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50th Anniversary of Newspaper Pravda. Date of issue: 4th May 1962 Designer: No 2596 - E. Komarov; No 2597, 2598 - N. Zakharzhevsky Paper: ordinary Printing process: No 2596 - photo, raster KV; No 2597, 2598 - litho. Perforation: No 2596 - frame 11 1/2; No 2597, 2598 - comb 11 3/4 : 12 1/4 Size: No 2596 - 28 x 40 mm; No 2597, 2598 - 30 x 42 mm Sheet composition: No 2596 - 50 (10 x 5) stamps; No 2597, 2598 - 25 (5 x 5) stamps Printing run: 3.000.000 Michel catalogue numbers: 2596-2598 4 K. brown-purple, brown-red and buff. Lenin reading Pravda 4 K. black, chestnut, yellow and drab. Lenin and modern front page of Pravda 4 K. buff, red, black and brown-purple. Lenin and first issue of Pravda Exists with perforation line 12 1/2: 2597C-2598C -450,00 Exists 2597p-2598p on a light pink paper

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