On October 23, three postage stamps dedicated to the buildings of diplomatic missions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation were put into postal circulation

Russia disposes of one of the largest networks of foreign diplomatic missions, with Russian embassies and consulates operating in virtually every country of the world.

The Russian Embassy in Iran, a palace in the Atabek Park in Tehran, has served the interests of the Russian state since 1915. On November 28 through December 1, 1943, it hosted the conference of the heads of the three Allied Powers of the Anti-Hitler Coalition with the participation of the leaders of the countries: J. Stalin, F. Roosevelt and W. Churchill.

In 1921, the external facade of the building was reconstructed, but its interiors retained the elegance and luxury of the Persian period. In the courtyard of the historical building, there is a monument to Aleksander Griboyedov, the outstanding Russian writer and ambassador to Persia, who tragically died in 1829 resulting from a pogrom of the Russian diplomatic mission in Tehran. The historical building acquired its present appearance in the 1960s, and today official receptions and ceremonial events are held in its staterooms.

The residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy, Villa Abamelek, located close to the ancient Aurelian Road in Rome, was built in the 17th century. Since 1947, the building has been the official residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy.

The residence is located in the southwestern part of Rome, between the Vatican and the Janiculum Hill. The vast territory of the park of the villa hosts many antique sculptures and their fragments, the oldest of which is an Etruscan sarcophagus (III century BC). In 2003, on the initiative of the Russian and Armenian communities, a monument to Prince S. Abamelek-Lazarev was erected on the territory of the villa. In 2009, the orthodox Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr was consecrated on the territory of Villa Abamelek.

The Russian Embassy in Mexico is a building constructed in 1911 in place of the historic 17th century Hacienda Santa Catarina del Arenal; it is located on Avenida José Vasconcelos in Mexico. Since 1942, the mansion has served the interests of the Russian state.

It is a countryside residence owned at different times by several noble Mexican families. Its heyday falls upon the early 18th century, and a new milestone in its history began in 1911, when its new owner architect Jorge Gómez de Parada rebuilt the dilapidated classic Spanish mansion in the English style. Social upheavals of the first half of the 20th century forced his family to move to Europe, and the mansion was first leased to the Brazilian Embassy and then sold to the USSR.

The postage stamps feature buildings of the Russian Embassy in Iran, the Residence of the Russian Ambassador to Italy, and the Russian Embassy in Mexico.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 75 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×144 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins (3×4) with 11 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 66 thousand each stamp (6 thousand each sheet).

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