On August 11, a postal stamp dedicated to the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation was put into postal circulation in the Path to Victory Series



The Manchurian operation (August 9 - September 2, 1945) was the final offensive operation of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the People’s Revolutionary Army of Mongolia during World War II, which resulted in the liberation of the Chinese and Korean territories occupied by Japanese invaders, the unconditional surrender of Japan and the transfer of Kuril Islands and southern Sakhalin to the USSR.

The postal stamp provides an image of the Soviet soldiers’ offensive during the Manchurian operation.

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

Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size 65×32.5 mm; sheet size: 180×180 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 7 (2×4) stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 133 thousand stamps (19 thousand sheets).

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