100 years of Belarusian Diplomatic Service

On January 22, 2019 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue the souvenir sheet “100 years of Belarusian Diplomatic Service”.

 

Design: Tatyana Kuznetsova. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: frame 12^3/4. Stamp size: 38,88x38,88 mm. Souvenir sheet size: 66x66 mm. While printing the souvenir sheet they used the technology of thermal stamping by metalized foil of dead silver colour. Print quantity: 15.000 souvenir sheets.

 

Printer: Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A. T.  Nepogodin”.

Letter “P” is equal to the air-mail tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad.

 

On 22 January the Belarusian Diplomatic Service turns 100 years old. On this day in the distant 1919 the newspaper “Zvyazda” first published the announcement about the beginning of the activities of the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Soviet Republic of Belorussia with the choice of Minsk for its location. And this date is considered to be the beginning of history of the foreign policy department of our country.

 

Much has changed in its structure over 100 years, but the tasks remain the same — to protect national interests, ensure security and adequately represent Belarus in the international arena.

 

Shown on the souvenir sheet is the emblem of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, in cooperation with which the project was prepared. The special postmark is based on the seal of the Plenipotentiary Representation of the BSSR in the RSFSR.

100 years of Belarusian Diplomatic Service

Element of protection

A special cancellationon FDC will be carried out at the post office No.1 of Minsk (shop “Philately”, 16 Moskovskaya street) on the souvenir sheet issuing day.