60 groszy1967 - Cruiser Aurora


60 groszy1967 - Cruiser Aurora
Added by Maciej Pasztor
General Description : Aurora:
One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora.
The 1917 a revolutionary committee was created on the ship, with Aleksandr Belyshev elected as captain. Most of the crew joined the Bolsheviks, who were preparing for a Communist revolution.
At 9.45 p.m on 25 October 1917 (O.S.) a blank shot from her forecastle gun signaled the start of the assault on the Winter Palace, which was to be the beginning of the October Revolution.
Face value 60 groszy
Catalog code (Michel) 1793
Catalog code (Scott) 1532
Catalog code Polish Stamps Catalog 1644
Series Russian Revolution, 50th anniv.
Place in series 1
Stamp colour Multicolored
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 5,425,380
Issue date 09/10/1967
Designer Krystyna Tarkowska-Gruszecka
Paper type White, middel, chalky
Print technique Offset
Printed by PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych)
Perforation 11 (comb)
Height 22.00 mm
Width 48.50 mm
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