Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9872277
Area
Stamps
Title
Sculpture
Face value
20
Country / area
Year
1977
Month
09
Day
08
Order Number in Issue group
1
Usage
Basic colour
Exact colour
Geographical theme
Item subject
Sculpture "Lights of Communism" (Marx and Lenin), 1960.
Michel number
4637 w
Yvert number
4400
Scott number
4604
Stanley Gibbons number
4678
Zagorsky number
4687 Va
Printing office
Luminescence
Printing technique
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
26 x 37 mm
Details

Although regarded as a variety, this stamp is frequently used on UV paper (9872277). The fluorescence lies between that of the non-UV paper (1539719, 2240863) and that of the coated paper (5736595) from 1978. Swatch Intaglio (1539719): Text Background: Grid Background: Grid with sharp lines Top right corner is lighter than the rest of the background. Offset (2240863, 9872277, 5736595): Text background: plain Background: plain The Spivak catalog attributes the sculpture to Belostotsky and Fridman. WIkipedia only mentions Belostotsky, but does mention that the artists often worked together.

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