Postage Stamp - National icebreaker fleet - Icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov" - USSR 1978 - Michel 4805 - my hobby

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Postage Stamp - National icebreaker fleet - Icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov" - USSR 1978 - Michel 4805 - my hobby.

Greetings friends!

Today, you can see the second postage stamp from Series National icebreaker fleet, issued in 1978 in the USSR, it shows Icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov".

This postage stamp is worth 4 kopecks of the USSR and its circulation is 1,300,000 less than the circulation of the previous postage stamp and amounts to 6,000,000 copies.

Judging by the number of stamps issued, this postage stamp cannot be considered a rare postage stamp, but I doubt that anyone has information about the number of those postage stamps that have survived to this day.

This always leaves a touch of extreme and unknown.

Every philatelist dreams that, one day, a postage stamp in his collection will remain the only one in the world, and then six or more zeros in dollar terms will be added to its face value.

Do you believe in miracles? I believe it lol.

But, in addition to financial interest, postage stamps are interesting because they are carriers of various information.

For example, the icebreaker you see on this postage stamp was launched in Finland by order of the USSR in 1953.

He served for a long time and serves to this day in the port of Mariupol.

Yes, this is the only icebreaker that is in service with Ukraine and it provides cleaning of port waters from ice in the Sea of ​​Azov.

It is a powerful and maneuverable diesel-electric ship with four propellers. Two stern propellers and two bow propellers.

A postage stamp allows you to see the ship as it was at the time of launching, now, having seen this ship, you will not recognize it.

Its sides are painted red, and the deck superstructures are yellow.

This year, in August, the vessel was overhauled and it is ready to clear ice in the Azov Sea and in the Kerch inflow.

Let's take a look at this postage stamp.

Description of the postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Kapitan Belousov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4805.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 6 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.32.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.07 - $ 0.13.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Previous postage stamps from this series 1978:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Vasily Pronchishchev".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4804.
Episode release date: December 20, 1978.
Perforation: comb 11½ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 7 300 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.13 - $ 0.22.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.13.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Previous postage stamps from this series 1977:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Lena".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 16 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4619.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.44 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.20.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Siberia" - Tovarishch Stalin.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 14 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4618.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4 200 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.66 - $ 0.96.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.11 - $ 0.20.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Semyon Dezhnev".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 12 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4617.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Sadko".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4616.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 200 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Georgiy Sedov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4615.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 900 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Aleksandr Sibiryakov".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4614.
Episode release date: July 27, 1977.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 7 500 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.66.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Previous postage stamps from this series 1976:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Krasin".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 20 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4562.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 3 800 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.36.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.2 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Vladimir Ilich".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 16 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4561.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 4 300 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.54 - $ 0.71.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.24.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Fyodor Litke".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4560.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 5 000 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.47.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.18.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Ermak".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4559.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 37 x 52 mm.
Circulation: 5 900 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.52.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Ice-брэкерс, Ships, History.
Series: National icebreaker fleet.
Name: Icebreaker "Pilot".
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4558.
Episode release date: December 22, 1976.
Perforation: frame 12¼ x 12.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6 500 000.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.52.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.18.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

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Important!

  1. Please note that the cost of shipping postage stamps to other countries can be many times more expensive than the postage stamp itself, approximately $ 5.5.

  2. I see that it is not profitable to purchase one postage stamp if, suddenly, you need to replenish your collection. It is always more profitable to purchase the entire series, and, surplus, to change, or sell.

  3. If you decide to buy a postage stamp online, be careful. sometimes sellers use stock images. But this option is unacceptable. You need to see exactly the product that you are buying.

  4. If you are afraid that the postage stamp sellers will want to deceive you, you are doing the right thing, do not doubt it.

  5. To get started with this hobby, buy a good magnifying glass, tweezers with flat and thin edges and a stockbook for postage stamps, they will come in handy.

  6. When buying postage stamps, pay special attention to the back of the postage stamp. The adhesive layer must not be damaged.

  7. There is such an expression - How many people, so many opinions, this also applies to sellers of postage stamps. Each of them believes that his postage stamp is in perfect condition, but only you yourself can find the perfect postage stamp for yourself.

  8. Sometimes, a small, white scrap of paper with a round stamp on it and a number inscribed in the center circle can be a very valuable postage stamp from the days when postage stamps were not printed.

  9. The cost of a postage stamp is determined by supply and demand, but usually in catalogs you can see the estimated cost of a postage stamp in Pounds Sterling.

  10. In terms of quality, postage stamps can be divided into three groups: used postage stamps that were pasted on and removed from the envelope, canceled postage stamps that were canceled at the post office, by order and sent for sale, and clean, uncanceled postage stamps. As you can imagine, these three types of postage stamps, their conditions, greatly affect their value.

To be continued.

You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog

I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.

Author @barski
Ukraine

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