Archaeology. Chess Pieces
Newsletter # 46 (798) November 5, 2018
On November 12, 2018 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 2 stamps “Chess pieces” of the series “Archaeology”. Design: Yelena Medved. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: comb 13. Stamps size: 40,3x40,3x57 mm. Sheet composition: 8 (4+4) stamps in joint sheet. Sheet size: 109x109 mm. Print quantity: 60.000 stamps each. Printer: Republican Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A. T. Nepogodin”. Face value A is equal to the tariff of a letter up to 20 gram within Belarus. Face value H is equal to the surface tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad. |
No. 1283  Chess pieces A  Elements of protection | No. 1284  Chess pieces H  Elements of protection |
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Chess pieces of the 11th — 14th centuries are the unique finds that show not only that our ancestors played intellectual games, but also that they had a high level of skill in bone carving. The project was prepared in cooperation with the National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus and the Belarusian Chess Federation. |
 |  Colour of the postmark — black. SpecialpostmarkandFDCdesigned by Ye.Medved. A special cancellationon FDC will be carried out at the post office No.1 of Minsk (shop “Philately”, 16 Moskovskaya street) on the stamps issuing day. |
The images do not reproduce the exact specifications of the project. |
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