pre-stamped envelope 0.40
(sold at 0.50)		 Unspecified breed (in cachet)
Cartoon cat
Cats in Literature
Scene from the fairy tale The Story of Father Frost
Printer's no. Ш10859
Order no. 19224
Printed 25/XI 1957
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MI U181I		 ILM

Back		 SUN19570000 PSE 0_40 2 Pre-stamped envelope 0.40
(sold at 0.50)		 Unspecified breed (in cachet)
Cartoon cat
Cats in Literature
Scene from the fairy tale The Story of Father Frost
Printer's no. Ш09078
Order no. 19177
Printed 16/XI 1957
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MI U181I		 M
DL(-)
1962 - Postal Stationary


Address side ()
Address side (*)
Address side (**)

This card can be found in at least three printings:
The first printing has no star aligned right above the printer's note. The second printing is denoted with a single star aligned right above the printer's note, the third printing has two stars.

 SUN19620000 PC 0_03 18091 Pre-stamped postcard 0.03
(sold at 0.04)		 Unspecified breed
Cartoon cat
Pie, from a Soviet cartoon (Wise little Hen?)
Printers no. A06330
Order no. 18091
Printed 11/V 1962
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MI P282II		 M (**)
1966 - Postal Stationary

PSE Back		 SUN19660000 PSE 0_04 1 Pre-stamped envelope 0.04
(sold at 0.05)		 Unspecified breed (in cachet)
Cartoon kittens
Printed 30.07.66
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MI U??? 		M
DL
1966 - Postal Stationary

Back		 SUN19680000 PSE 0_04 1 Pre-stamped envelope 0.04
(sold at 0.05)		 Unspecified breed (in cahet)
Cat watching child drawing a cat
Printed 28.10.68
MI U348b		 M
10 March 1970 - Expo 70 in Osaka
SUN19700310 ST 0_04 Stamp 0.04 Unspecified breed
Stylised cat
MI 3734		  
SUN19700310 FDC 0_04 Firs Day Cover 0.04 Unspecified breed
Stylised cat
MI 3734
Official FDC with
SUN19700310 ST 0_04		 BDC
November 1970 - New Year Cards


Address side ()
Address side (*)
Address side (**)

This card can be found in at least three printings:
The first printing has no star to the left of the printer's note. The second printing is denoted with a single star to the left of the printer's note, the third printing has two stars.

 SUN19701100 PC 0_03 1 Pre-stamped postcard 0.03
(sold at 0.04)		 Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cartoon Cat
Santa Clause in helicopter, cat on roof
Printer's no. 15046
Printed 31.03.70
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MI P347IV 		DP (*)
DP (**)
1971 - Postal Stationary

PSE back		 SUN19710000 PSE 0_04 1 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0.05)		 Unspecified breed (in cachet)
Housecat
Boy with fishing rod offering fish to girl
Printed 12.04.71
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MI U437IIa		 M
7 July 1971 - Foreign Masterworks in USSR Museums (II)
SUN19710707 ST 0_10 Stamp 0.10 Unspecified breed
Cats in Art
The Washing Woman, painting by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)
MI 3900		  
  SUN19710707 FDC 0_10 First Day Cover 0.10 Unspecified breed (on stamp and in cachet)
Cats in Art
The Washing Woman, painting by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)
FDC with
SUN19710707 ST 0_10		 BEB
12 December 1973 - Foreign Masterworks in USSR Museums (IV)
SUN19731212 ST 0_04 Stamp 0.04 Unspecified breed
Cats in Art
Still Life with Game and Lobster, painting by Frans Snyders (1579-1657)
MI 4187		  
SUN19731212 FDC 0_04 First Day Cover 0.04 Unspecified breed
Cats in Art
Still Life with Game and Lobster, painting by Frans Snyders (1579-1657)
FDC with
SUN19731212 ST 0_04		 BDC
25 November 1976 - 370th Birthday of Rembrandt
SUN19761125 ST 0_04 Stamp 0.04 Unspecified breed
Cats in Art
Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, painting by Rembrandt
MI 4551		  
3 March 1978 - Centenary of the Birth of Boris Kustodiev
SUN19780303 ST 0_12 Stamp 0.12 Unspecified breed
Cat painting
Cats in Art
Merchant's Wife Drinking Tea (1918),
painting by Boris Kustodiev
MI 4701		 M
SUN19780303 MC 0_12 Maximum card 0.12 Unspecified breed
Cat painting
Cats in Art
"Merchant's Wife Drinking Tea",
painting by Boris Kustodiev
Maximum card with
SUN19780303 ST 0_12		 CC
November 1979 - New Year Cards


Address side ()
Address side (*)

This card can be found in at least two printings:
The first printing has no star to the left of the printer's note. The second printing is denoted with a single star to the left of the printer's note.

 SUN19791100 PC 0_03 1 Pre-stamped postcard 0.03
(sold at 0.04)		 Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cat drawing
Santa Claus and cat
Printer's no.: 796322
Printed 08.02.79
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MI P385II		 M()
M
DP(*)
November 1987 - New Year Cards

Address side		 SUN19871100 PC 0_04 87131 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0.05)		 Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cartoon cat
Children playing in snow
Printer's no. 1987.3.87131
Printed 28.01.87
MI P450II		 M
DP

Address side		 SUN19871100 PC 0_04 87173 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0.06)		 Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cartoon cat
Santa and toys
Printer's no. 1987.3.87173
Printed 28.01.87
MI P451II		 M
DP

1989 - Domestic Cats Postal Stationary

These items are known to have been overprinted and used in several former Soviet republics after independence. See listings under the respective countries.


