Covers
Postage and commemorative covers from all over the world that contain an image, special postmark or stamp dedicated to the bison theme. The envelopes are arranged chronologically.
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![](./assets/pics/envelopes/germany-1956.jpg)
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First flight of flight LH 622 over the airmail center of Hamburg
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Type
- Airmail (+ etiquette)
- Picture
- ?
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 113,5×160
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Berlin, special postmark dated to the first flight with the stamp 1956 (bison)
- Branch of the addressee
- Vienna 1, common postmark
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romania-1957.jpg)
International Athletics Championships
- Country
- Romania
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- athlete throwing disc
- Color
- light blue
- Size (mm)
- 90×162
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- 55 bani (leu), yellow, an athlete throwing a spear, against the background of a silhouette of a running bison
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Bucharest
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![](./assets/pics/envelopes/hungary-1961.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/nederland-1964.jpg)
Charity postal issue with collection for social and cultural purposes. Animals
- Country
- Netherlands
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- silhouette of a bird on a background of geometric shapes
- Color
- red, brown
- Size (mm)
- 99,5×189
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Number of NVPH
- E63
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Hague
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Bison in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Herd of bison
- Color
- brown, green
- Size (mm)
- 157×112
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Number
- 5357
- Artist
- P. I. Vuev
- Stamp
- 1966, 4 kopecks, dark brown, image of the USSR emblem
- offset, two-color
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romania-1968.jpg)
XV Hunting Congress in Mamaia
- Country
- Romania
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- congress emblem, deer head
- Color
- yellow, brown, green, blue
- Size (mm)
- 118×161
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- 1.60 lei, Painting "Prince Dragosh and the Bison" by Nicolae Grigorescu
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Mamaia
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romana-1968.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/ussr-1969-1.jpg)
Bison. Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- European Bison
- Color
- brown, orange
- Size (mm)
- 112×157
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- V. Kolganov
- Stamp
- 1966, 4 kopecks, orange, image of the USSR emblem
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Number
- 6240
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/ussr-1969.jpg)
Bison. Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- European Bison
- Color
- brown, orange
- Size (mm)
- 112×157
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 1 kopeck (ruble)
- Artist
- V. Kolganov
- Stamp
- bison picture
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison image
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Moscow Post Office
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/poland-1969.jpg)
Spala. European Bison
- Country
- Poland
- Type
- Plain Envelope
- Picture
- ?
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 114×163
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Spala, postmark dedicated to the All-Polish Congress of Tourist Leaders 11.10.1969 (bison picture)
- Printing house
- Factory in Wroclaw (PTTK)
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Nature Museum „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“. Bison
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Nature Museum „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“ - silhouette. Bison in the forest
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 112×157
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- V. Kolganov
- Stamp
- 1966, 4 kopecks, blue, image of the USSR emblem
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Number
- 8348
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romania-1972.jpg)
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European Bison
- Country
- France
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC), non-postal, fantastic
- Picture
- European Bison
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 92×164
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Description
- The envelopes are not postage, the year of issue will be later than 1974. The stamp and postmark are most likely a fake.
