| Soviet Philatelist (Soviet Collector) | |
| Image Alt: | Cover of the Soviet Collector's January 1925 issue showing a photo from the 1st Congress of the All-Russian Society of Philatelists |
| Image Alt: | Cover of the first issue showing "Proletarian Freed" ("Russia New Triumphant"), 1921 stamp of Soviet Russia |
| Editor: | Kazimir Dunin-Barkovsky (1928–1932) |
| Editor Title: | Editor-in-chief |
| Editor2: | V. A. Bessonov (Soviet Collector) |
| Editor Title2: | Editor |
| Previous Editor: | Feodor Chuchin (1922–1928) Piotr Butkevich (1928–1932) Albert Danzig (1928–1932) |
| Category: | Philately |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Format: | 24 cm |
| Circulation: | 2000 (in 1922) |
| Publisher: | Feodor Chuchin |
| Founder: | Feodor Chuchin |
| Finalnumber: | Vol. 11, No. 12 |
| Company: | Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily, All-Russian Society of Philatelists |
| Country: | USSR |
| Based: | Moscow |
| Language: | Russian |
| Oclc: | 497315537 |
Soviet Philatelist or Sovetskii Filatelist was a Soviet central philatelic magazine published in 1922–1932 by the All-Russian Society of Philatelists.[1] [2] For a number of years, in 1925 and in 1928–1932, its name was changed to Soviet Collector or Sovetskii Kollektsioner.[1] [3]
By 1922, shortly after the Civil War, a number of magazines and pamphlets for collectors appeared in Soviet Russia:
However, centralisation of collectors' organisations and periodicals was wanted:
By 1924, these local magazines eventually closed down. In September 1922, the new magazine, Soviet Philatelist, first saw print in Moscow.[3] Its founder and editor was Feodor Chuchin, the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily.[4]
In 1925, the magazine name was changed to Sovetskii Kollektsioner. The magazine was published biweekly. It was edited by V. A. Bessonov at that time.[3]
In 1926 three magazines, Sovetskii Filatelist, Sovetskii Kollektsioner and Radio de Filintern, were combined. They began to be published under one cover. Their individual lineal numeration was preserved. The last combined issue came out in December 1927.[3]
In the first half of 1928, the cover of the combined issues was only under one title, Sovetskii Filatelist. In July 1928, the magazine was renamed to Sovetskii Kollektsioner. It was published by the Soviet Philatelic Association and the All-Russian Society of Philatelists. The last issue appeared in December 1932.[2] [3]
| Year | Start Issue | End Issue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (lineal No.) | Date | No. (lineal No.) | Date | ||
| Sovetskii Filatelist | 1922 | 1 | 9/1922 | 4 | 12/1922 |
| 1923 | 1 | 1/1923 | 12 | 12/1923 | |
| 1924 | 1 (17) | 1/1924 | 11/12 (27/28) | 12/1924 | |
| Name change to: | |||||
| Sovetskii Kollektsioner | 1925 | 1 (29) | 1/1925 | 23/24 (51/52) | 12/1925 |
| Combination of three magazines published under one cover: | |||||
| Sovetskii Filatelist | 1926 | 1 (53) | 1/1926 | 12 (64) | 12/1926 |
| 1927 | 1 (65) | 1/1927 | 12 (76) | 12/1927 | |
| Sovetskii Kollektsioner | 1926 | 1 (25) | 1/1926 | 12 (36) | 12/1926 |
| 1927 | 1 (37) | 1/1927 | 12 (48) | 12/1927 | |
| Radio de Filintern | 1926 | 1 (13) | 1/1926 | 12 (24) | 12/1926 |
| 1927 | 1 (25) | 1/1927 | 12 (36) | 12/1927 | |
| Name change to (still three unique magazines, just one masthead): | |||||
| Sovetskii Filatelist | 1928 | 1 (77) | 1/1928 | 6 (82) | 6/1928 |
| Name change to: | |||||
| Sovetskii Kollektsioner | |||||
| 1928 | 1 (83) | 7/1928 | 6 (88) | 12/1928 | |
| 1929 | 1 (89/91) | 1–3/1929 | 10/12 (98–100) | 10–12/1929 | |
| 1930 | 1 (101) | 1/1930 | 12 (112) | 12/1930 | |
| 1931 | 1 (113) | 1/1931 | 12 (124) | 12/1931 | |
| 1932 | 1 (125) | 1/1932 | 10/12 (134/136) | 10–12/1932 | |