On October 19, a stamp dedicated to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation was put into postal circulation



The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation is a Russian chamber of commerce, a voluntary non-governmental non-profit organization established in the organizational and legal form of a union to represent and protect the legitimate interests of its members and with the view of developing entrepreneurship, economic and foreign trade activity. It unites more than a hundred territorial chambers of commerce and industry and other associations and unions of Russian entrepreneurs; besides, its direct members are individual commercial and non-profit organizations.

The Founding Congress of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RSFSR was held on October 19 of 1991. On July 7 of 1993, the Law of the Russian Federation On Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Russian Federation was adopted.

The structure of the Chamber comprises 20 committees, aa well as the International Commercial Arbitration Court, the Arbitration Court for the Resolution of Economic Disputes, the Maritime Arbitration Commission, the Sports Arbitration, and the Board of Conciliating Procedures. Besides, the structure of the Chamber incorporates foreign representative offices, several dozen international business councils (formed for interaction with entrepreneurs of individual countries and regions), various expert and coordination councils.

In addition, the structure of the Chamber includes such organizations as the World Trade Center, Expocentre, Soyuzexpertiza, Soyuzpatent and others, in which the Chamber is the founder or owns a controlling stake.

The postage stamp provides an image of the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Moscow and the emblem of the organization.

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


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm; sheet size: 170×175 mm.
Emission form: a sheet of 12 (3×4) stamps.
Quantity: 66 thousand stamps (5.5 thousand sheets).

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