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Rescue of "North Pole-1" Station.

Date of issue: 21st June 1938.



Designer: I. Dubasov
Paper: ordinary
Printing process: No 614, 615 - typo; No 616, 617 - photo
Perforation: No 614, 615 - comb 11 3/4 : 12 1/4; No 616, 617 - line 12 1/4
Size: No 614, 615 - 37 x 26 mm; No 616, 617 - 26 x 37 mm
Sheet composition: No 614, 615 - 50 (5 x 10) stamps; No 616, 617 - 100 (10 x 10) stamps
Printing run: No 614 - 2.500.000; No 615 - 3.000.000; No 616 - 2.100.000; No 617 - 1.500.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 614-617
SC catalogue numbers: 515-518

10 K. brown-mauve. Members of polar expedition greeting rescue ships "Murman" and "Taimyr"
20 K. deep blue. Members of polar expedition greeting rescue ships "Murman" and "Taimyr"
30 K. olive-brown. Portrait of I. D. Papanin, E. T. Krenkel, P. P. Shirshov and E. K. Fedorov
50 K. blue. Portrait of I. D. Papanin, E. T. Krenkel, P. P. Shirshov and E. K. Fedorov


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