August 1, the award ceremony of the VI International competition of professional skill of military between servicemen of friendly armies “Warrior of the Commonwealth” was held in the concert hall “Alexander” in Moscow.
The participants of a cancellation ceremony of a souvenir sheet dedicated “The 300th anniversary of Maritime Battle of Gangut” were Vladimir Shelikhov, Deputy Head of the Federal Communications Agency; Nikolay Pankov, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.
“Today we are releasing a souvenir sheet, which gives us an opportunity to talk about the valor of Russian soldiers, decisive actions and high morale of Russian soldiers, sailors and officers once again”, - said Vladimir Shelikhov.
The souvenir sheet depicts the engraving of M. Bakua “A Battle near Gangut July 27, 1714” (1722-1724) from the Hermitage collection. An illustrated cover has been prepared for the release with a souvenir sheet and an FDC with cancellation (Moscow, St. Petersburg) inside.
Design: A. Povarihin.
Face value: 50 RUB
Size of sheet: 97 × 73 mm, size of stamp in the souvenir sheet: 65 × 32,5 mm.
Circulation: 75 thousand souvenir sheets.
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