##40-44 1922 March-April
This set of very high denomination definitive RSFSR stamps was issued during the hyperinflation months of 1922. The design of the new denominations features the allegorical representation of the political slogan “Workers of the world, unite!”
| # | Value | Description | ** | * | used |
| Without perforation, litho. | |||||
| 40 | 5000 rub | Violet | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 41 | 7500 rub | Dark blue, vertical ‘diamonds’ watermark | 1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 41W | 7500 rub | Dark blue, horizontal ‘diamonds’ watermark | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 41W2 | 7500 rub | Dark blue, without watermark | 1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 43 | 10000 rub | Dark blue, vertical ‘diamonds’ watermark | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| 43W | 10000 rub | Blue, vertical ‘diamonds’ watermark | 40 | 20 | |
| 44 | 22500 rub | Violet, without watermark | 2 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 44W | 22500 rub | Violet, without watermark. Defective cliche | 250 | 100 | |
Watermarks
7500 rub blue, printed on watermarked ”vertical diamonds” paper, bottom sheet margin single
1922 7500 rub. blue, horizontal watermark, gutter tete-beche block of four with sheet margin. These stamps were printed in large gutter panes and cut along the gutters by the postmasters. They were not sold in philatelic shops and only six tete-beche pairs survive. This is believed to be the only known gutter tete-beche block of four. A fabulous rarity from RSFSR, ex-Shtern (realized $149,500)
Sheets
5×10 sheets, split to two panes of 25 (5×5).
Varieties
#44W March 4, 1922 1922 22,500r violet, defective cliche (position 6 of the setting)
Specimens
1922 22500 rub violet, horizontal pair overprinted with three letters of Obrazets