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800th Anniversary of Moscow.

Date of issue: 7th September 1947/1966



Designer: I. Dubasov and V. Andreev
Paper: No 1137-1147 - ordinary; No 1148-1151 - chalky
Printing process: No 1137-1147 - photo; No 1148-1151 - typo
Perforation: line 12 1/4
Size: No 1137,1140-1144 - 52 x 37 mm.; No 1138, 1139, 1145, 1147 - 37 x 52 mm.; No 1146 - 58 x 26 mm.; No 1148, 1149 - 37 x 53 mm.; No 1150, 1151 - 52,50 x 38 mm
Sheet composition: 1137-1147, 1150, 1151 - 25 (5 x 5) stamps; No 1148-1151 in different types of sheet: type 1 horizontal - (5 stamps of No 1149 + 10 stamps of No 1148 + 5 stamps of No 1150) type 2 horizontal- (5 stamps of No 1149 + 5 stamps of No 1148 + 5 stamps of No 1150 + 5 stamps of No 1151) type 3 vertical - (5 stamps of No 1150 + 20 stamps of No 1151) type 4 horizontal - (10 stamps of No 1149)
Printing run: No 1137-1141, 1143 - 3.000.000; No 1142, 1145, 1146 - 2.000.000; No 1144 - 500.000; No 1147 - 1.000.000; No 1148-1150 - 250.000; No 1151 - 200.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 1137-1151

5 K. sepia and blue. Crimea bridge
10 K. grey-black and red-brown. Gorky street
30 K. green. Pushkin square
30 K. slate-blue. Kievsky railway station
30 K. brown. Central telegraph
30 K. ultramarine. Kazansky railway station
30 K. deep green. Kaluzhskaya street
50 K. deep green. View of Kremlin
60 K. grey blue. Big Kremlin palace
60 K. brown-black and red-brown. Moskvoretsky bridge
1 R. purple. "Ancient Moscow, Voskresensky Gate" by A. Vasnetsov, 1900
1 R. multicoloured. St. Basil cathedral
2 R. multicoloured. Beklemishevskaya tower
3 R. multicoloured. Kremlin
5 R. multicoloured. Soviet Ministry palace

Exist stamps with different size of picture No 1138, 1145; and imperforated No 1150


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