Porcelain tiles are architectural ceramic (clay) items in a form of box plates or curvilinear parts. In Russia, ceramic decorative tablets were used to decorate palaces, cathedrals and churches, as well as to revet ovens. The main subjects of porcelain tiles were hunting and battle scenes, heroes of folk tales, fables and Russian epics, real and fantastic animals and Slavic mythological characters.
FSUE PTC “Marka” also will manufacture an illustrated cover with four blocks of 4 stamps and first day covers with cancellations (Moscow, Yaroslavl, Abramtsevo, Gzhel Brickworks) inside to the postage stamp issue date.
Design: Kh. Betredinova.
Face value: 20 RUB.
Size of stamps: 50×50×70 mm.
Form of issue: sheet 11 (3x4) stamps and a coupon.
Circulation: 385,000 copies o each subject (35,000 sheets).
— a trainmaster and a passanger car conductor (2015).
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture an illustrated cover with four stamps and first day covers with cancellations (Moscow) inside.
Design: S. Ulyanovskiy.
Face value: 17 RUB.
Size of stamps: 32,5×65 mm, size of sheets with illustrated margins and of a sheetlet: 154×154 mm.
Form of issue: sheets with illustrated margins and a sheetlet of 8 (4×2) stamps.
Circulation: 288,000 copies on each subject (36,000 sheets), 65,000 sheetlets.
Édith Piaf (1915–1963) was a world-famous French singer and actress.
The original stamp contains a composition of symbols of various kinds of art: a lyre, palette, books, a quill, column and a theatre curtain. The main image depicts Édith Piaf performing on stage.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture a special postmark for Moscow.
Design: Kh. Betredinova.
Circulation: 2,000,000 copies.
August 13, an envelope with an original stamp dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Mikhail Matusovsky, a poet and a winner of the USSR State Prize, is issued
Mikhail Matusovsky true calling manifested itself in lyrics. Songs written for such his poems as Moscow Nights, What the Fatherland Starts With, Ballad of a Soldier and Fly, Pigeons, Fly became symbols ofthe country.
The envelope with an original stamp depicts a portrait of Mikhail Matusovsky and a set of books, as well as What the Fatherland Starts With and Moscow Nights poems against the background of a Russian landscape.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture a special postmark for Moscow.
Design: F. Sukhinin, A. Yakovlev.
Circulation: 2,000,000 copies.
August 14, a postage stamp dedicated to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur city is issued
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur (Nikolayevsk till 1926) is a city of regional subordination and a center of Nikolayev region of Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation.
It was founded as a military administrative settlement (Nikolaevskiy fasting) by Admiral Gennady Nevelskoy, a Russian navigator.
The postage stamp depicts a monument to Admiral Gennady Nevelskoy with city view on the background.
Additionally, FSUE PTC "Marka" will manufacture a first day cover and a special postmark for Moscow and Nikolayevsk-on-Amur inside.
Design: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 17 RUB.
Size of stamp: 30x42 mm; size of sheet: 170x146 mm.
Form of issue: sheet with illustrated margins with 15 (5x3) stamps.
Circulation: 495,000 stamps (33,000 sheets).
August 14, a stamp dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Leningrad Zoo is issued
The Leningrad Zoo is one of the oldest Russian zoos. Preserving the architectural planning of the 19th century, the zoo is a part of the city's architectural ensemble, as well as a keeper of its historical legacy.
Leningrad Zoo is considered to be the unique museum of wildlife, nature protection and educational institution; more than 600 kinds of mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates from different corners of the Earth are kept there.
The postage stamp depicts a pelican against the background of an aviary.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture an illustrated cover with a stamp and first day covers with cancellations (Moscow, St Petersburg) inside.
Design: O. Shushlebina.
Face value: 19 RUB.
Size of stamps: 32.5×65 mm, size of sheets: 160×175 mm.
Form of issue: sheet with illustrated margins of 8 (4×2) stamps.
Circulation: 320,000 copies (40,000 sheets).
