RUSSIA - 2019

NEW ISSUE

Code: RUS-2019-01
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Postal Authority: Russian Post / Marka
Title: Way to the Victory - Lifting the Blockade of Leningrad
Format: 1 stamp
Presentation: Sheets of 7 stamps + 1 complement
Sheets Dimensions (mm): 180 x 180
Design: Ulishanovskiy, S.
Printing Process: Offset + Bronze Paste + Embossed Stamping + Security Complex
Paper: Coated
Gum:
Printed by:
Quantity: 126.000 stamps

Currency: Ruble - RUB
Facial: 46 (RUB)
Dimensions (mm): 65 x 32.5
Perf: 11 3/4

Lighthouse: Rostral Columns (ancient)
Location: St.Petersbug

RUSSIA - 2018

UPDATED with an OVERPRINT Version

*** See the final of the post for the update ***

Code: RUS-2018-01

Release Date: June 14, 2018

Postal Authority: Russian Post / Marka

Title: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia 

Format: Block with 1 stamp

Presentation: Block with and without perforation

Design: Savina O.

Dimensions (mm): 115 x 115

Perf: 12 x 12,5

Currency: Ruble - RUB

Facial: 100 (RUB)

Printing Process: Offset + Bronze Paste + Partial Varnishing

Paper: Coated

Gum:

Printed by: 

Quantity: 530.000

Lighthouse: Kaliningrad Fishing Village Faux Lighthouse

Location: Oblast of Kaliningrad, between Poland and Lithuania

*** Updated August 07 ***

An overprinted version of this block is available.  It contains data of the World Cup final and it looks like this...

The Overprints

Date of the Final

Teams that played the final and the score

RUSSIA - 2017

UPDATED with INFO and IMAGES

Code: RUS-2017-01
Release Date: February 07, 2017 
Postal / Philatelic Authority: Russian Post / Marka
Title: 2018 FIFA World Cup RUSSIA / Official Mascot
Format: Block with 1 stamp
Design: Olga Shushlebina
Printing Process:
Paper:
Gum: 
Security:
Printer:
Quantity:

Currency: Ruble RUB
Facial:  100 (RUB)
Dimensions (mm): 
Perf:

Lighthouse: Rostral Columns
ALL: 
Location: St. Petersburg

*** Updated January 2018 ***

A holographic philatelic souvenir using this block was released on November 15, 2017.

With special glasses and moving the souvenir, we can see the mascot kicking the ball.

The stamp is different to the original, but this was issued outside the stamp programme, as a souvenir.  I decided update this post rather generate a new entry.

RUSSIA - 2016

Updated with Images and Information

GENERAL INFO:
Code: RUS-2016-01
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Postal/Philatelic Authority: Russian Post / Marka
Title: 200 years of Tarkhankut and Chersonesus Lighthouses
Format: Serie of 2 stamps
Presentation:  Sheets of 15 stamps same design
Design: Shushlebina, O.
Printing Process: Offset Multicolor
Paper: Coated
Gum:
Security:
Printed by:
Quantity: 405.000 series

Stamp 1 of 2 

Currency: Ruble - RUB

Facial: 14 (RUB)

Service: 

Dimensions (mm): 42 x 30

Perf: 12 1/2 x 12

Lighthouse: Tarkhankut

ALL: N-5278

Location: Crimea

Stamp 2 of 2

Currency: Ruble - RUB

Facial: 14 (RUB)

Service:  

Dimensions (mm): 42 x 30

Perf: 12 1/2 x 12

Lighthouse: Chersonesus

ALL: N-5308

Location: Crimea

And tons of related material...

First Day Cover

First Day Cancellation - MOSCOW

First Day Cancellation - SEVASTOPOL

Cover of Presentation Pack

PostCard

PostCard

20150922 - RUSSIA

Code: RUS-2015-01
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Postal Authority: Russian Post
Stamp Production: Marka
Title: Joint Issue Russia-Azerbaijan. Modern Architecture
Format: Serie of 2 stamps
Sheets of: 8 stamps (4 series) + Central Label
Design: Dobrishev, A.
Printing Method: Offset Multicolor
Paper: Coated
Quantity: 100.000 series

Stamp 2 of 2

 

Currency: Ruble - RUB
Facial: 19 (RUB)
Dimensions (mm): 37 x 37
Perf: 11 1/2
Lighthouse: Maiden Tower / Qiz Qalasi in Azerbaijan. 

 

 

Minisheet

 

 

 

 

20130805 - RUSSIA

Code: RUS-2013-02
Release Date: August 05, 2013
Postal Authority: Russian Post
Title: Passenger Ferries - Joint issue Russia - Aland Islands
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of: 12 stamps
Sheet Dimensions (mm): 180 x 205
Stamp Dimensions (mm): 50 x 37
Perf: 12
Design: Ulyanovsk C.
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: Coated
Quantity: 456.000
Lighthouse: No Lighthouse on the stamp but a nice view in the First Day Cover

FIRST DAY COVER

Dimensions (mm): 220 x 110
Printing Method: Offset
Quantity: 8.000
Lighthouse: Nottö (Aland Islands, ALL C-4647)


Thanks Jaap for the alert on this issue

20130426 - RUSSIA

Code: RUS-2013-01
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Postal Authority: Russian Post
Stamp Production: Marka ( http://www.rusmarka.ru/en/about.aspx)
Title: The Historical Centre of Saint Petersburg
Format: Serie of 3 stamps in se-tenant depicting a panoramic view of S.Petersburg
Dimensions (mm) of the strip: 174 x 26
Sheets of: 4 series
Design: O. Ivanova
Printing Method: Offset
Quantity: 220.000 series

Stamps 2 and 3

 

 

Currency: Ruble - RUB (P.)

Facial: 15 P.   and  20 P.

Dimensions (mm): 58 x 26

Perf: 12 x 12 1/2

 

Lighthouses: Rostral Columns

 

 

Thanks Klaus for the alert on this issue.

20120831 - RUSSIA

Release Date: August 31, 2012
Postal Authority: Russian Post
Stamp Production: Marka ( http://www.rusmarka.ru/en/about.aspx)
Title: APEC Russia 2012 – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, Vladivostok
Format: 1 stamp
Sheets of: 8 stamps
Paper: Coated
Dimensions (mm): 65 x 32,50
Perf: 13 1/2
Facial: 13P. (Rouble - RUB)
Service: with this stamp you can send a local letter (regular mail) up to 20g.
Design: A.Moskovets
Printing Process: Offset
Quantity: 432000

This stamp was issued under the format of Booklet too

 

Dimensions (mm): 180 x 100
Number of sheets: 5 x 2 stamps
Designer: Rastorgueva M.
Quantity: 14000
Lighthouse: On the cover of the booklet.   Tokarev



Also with this stamp were issued a serie of postcards type "B". One of these is dedicated to Basargin Island Lighthouse.

20100702 - Russia

Release Date: July 02 - 2010

Postal Authority: Russian Post

Stamp Production: Marka  ( http://www.rusmarka.ru/en/about.aspx)

Title: The 150th Anniversary of Vladivostok City

Format: 1 Stamp

Designer: H. Betredinova

Printing Process: Offset

Quantity issued: 375000

Facial: 15P. (Ruble)

Dimensions (mm): 65 x 32,5

Perf: 13 1/2

Sheet of: 15 (3x5)

Lighthouse:  Tokarev

Where did I see it before...?: In 1982, 1983 and 1984 the Soviet Union released 3 sets of lighthouses of 5 stamps each. In the last one (1984 - Lighthouses of the Far East), one of them was the Tokarev Light in Vladivostok.