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| Polar Driftage of Soviet Icebreaker "Sedov". Date of issue: April 1940.     Designer: I. Dubasov and S. Pomansky Paper: ordinary Printing process: photo, No 741-742 - raster VR; No 743-744 - raster GR Perforation: No 741-743 - comb 11 3/4 : 12 1/4; No 744 - line 12 1/4 Size: No 741-743 - 37 x 26 mm; No 744 - 49 x 29 mm Sheet composition: No 741-743 - 100 (10 x 10) stamps; No 744 - 65 (5 x 13) stamps Printing run: No 741-742 - 1.000.000; No 743 - 500.000; No 744 - 300.000 Michel catalogue numbers: 741-744 SC catalogue numbers: 636-639 15 K. olive-green. Icebreaker "Stalin" and portraits of I. D. Papanin and M. P. Belousov 30 K. grey-violet. Icebreaker "Sedov" and portraits of K. S. Badigin and D. S. Trofimov 50 K. red-brown. Meeting of K. S. Badigin and D. S. Papanin 1 R. violet-blue. Portraits of 15th Hero of the Soviet Union - crew of "Sedov on the background of map of driftage. Exists varieties 741r-742r - raster GR.
Exists variety 742C | ||||
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