An official cancellation ceremony took place in the building of the General Prosecutor Office as part of the Open International Forum on International Legal Cooperation. Yury Chaika, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and Dmitriy Panyshev, Deputy Head of the Federal Communications Agency, took part in the event.
The Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and France entered into an agreement on trying main war criminals at the London Conference on August 8, 1945. The International Military Tribunal (IMT) commenced in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 20, 1945. Political and military leaders of the Nazi Germany faced the IMT and were accused of crimes against peace and humanity. Most state institutions of the Third Reich were declared “criminal” as well. The IMT ended on October 1, 1946 by the military sentencing.
“The International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg is the most important joint legal action of the United Nations that delivered the fair justice. The souvenir sheet promotes keeping and bringing the memory of this great international event to a wide range of public and it will be the philatelic rarity among collectors all over the world”, said Mr. Panyshev.
The postage stamp depicts a judgment hall where the Nuremberg trials took place. The souvenir sheet margins feature a portrait of Iona Nikitchenko, a USSR Member of the Tribunal, and Roman Rudenko, USSR Chief Prosecutor, as well as a court house and the document of the proceedings.
Additionally, FSUE PTC “Marka” manufactured first day covers and a special cancellation postmark for Moscow.
Design: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 70 RUB.
Size of stamps: 80×80 mm, size of stamp in sheet: 40×40 mm.
Circulation: 70,000 copies.
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