Emissions of state valuable postal matter in August

On August 7, four stamps dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Protection will go into postal circulation in the Flora of Russia series

The All-Russian Society for Nature Protection (VOOP) is one of the oldest working nature conservation organizations in the world. It was founded in 1924 on the initiative of A. Lunacharsky, N. Krupskaya and M. Pokrovsky as the All-Russian Order of the Red Banner of Labor Society for Nature Protection.

One of the priority tasks of the organization is the protection of plants registered in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.

Plants protected in Russia include such species as Castilleja arctica, Caucasian lily, thin-leaved peony, incised violet, yellow lady's slipper, Iris pseudacorus, golden root, and dolomite bellflower.

The postage stamps provide images of a Castilleja arctica, a Caucasian lily, a thin-leaved peony, and an incised violet.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza, Pereslavl-Zalessky of the Yaroslavl Region and Ryazan, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Covers with a cancel for Moscow inside.

Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 36.5×29 mm, sheet size: 100×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 60 thousand each stamp (30 thousand sheets).


On August 8, four stamps dedicated to the Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve will go into postal circulation in the Natural Heritage of Russia series

The Askania Nova Biosphere Reserve was founded in the late 19th century by hereditary nobleman, scientist-zoologist F. Falz-Fein. This is a unique place where natural and man-made features are in balance; it is the result of many years of hard work, will and creativity of people.

The Reserve territory is home of a fescue-feather grass steppe, an arboretum, where woody plants are grown in an arid waterless environment, and a zoological park, where most of the animals live year-round in free and semi-free conditions.

Perennial dense-grasses and mixed fodder grasses predominate in this protected area; the flora of flowering plants consists of 505 species. The most widely spread species in the fauna are arthropods (1,309 species), besides, more than 1,109 species of insects have been registered with 19 of them being included in the Red Book and protection lists of the Russian Federation. The ornithological fauna is diverse, based on a bustard, a steppe kestrel, a bunting, a ruddy sheld duck, a sheld duck, a Montahu’s harrier and a short-eared owl. There are 22 species of mammals, including a steppe polecat, a badger, a steppe sicista, and a great jerboa.

The postage stamps provide images of a bustard, a steppe polecat, an east steppe viper and a steppe kestrel.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Askania Nova of the Kherson Region, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Covers with a cancel for Askania Nova of the Kherson Region inside.


Artist: Kh. Mirzoev; Design: O. Savina.
Face value: 31 rubles.
Stamp size: 36.5×29 mm, sheet size: 100×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 62 thousand each stamp (31 sheets).


On August 9, six stamps dedicated to cities of Labor Valor will go into postal circulation

A City of Labor Valor is an honorary title of the Russian Federation, instituted by the Federal Law of March 1, 2020, “in order to commemorate the feat of home front workers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. It is granted to the cities of the Russian Federation, whose residents "made a significant contribution to the achievement of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 by providing uninterrupted production of military and civilian products at industrial enterprises, located in the city, and demonstrated massive labor heroism and selflessness”.

The postage stamps provide images of:

— monument to home front workers of the Kostroma Region during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Kostroma (sculptor V. Tserkovnikov);
— monument to home front workers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Vologda (sculptor А. Apollonov);
— monument to home front workers in Dzerzhinsk of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (sculptor A. Shchitov, architect I. Sokolova);
— monument to home front workers and war children in Ulan-Ude (sculptor А. Chebanenko);
— monument to factory workers - participants in the Great Patriotic War and home front workers in Podolsk, Moscow Region (copyright holder of JSC “ZiO-Podolsk”, sculptor E. Elagina);
— monument to Trans-Baikal railway workers of in Chita for their contribution to the Great Victory.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Vologda, Dzerzhinsk of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Kostroma, Podolsk of the Moscow Region, Ulan-Ude and Chita.


Design Artists: V. Beltyukov and A. Povarikhin.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 139×105 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 6 (3×2) stamps.
Quantity: 18 thousand each stamp (18 thousand sheets).


On August 17, a stamp dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Torpedo Moscow football club will go into postal circulation

The team foundation date is considered August 17 of 1924. On that day, the first official match of the Proletarskaya Kuznitsa team, the club's predecessor, took place. On May 22 of 1936, the team was named Torpedo.

During the Soviet period, Torpedo was a regular participant in the Supreme League of the Union Championships. Torpedo players have amassed an impressive collection of titles and medals. Champions of the USSR in 1960, 1965 and 1976 (autumn). Silver medalists in 1957, 1961 and 1964. Bronze medalists in 1945, 1953, 1968, 1977, 1988 and 1991. Torpedo is a six-time winner of the USSR Cup (1949, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1972, and 1986).

In different years, Torpedo was represented by such world-famous players as Eduard Streltsov, Valentin Ivanov, Viktor Shustikov, Valery Voronin, Alexander Ponomaryov, the Savichev brothers, Sergey Prigoda and many other outstanding football players.

The Russian period of the Torpedo history was marked by winning the Russian Cup (1993) and bronze medals of the National Championship (2000).

