On October 13, two postage stamps dedicated to a bridge over the Moscow Canal and a bridge named after composer Sergei Rachmaninoff were put into postal circulation in the Architectural Structures series

The bridge over the Moscow Canal makes part of the start-up complex of the Central Ring Motorway-3, the longest section of the Ring Motorway, running parallel to the Small Ring Road A-107 and connecting the new expressway M-11 Moscow-St. Petersburg and motorway M-7 Volga. The bridge is 1,410.15 m long and covers an area of 38,497 m². The bridge crosses the Dmitrovskoye Highway, the Moscow Canal, the Savelovsky railway and a local road. The bridge is unique not only in its dimensions, but also in its architectural concept: the central spans are made in the form of openwork arches, which allow ships to sail along the Canal unhindered.

The Composer Rachmaninoff Bridge is the longest bridge on the M-11 Neva expressway located at the 539th km in the Novgorod Region. A multifunctional zone with access to the Oneg estate, where Sergei Rachmaninoff spent his childhood, has been arranged near the bridge. The length of the bridge is 730 m. This bridge has a four-lane highway with a 6-metre wide separation lane and a design speed of up to 150 km/h. The motorway is lighted and equipped with a metal barrier fencing along the whole length.

The postage stamps provide images of the bridge over the Moscow Canal in the Moscow Region and the Composer Rachmaninoff Bridge in the Novgorod Region.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Veliky Novgorod, as well as maxi-cards and illustrated covers with a postage stamp, a label and an envelope with a cancel for Moscow (the bridge over the Moscow Canal) and Veliky Novgorod (the Composer Rachmaninoff Bridge) inside each cover.


Design Artist: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 45 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: sheets with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 120 thousand each stamp (8 thousand each sheet).

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