August 23, two stamps dedicated to the 700th anniversary of Vysokopetrovsky Stavropigial Monastery and to the 500th anniversary of Saint Lawrence Monastery in Kaluga are issued as a continuation of Monasteries of Russian Orthodox Church series
Vysokopetrovsky Stavropigial Monastery is situated in Moscow on the Petrovka Street. It was founded by Saint Peter of Moscow, the first Metropolitan and the first praised of Moscow. It was built from 1315 till 1317. Peter abode was granted a right to participate in Church Council activity in the second half of the 17th century. However,Mossovet (Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies) decided to close the monastery in 1926.
Since 1991 worship service attendance has been gradually restored and the divine service has been administered in the churches. On 10 October 2009, it has been decided by His Holiness the Patriarch and the Holy Synod to reinstate the cloister in the monastery.
Saint Lawrence Monastery in Kaluga was founded in 1515, when Kaluga was an independent principality. It is an ancient monastery in Kaluga and the whole Kaluga region. The monastery is dedicated to Saint Righteous Lawrence of Kaluga, who was given shelter by a pious Prince Simeon in his home.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture an illustrated cover with two stamps and first day covers with cancellations (Moscow, Kaluga) inside.
Design: S. Ulyanovskiy.
Face value: 19 RUB.
Size of stamps: 65×32.5 mm, size of sheets: 152×185 mm.
Form of issue: sheets with illustrated margins of 9 (2×5) stamps.
Circulation: 306,000 copies on each subject (34,000 sheets).
August 26, the postage will be released a stamp dedicated to the 100th anniversary of twice Hero of the Soviet Union Boris Feoktistov Safonova, fighter pilot
Boris Safonov was the first Red Army serviceman to be awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union twice for heroic deeds in the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
The stamp depicts a portrait of Boris Safonov with the plane Polikarpov I-16 on the background, flying which he made 109 mission sorties and shot down 17 enemy aircraft.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” will manufacture an illustrated cover with stamp and first day covers with cancellation (Moscow).
Design: R. Komsa.
Face value: 12 RUB.
Size of stamps: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 155 × 160 mm.
Form of issue: sheet with decorated fields of 10 (3 × 4) stamps and double coupon.
Circulation: 370 thousand stamps (37 thousand sheets).
August 28, a souvenir sheet with one stamp dedicated to the Republic of Tatarstan in the series “Coat of Arms of the Constituent Territories and Cities of the Russian Federation” will be released into circulation
The State Emblem of the Republic of Tatarstan was adopted December 7, 1992.
The State Emblem of the Republic of Tatarstan depicts a winged snow leopard with a round shield on its side, with a raised right front paw with the solar disk on the background. This disk has a frame of Tatar national ornament. The coat of arms is in the colors of the flag of the Republic of Tatarstan, and it has a circular shape.
The coat of arms of Kazan city was adopted December 24, 2004. The description of the emblem: a black snake with wings and scarlet tongue, golden legs, claws and eyes under the gold crown of Kazan with red wings on a white background in a silver field on green ground.
The stamp depicts the coat of Kazan city, the emblem of the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation and the map with region highlighted with green color are depicted on the margins of a souvenir sheet.
In addition to the issue of a postage stamp an FDC and a postmark (cancellation: Moscow; Kazan) are prepared for the release by FSUE “Marka” Publishing and Trading Centre.
Design: A. Moskovets
Face value: 50 RUB
Size of souvenir sheet 90 × 60 mm; size of stamp: 30 × 42 mm
Circulation: 70 thousand souvenir sheets.
August 28, a postage stamp dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Korea will be released into circulation in the framework of a joint issue between the Russian Federation and the North Korea
The liberation of Korea from colonial domination of Japan was made possible by the offensive of the Soviet troops in August 1945. The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation was started August 9, 1945. It has led to the complete defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army and the rapid liberation of the North-East China and North Korea.
August 15 it is celebrated annually a festival of the Independence Day of Korea or a festival “Revival of the Fatherland”, as it calls by the residents.
The stamp depicts the Arc de Triomphe in Pyongyang, symbolizing the victory in the fight against Japanese occupation.
In addition to the issue of a postage stamp an FDC and a postmark (cancellation: Moscow) have been prepared for the release by FSUE “Marka” Publishing and Trading Centre.
Design: A. Povarihin
Face value: 19 RUB
Size of stamp: 37 × 37 mm, size of sheet: 127 × 135 mm
Form of issue: sheet with illustrated margins with 9 (3 × 3) stamps
Circulation: 288 thousand stamps (32 thousand sheets).