On August 29, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the TASS news agency was put into postal circulation

TASS traces its history back to the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA), whose first working day was September 1 of 1904. The decision to establish the SPTA was made by Emperor Nicholas II. "The agency has the purpose to report political, financial, economic, commercial and other information of public interest inside the Empire and abroad", - said the message in the "Government Herald" of August 30, 1904. Since that time, the Agency has remained faithful to the tasks set on its establishment, never changed its national status and never ceased its activities, objectively and promptly transmitting information about key events in Russia and the world.

In different years, prominent politicians, writers, artists and public figures worked and co-operated with the Agency, among them being Vladimir Mayakovsky, Konstantin Paustovsky, Kukryniksy (Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov), Boris Efimov, Alexander Deineka, Sergei Mikhalkov, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Samuil Marshak.
Today, TASS is one of the most authoritative and cited news agencies in Russia and the world, producing about three thousand reports in six languages and about one thousand photo- and video-materials per day from its resident correspondents in Russia and abroad. Regional information centers in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg and Pyatigorsk, dozens of news offices in the country, as well as 59 representative offices in 54 countries make it possible to promptly receive and distribute unbiased information to the widest possible audience.

TASS is actively engaged in educational activities, holds exhibitions in Russia and abroad, implements and supports publishing projects, and is an initiator and media partner of major federal events and forums. The staff amounting to more than 1.7 thousand people ensure the real-time operation of TASS.

The souvenir sheet presents a drawing in the style of the Agency's artistic project - propaganda posters ROSTA Windows of Satire, which were published in 1919-1921.

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


Design Artist: A. Zbutskaya.
Face value: 150 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 65×80 mm; stamp size on the sheet: 30×42 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand sheets.

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