122 APRIL 2016 w ww.stampandcoin.co.uk048 Winter Sports Champions of the USSR,
five values in a miniature sheet
Issue date: November 15, 2013; Design: O
Ivanova; Printer: Goznak, offset; Perforations:
11.6 x 11.6
Miniature sheet – contains
15r – Yevgeniy Greishin, 1931-2005,
speed skater (500m and 1,500m
Olympic champion, in 1960)
15r – Lyudmila A Pakhomova, 1946-1986,
ice dancer (European and world
champion in 1970 with Alexander G
Gorshkov)
15r – Vladimir M Melanin, 1933-1994,
biathlete (Olympic 20km
champion, in 1964)
15r – Alexander P Ragulin, 1941-2004,
ice-hockey defensemen
(took part in Olympics of 1972)
15r – Anatoly V Firsov, 1941-2000,
ice-hockey defenceman
Stamp designs are portraits; sheet border
depicts action scenes049 New Year. Mascots of Winter Olympic
and Paralympic Games 2014, four values
self-adhesive in a sheetlet of eight
Issue date: November 29, 2013; Design:
M Rastorgueva; Printer: Goznak, offset;
Perforations: die-cut 11 x 11
Sheetlet: contains
20r x two copies – Leopard mascot
20r x two copies – Hare mascot
20r x two copies – Polar Bear
20r x two copies – Ray of Light and Snowflake
(the two mascots of the Paralympic Games)050 Venues of the XXII Winter Olympic and
XI Paralympic Games, Sochi, six values in
a sheetlet
Issue date: November 30, 2013; Design: S
Ulyanov; Printer: Goznak, offset; Perforations:
11.75 x 11.75
Sheetlet (2 x 3): contains
20r – Fisht stadium (main Olympic
stadium, named after Mount
Fisht, site of opening and closing
ceremonies, in the Olympic Park
20r – Laura complex (and cross-country
skiers), on Psekhako ridge near
village of Krasnaya Polyana
20r – Russian Hills complex (with ski-
jumps and cross-country skiing
courses), on northern
slopes of Aibka
20r – Bolshoi Ice Dome
(venue for ice hockey)
20r – Iceberg Skating Palace
(venue for figure skating and
short-track speed skating)20r – Puck (Shayba) ice arena
Border: depicts snowy mountains051 Russian Jurists, second issue, two
values
Issue date: December 3, 2013;
Design: R Komsa; Printer: Goznak, offset;
Perforations: 11.25 x 11.25
15r – Alexsandr Nikolayevich Radischev,
1749-1802, lawyer, legal theorist,
political revolutionary writer
15r – Fëdor Nikiforovich Plevako, 1842-
1909, advocate (barrister), orator,
legal theorist
Notes: the above two values were each printed
in sheetlets of eight stamps plus a label052 Cars, two values
Issue date: December 6, 2013;
Design: Sergei Ulyanov; Printer: Goznak, offset;
Perforations: 11.25 x 11.25
Sheetlet: 15r x eight copies, plus label – ZIL
111V limousine, only twelve made, and
Moscow skyline
Sheetlet: 15r x eight copies, plus label:
Sunbeam Alpine (1953-55), and
Mediterranean coastal scene
Notes: joint issue with Monaco. The ZIL
limousine was used to take Yuri Gagarin to the
Kremlin after his space flight. The Sunbeam
Alpine appeared in the Grace Kelly film ‘To
Catch A Thief’SAINT HELENA
(previously listed in September 2015 issue)053 Paintings of Main Street, Jamestown,
four values in a se-tenant strip
Issue date: May 21, 2015; Printer: BDT, offset;
Perforations: 13.2 x 13.2
50p;40p;80p;60p – Composite view of
buildings along Main Street, mountain behind
Notes: buildings and artist(s) have not been
identified by St Helena Post Office. The stamps
in the strip are in value-order quoted; 50p and
80p values are smaller format (19½mm width)
than the 40p and 60p054 Christmas 2015. Santa Claus, five values
Issue date: November 21, 2015; Design:
Andrew Robinson; Printer: BDT, offset;
Perforations: 13.9 x 14.1
25p – Santa in his sleigh and full moon
40p – Santa outside a house, in snow
50p – Santa with sack beside a
Christmas tree
60p – Santa on a rooftop,
under crescent moon
£1 – Santa with his Chistmas pudding055 St Helena Airport Construction Project,
part two, four values and a miniature sheet
Issue date: January 1, 2016; Design: Andrew
Robinson; Printer: BDT, offset; Perforations:
14 x 14
25p – Students burying a time capsule
40p – Final rock blast
50p – Permanent wharf
constructed at Ruperts
60p – Control Tower under construction
Miniature sheet £2 – the completed runway
(aerial view, composite with sheet border)
All designs include a jet aircraft silhouetteSOUTH AFRICA
(previously listed in June 2015 issue)056 4th UNI World Indaba 2014, Cape
Town, December 7 to 10, 2014,
one value in a miniature sheet
Issue date: December 5, 2014
Design: Anande Nöthling; Printer: Cartor, offset;
Perforations: 13 x 13.15
Miniature sheet B5 (5.95r) – UNI (International
body of Labour Unions) Congress emblem057 Centenary of the South African
Aviation Corps (SAAC), five self-adhesive
values in a sheetlet
Issue date: February 2, 2015; Design: Lize-
Marie Dreyer; Printer: Southern Colour Print,
offset; Perforations: die-cut 12.3 x 12.3; Non-
denominated, inscribed ‘AIRMAIL POSTCARD’
Self-adhesive sheetlet - contains- (6.05r) – SAAC pilot’s wings (badge
- (6.05r) – SAAC shoulder title
- (6.05r) – Henry Farman bi-plane
- (6.05r) – 1914-1915 Star (medal)
- (6.05r) – SAAC tunic detail with wings,
buttons and pocket
Border depicts a uniform belt
Notes: stamps, which are not of uniform size,
are separately spaced within the sheetlet,
separated by 5mm rouletted gutters
058 8th World Congress of Nephrology
(WCN 2015), Cape Town. Aspects of
Healthy Living (action against chronic
kidney disease), five self-adhesive values
Issue date: April 2, 2015; Design: Marli
Joubert; Printer: Cartor, offset; Perforations:
die-cut 15.5 (approx). Non-denominated,
stamps for ‘international small letter’
Self-adhesive sheetlet: contains- (7r) – Visit Your Doctor: woman carrying baby
- (7r) – Exercise: man (with water bottle and
apple) pulling weights - (7r) – Healthy Diet: woman with shopping
bag of fresh foods and bread
New stamps
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