Image: 1961 CPA 2553
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Description: 600th birth anniversary of the Russian icon-painter Andrei Rublev (ca. 1360 – 1428).Andrei Rublev Decorates a Church with Writing the Icon of Christ the Saviour. The miniature by an unknown artist from the manuscript book The Life of Saint Venerable Sergius of Radonezh by Epiphanius the Wise. (1590–1605). Russian State Library, the Depository of Manuscripts. The picture on the stamp is the flopped image of the original miniature[1]. The stamp of the Soviet Union, 4 kopecks, 13 March 1961, CPA Catalogue No 2553, Michel No 2463, Scott No 2453, Yvert No 2395. Offset printing. Perforation: comb 12½×12. Size of the stamp: 26×37 mm. Print run: 2,500,000.
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