The Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation is a red four-angled heraldic shield with rounded lower corners and a pointed tip, featuring a golden double-headed eagle with raised up outstretched wings. Two small crowns top the eagle’s heads, with one large crown above them. The three crowns are linked by a ribbon. The eagle holds a scepter in its right claw and an orb in its left claw. The eagle bears a red shield on its breast depicting a silver horseman in a blue cape, mounted upon a silver horse and slaying a knocked down black dragon with a silver spear and trampled by the horse.
The flag of the Russian Federation is rectangular in form and comprises three equal horizontal stripes: the upper one white, the middle one blue, and the lower one red. The flag is permanently hoisted above the buildings of federal executive authorities, the residences of the plenipotentiary representatives of the President of the Russian Federation in federal districts, as well as on the buildings of state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies. The national flag is displayed on buildings (or raised on flagpoles) of public associations, enterprises, institutions, and organizations, as well as on residential buildings on public holidays of the Russian Federation.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Petrozavodsk and Pskov.
Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 33 rubles and 76 rubles.
Stamp size: 24×34 mm; sheet size: 150×110 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with 8 (4×2) stamps.
Quantity: 2 mln 56 thousand each stamp (257 thousand each sheet).
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