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Birth Centenary of S.Ya. Lemeshev. Date of issue: 18th June 2002 Designer: Boris Ilyukhin Paper: ordinary Printing process: offset Size 161 x 114 mm Printing run: 500.000 Michel catalogue number: USo116 The stamp: 3.25 (R). multicoloured. The portrait of Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev (1902-1977) and the interiors of the Bolshoi Theatre The drawing bears the singer in the role of Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto Postal Stationery envelope. Order 171780 First Day of Issue Cancellation Ink: black Used: During 18th June 2002 on Moscow Post Office

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