On March 12, a stamp dedicated to Zhorez I. Alferov, scientist, was put into postal circulation in the Nobel Prize Winners series



Zhorez Ivanovich Alferov (1930–2019) is a Soviet and Russian physicist and political figure, a Nobel Prize Winner for physics.

The stamp provides a Zh. Alferov’s portrait against a semiconductor heterojunction laser. Stamp sheet margins show the scientist’s quotation and sketches.

In addition to the issue of the postal stamp, JSC Marka l produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Design Artist: M. Podobed.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 32.5×32.5 mm, sheet size: 119.5×123.5 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 126 thousand stamps (14 thousand sheets).

 

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