Soviet Union

Bear Stamps and Cancellations from the Soviet Union

	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 30k Scott # - C 26 (from C26-C29 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 584 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 402 (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (imperf) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 35k Scott # - C 27 (from C26-C29 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 585b (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 403 (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (imperf) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 1r Scott # - C 28 (from C26-C29 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 586 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 404 (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (imperf) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 2r Scott # - C 29 (from C26-C29 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 587 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 405 (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (imperf) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 30k Scott # - C 30 (from C30-C33 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 584 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 402A (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (perf. 12x12.5) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 35k Scott # - C 31 (from C30-C33 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 585b (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 403A (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (perf. 12x12.5) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 1r Scott # - C 32 (from C30-C33 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 586 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 404A (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (perf. 12x12.5) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1931 Face value - 2r Scott # - C 33 (from C30-C33 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 587 (from 584-586 set) Michel # - 405A (from 402-405 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, icebreaker, zeppelin (perf. 12x12.5) [from North Pole issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1935 Face value - 50k Scott # - C 67 (from C58-C67 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 687 (from 678- 687 set) Michel # - 508 (from 499-508 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear, ice, airplane [from rescue of Icebreaker Chelyuskin issue]
	Bear type - art Year - 1948 Face value - 60k Scott # - 1232 (from 1230-1233 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 1372 (from 1370-1373 set) Michel # - 1222 (from 1220-1223 set) WNS # - none Description - "Bears in a Forest" painting [from painter Ivan I. Shiskin issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1957 Face value - 15k Scott # - 1918 (from 1916-1923 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2058a (from 2057-2063 set) Michel # - 2028 (from 2027-2028 set) WNS # - none Description - Polar bear [from animals issue]
	Bear type - art Year - 1957 Face value - 40k Scott # - 1927 (from 1924-1929 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2064-2067b set (not sure which stamp) Michel # - 1930 (from 1930-1933 set) WNS # - none Description - Bear (wood carving) [from national handicrafts issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1958 Face value - various Scott # - 1767a Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - Block 27 WNS # - none Description - Polar bear on margin [from Soviet scientific drifting stations at North Pole issue]
	Bear type - brown Year - 1961 Face value - 1k Scott # - 2429 (from 2429-2431 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2534 (from 2534-2536 set) Michel # - 2448 (from 2448-2450 set) WNS # - none Description - Brown bear [from animals issue]
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1961 Face value - 6k Scott # - 2471 (from 2468-2472 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2549 (from 2546-2550 set) Michel # - 2481 (from 2480-2481 set) WNS # - none Description - "The Peasant and the Bear" fairytale [from Fairytales issue]
	Bear type - polar Year - 1962 Face value - various Scott # - 1767b overprint (mentioned but not numbered) Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - Block 30 WNS # - none Description - Polar bear on margin (#1767 overprint) [from Soviet scientific drifting stations at North Pole]
	Bear type - panda Year - 1964 Face value - 2k Description - Panda [from 100th Anniversary of the Moscow Zoo issue] Scott # - 2906 (from 2905-2911 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3001 (from 3000-3006 set) Michel # - 2915 (from 2914-2920 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1964 Face value - 4k Description - Polar bear [from 100th Anniversary of Moscow Zoo issue] Scott # - 2907 (from 2905-2911 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3002 (from 3000-3006 set) Michel # - 2916 (from 2914-2920 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1966 Face value - 4k Description - Bear shadow in bottom left of map [from 50th anniversary of the Barguzin Game Reserve issue] Scott # - 3218 (from 3218-3219 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3308 (from 3308-3309 set) Michel # - 3233 (from 3233-3234 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1966 Face value - 6k Description - Brown bear [from 50th anniversary of the Barguzin Game Reserve issue] Scott # - 3219 (from 3218-3219 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3309 (from 3308-3309 set) Michel # - 3234 (from 3233-3234 set)