- Stamp
- 40 santims (franc), Nature Conservancy. Bison 1974
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Mouzon-08
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romania-1977-1.jpg)
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Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow-80
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow-80, football
- Color
- black, gray, red, green
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- I. Filipov
- Stamp
- 1976, 4 kopecks, red, image of the USSR emblem
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, picture of bison, text Minsk Olympic
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk Post Office
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/romania-1980.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/ussr-1981-1.jpg)
Bison in winter forest
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Bison in winter forest
- Color
- gray-green
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- A. Ljapin
- Stamp
- 1976, 4 kopecks, gray-green, image of the USSR emblem
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Number
- 14470
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VII Congress of the All-Russian Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Nature Conservation Society
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Bison on the logo of the congress (swan, deer, stork, marten, bison are woven by mountain ash branches)
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- V. Chmarov
- Stamp
- 1981, 4 kopecks, multicolor, image of the sign of the All-Russian Society for the Conservation of Nature (elk and planet earth)
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
- Number
- KOM № 64
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Moscow K-9
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The Museum of Nature „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“
- Country
- USSR
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Bison as a symbol of the Pushcha emblem, the building of the Museum of Nature „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Cost
- 5 kopecks (ruble)
- Artist
- Y. Artsimenev
- Stamp
- 1976, 4 kopecks, USSR emblem, blue
- Edition
- USSR Ministry of Communications
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Bison restoration
- Country
- Poland
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- Bison - bull, cow and calf on three matching envelopes
- Color
- brown
- Size (mm)
- 116×158
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- image of a herd of bison
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Bialowieza
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WWF. World Wildlife Fund
- Country
- Lithuania
- Type
- First Day Cover Set (FDC), fantastic, non-postal
- Picture
- Bisons picture
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 116×158
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Description
- The envelopes are non-postal, 1986 is a mistake on them, since the stamps and the postmark are 1996. In fact, the envelopes were issued after the 2000s
- Stamp
- image of a herd of bison
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture - the stamp is a fake of the real stamp of 1996, the thickness of the lines, proportions, as well as the ears and eyebrows of the bison differ from the original
- Commemorative Cancellation
- On envelopes Vilnius 01/20/1996, real date unknown
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![](./assets/pics/envelopes/litva-1988.jpg)
Kaunas Zoological Garden is 50 years old
- Country
- Lithuanian SSR (USSR)
- Type
- Illustrated Envelope
- Picture
- giraffe and the logo of the Kaunas Zoological Garden - bison
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- 947
- Cost
- 1 kopeck (ruble)
- Artist
- V. Skabijene
- Typography
- Kaunas, Printing house them. K. Pozhely
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National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- European Bison
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
- Printing count
- 994 000
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- 30 kopecks, brown, Pahonya image
- Artist
- A. Medvedev
- Number
- 136680
- offset
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/litva-1996.jpg)
WWF. European Bison
- Country
- Lithuania
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- bisons
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Artist
- V. Skabijene
- Numbers
- 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d
- Stamp
- bison picture
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Vilnius
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-1996.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/slovensko-1996.jpg)
Protection of Nature. Bison
- Country
- Slovakia
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- flora
- Color
- black
- Size (mm)
- 113×161
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- 10 000
- Order number
- ?
- Designer
- Vladimír Machaj
- Engraver
- Martin Činovský
- metallography from steel engravings and gravure printing
- Stamp
- flora and bison picture
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, flora and bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Topolchany
- Typography
- Post Office Printing House, Prague
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![](./assets/pics/envelopes/poland-1996.jpg)
Protected animals. Bison
- Country
- Poland
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- types of forest in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×160
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- bison picture
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture, text żubry
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Bialowieza
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Philatelic exhibition NAPOSTA-97
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Plain Envelope
- Picture
- ?
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 114×161
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- bison picture (1995)
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, text NAPOSTA-97
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Stuttgart, Germany, Philatelic Exhibition NAPOSTA-97
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Post block. Minsk plant of wheeled tractors
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Goessler G-LINE Envelope
- Picture
- ?
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 161×228
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- Stylized image of a bison (company logo) on a coupon
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture (company logo)
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk, Post office
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Europe 1999. National parks
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- Bison and other animals, map of Belarus with the mark of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Color
- red, green
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- PaliBig
- Printing count
- 3000
- Order number
- 7
- Artist
- M. Ryzhiy
- Stamp
- picture with bison and other animals
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Brest-Center
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/poland-1999.jpg)
Europa 1999. Natural reserves. National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- Poland
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- bison profile
- Color
- brown, green
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Stamp
- Bison bonasus and Picoides tridactylus
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, text Europa
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Warsaw
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-1999-3.jpg)
Collector's Day
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Envelope
- Picture
- magnifying glass and stamps of the Republic of Belarus, bison picture (1995)
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- Grodno Regional Enlarged Printing House
- Printing count
- 10 000
- Order number
- 3546
- Stamp
- Minsk plant of wheeled tractors (1999)
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, emblem of Grodno
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Grodno-23
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The Grodno Zoo is 75 years old. Collector's Day
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- zoo gate, zoo emblem - bison
- Color
- ?
