Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2066263
Area
Stamps
Title
100th Anniversary of Russian Football
Face value
2000
Country / area
Year
1997
Month
09
Day
04
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
620
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Zagorsky number
399
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Luminescence
Printing technique
Print run
250.000
Dimensions / diameter
42 x 30 mm
Details
The stamp features a fragment of a football match, and logos of the Russian Football Union with the text : "The 100th Anniversary of Russian Football". In the upper right corner there is an outline of the fortress of Stt. Peter and Paul in St.Petersburg, where the first match between Russian teams took place on 25 October 1897. The match received a wide press coverage. http://rusmarka.ru/en/catalog/marka/position/13038.aspx