Stamps by countries | Europa | Russia | 2019 |
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The 100th Anniversary of Russian Academic Archaeology (4 stamps in set). |
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Stamp: Zaraisk. Figurine "Bizon". XX thousand BC e.
Edition type: commemorative stamp
Denomination: 40 (rub.)
Date of issue: 2019 Aug. 26
Depiction: Statuette of a steppe wisent
Colour: multicolored
Paper: chalky
Designer: A. Moscovets
Perforation: comb. 12:11,25
Printing process: offset
Size of a stamp (mm): 50×37
Size of a sheet (mm): 120×168
Sheet composition: 8 (2×4) марок
Printing run: 50 000
Stamp issuing authority: Russian Post
Printer: Goznak's Moscow printing factory |
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Special cancellations (ink - black) and art envelope were used in first day of issue in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk. |
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The stamp also was issued as a souvenir set in the cover. The cover is double-leaf, folded size: 190×260 mm. The stamps are additionally covered with a stencil varnish (2nd form of issue), imitating the stone surface. Quantity of the souvenir set is 5500. The cover and the inside are shown. |
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On other stamps of the miniature sheet:
40 rub. - Figure of a woman, IV millennium BC e.;
40 rub. - Figurine "Fish", II millennium BC. e.;
40 rub. - White Sea petroglyphs, IV millennium BC. e. |
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Themes: Steppe Wisent (Bison priscus), Cave Art |
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