On October 23, a stamp dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Joint-Stock Company MOSTRANSAVTO was put into circulation

The history of the company began in 1926, when the Department of Municipal Services of Bogorodsk (presently Noginsk) purchased a bus for the route Bogorodsk – Elektroperedacha. At the same time, the construction of pavilions for waiting buses started. In 1936, as many as 5 motor transport establishments brought services to 13 suburban lines in six districts. The total length of the routes was 244 km.

In 1940, the Moscow Regional Motor Transport Administration centralized passenger transportation. Its motor transport establishments began serving 40 districts of the Moscow Region. During the Great Patriotic War, its employees, along with a significant part of the vehicle fleet, went to the front. During the war years, new motor transport enterprises were opened.

Since 2001, the companies of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Moscow Region MOSTRANSAVTO received large lots of new buses, and the construction and reconstruction of bus stations and bus terminals began.

In 2017, the renewal of the bus fleet was launched under the Governor's program, and in 2018, upon the program of the Government of the Moscow Region, more than 1,750 new buses took the routes in the region.

In 2020, a large-scale reorganization of branches into centralized intermunicipal automobile operating companies took place. In different cities of the Moscow Region, 12 centralized intermunicipal automobile operating companies were established. The company's fleet received more than 660 new LiAZ buses, as well as specialized vehicles. Installation of new washing facilities was completed. Wi-Fi became available at 13 bus stations and bus terminals. In 2021, the Company Management Center started its activities that ensured online monitoring of bus operations.

In 2023, Mostransavto received 1,267 large-, medium- and small-class buses. The route network grew by 17% and by the end of the year, it reached 1.4 thousand routes. Currently, there are above 4,700 buses running on the lines daily, the enterprise provides services to nearly 1,400 urban, suburban and intercity regular service routes and the daily transfers exceed 1.6 million passengers.

The postage stamp provides images of ZIS-8 and LiAZ 529265-03 buses.

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


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 100 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm; sheet size: 150×156 mm.
Form of issue: a sheet with formatted margins of 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 72 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).

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