22.05.1997
Painter – Belyaev S.
Stamps per sheet: 10 (5x2 stamps).
Paper - coated; manufacturing process - offset; perforation - comb 12 x 12½.
Sheetlet print quantity - 250000.
355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 |
360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 |
The margins of the sheetlet feature items of Moscow's medieval culture, portraits of historic figures, and monuments. In the left vertical margin decorated with a leafy ornament, there are(from top to bottom): a Russian helmet (16-17 cc); a stamp of Kiev's Metropoly with the picture of Our Lady Oranta (1093-1095) which was found in the Moscow Kremlin; the church of St.Nicholas the Wet (1697, non-existent); a falcon and an initial from manuscripts of 1220s; a quiver and arrows, symbols of hunting and wars. In the lower horizontal margin there are (from left to right): the view of the Kremlin and the River Moscow (12c); in the foreground there is a pot and a goblet (12c); a watch-tower and a fire which symbolise the Tartar and Mongols aggression; an ornament of a letter form Russian manuscripts (14 c); an icon miniature showing Peter the Mitropolit laying the foundation stone of the Dormition Cathedral from an icon of the 16th century; a portrait of Ivan Kalita, Prince of Moscow (from 1325) from The Title Book of 1672 and a stamp of his will; Russian troops lead by Dmitry Donskoi leaving the Kremlin for the Kulikovo field (1380); a portrait of Ivan III, the Great Prince of Moscow, after an engraving of 1584, and his stamp featuring a double-headed eagle (1497); Moscow streltsi (Russian regular army) (after a drawing by Olearius, 1633); a detail from the front piece of a Gospel dd 16 c, "birds interlaced", which symbolises the gathering of Russian lands; St.Basil's cathedral, the walls and towers of Moscow (1610). In the right vertical margin there are (from bottom to top): a wooden Moscow belfry, the church of Our Lady in Putinki (1648-1652), the dome of the government building in the Moscow Kremlin (1776-1788); the Tsar's Tower of the Moscow Kremlin (1680).
№ | Face value | Size | Description | Price, mint | Price, used |
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355 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (1837-1883). multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
356 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | The towers of the Moscow Kremlin. multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
357 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | Moscow historical buildings. multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
358 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | St.Basil's Cathedral (1555-1561), the Spasskay Tower of the Moscow Kremlin (1491), The Holy Trinity Church in Nikitniki (1631-1634). multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
359 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | The Trinity Tower of the Moscow Kremlin (1499), the icon of St.George and the dragon (16c). multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
360 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | A page from the Ipatyev Annals in which Moscow was mentioned for the first time in 1147. multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
361 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | Daniil Alexandrovich (1261-1303), Prince of Moscow; Danilov Monastery (1282). multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
362 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | A detail of a miniature from 16c annals. multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
363 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | A detail of a miniature from annals "Coronation of Ivan IV". multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
364 | 1,000.00 | 30×42 | A detail of a plan of Moscow as of the end of 16 c ("Peter's Drawing"). multicolor | 1,000.00 | 200.00 |
Category:
Russian Federation : Moscow
History : The great names of history
Religion : Cathedrals and churches
Culture and art : Painting, graphics, icons
Religion : In artworks, icons
Culture and art : Architecture
Culture and art : Literature