Newsletter # 33 (734) September 1, 2017
On September 12, 2017 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue the postage stamp “Joint issue of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of India. 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations”.
Design: Tatyana Kuznetsova. Printing: offset. Colour: full colour. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforation: comb 12. Size of the stamp: 40x28 mm. Sheet composition: 6 (3x2) stamps & 1 coupon. Size of the sheet: 132x105 mm. While printing the stamp they used the technology of relief stamping, selective glossy varnishing and thermal stamping by metalized foil of red colour, which is also used on the coupon. Print quantity: 60.000 stamps.
The stamps were printed at the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A. T. Nepogodin”.
The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of India were established on April 17, 1992.
India is one of the important foreign policy partners of Belarus. In recent years trade and economic cooperation between the two countries has been intensively developing.
The cooperation between Belarus and India in the fields of energy, engineering, information technology, the pharmaceutical and food industries looks promising. A sufficiently high level of development of Belarusian-Indian ties is observed in the scientific, technical, cultural and law-enforcement spheres, as well as in the sphere of education.
The project was prepared in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of India.
Face value H is equal to the surface tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad.
No. 1212 ![]() Joint issue of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of India. Н Element of protection (red glow in UV rays) |
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Colour of the postmark — red. Special postmarks and FDC designed by T.Kuznetsova |
Special cancellations on FDC will be carried out at the post office No.1 of Minsk (shop “Philately”, 16 Moskovskaya street) and in New Delhi (India) on the stamp issuing day.