The postage stamp provides an image of the jubilee emblem of the Torpedo Moscow football club.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow,


Design: A. Povarikhin.
Face value: 30 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 152×152 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 81 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).


On August 19, a stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of communications scientist Vladimir Matsnev will go into postal circulation

Vladimir Matsnev (1924-2023) was an outstanding communications scientist.

He was born on August 19, 1924, in the village of Ilovai-Rozhdestvenskoye, Khobotovsky District of the Tambov Region. He was a participant of the Great Patriotic War. In 1951, Matsnev graduated with honors from the Moscow Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. Then he worked at the Moscow Main Post Office, at the Central Research Institute of Communications, defended his PhD thesis. In 1961, he was transferred to work in the Main Directorate of Postal Communications of the USSR Ministry of Communications and was appointed a Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Postal Communications, some time afterwards – the Head of the Main Directorate of Postal Communications.

In 1979, V. Matsnev was appointed the First Deputy Minister of Communications of the RSFSR. The main tasks in his work were the creation and development of the production base, introduction of equipment for rural telephone communications and broadcasting facilities, upgrading of facilities of area communication centers, replenishment of enterprises with mechanisation and transport facilities.

V. Matsnev is the author of numerous scientific publications and the Postal Communications handbook, one of the developers of the Federal Law On Postal Communications, the code of postal services, a set of normative legal acts to ensure the safety of postal items and money. With his participation, six textbooks were prepared and published for higher and secondary specialized educational institutions for training specialists of the communications industry.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of V. Matsnev against the background of the Central Telegraph building in Moscow.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Tambov and St. Petersburg.


Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×176 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 90 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).


On August 23, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Alexander Vishnevsky, a surgeon, will go into postal circulation

Alexander Vishnevsky (1874-1948) was a Russian and Soviet surgeon, the creator of the famous therapeutic ointment; the founder of a family of doctors; a Full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1946), a Winner of the 2nd class Stalin Prize (1942).

A. Vishnevsky is the author of more than 40 scientific papers. He is the originator of experimental physical investigations and numerous original works on surgery of the biliary tract, the urinary system, the thoracic cavity, neurosurgery, surgery of war injuries and purulent processes. He developed a scientific concept of the role of the nervous system influence on the inflammatory process and created new methods of treatment of inflammatory processes, purulent wounds, and a traumatic shock. Based on the idea of weak irritation of the nervous system as a therapeutic factor, he successfully applied a special balsamic liquid ointment, referred to as the Vishnevsky's ointment for the treatment of wounds and ulcerous processes. The Vishnevsky's Triad (methods of local anesthesia, Novocain blockades, and oil-balsamic dressings) became an epoch in the development of Soviet surgery, especially the military-field surgery. During the Great Patriotic War, these methods saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of wounded people.

The postcard provides an image of Academician A. Vishnevsky with colleagues during an operation to study methods of anesthesia; the commemorative stamp features his portrait.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, Kazan and Makhachkala.


Design Artist: R. Komsa.
Quantity: 5.5 thousand postcards.


On August 24, a stamp featuring panda Katyusha dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China will go into postal circulation

Diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China were established on October 2, 1949. The People's Republic of China is one of the priority partners of Russia in the Asia-Pacific Region. Russia and China have established fruitful interaction and co-operation in many fields, with contacts at the level of foreign policy departments.

This issue is devoted to panda Katyusha, born in the Moscow Zoo in 2023 from pandas who had been brought to Moscow from Beijing in 2019. The 150g cub was born at the end of August of 2023. The Moscow Zoo called the birth of the little panda "a unique event both for the country and for the entire global environment-oriented community." Early in January of 2024, Russian residents chose a name for her by voting. The top three names were Katyusha, Momo and Masha, but the first name won by a large margin. According to Chinese tradition, names are given on the hundredth day after birth.

The postage stamp provides an image of panda Katyusha.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as a maxi-card.


Design Artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 75 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×26 mm, sheet size: 94×135 mm, souvenir sheet size: 80×70 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps, a souvenir sheet.
Quantity: 96 thousand stamps (12 thousand sheets), 20 thousand souvenir sheets.


On August 27, four stamps dedicated to the architecture of Caucasian Mineral Waters will go into postal circulation in the Cultural Heritage of Russia series

Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (Caucasian Mineral Waters) is a group of resorts of federal significance in the Stavropol Territory, a specially protected environmental and resort region of the Russian Federation.

Kislovodsk is situated higher than the rest spas (817-1063 m), the other resorts are located approximately at the same altitude: Essentuki stretches along the Podkumok River (600-640 m), Pyatigorsk is at the foot of the Mashuk Mountain (510-630 m), and Zheleznovodsk is located in the valley between the Beshtau and Zheleznaya mountains, as well as on the slopes at the foot of the latter (600-650 m).

The resorts dispose of more than 130 mineral springs and large reserves of silt mud from Lake Tambukan and Lake Lysogorskoe, which makes the Caucasian Mineral Waters a unique balneotherapeutic health resort. The region is notable for picturesque natural landscapes and mountain healthful climate.

