The participants of the ceremony were Oleg Dukhovnitskiy, Head of the Federal Communications Agency; Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society; Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Association of Gzhel" Alexander Kocherov; Chairman, President of JSC "Transneft" Nikolay Tokarev.
After the ceremony, the head of the Federal Communications Agency, said: "Today, a stage of revival begins for art crafts. The management of the company CJSC "Association Gzhel" managed to preserve the basic structure of the leading experts, to support the level of imaginative products, to develop new directions, combining the traditions and new technologies. This made it possible to organize production of unique works of porcelain art. They are unique not only in Russia but also in the world. Today, we will issue a card dedicated to the folk crafts of Gzhel, and I sincerely hope that the publication of postcards and cancellation ceremony will become a new stage in the development of art crafts, and postcards will take a worthy place in the collection of philatelists! "
Postal card with the letter "B" depicts a gift set with pitcher and two cups on a tray (designed by I. Hazova, 1986) against the patterns, made in the technique of Gzhel painting in the background.
Design: M. Bodrov.
Face value: letter "B".
Circulation: 7 thousand postal cards