On March 24, an overprinted postage stamp dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications was put into postal circulation

The Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) was established on December 17 of 1991 in Moscow. In October of 1992, in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic), the heads of Governments of the CIS member States signed the Agreement on the Coordination of Interstate Relations in the Field of Postal and Electric Communications, which granted the RCC the authority of the interstate coordinating body in the field of electric and postal communications. In October of 2002, the governments of the CIS countries took a decision to establish the Coordinating Council of CIS Member States on Informatization under the RCC, an intergovernmental coordinating body in the field of information technology.

The main challenges of the RCC are: extending mutually beneficial relations between RCC administrations in harmonizing the development of networks and means of communication; coordinating issues in the field of scientific and technical policy, radio frequency spectrum management, tariff policy for communication services and mutual settlements, and personnel training; interacting with international organizations in the field of communications and informatization, information exchange, etc.

The superior body of the RCC is the Council of Heads of Communications Administrations, which operates in accordance with its regulations. The decisions of the Council are taken with the unanimous consent of its members. The permanent executive body of the RCC is the Executive Committee, located in Moscow. The Regional Commonwealth also forms and develops its working bodies — commissions, councils of telecommunications and postal operators, and working groups, whose activities are aimed at developing and implementing specific tasks of the CIS.

The postage stamp provides an image of the logo of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications.

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


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 100 rubles.
Stamp size: 30×60 mm, sheet size: 176×164 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (4×2) stamps.
Quantity: 96 thousand stamps (12 thousand sheets).

The postage stamp #1532 Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications. 1991-2011 provides an image of the logo of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications, with the overprinted text 35 years and a surcharge of the new denomination.


Design Artist: O. Shushlebina; Design: M. Miloradova.
Face value: 35 rubles.
Stamp size: 30×42 mm, sheet size: 169×146 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (5×3) stamps.
Quantity: 14.25 thousand stamps (950 thousand sheets)*.
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.

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