300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg.
Date of issue: 25th April 2002.
Designer: Alexandr Zharov
Paper: coated
Printing process: offset, No 978-980 with embossed printing in 22 carat gold.
Perforation: comb. 13 1/2
Size of a stamp: No 976-978 - 51 x 37.5 mm; No 979-980 - 37.5 x 51 mm.;
Size of a Miniature Sheet: No 976-978 - 132 x 218 mm; No 979-980 - 218 x 132 mm.
Printing run: 150.000 stamps or 15.000 Miniature Sheets.
Michel catalogue numbers: 976-980.5.00 (R). multicoloured. The St. Isaak Cathedral and sculpture of Atlants.
5.00 (R). multicoloured. The Kazan Cathedral and the Monument of Marshal Barklay de Tolli.
25.00 (R). multicoloured. The Cathedral of Resurrection built on the place of the attempt on Emperor Alexander II, a griffen of the Bank Bridge over the canal of Griboedov.
25.00 (R). multicoloured. The Admiralty and the Admiralty steeple topped with a gilded ship, a symbol of Saint Petersburg.
25.00 (R). multicoloured. The view of the St. Peter and Paul Fortress, the steeple and angel of the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral.Certificate of Authenticity stamps 978-980.
Miniature Sheets Klb.978-Klb.980.