Cyclamen persicum (Polish postage stamp)

  Cyclamen persicum, the Persian cyclamen, is a species of flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuber, native to rocky hillsides, shrubland, and woodland up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, from south-central Turkey to Israel and Jordan. It also grows in Algeria and Tunisia and on the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Crete, where it may have been introduced by monks. Cultivars of this species are the commonly seen florist's cyclamen.

• Original Name: "Cyklamen Perski"
• Artist: A. Balcerzak
• Country: Poland
• Year: 1964-11-30
• Subject: Flowers
• Estimated cost: 20 gr. (at the rate of exchange 1964)
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1541

Lenin`s Mausoleum (Republic of Cuba)

  Lenin's Mausoleum (Russian: Мавзоле́й Ле́нина), also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated in Red Square in the center of Moscow, is the mausoleum that serves as the current resting place of Vladimir Lenin. His embalmed body has been on public display there since shortly after his death in 1924 (with rare exceptions in wartime). Aleksey Shchusev's diminutive but monumental granite structure incorporates some elements from ancient mausoleums, such as the Step Pyramid and the Tomb of Cyrus the Great.

  Postage stamps was printed in Cuba in 1985.

• Original Name: "Mausoleo de Lenin"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1985
• Subject: Anniversary
• Estimated cost: 30 с. (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 2940

Set in block "Birds" (Republic of Burundi) Part.2

1. The woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. The woodchat breeds in southern Europe, the Middle East and northwest Africa, and winters in tropical Africa.
2. The common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), formerly rufous-tailed rock thrush or rock thrush, is a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae.
3. The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. 
4. The ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) is a European member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes.

• Country: Republic of Burundi
• Year: 1971
• Subject: Animals
• Estimated cost: 30 F (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: BI 690-701

Johann Bach (USSR Postage stamp)

  Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

• Original Name: "И. Бах"
• Artist: V. Karasev
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985
• Subject: Person
• Estimated cost: 50 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue: 5608 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
• Impression: 1.1m

Arctic and Antarctic Research (USSR postage stamp)

  The Taymyr was an icebreaking steamer of 1200 tons built for the Russian Imperial Navy at St. Petersburg in 1909. It was named after the Taymyr Peninsula.

  Taymyr and her sister ship Vaygach were built for the purpose of thoroughly exploring the uncharted areas of the Northern Sea Route. This venture became known as the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition.

• Original Name: "Исследование Арктики и Антарктики"
• Artist: Y. Ryahovsky
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1965
• Subject: Transport
• Estimated cost: 4 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1965)
• Number of catalogue: 3267, 3268 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)

Knight on bay horse, Piotr Michalowski (1801-1855)

  Piotr Michałowski (July 2, 1800 – June 9, 1855) was a Polish painter of the Romantic period, especially known for his many portraits, and oil studies of horses. Broadly educated, he was also a social activist, legal advocate, city administrator and President of the Kraków Agricultural Society (since 1853).[1] The Sukiennice Museum, a division of the National Museum in Kraków, contains a room named after him and devoted to Michałowski's work.

  Postage stamp was printed in Poland in 1968.

• Country: Poland
• Year: 1968-10-01
• Subject: Persons, Art
• Estimated cost: 40 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1968)
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1864

Set in block "Birds" (Republic of Burundi) Part.1

1. The hoopoe (Upupa epops, "hudhud") is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers.
2. The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.
3. The great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) is a Eurasian passerine in the genus Acrocephalus.
4. The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

• Country: Republic of Burundi
• Year: 1971
• Subject: Animals
• Estimated cost: 30 F (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: BI 690-701

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.4

1. Aphyosemion bivittatum (twostripe lyretail, two-banded killi, red lyretail) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the Nothobranchiidae family. It is found in rivers in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
2. The golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus (also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally and king trevally), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from South Africa in the west to Central America in the east, extending to Japan in the north and Australia in the south.

• Country: Republic of Guinea
• Year: 1971.04.01
• Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
• Estimated cost: 40, 100 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: GN 577A, 581A
• Perf: comb 13 1/4

Astonomer, Jan Hevelius (1611-1687) (Polish postage stamp)

  Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Jan Heweliusz; 28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687) was a councillor and mayor of Danzig (Gdańsk), then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. As an astronomer he gained a reputation as "the founder of lunar topography" and described ten new constellations, seven of which are still recognized by astronomers.

Postage stamps was printed in Poland in 1987.

• Country: Poland. Artist: J. Brodowsky
• Year: 1987-09-15
• Subject: Persons
• Estimated cost: 15 zl. (at the rate of exchange 1987)
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 3116
• Impression: 6.48m

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.3

1. The African jewelfish (Hemichromis bimaculatus), also known as jewel cichlid or jewelfish, is from the family cichlidae.
2. The Redbelly tilapia, Tilapia zillii, Tilapia melanopleura is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found widely in numerous African and Eurasian countries, both as aquarium fish and food fish.
3. Hemichromis fasciatus, also called the banded jewelfish and five-spot cichlid, is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is distributed throughout West Africa. It can also be found in the Nile Basin, Lake Chad, and the upper Zambezi.

