First Polar Flight USSR-USA  

First Polar Flight USSR-USA
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First Polar Flight USSR-USA

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6087285
Area
Stamps
Title
First Polar Flight USSR-USA
Face value
10
Country / area
Soviet Union
Year
1938
Month
Day
Issue group
1938 Eerste Poolvlucht USSR-VS
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Black, Green
Exact colour
Green black, Red
Usage
Airmail
Type
Colour variety
Theme / topic
Airplanes, Expeditions, Flags, Globe, Historical events
Geographical theme
Arctic, United States of America
Persons theme
Bajdukov, Georgij (1907-1994), Beljakov, Alexander (1897-1982), Chkalov, Valery (1904-1938)
Item subject
Bemanning van de vlucht van Moskou naar Portland (Oregon) van 18 t/m 20 juni 1937. Co-piloot Baidoekov, vluchtkapitein Chkalov en navigator Beljakov.
Michel number
595
Yvert number
Scott number
636
Stanley Gibbons number
780
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Line perforation 12½
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Collotype
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

the Michel catalog does mention a green color variety, but only with the face value 50 stamp from this series. For the variety with a nominal value of 50, no value is given in Michel either.

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