Kerch is one of the remarkable cities of Russia; it is located in the eastern part of Crimea. Every year, the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve receives finds from more than 15 international archaeological expeditions carrying out digs on the Kerch Peninsula.
Among the most valuable exhibits, there are: unique samples of ancient painted ceramics that are genuine masterpieces of Greek applied art, including a patera (fragment) from Panticapaeum dating to the late 7th century BC and a collection of black-figure and red-figure ancient painted vases of the 6th–7th centuries BC.
The postage stamps provide images of exhibits from the collection of the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve: a patera (fragment) from Panticapaeum (late 7th century BC), a kora head from Parthenius (3rd century BC), a sundial from Panticapaeum (1st–2nd centuries AD), a cult impress from Ilurat (2nd–3rd centuries AD); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the ancient polis of Panticapaeum.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Format of the block |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Frame 12¼:12 |
42 × 30 mm |
153 × 104 mm |
16 thousand blocks |