Mir is a training three-masted sailing ship built in 1987 in Poland at the Gdańsk Shipyard. The sailship is 108.6 m long, its draft is 6.6 m, the total area of sails is 2,771 sq. m, and the middle mast height is 49.5 m.
Mir is considered the fasted ship among large sailboats; its officially recorded maximum speed under sails is 21 knots (38.9 km/h). In 2010, it set the average speed record of 11.3 knots. Cadets from the country's higher maritime educational institutions undergo ship practical training on board the sailing ship.
The sailboat annually participates in a variety of international festivals, celebrations and regattas, in which it traditionally places high.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Mir training sailing frigate.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11½ |
65 × 32,5 mm |
105 thousand stamps |