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- 99 900
- Order number
- 1147ц
- Artist
- A. Bushkin
- Stamp
- letter A
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Grodno-25
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2003.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2005-1.jpg)
Day of Belarusian Written Language in Kamenets
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- a monument to Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich, next to a bison, against the background of the Kamenets Vezha
- Color
- red, brown
- Size (mm)
- 114×162
- Manufacturing
- Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
- Printing count
- 50 000
- Order number
- 6664-05
- Artist
- M. Ryzhiy
- Stamp
- letter A, Kamenets Vezha
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2006.jpg)
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National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“. 600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Bisons, a cow with a calf. Text in Belarusian: 600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 110×220
- Manufacturing
- Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
- Printing count
- 25 800
- Order number
- 8435-08
- Description
- The cover was issued with the return address: GPU (State Environmental Agency) National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“
- Designer
- E. Chirkova
- Stamp
- letter A
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/poland-2009.jpg)
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2009-2.jpg)
600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- herd of deer, map of the forest
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 108×220
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1500
- Order number
- 15к-09
- Artist
- I. Lukin
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture, artists O. Suzko, O. Lukin
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Kamenyuki
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2010.jpg)
International Year of Biodiversity
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- European Bison
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 109×219
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 98к-10
- Artist
- M. Plahatniuk
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture, fished and birds
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk Post Office
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Bison in a forest glade
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- Illustrated Stamped Envelope
- Picture
- Bison in a forest glade
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 113×160
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 100 000
- Order number
- 377ц-2011
- Designer
- R. Dolbik
- Stamp
- letter A
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Europa 2011. Forests
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- animal silhouettes picture
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 113×160
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 64к-2011
- Designer
- A. Mamaev
- Stamp
- grazing bison, 2500
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, animals and forest picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk Post Office
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20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the People's Republic of China
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- China and Belarus flags
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 113×162
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 336к-2011
- Designer
- I. Lukin
- Stamp
- bison and panda, block, 15000
- Postmark
- mastic color is red, China and Belarus flags
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk Post Office
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2014.jpg)
60th anniversary of Belarus joining UNESCO
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- the logo of the UNESCO Commission
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 113×160
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 77к-14
- Designer
- G. Malysh
- Stamp
- letter N, herd of bison
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, the logo of the UNESCO Commission
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk Post Office
![](./assets/pics/envelopes/belarus-2016.jpg)
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25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Poland
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- picture of the border between Poland and Belarus in the area of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, forest
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 112×162
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1200
- Order number
- 21к-17
- Designer
- T. Kuznetsova
- Photographer
- S. Plytkevich
- Stamp
- letter H (1,26 rubles), emblems of Poland and Belarus, a herd of bison on the coupon
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk-1
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Nature Conservancy - Zoos II
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- deer picture
- Color
- brown
- Size (mm)
- 113×161
- Manufacturing
- ?
- Printing count
- ?
- Order number
- ?
- Designer
- Libuše and Jaromír Knotek
- Engraver
- Martin Srb
- Stamp
- 16 Czech crowns, bison
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, bison picture
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Khomutov
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Joint issue of the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic. 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- emblems of Belarus and Kyrgyzstan
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×161
- Manufacturing
- RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 35к-18
- Designer
- T. Kuznetsova
- Stamp
- letter H (1,56 rubles), emblems of Kyrgyzstan and Belarus, bison and snow leopard on the coupon
- Postmark
- mastic color is black, picture of the national dwellings of both countries
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk-1
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History of banknotes of Belarus
- Country
- Belarus
- Type
- First Day Cover (FDC)
- Picture
- The building of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
- Color
- multicolor
- Size (mm)
- 114×161
- Manufacturing
- Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
- Printing count
- 1000
- Order number
- 1635-19
- Stamp
- stamp series „History of banknotes of Belarus“, bison on the banknote of 100 rubles 1992
- Postmark
- mastic color is red, picture of 1 ruble coin
- Commemorative Cancellation
- Minsk-1
- Designer
- T. Kuznetsova
- Vendor Code
- С 211