Ivan M. Gubkin (1871–1939) was the organizer of the Russian oil geology, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1929), Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1936), winner of the Lenin Prize (1931).
Ivan Gubkin's investigations in the field of oil and gas geology were of great importance for the state and laid the foundation for formation of the national raw material base, which allowed Russia to become a world leader in oil and gas. Ivan Gubkin initiated the geological works aimed at the development of an oil base between the Volga and the Urals, Central Asia, Western Siberia and the Far East; he contributed greatly to the development of the resources of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly.
The postal stamp provides an Ivan Gubkin’s portrait against the background of the Osinskneft oil and gas production directorate (1985).
In addition to the issue of the postal stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.
Design Artist: M. Podobed.
Face value: 40 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 135 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).
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