The main specialization profile of the spas is the provision of medical and health-improving services and treatment with world famous waters and mineral muds.

The postage stamps feature architectural monuments of the Stavropol Territory: Ostrovsky Baths, the Narzannaya Gallery, Lermontov Baths, and a Gallery above Spring No. 17.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Stavropol.


Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 30 rubles.
Stamp size: 40×28 mm, sheet size: 100×80 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 4 (2×2) stamps (a block of four).
Quantity: 20 thousand each stamp (20 thousand sheets).


On August 29, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the TASS News Agency will go into postal circulation

TASS traces its history back to the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA), whose first working day was September 1 of 1904. The decision to establish the SPTA was made by Emperor Nicholas II. "The agency has the purpose to report political, financial, economic, commercial and other information of public interest inside the Empire and abroad", - said the message in the "Government Herald" of August 30, 1904. Since that time, the Agency has abided with the tasks set on its establishment, never changed its national status and never ceased its activities, objectively and promptly communicating information about key events in Russia and the world.

In different years, prominent politicians, writers, artists and public figures worked and co-operated with the Agency, among them being Vladimir Mayakovsky, Konstantin Paustovsky, Kukryniksy (Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov), Boris Efimov, Alexander Deineka, Sergei Mikhalkov, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, and Samuil Marshak.

Today, TASS is one of the most authoritative and cited news agencies in Russia and worldwide, producing about three thousand reports in six languages and about one thousand photo- and video-materials per day from its resident correspondents in Russia and abroad. Regional information centers in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg and Pyatigorsk, dozens of news offices in the country, as well as 59 representative offices in 54 countries make it possible to promptly receive and distribute unbiased information to the widest possible audience.

The souvenir sheet presents a drawing in the style of the Agency's artistic project - propaganda posters ROSTA Windows of Satire, which were published in 1919-1921.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.


Design Artist: A. Zbutskaya.
Face value: 150 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 65×80 mm; stamp size on the souvenir sheet: 30×42 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand souvenir sheets.


On August 30, a stamp dedicated to the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery will go into postal circulation in the Monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church series

The Resurrection New Jerusalem Stavropigial Monastery was founded by His Holiness Patriarch Nikon. The monastery near Moscow was intended to become the embodiment of the Patriarch's cherished wish to create in Russia a likeliness of the Holy Land - Russian New Palestine with the Resurrection Cathedral predominating over everything, which would reconstitute in detail the Jerusalem sacred place - the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The construction of the Resurrection Cathedral was completed after the death of Patriarch Nikon in 1681. On January 18 of 1685, the Cathedral was consecrated by Patriarch Joachim.

The monastery was a famous pilgrimage center. In 1913, it was visited by about 35 thousand people. In July of 1919, it was closed and its property was nationalized. In the 1920s, the most valuable items from the sacristy of the Resurrection Cathedral were passed over to the Armory Chamber. A museum was opened on the territory of the Monastery; the holy places were partially destroyed or changed beyond recognition. New Jerusalem was badly damaged at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Since 1947, the state began to carry out restoration works, which resulted in raising the Monastery from ruins and beginning of restoration of the interior of the Resurrection Cathedral.

The process of giving back the Monastery to the Russian Orthodox Church began in 1994. Divine service was resumed. In 2014, the bell tower was restored. On May 8 of 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of the great consecration of the Resurrection Cathedral of the New Jerusalem Monastery.

The postage stamp presents a general view of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Stavropigial Monastery.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Istra of the Moscow Region.


Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 154×190 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins (2×5) with 9 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 72 thousand stamps (8 thousand sheets).


On August 30, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sergey Konenkov, a sculptor, a graphic artist and an educator will go into postal circulation

Sergey Konenkov (1874–1971) was a sculptor, a graphic artist, and an educator, an Academician of the USSR Academy of Arts (1954), a People's Artist of the USSR (1958).

The author's creative work is notable for many-sidedness, innovation of artistic solutions, and emotional power of expressive images carrying a philosophical connotation. S. Konenkov created a great number of wooden characters from Slavic fairy tales, stone sculptures of prominent figures, and was one of the first to present nude female characters.

The master's works performed in different materials, such as wood, marble, or bronze, are available in galleries and private collections in Russia and abroad. In 1974, the Creative Workshop of S.T. Konenkov Memorial Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts was opened in Moscow. For today, the permanent exposition is by far the largest and most significant collection of artworks, which most fully represents all stages of the creative biography of the classic of Russian sculpture. Of great value are an extensive library, a collection of photographs, notebooks, and manuscripts of articles and books.

The postage stamp provides an image of sculpture Magnolia (1930s); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the S. Konenkov's portrait against the background of the interior of the Creative Workshop of S.T. Konenkov Memorial Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Smolensk, as well as illustrated covers for the souvenir sheet with a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside and for the second emission type of the souvenir sheet: an imperforated souvenir sheet with embossing.


Design Artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 170 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 104×93 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 26×58 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.65 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.

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