The first Russian postal stamp was issued on December 10, 1857 by the circular of the Postal Department “On the bringing of postal stamps for the common use” with the following content: “Starting from the 1st January of the next year 1858 usual private letters to all the places of the Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Finland brought to the post in usual envelopes or without envelope at all just with addresses written on the letter itself should be sent only with the stamp corresponding to the letter weight”. Officially people started to use stamps to pay internal correspondence in Russia from January 1, 1858 (from March 1, 1858 – in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, and Siberia). Since this time all private letters have been sent only with postal stamps that were cancelled by the cross underlining. There is a post troika horses against the map of the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19 century on the stamp.
| Face value |
Size |
Description |
Price, mint |
Price, used |
Quantity |
| 8.00 |
50×37 |
multicolor |
8.00 |
0.00 |
230000 |