On October 14, an overprinted stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Galina Vishnevskaya, an opera singer, a People's Artist of the USSR, was put into postal circulation in the Cavaliers of the “Order for Merit to the Fatherland” series

Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012) was an opera singer, a theatre director, an instructor, an actress, a People's Artist of the USSR, a full cavalier of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland.

She was born on October 25, 1926, in Leningrad. In 1944, G. Vishnevskaya joined the Leningrad Regional Operetta Theater, then was a soloist of the Leningrad Philharmonic, appeared on the halls. In 1952, G. Vishnevskaya made her debut on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in the role of Tatyana in P. Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Galina Vishnevskaya sang with unwavering success in The Queen of Spades, Aida, The Tsar's Bride, La Traviata, and Madama Butterfly. She took part in the first productions on the Russian stage of S. Prokofiev's The Gambler and one-man opera La Voix Humaine by F. Poulenc. Many spectators remember G. Vishnevskaya for the main role in the film-opera Katerina Izmailova to the music of D. Shostakovich. G. Vishnevskaya became one of the first Soviet opera singers to achieve recognition on the world opera stage.

In 1982, after a triumphant performance of the role of Tatyana on the stage of the Grand Opéra in Paris, she left the professional stage and took up teaching and concert activity.

In 1993, she made her debut as a dramatic actress in the role of Catherine II on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre in the play Behind the Mirror. She appeared in the feature films Provincial Benefit (1993) and Alexandra (2007).

The postage stamp provides a portrait of G. Vishnevskaya and the logotype of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, as well as the overprint of the new text: 100th Birth Anniversary and the surcharge of new denomination of 35 rubles.

In addition to the issue of the overprinted postage stamp, JSC Marka produced an illustrated cover with an overprinted stamp sheet inside.


Design Artists: A. Moskovets (stamp), M. Miloradova (overprint).
Face value: 35 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm; sheet size: 146×170 mm.
Emission form: a sheet (3×5) of 14 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 35 thousand stamps (2.5 thousand sheets*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.

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