• Country: Republic of Guinea
• Year: 1971.04.01
• Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
• Estimated cost: 25, 200, 45 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: GN 575A, 582A, 578A
• Perf: comb 13 1/4

Otto Schmidt (USSR postage stamp)

  Otto Yulyevich Schmidt (Russian: Отто Юльевич Шмидт; September 30 [O.S. September 18] 1891 — September 7, 1956) was a Soviet scientist, mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, statesman, academician, Hero of the USSR (27 June 1937), and member of the Communist Party.

• Original Name: "Академик О. Ю. Шмидт 1891 - 1956"
• Artist: N. Akimushkin
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1966
• Subject: Persons
• Estimated cost: 4 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1966)
• Number of catalogue: 3346 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
• Impression: 3m

Russian Imperial Eagle (Russia postage stamp)

  The coat of arms of the Russian Empire. Postage stamps were printed in Russia during 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Country: Russian Empire
• Year: 1909
• Subject: Regular
• Estimated cost: 50 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1908)
• Number of catalogue: RU75 (Michel), 92 (The catalogue of the postage stamps of Russia, V. Lyapin, 2008, ISBN 978-5-91563-007-8)

117th Birth Anniversary of Lenin (USSR postage stamp)

• Original Name: "В.И. Ленин. 1870 - 1924"
• Artist: I. Martynov
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1987
• Subject: Persons
• Estimated cost: 50 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1987)
• Number of catalogue: 5825 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0). Souvenire sheet (price on ebay - US $4 approximately)
• Impression: 3.9m

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.2

1. The Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) is a species of fish in the African tetra family. It is found in the central Congo River Basin in Africa.
2. The redtail notho (Nothobranchius guentheri) is a species of fish in the Aplocheilidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers and intermittent freshwater marshes.
3. Kribensis refers to a number of West African fish of the genus Pelvicachromis, most commonly Pelvicachromis pulcher, Pelvicachromis subocellatus and Pelvicachromis taeniatus.

• Country: Republic of Guinea
• Year: 1971.04.01
• Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
• Estimated cost: 5, 50, 30 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: GN 571A, 579A, 576A
• Perf: comb 13 1/4

V.I. Lenin (USSR postage stamp)

  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as head of government of the Russian Republic from 1917 to 1918, of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918 to 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his political theories are known as Leninism.

  Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1966.

• Original Name: "В.И. Ленин"
• Artist: S. Pomansky
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1966
• Subject: Persons
• Estimated cost: 10 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1966)
• Number of catalogue: 3336 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
• Impression: 3m

The establishment of USSR 50th Anniversary

  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991. Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1972. The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR officially created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

  The Treaty along with the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR was approved on December 29, 1922 by a conference of delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Byelorussian SSR.

The inscription at the bottom of the postage stamp: "Да здравствует братская дружба и нерушимое единство народов СССР!" (Long live the fraternal friendship and unshakable unity of the peoples of the USSR!).

• Original Name: "50 лет декларации и договора об образовании СССР"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1972, 28 oct
• Subject: Anniversary
• Estimated cost: 4 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1972)
• Number of catalogue: 4018-4022 (A1913) (Scott standart postage stamp catalogue, Vol.5, 2012)

The German Democratic Republic 35th Anniversary

  East Germany, formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR, was a state in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period. The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone, while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones. The East was often described as a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1984.

• Original Name: "35-летие ГДР"
• Artist: Y. Arcimenev
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1984
• Subject: Anniversary
• Estimated cost: 5 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1984)
• Number of catalogue: 5563 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
• Impression: 3.5m

Set of postage stamps "The International Competitions" Part.1

  The Friendship Games, or Friendship-84 (Russian: Дружба-84, Druzhba-84), was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Postage stamps were printed in USSR in 1984.

• Original Name: "Спортивные соревнования"
• Artist: I. Sushenko
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1984
• Subject: Sport
• Estimated cost: 15, 1, 20 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1984)
• Number of catalogue: 5545, 5542, 5546 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)
• Impression: 3.5m

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.1

1. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.
2. The six-banded distichodus or sixbar distichodus (Distichodus sexfasciatus) is a species of fish in the Distichodontidae family.
3. Golden Pheasant, Blue Gularis or Aphyosemion sjoestedti.

Postage stamps were printed in Republic of Guinea in 1971.

• Country: Republic of Guinea
• Year: 1971.04.01
• Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
• Estimated cost: 10, 20, 75 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
• Number of catalogue Michel: GN 572A, 574A, 580A
• Perf: comb 13 1/4

Postage stamp "Horse tram" (Republic of Cuba)

  Tropical plantations (for products such as henequen and bananas) made extensive use of animal-powered trams for both passengers and freight, often employing the Decauville narrow-gauge portable track system. In some cases these systems were very extensive and evolved into interurban tram networks (as in the Yucatan, which sported over 3,000 kilometers of such lines).

• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1981. 06. 25
• Subject: Transport
• Estimated cost: 1 cen. (at the rate of exchange 1981)
• Number of catalogue Michele: CU 2569
• Impression: 445k

Winter Olympic postage stamps (USSR)

  The 1960 Winter Olympics was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18–28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. Postage stamps were printed on special custom-made paper in USSR in 1960.

• Original Name: "Зимняя олимпиада в Скво-Вэлли"
• Artist: R. Zhitkov
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1960
• Subject: Sport
• Estimated cost: 40, 25 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1960)
• Number of catalogue: 2397, 2398 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.4 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-238-1)
• Impression: 2.5m