Russia Post issues stamp on Mahatma Gandhi

Celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Date of Issue : 4 September 2019

Russia Post is issuing  a commemorativeStamp today on 4th September 2019  on Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary .

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Cover from Croatia

Stamp and Cover with Rainbow

Received  these beautiful philatelic items from Zeljko Vasilik, Croatia .

Thank you so much Zeljko for all these items.You have added a new feather to my Rainbow collection ! Many Many thanks

Commemorative Cover

150th Birh Anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi

Thanks to Rahul Ganguli, Allahabad.

Uniforms of the courier service of Russia

Date of  Issue : 12 February 2019

On 12 February 2019,  Russia Post  issued a set of stamps, dedicated to the uniforms of the courier service of Russia.

The history of the State Courier Service of Russia dates back to December 17, 1796, when Emperor Paul I signed the Decree on the creation of a Separate Courier Corps. The personnel of the Courier Corps (courier) ensured the delivery of orders, reports, securities, parcels, as well as support of high-ranking officials.

Postage stamps depict:

- Officer and courier of the Courier Corps (1797);

- duty officer and senior courier of the Courier Corps (1862);

- Head of the feldpunkt and feldgeger by special commission (1923);

- Officer of Field Communications and Deputy Director of the SFS of Russia (2011).

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

14 June - 15 July 2018

Date of Issue : 14 June 2018

Russian Post issued a souvenir sheet on 14 June 2018 to commemorate mega Football event FIFA World Cup 2018.


FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia ™ - the 21st FIFA World Cup, which will be held in 11 major Russian cities from June 14 to July 15, 2018. Teams-participants are divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. A total of 64 matches will be played at the tournament, 48 of them in the group stage, 16 in the playoffs, where the winner will be determined, as well as the teams that took the second, third and fourth places.

The final parts of the FIFA World Cup ™ are the most spectacular and interesting, they always gather a large spectator audience and attract great interest in the entire sports community, as the strongest national teams of the planet and outstanding players take part in the competitions. The final match of the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Rossiitm will be held July 15 at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. 

On the post block there is a stylized image of a soccer ball with the types of stadiums and landmarks of cities that hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup ™, and the official symbols of the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia ™. The postal block comes out in 2 forms of release - without perforation of the mark in the block (toothless) and with perforation. 

New stamps from India - India Russia Joint Issue

India - Russia Joint Issue 

Date of Issue : 26 October 2017

India Post released India-Russia joint issue commemorating 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The issue comprises  a set of two stamps of Rs 5 and Rs 25 and a Miniature sheet of Rs 25 featuring Folk Dances - Bhavai dance of Rajasthan and  Beryozka dance of Russia .

Indira Gandhi commemorated on new Russian stamp

Indian theme on foreign stamps

100th Birth Anniversary of  Mrs Indira Gandhi

Date of Issue : 21 September 2017

Russian Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on 100th Birth Anniversary of Mrs Indira Gandhi. The postage stamp features a portrait of Indira Gandhi depicted on the background of the national flag of India. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) was  Prime Minister of India in 1966-1977 and 1980-1984.

She was born in November 19, 1917 in Allahabad, her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first prime minister of independent India, a leader of the party “Indian National Congress”. Since 1955 Indira Gandhi was a member of the Working Committee and a member of the Central Election Commission of the Indian National Congress (INC), a chairman of the women's organization of this party and a member of the Central Parliamentary Council of the All India Committee of the INC, in 1959-1960. Gandhi becomes a chairman of the INC. From 1966 to 1977, she held the post of Prime Minister of India. In 1971, war with Pakistan began, in which Gandhi signed the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation with the USSR. Indira Gandhi always pursued a policy of friendship with the USSR, she often visited this country.

Special Cancellation

Sheetlet

Souvenir Pack

Source : Russian Post

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Received these covers from Russia so kindly sent by EN Limanski . Thank you so much Limanski !

New Stamp on ‘WORLD HERITAGE’

Saint Michael’s Castle (Saint Petersburg)

Date of issue: 15.03.2017

The common theme of EUROPA stamps this year is Castle. New Russian stamp on this theme features St Michael’s Castle. It is a former royal residence in the center of Saint Petersburg, and a major architectural landmark of 18th–19th centuries. It was built as a water castle for Emperor Paul I by architects Vincenzo Brenna and Vasily Bazhenov in 1797–1801.

The postage stamp features St Michael's Castle and the EUROPA logo.

St. Michael's Castle, also called the Mikhailovsky Castle (Russian: Миха́йловский за́мок), is a former royal residence in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The castle looks different from each side, as the architects used motifs of various architectural styles such as French Classicism, Italian Renaissance and Gothic. As the castle was solemnly consecrated on 8 November 1800, i.e. on St. Michael's Day in the Eastern Orthodox calendar, so it got this name.

St. Michael's Castle was built to the south of the Summer Garden. The building with rounded corners was surrounded by the waters of the Moika River, the Fontanka River and two specially dug canals (the Church Canal and the Sunday Canal), transforming the castle area into an artificial island which could only be reached by drawbridges.

The First Day Cancellation features the bronze equestrian monument to Peter the Great, set up in front of the castle.

The Northern Façade of Saint Michael’s Castle, Saint Petersburg is the motif depicted on the First Day Cover.

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and related group of monuments is inscribed in UNESCO’s World Heritage list since 1990.

: Pradeep Kumar Mallik - Patna

email : mallikphila@gmail.com