Friday, February 6, 2015

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