On March 5, a stamp dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Murzilka magazine was put into postal circulation

Murzilka is a monthly literary magazine intended for children aged from 6 to 12. It has been in production since 1924. In 2012, it was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the children's magazine with the longest continuous period of publication in the world.

In 1937, renowned illustrator Aminadav Kanevsky created a character of a yellow fluffy correspondent named Murzilka.

The greatest advantage of the magazine is high-quality children's literature illustrated by talented artists such as E. Charushin, Yu. Vasnetsov, A. Kanevsky, T. Mavrina, V. Chizhikov. In different years, it published outstanding authors such as A. Barto, K. Chukovsky, S. Marshak, S. Mikhalkov, E. Uspensky. At present, the magazine continues to publish works by contemporary authors.

The postage stamp provides an image of Murzilka.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad, as well as a maxi-card and an illustrated cover with a sheet with formatted margins with four postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 70 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×50×70 mm, sheet size: 80×80 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 4 stamps.
Quantity: 60 thousand stamps (15 thousand sheets).

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