2001.03.29        Belarus Fourth Definitive Series.

Further to two new definitives on March 19, Belarus Post added two more self adhesive definitives to its fourth definitive series on March 29. What's more special of these two stamps are their defending features: the 100R BelEXPO stamp has microtext repeated word "BELARUS", and the 200R has microtext repeated words "RATUSHAVITEBSKXVIIIST", and both the two stamps have a protective inscriptions in three lines: "ÁÅËÀÐÓÑÜ - 2000 - BELARUS", which is possible to see in rays of UV-Testlamp.
 
 
 
Date of Issue March 29
Design and Denomination 100 (R) crimson, black. 
BelEXPO		 200 (R) green, black. 
Vitebsk, building 18th century.
Designer V.Staschenyuk O. Gajko
Printing process offset
Perforation Roulette
Paper coated
Gum self-adhesive
Size of a stamp 26.5 x 18.5 mm 18.5 x 26.5 mm
Sheet composition 24 (3 x 8) 24 (8 x 3)
Size of a sheet 104 x 164 mm 164 x 104 mm
Printing run 1.000.008 1.000.008
Defending Feature microtext repeated word "BELARUS",
inscriptions in three lines: "ÁÅËÀÐÓÑÜ - 2000 - BELARUS"		 microtext repeated words "RATUSHAVITEBSKXVIIIST",
inscriptions in three lines: "ÁÅËÀÐÓÑÜ - 2000 - BELARUS"

 
Original information and image from Former Soviet Union New Issues