Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

  The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae, but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia. It is endemic to Kazakhstan.

• Original Name: "Боялычная соня"
• Series: Protected animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985-08-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 5 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5539
• Perforating: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 28 x 40 mm

Pamir shrew

  The Buchara shrew (Sorex buchariensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Tajikistan.

• Original Name: "Бухарская бурозубка"
• Series: Protected animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985-08-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 2 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5537
• Perforating: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 28 x 40 mm

60th Anniversary of "Pionerskaya Pravda" newspaper (USSR postage stamp)

  Pionerskaya Pravda (Пионе́рская Пра́вда) is an all-Russian newspaper. Initially it was an all-Union newspaper of the Soviet Union. Its name may be translated as "Truth for Young Pioneers".

  The newspaper has been founded March 6, 1925 in Moscow. In the 1970s and 1980s its circulation approached 10,000,000 (almost every child in the Soviet Union had a subscription). Its title follows the name of the main Soviet newspaper, Pravda, as did multiple other newspapers. The newspaper continues to exist today, but now it is not associated with Young Pioneers, and the circulation is greatly reduced.

  Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1985.

• Original Name: "Газете Пионерская Правда 60 лет"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985
• Subject: Anniversary
• Estimated cost: 5 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5475

Palace of Captain-generals (1776), Havana

  The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the governors (Captains General) of Havana, Cuba. Located on the eastern side of the Plaza de Armas in Old Havana it is home to the Museum of the City of Havana (Museo de la Ciudad). It houses exhibitions of art and historical artefacts and many of the rooms are preserved with their original Colonial decoration.

• Original Name: "Palacio de los Capitanes Generales"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1985
• Subject: Architecture
• Estimated cost: 30 с. (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 2977

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

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