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Rescue of Chelyuskin Expedition. Date of issue: 25th January 1935 Designer: V. Zavjalov Paper: ordinary with watermarks Printing process: photo Perforation: line 13 3/4 Size: No 499, 500 - 47 x 30 mm; No 501-507 - 30 x 47 mm; No 508 - 54 x 31,50 mm Sheet composition: No 499, 500 - 65 (5 x 13) stamps; No 501-507 - 65 (13 x 5) stamps; No 508 - 52 (4 x 13) stamps Printing run: No 499-502, 504 - 200.000; No 503 - 150.000; No 505, 506 - 50.000; No 507, 508 - 100.000 Michel catalogue numbers: 499-508 SC catalogue numbers: 392-401 1 K. brown-red. Captain of ice-breaker "Chelyuskin" V. I. Voronin 3 K. carmine. Acadimician O. Yu. Shmidt and polar camp 5 K. green. Pilot A.V. Lyapidevsky and plane ANT-4 10 K. deep brown. Pilot S. A. Levanevsky (1902-1937) and plane 20-A 15 K. black. Pilot M. T. Slepnev and plane 20-A 20 K. mauve. Pilot I. V. Doronin and plane PC-4 25 K. indigo. Pilot M. V. Vodopyanov and plane P-5 30 K. deep green. Pilot V. S. Molokov and plane P-5 40 K. violet. Pilot N. P. Kamanin and plane P-5 50 K. ultramarine. Polar camp deserted

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