Back

 SUN19890000 PSE 0_05 1 Pre-stamped envelope 0.05
(sold at 0.06)		 Persian (Bi-colour)
Printer's no. 89133
Printed 20.02.89
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MI U544I-133 		M
ILM


Back

 SUN19890000 PSE 0_05 2 Pre-stamped envelope 0.05
(sold at 0.06)		 Siamese
Printer's no. 89169
Printed 20.02.89
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MI U544I-169 		M
DL

Back		 SUN19890000 PSE 0_05 3 Pre-stamped envelope 0.05
(sold at 0.06)		 Housecat
(could be European Shorthair, but we doubt it)
Printer's no. 89168
Printed 28.04.89
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MI U544I-168 		M
IL

Address side		 SUN19890000 PC 0_04 4163 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04 (sold at 0.06) Unspecified breed (on picture side)
Cartoon Cats
Cat House - Illustrated by G. Boyko
(birthday card)
Printer's no. 1989.3.4163
Printed 06.05.89
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MI P463II 		M
February 1989 - 8 March Greeting Cards

Address side

 SUN19890200 PC 0_04 4086 Pre-stamped envelope 0.04
(sold at 0.06)

Unspecified breed
Cartoon cat
Leopold the Cat
"С праздником 8 Марма!"
Printer's no.: 1988.3.4086
Printed 14.04.88
MI P463II

  
14 June 1989 - 'V.I. Lenin' Children's Charity
SUN19890614 ST 0_05__0_02 2 Semi-postal stamp 0.05
+ 0.02		 Unspecified breed
Cat drawing
MI 5959		 FDC/
DL
November 1989 - New Year Cards

Address side		 SUN19891100 PC 0_04 2287 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0.05)		 Unspecified breed
Cartoon cat
Family bringing home New Year tree
Printer's no. 1989.3.2287
Printed 14.12.88
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MI P462		 M
DP (-)


Address side

This card is also known postally used in independent Ukraine.

 SUN19891100 PC 0_04 2288 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0.06)		 Unspecified breed
Cat Drawing
Cats in literature
Astrid Lindgren's Karlsson on the Roof delivering a kitten and a puppy as New Year gifts
Printer's no. 1989.3.2288
Printed 14.12.88
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MI P463II 		M

1990 - Circus Unstamped Postal StationaryThis item is also listed under Wild Cats

Issued shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this item is known to have been used in most former Soviet republics after independence. Such items are listed under the respective countries, as well as in the issue presentation.

Back		 SUN19900307 ENV TIG_CAT Un-stamped envelope - Unspecified breed
Cartoon cat
Cartoon Tiger
Printer's no. 1990.3.134880
Printing date: 03.07.90
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15 February / 15 May 1991 - Centenary of Mikhail Bulgakov
SUN19910215 PC 0_04 Pre-stamped postcard 0.04
(sold at 0_05)		 Unspecified breed (in stamp indicium)
Cat silhouette
MI PSo221		 M
SUN19910215 PMK 101000 Commemorative postmark - Unspecified breed
Cat silhouette
"Михаил Булгаков - 100 лет - Со дня рождения"
Москва Почтамт (Moscow GPO)
15 May 1991 		CC

1991 - Unstamped Postal Stationary

Issued shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this series is known to have been used in all former Soviet republics after independence. Such items are listed under the respective countries, as well as in the issue presentation.

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV PER 1 Un-stamped envelope - Persian (Smoke)
Envelope no. 132050
Printed 23.07.90
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Back, version A
Back, version B		 SUN19910000 ENV PER 2 Un-stamped envelope - Persian (Red)
Envelope no. 132650
Printed 23.07.90
Exists in two versions (printings?) with slightly different printer's details
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know.		 M(A)
M(B)

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV PER 3 Un-stamped envelope - Persian (Tortie)
Envelope no. 132550
Printed 23.07.90
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Back, version A
Back, version B		 SUN19910000 ENV PER 4 Un-stamped envelope - Persian (Cream)
Envelope no. 132650
Printed 23.07.90
Exists in two versions (printings?) with slightly different printer's details
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		 M
IL

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV PER 5 Un-stamped envelope - Persian (Chinchilla)
Envelope no. 132650
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		 M
IL

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV TUA Un-stamped envelope - Turkish Angora
Envelope no. 13260
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		 M
IL

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV BRI Un-stamped envelope -
(sold in batches of 10 at 0.21)		 British Shorthair
Envelope no. 132650
Order no.
1C-17-2250240
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		 RDL

Back		 SUN19910000 ENV BAL Un-stamped envelope -
(sold in batches of 10 at 0.21)		 Balinese
Envelope no. 132650
Order no.
1C-17-2250240
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		  
SUN19910000 ENV SIA
Back		 Un-stamped envelope - Siamese
Order no. 3.132650
Item no. 1C-17-2250240
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		 DL
SUN19910000 ENV EUR
Back		 Un-stamped envelope - European Shorthair
Order no. 3.132650
Printed 23.07.90
If you know the exact date of issue for this item, please let us know		  

Compiled by Geir Arveng with additional information from Ludmila Pettersen, Valery Oganasian, Greg Balagian, Eriik
Julli, and Veniamin Kramer.
Latest update: 19 November, 2024