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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
2064215
Area
Stamps
Title
Porcelain
Face value
500
Country / area
Year
1994
Month
08
Day
10
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
6
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
402
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Print run
500.000
Dimensions / diameter
37 x 37 mm
Details
The Imperial porcelain factory in St.Petersburg was founded in 1744 and was called "A Porcelain Manufactory". The stamp features a set of china marked with a monogram "VKKN" and designed by F.S.Solntsev in 1848. It is kept in the Moscow State Historical Museum. The margins of the sheetlet feature the flower motif traditional for the factory.