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Belarus
Europe. Ancient Postal Routes
 
date of issue:
issue format:
printing process:
paper:
printer:
 
 
05.05.2020 
2 stamps 
XXXофсет 
 
Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A.T.Nepogodina  
 
Michel:
Scott:
Yvert:
 
 
1339-1340 
1177-1178 
1120-1121 
 
 
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Horse mail messenger, route Vilnius - Smolensk
values:
Н
artist:
Tatiana Kuznetsova
color:
multicoloured
perforation:
13 x 13½
stamp size:
52 x 37 mm
quantity:
30 000
 
Michel:
1339
Scott:
1177
Yvert:
1120
 
 .
 
There is 1 stamp from a series including 2 stamps on the page.
"Н" Horse mail messenger, route Vilnius - Smolensk
"Р" Post messenger, route Krakow - Vilnius
 
Europe. Ancient Postal Routes

On May 5, 2020, the post of Belarus issued 2 postage stamps under the Europe program. Ancient post routes.

The stamp with the face value "H" depicts a hurrying equestrian messenger, the background for the stamp is a map with the marked post route Vilnius - Molodechno - Minsk - Borisov - Drutsk - Orsha - Smolensk. This route was established for messengers and messengers by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Zhigimont the Old in 1528.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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