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13th Definitive Issue.

Date of issue: 22nd December 1988



Designer: V. Koval
Paper: coated
Printing process: recess
Perforation: frame 12 : 11 1/2
Size: 18 x 26 mm
Sheet composition: No 5894-5904 - 100 (10 x 10) stamps; No 5905 - 98 (14 x 7) stamps
Printing run: No 5894-5900 - 8.000.000; No 5901 - 7.500.000; No 5902-5903 - 6.500.000; No 5904 - 2.500.000; No 5905 - 2.000.000
Michel catalogue numbers: 5894-5905

1 K. brown. Post messenger
3 K. deep turquoise. Cruiser "Aurora"
4 K. deep violet-blue. Spassky tower and Lenin's tomb, Red square, Moscow
5 K. red. State flag and emblem
10 K. red-brown. Statue "The worker and the collective farmer" by Vera Mukhina
15 K. deep blue. Dish aerial "Orbit"
20 K. olive-brown. Symbols of art and literature
25 K. deep dull green. "The discus-thrower" (5th century Greek statue by Miron)
30 K. deep blue. Map of Antarctica and emperor penguins
35 K. lake-brown. Statue "Mercury" by Giovanni da Bologna
50 K. blue. Great white cranes
1 R. indigo. Emblem of UPU


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