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Epic Poems of Nations of USSR.

Date of issue: 22nd September 1988



Art design: I. Martynov
Designers: R. Smirnova (5869), M. Deregus (5870), N. Poplavskaya (5871), R. Khalilov (5872), I. Isabayev (5873)
Paper: coated
Printing process: offset
Perforation: No 5869, 5871, 5873 - comb 12 : 12 1/4; No 5870, 5872 - comb 12 1/4 : 12
Size of a stamp: No 5869, 5871, 5873 - 30 x 42 mm; No 5870, 5872 - 42 x 30 mm
Size of a se-tenant pair (stamp + label): No 5869, 5871, 5873 - 60 x 42 mm; No 5870, 5872 - 84 x 30 mm
Sheet composition: 18 (3 x 6) se-tenant pairs
Printing run: 2.500.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 5869Zf-5873Zf

10 K. multicoloured. Russian bylina "Ilya Muromets"
10 K. multicoloured. Ukrainian epic poem "Kosak Golota"
10 K. multicoloured. Byelorussian epic poem "Musician-Magician"
10 K. multicoloured. Kazakh epic poem "Koblandy Batyr"
10 K. multicoloured. Uzbek epic poem "Alpamysh"


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