	Bear type - black Year - 1970 Face value - 10k Description - Asiatic black bear [from animals from Sikhote-Alin reserve issue] Scott # - 3761 (from 3759-3763 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 3852 (from 3850-3854 set) Michel # - 3788 (from 3787-3791 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1977 Face value - 16k Description - Polar bear [from protected fauna issue] Scott # - 4631 (from 4626-4633 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 4725 (from 4720-2727 set) Michel # - 4683 (from 4678-4685 set)
	Bear type - official Year - 1978 Face value - 1r+50k Description - Bear on coat of arms [from Moscow '80 and coats of arms issue] Scott # - B119 (from B113-B120 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 4830 ? (from 4828-4831 set) Michel # - 4810-4813 set (not sure which two stamps)
	Bear type - official Year - 1978 Face value - 1r+50k Description - Bear on coat of arms [from Moscow '80 and coats of arms issue] Scott # - B120 (from B113-B120 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 4831 ? (from 4828-4831 set) Michel # - 4810-4813 set (not sure which two stamps)
	Bear type - art Year - 1979 Face value - 2k Description - Bears (wood carving) [from folk art issue] Scott # - 4753 (from 4753-4757 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 4891 (from 4891-4895 set) Michel # - 4849 (from 4849-4853 set)
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1961 Face value - 6k Description - "The Peasant and the Bear" fairytale [from Fairytales issue] Scott # - 2471 (from 2468-2472 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 2549 (from 2546-2550 set) Michel # - 2481 (from 2480-2481 set)
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1979 Face value - 4k Description - Mischa holding a stamp [from New Year -issue] Scott # - 4792 Stanley Gibbons # - 4941 Michel # - 4898
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1980 Face value - 1r Description - Mischa holding Olympic Torch [from 1980 Summer Olympics issue] Scott # - 4877 (souvenir sheet of 1) Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - Block 148 ?
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1980 Face value - 50k+25k Description - Mischa on sheet margin, relay race [from 1980 Summer Olympic Games issue] Scott # - B106 (souvenir sheet of 1) Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel # - 4937
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1982 Face value - 15k Description - Bear in The Two Peasants painting [from lacquer ware paintings] Scott # - 5065 (from 5063-5067 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5250 (from 5248-5252 set) Michel # - 5196 (from 5194-5198 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1987 Face value - 5k Description - Polar bear [from World Wildlife Fund issue] Scott # - 5541 (from 5541-5544 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5742 (from 5742-5745 set) Michel # - 5694 (from 5694-5697 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1987 Face value - 10k Description - Polar bear [from World Wildlife Fund issue] Scott # - 5542 (from 5541-5544 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5743 (from 5742-5745 set) Michel # - 5695 (from 5694-5697 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1987 Face value - 20k Description - Polar bear [from World Wildlife Fund issue] Scott # - 5543 (from 5541-5544 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5744 (from 5742-5745 set) Michel # - 5696 (from 5694-5697 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1987 Face value - 35k Description - Polar bear [from World Wildlife Fund issue] Scott # - 5544 (from 5541-5544 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5745 (from 5742-5745 set) Michel # - 5697 (from 5694-5697 set)
	Bear type - fictional Year - 1988 Face value - 3k Description - Winnie the Pooh cartoon, 1969 [from animated Soviet cartoons issue] Scott # - 5638 (from 5637-5640 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5483 (from 5842-5846 set) Michel # - 5799 (from 5798-5802 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1988 Face value - 35k Description - Bear, dog [from hunting dogs issue] Scott # - 5671 (from 5667-5671 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5876 (from 5872-5876 set) Michel # - 5831 (from 5827-5831 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1988 Face value - 10 + 5k Description - Bear [from Zoo Relief Fund issue] Scott # - B141 (from B141-B145 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 5922 (from 5922-5926 set) Michel # - 5877 (from 5877-5881 set)
	Bear type - brown Year - 1989 Face value - 4k Description - Circus bear [from circus acts issue] Scott # - 5804 (from 5802-5806 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 6032 (from 6030-6034 set) Michel # - 5986 (from 5984-5988 set)
	Bear type - official Year - 1989 Face value - 5k Description - Berlin Bear on coat of arms [from 40th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic] Scott # - 5810 Stanley Gibbons # - 6045 Michel # - 6000
	Bear type - toy Year - 1990 Face value - 5k Description - Teddy bear, Santa [from Happy New Year -issue] Scott # - 5953, 5953a (mini sheet of 8) Stanley Gibbons # - 6210 ? Michel # - 6153

Bear Cancellations from the Soviet Union

	(need more information)
	Where: USSR Date: 1978 ? Description: Mischa
	Where: Soviet Union Date: March 25, 1987 Description: WWF panda [first day of issue cancellation for the WWF polar bears issue]

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