On September 28, 2023 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 3 stamps of the series “Legends of Belarusian sport”.
Design: Yelena Medved. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: comb 13:131/2. Stamps size: 52х29,6 mm. The stamps were printed in 2 stamp sheets. One of which contains 6 (2х3) stamps, sheet size 135х109 mm, print quantity: 30.000 stamps; another contains 7 stamps and one coupon, sheet size 182х111 mm, print quantity: 21.000 stamps. Face value of each stamp: N. Total print quantity: 51.000 stamps each.
Printer: Republican Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A.T. Nepogodin”.
Three-times Olympic champion Aleksandr Medved (Freestyle wrestling). Catalog number: 1524
Elements of protection
Olympic champion Antonina Koshel (Artistic gymnastics). Catalog number: 1525
Elements of protection
Olympic champion Romuald Klim (Athletics, hammer throw). Catalog number: 1526
Elements of protection
A sheetlet is also issued. Sheetlet composition: 6 (2 sets) stamps. Sheetlet size: 135х109 mm. Print quantity: 7.000 sheetlets.
Legends of Belarusian sport (1524, 1525, 1526). Catalog number: 10001524
Face value N is equal to the surface tariff of a postcard abroad.
The project was prepared based on materials from the personal collections of Aleksei Aleksandrovich Medved, Antonina Koshel, as well as with the assistance of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus.
Colour of the postmark – black.
Special postmark and FDC designed by Ye. Medved.
A special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the Main Post Office of Minsk on the stamps issuing day.