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582. Traffic
Safety Week.
Postage stamp is being issued on
the occasion of the 3d Traffic Safety Week in United Nation European economic
commission region, which will be held from May 1 to May 7, 2000.
Events of the week will be directed
at increasing traffic safety.
The stamp features woman with child
crossing the street, emblem of Traffic Safety Week and single motto of
the week: "The partnership on road increases safety".
Designer: R.Strelnikov. Printing:
offset Perforation: comb 12 : 12 1/2.
Face value: 1.75 rbl. Size: 30
È 42 mm (along perforation).
Print quantity: 300 000 copies.
Stamps per sheet: 36
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579-581. International
space co-operation.
The set of three postage stamps is being issued
to commemorate international space co-operation. The most important stages
of co-operation are: experimental space flight and "Soyuz 19" (USSR) -
"Apollo" (USA) space link in 1975, "Sea take off point" project (1999)
and international space station project which is being in progress nowadays.
The idea of international space exploration of Russian scientist K.E.Tsiolkovsky
is being realized to a considerable extend in international space station
project.
2.00 - "Soyuz-Apollo" experimental space flight
3.00 - International space station
5.00 - "Sea take off point" international space
project
Designer: V.Beilin Printing: offset Perforation:
comb 12.
Face value of the stamps: 2.00, 3.00, 5.00 rbl.
Size: 50 x 37, 37 x 50 mm (along perforation).
Print quantity: 350 000 copies of each stamp
Stamps per sheet: 25 and 6
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574-578. 55th
anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The set of four postage stamps and souvenir sheet
is being issued on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Victory in Great
Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Postage stamps reproduce Soviet posters issued
in 1944-1946. Drawings and inscriptions of posters secure belief of the
people in Victory over enemy and bring glory to Soviet Army warriors.
Designers of the posters are: 1.50 - N.N.Vatolina
1.50 - V.I.Ladyagin
1.50 - V.V.Suryaninov
1.50 - L.F.Golovanov
5.00 - V.S.Klimashin
Art design: A.Moscovets. Printing: offset with
lacquer.
Perforation: comb 12 1/2 : 12 Souvenir sheet
- frame 12.
Face value: 1.50 Rbl. each stamp, 5.00 Rbl. souvenir
sheet.
Stamp size: 28 x 40 mm, Souvenir sheet size:
100 x 70 mm.
Print quantity: 350 000 copies of each stamp,
250 000 copies of souvenir sheet. Stamps per sheet: 36 and 6, per souvenir
sheet: 1
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573. Meteorogical
phenomenons.
The souvenir sheet is being issued on Universal
Postal Union's initiative to mark the 50th anniversary of World Meteorological
Organization, special institution of United Nations Organization for international
cooperation in the field of meteorological research, information exchange,
solution of problems related to environment.
The stamp features jubilee emblem of World Meteorological
Organization. The margins of the souvenir sheet bear illustration of various
natural meteorological phenomenons and meteorological satellites as well
as ships and airplanes of weather service.
Designer: A.Pletnev Printing: offset
Perforation: frame 12 1/2 : 12 Face value: 7.00
rbl.
Size of the sheet: 90 x 60 mm Size of the stamp
in the sheet: 42 x 30 mm (along perforation)
Print quantity: 250 000 copies
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The 20th century was marked in the development
of sports by outstanding world records. Many of the records were set up
by the Russian sportsmen. The authority of the Russian sports is won by
victories on international sports arena, important contribution to development
of Olympic movement.
The Russian Post has issued set of twelve postage
stamps commemorating the most important sports events of Russia in the
20th century. The stamps bear eminent sportsmen, fragments of various sport
competitions as well as memorial sports events took place in Russia in
the 20th century.
561. 0.25 - First
Russian Olympic Champion N. A. Panin-Kolomenkin. 1908
562. 0.30 - 5th
Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912
563. 0.50 - All-Russian
Olympiad, 1913 and 1914
564. 1.00 - All-Union
Spartacist Games, 1928
565. 1.35 - Sports
Association for Labour and Defense, 1931
566. 1.50 - Title
"Honoured Master of Sports", 1934
567. 2.00 - 15th
Olympic Games, Helsinki, 1952
568. 2.50 - 16th
Olympic Games Winner V. P. Kutz, Melbourne, 1956
569. 3.00 - Russian
Football Victory in the 16th Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956
570. 4.00 - Quintuple
World Champion chess-player M. M. Botvinnik
571. 5.00 - Episode
of match between Soviet ice hockey-players and Canadian ice professionals,
1972
572. 6.00 - 22nd
Olympic Games, Moscow, 1980
Designer: S. Sukharev. Printing: offset
Perforation: comb 12 1/2 : 12
Face value: 0.25, 0.30, 0.50, 1.00, 1.35, 1.50,
2.00, 2.50, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 rbl.
Size: 42 x 30 (along perforation).
Print quantity: 300 000 copies of each stamp
Stamps per sheet: 12
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558.
The set of five postage stamps commemorates outstanding Russian
polar explorers. They leaded important research work of Arctic and Antarctica
exploration.
The stamps show the portraits of the explorers
against the background of the pictures illustrating polar expeditions.
2.00 - R. L. Samoilovich (1881-1940)
2.00 - V. Yu. Vize (1886-1954)
2.00 - M. M. Somov (1908-1973)
2.00 - P. A. Gordienko (1913-1982)
2.00 - A. F. Treshnikov (1914-1991)
Designer: A. Kernosov Printing: offset Perforation:
comb 12 : 12 1/2.
Face value of the stamps: 2.00 rbl. each stamp.
Size: 58 x 26 mm (along perforation).
Print quantity: 300 000 copies of each stamp.
Stamps per sheet: 24; 5 stamps and 1 coupon
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554. The
birth centenary of Nikolai D. Psurtsev (1900-1980).
The postage stamp is being issued to mark the
birth centenary of Nikolai D.Psurtsev (1900-1980) statesman and military
commander.
Nikolai D.Psurtsev was army chief signal officer
of the Western Front (1941-1944) during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
In 1944-1946 he was deputy army chief signal officer of the Soviet Army.
In 1946-1948 he served in General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces. Nikolai
D.Psurtsev was Minister of Communications of the USSR from 1948 to 1975.
The stamp features the portrait of Nikolai D.Psurtsev
against the background of Central Telegraph Office in Moscow.
Designer: A.Batov Printing: offset + metallography.
Perforation: comb 12 : 12 1/2 Face value: 2.50
rbl.
Size: 40 x 28 mm (along perforation). Print quantity:
250 000 copies. Stamps per sheet: 25
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