The first postage stamps were issued in the Russian Empire in 1857; their official application for letter post payment throughout the country began on January 1, 1858. The author of the drawing of the first Russian stamp was Franz Michael Kepler; the miniature was made in two colors (brown and blue) and featured the coat of arms of the Post Office and the mantle.
Postage stamps of the RSFSR were issued from 1917 to 1923. The first standard stamp of that period was put into circulation on November 7, 1918.
Postage stamps of the USSR were issued from 1923 to 1991. The first series of four plots was dedicated to the opening of the first All-Russian agricultural and artisan-industrial exhibition.
In January of 1992, the first postage stamps of the Russian Federation came out. In February of 1992. The two miniatures provide the images of St. George the Victorious and the Millennium of Russia Monument in Veliky Novgorod.
The postage block features the first postage stamp and a modern postage stamp, styled as the Seventh issue of the Eagles standard postage stamps, a page of a stockbook with publications devoted to landmark events in the history of our country.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “165th Anniversary of the first Russian postage stamp” is included:
- postal block №3080 “165th Anniversary of the first Russian postage stamps being put into circulation. History of the country on postage stamps”;
- FDC with cancellation in St. Petersburg “165th Anniversary of the first Russian postage stamps being put into circulation. History of the country on postage stamps”;
- vignette.
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Printing method |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + glossy lamination |
700 pcs. |