12 Jun 2011

70th Anniversary of the First Wave of Mass, Forced Deportations from Bessarabia


INTRODUCTION

On 12 June 2011, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a postage stamp with the title 70th Anniversary of the First Wave of Mass, Forced Deportations from Bessarabia. The issue comprises one stamp, with an associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Vitaliu Pogolşa. The printing was performed by Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău.

ABOUT THE THEME

On June 12–13, 1941, 29,839 members of families of 'counter-revolutionaries and nationalists' from the Moldavian SSR, and from the Chernivtsi and Izmail oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR were deported to Kazakhstan, the Komi ASSR, the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the Omsk and Novosibirsk oblasts. Read more..
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ISSUE DETAILS


POSTAGE STAMPS


Railway Tracks and Candles
№ 755 | Railway Tracks and Candles

Railway Tracks and Candles

  • Michel Catalogue No: 755
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14
  • Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1.2 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 100,000

FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)


Cachet: Victims of the Holocaust
№ 755 FDC | Victims of the Holocaust

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