Postage Stamp - National icebreaker fleet - Nuclear Icebreaker "Lenin" - USSR 1978 - Michel 4808 - my hobby

Postage Stamp - National icebreaker fleet - Nuclear Icebreaker "Lenin" - USSR 1978 - Michel 4808 - my hobby.

Greetings friends!

The technology of printing postage stamps is an important point for obtaining complete information about a postage stamp and I added this point to the description of postage stamps.

At its core, printing plates for postage stamps are no different from printing plates for making banknotes.

The engraver, according to a given drawing, makes a form, and then a long stage of coloring and stamping of postage stamps takes place.

A series of stamps National icebreaker fleet, and, the postage stamp that I want to present to you today, are made using the printing method - Photogravure and Recess.

To the touch, the postage stamp resembles the president's shirt on a dollar bill.

Like banknotes, postage stamps were protected from counterfeiting, and their counterfeiting is punishable by law.

So, another postage stamp Nuclear Icebreaker "Lenin", received a denomination of 16 kopecks of the USSR, and its circulation is 4400000.

It depicts the world's first nuclear-powered icebreaker.

As they said then - a peaceful atom).

I would not be surprised if, one day, it becomes known how many missiles this sea monster could carry.

It is strange that in those days, nuclear reactors were not installed on tractors and combines, which were ridiculed in jokes that said that in the Soviet Union, even vertical take-off combines.

But, one can understand, a long stay in the snows of the Arctic required additional autonomy.

The atomic reactor made it possible to stay on the roads without refueling for 14 months.

Let's take a look at this postage stamp.

Description of the postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Nuclear Icebreaker "Lenin".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 16 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4808.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure and Recess.
Circulation: 4 400 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.25 - $ 0.46.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.15 - $ 0.18.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Previous postage stamps from this series 1978:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Admiral Makarov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 12 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4807.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 4 500 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.22 - $ 0.36.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Moscow".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4806.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 5 200 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.25 - $ 0.33.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.07 - $ 0.13.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4805.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 6 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.32.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.07 - $ 0.13.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Vasily Pronchishchev".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4804.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 7 300 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.13 - $ 0.22.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.13.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Previous postage stamps from this series 1977:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Lena".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 16 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4619.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.44 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.20.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Siberia" - Tovarishch Stalin.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 14 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4618.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4 200 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.66 - $ 0.96.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.11 - $ 0.20.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Semyon Dezhnev".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 12 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4617.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Sadko".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4616.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 200 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Georgiy Sedov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4615.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 900 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Aleksandr Sibiryakov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4614.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 7 500 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Previous postage stamps from this series 1976:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Krasin".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 20 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4562.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 3 800 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.36.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.2 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Vladimir Ilich".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 16 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4561.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 4 300 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.54 - $ 0.71.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.24.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Fyodor Litke".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4560.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 5 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.47.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.18.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Ermak".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4559.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 5 900 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.52.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Pilot".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4558.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 500 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.52.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.18.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Important!

1. Please note that the cost of shipping postage stamps to other countries can be many times more expensive than the postage stamp itself, approximately $ 5.5.

2. I see that it is not profitable to purchase one postage stamp if, suddenly, you need to replenish your collection. It is always more profitable to purchase the entire series, and, surplus, to change, or sell.

3. If you decide to buy a postage stamp online, be careful. sometimes sellers use stock images. But this option is unacceptable. You need to see exactly the product that you are buying.

4. If you are afraid that the postage stamp sellers will want to deceive you, you are doing the right thing, do not doubt it.

5. To get started with this hobby, buy a good magnifying glass, tweezers with flat and thin edges and a stockbook for postage stamps, they will come in handy.

6. When buying postage stamps, pay special attention to the back of the postage stamp. The adhesive layer must not be damaged.

7. There is such an expression - How many people, so many opinions, this also applies to sellers of postage stamps. Each of them believes that his postage stamp is in perfect condition, but only you yourself can find the perfect postage stamp for yourself.

8. Sometimes, a small, white scrap of paper with a round stamp on it and a number inscribed in the center circle can be a very valuable postage stamp from the days when postage stamps were not printed.

9. The cost of a postage stamp is determined by supply and demand, but usually in catalogs you can see the estimated cost of a postage stamp in Pounds Sterling.

10. In terms of quality, postage stamps can be divided into three groups: used postage stamps that were pasted on and removed from the envelope, canceled postage stamps that were canceled at the post office, by order and sent for sale, and clean, uncanceled postage stamps. As you can imagine, these three types of postage stamps, their conditions, greatly affect their value.

To be continued.

You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog

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Author @barski
Ukraine

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