2002.07.24    Belarus Sixth Definitive Issue

On July 24, Belarus Post began its new definitive series featuring new self-adhesive flowers and numbered 6th issue with the release of two stamps depicting Flax and Bluebell respectively. The denomination 'B' is equal to the cost of a postal card inside Belarus and 'H' is equal to the cost of a letter of the weight up to 20gms to Russia, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and Turkmenistan. The stamps are available in sheet of 24 and folded booklet.             Date of issue 24 July 2002 Denomination and Design B (75 R). multicoloured. Flax (Linum). H (236 R). multicoloured. Bluebell (Campanula). Designer Alfred Fedin Designer of Booklet Oleg Gaiko Size 23 x 23.5 mm Perforation wave cutting Gum self-adhesive gum Paper coated Printing process offset Sheet composition 24 (12 x 2) stamps Printing run Sheet, 672,000 each value Booklet, 1.000.000 each value Michel catalogue number 454-455

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