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History of Russian State. Date of issue: 20th December 1996 Designer: L. Zaitsev Paper: coated Printing process: recess and ofset Perforation: comb. 11 3/4 Size: 65 x 32 mm Sheet composition: 15 (3 x 5) stamps Printing run: 430.000 Michel catalogue numbers: 550-553 1500 R. multicoloured. Basil III (1479-1533), removal of bell in Pskov (1510) and siege of Smolensk (1514) 1500 R. multicoloured. Ivan IV the Terrble (1530-84) - first Russian Tsar, scenes of coronation in Assumption (Moscow Kremlin) and executions by the Oprichnina. 1500 R. multicoloured. Fyodor Ioanovich (1557-98) - Russian Tsar (from 1584), scenes of reciving gif>1500 R. multicoloured. Boris Godunov (1551-1605) governed before Fyodor Ioanovich and then Russian Tsar, scenes of calling Boris Godunov on Tsarstvo (1598) and food distribution during famine (1601-1603)

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