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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
2136729
Area
Stamps
Title
The 300th anniversary of foundation of Tsarskoe Selo
Face value
Country / area
Year
2010
Month
Day
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
300 jarige herdenking van Oprichting Tsarskoje Selo
Michel number
136
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
100.000
Dimensions / diameter
136 x 80 mm
Details
History of the Tsarskoye Selo dates back to the XVIII century.
June 24, 1710 is deemed to be the date of foundation of Tsarskoye Selo (now the town of Pushkin), when by the decree of Peter I Sarskaya Myza was donated to his future wife and Empress Catherine Alexeyevna. In the second half of XVIII century a unique palace and park ensemble was built in Tsarskoe Selo, which served as a royal summer residence of the Russian emperors.
It is here the well-known Tsarskoselsky Lyceum was founded, which was highly praised by A.S. Pushkin, the first Russian railway from St. Petersburg was built to this place. At the end of the XIX century Tsarskoуe Selo became the first fully electrified city in Europe and one of the most healthy and comfortable cities in Russia.
Nowadays it is one of the most picturesque monuments of cultural heritage of Russia.
The stamps depict the Alexander Palace, which was built in 1792 - 1796 years by the decree of Empress Catherine II, the Egyptian gate (1827 - 1830) at the entrance to the city from the side of St. Petersburg, as well as a monument in honor of the 100th anniversary of birth of A . S. Pushkin (sculptor R.R. Bach), the Catherine Palace is represented on the margins of the souvenir sheet.