Travel the World of Postage Stamps - Snakes and Protected animals of USSR - Siberian Pit Viper (Gloydius halys) - USSR, Soviet Union 1977 - Michel USSR 4681 - my hobby.
Greetings friends!
It is interesting that I remember 1977, because our journey passes through this year through a country that no longer exists in the USSR.
I was only 4 years old, and it is probably difficult to say about my memories in a particular year, but I remember that it was a year of grandiose construction projects in Moldova, after the devastating earthquake of 1976. This earthquake, I remember exactly.
Then, the city of Chisinau began to transform, high-rise buildings built by builders from different republics appeared.
Holding postage stamps in my hands, I go back to those days.
Today we will see another postage stamp from series Snakes and Protected animals of USSR, issued in the USSR this year, 1977, which received a denomination of 10 kopecks of the USSR.
This postage stamp depicts one of the most common representatives of the viper family - Siberian Pit Viper (Gloydius halys).
This is a bit of a strange series of postage stamps.
Usually, the USSR produced thematic series, snakes, birds, mammals and so on, but this series of postage stamps will have an unexpected twist.
Let's take a look at this postage stamp.
Description of the postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR, Soviet Union.
Subject: #Snakes, #Fauna, #Nature, #USSR.
Series: Snakes and Protected animals of USSR.
Name: Siberian Pit Viper (Gloydius halys).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 4681.
Episode release date: December 16, 1977.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 6,200,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.14 - $ 0.20.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp
Previous postage stamp from this series and a link to its description:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR, Soviet Union.
Subject: #Snakes, #Fauna, #Nature, #USSR.
Series: Snakes and Protected animals of USSR.
Name: Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 4680.
Episode release date: December 16, 1977.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 6,400,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.14 - $ 0.20.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp
Previous postage stamp from this series and a link to its description:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR, Soviet Union.
Subject: #Snakes, #Fauna, #Nature, #USSR.
Series: Snakes and Protected animals of USSR.
Name: Levantine Viper (Vipera lebetina).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 46798.
Episode release date: December 16, 1977.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 7,800,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.14 - $ 0.20.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp
Previous postage stamp from this series and a link to its description:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR, Soviet Union.
Subject: #Snakes, #Fauna, #Nature, #USSR.
Series: Snakes and Protected animals of USSR.
Name: Adder (Vipera berus).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 1 USSR kopek.
Michel's USSR catalog code: 4678.
Episode release date: December 16, 1977.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52.5 x 37.5 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 8,800,000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.14 - $ 0.20.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp
To be continued.
You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog
I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.
Author @barski
Ukraine
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