National crafts - Bast

Russia Post released a Joint stamp Issue of the RCC Member Countries featuring  National crafts - Bast on 24th January 2017. The stamp depicts the straw shoes on the wooden fence and the emblem of the RCC.

Straw shoes are one of the most important symbols of the traditional national way of life of Russian peasants. It is low footwear that was actively used in rural areas up to 1930s. They were made of wooden bast (linden, elm and others), birch bark or hemp. The soil was braided in twig, bast, rope or leather. The straw shoes were affixed to the leg with long strings, leather povoroz or obor, which intersected several times at the ankle, thus fixing the onucha. Such footwear was cheap, affordable, light and hygienic.

APEX 2017

A special cover to mark the 80th Anniversary of Gandhiji's Last visit to Travancore was released  on 26th May 2017 during APEX 2017 held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

Shipbuilding - Estonia

Eesti post released as set of 4 stamp on 30th March 2017 depicting shipbuilding in Estonia.

Shipbuilding is an industry that deals with the production and repair of watercrafts in shipyards. The biggest Estonian company in the field is BLRT Group followed by many companies that mainly build small ships - Baltic Workboats, Saare Yachts and Reval Shipbuilding. PATROL 4500 WP is a 45 meter multifunctional wave-piercing Patrol vessel. AC600PVDB is a fish feeding barge with an increased seaworthiness and a deep V-shaped hull. SAARE 46 is a luxurious and fast yacht with a length of 46 feet. KOIDULA is a unique ship that is designed for very shallow waters - the draught in full load is only 1.0 m with a maximum load of 40 t.

Yevgeny Zababakhin

Russia Post released a stamp on 16th January 2017 to celebrate 100th birth anniversary of Yevgeny Zababakhin (1917–1984), a nuclear physicist depicting himself against a chart from his book Some Issues of Gas Dynamics of an Explosion.

Shri Hanagal Kumaraswamiji

India Post as part of 150th birth anniversary celebration of Shri Hangal Kumara Swamiji, released a commemorative stamp on 19th May 2017 at HDMC Samskritika Bhavana, New Cotton Market in Hubballi. It was released by the Union Minister of State for Communications Shri.Manoj Sinha.

Uniform Jackets of Russian Diplomatic Service

Russia Post released a set of 4 stamp on Uniform Jackets of Russian Diplomatic Service on 20th December 2016.

The stamps depict Uniforms of the following:

A privy counselor and a chancellor. The MFA of the Russian Empire (1834)

A state counselor and a collegiate registrar. The MFA of the Russian Empire (1904)

An Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR and an attaché of the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1945)

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (2001).

Champaran Satyagraha Centenary

A set of 3 stamp and a miniature sheet was released on 13th May 2017 on the centenary of Champaran Satyagraha.

Biddatanda Hockey Namme -2017

A special cover on Biddatanda Hockey Namme -2017 (21st Kodava Hockey Namme) was released on 12th May 2017 at Madikeri.

The Biddatanda Family, a pre-eminent clan of Kodavas is based at Napoklu (Nalnad) from time immemorial. It is said that the Biddatanda Chieftains ruled parts of Kodagu at a time now lost to recorded history. The Biddatanda clan now numbers just over 120 persons. Some of its members have held and several continue to hold prominent offices in various Government services and public fields. The family aspires to guide the 20 year old tradition of the Kodava Hockey Festival into its 21st year with dignity, pride and uniting all Kodava families in a single arena, playing and celebrating Hockey from 17th April 2017 to 14t h May 2017 at Napoklu. The special cover is released to commemorate the 21 st Hockey Namme( Festival) in Kodagu.

Cover Code: KTK/50/2017

Courtesy: Suresh Rao, Bengaluru.

Allahabad High Court

A special cover was released to celebrate the closing ceremony of the sesquicentennial celebrations of High Court, Allahabad on 2nd April 2017.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

International Nuremberg Military Tribunals

Russia Post issued a souvenir sheet on the 70th Anniversary of the International Nuremberg Military Tribunals on 14th December 2016.

The Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and France entered into an agreement on trying main war criminals at the London Conference on August 8, 1945.

The postage stamp depicts a judgment hall where the Nuremberg trials took place and in the margins  a portrait of Iona Nikitchenko, a USSR Member of the Tribunal, and Roman Rudenko, USSR Chief Prosecutor, as well as a court house and the document of the proceedings is seen.

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College

A special cover was released on 4th March 2017 to comemmorate Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Football Legends (2)

Russia Post released a set of 7 stamps on 9th December 2016 featuring Football Legends of Russia like Anatoly Andreyevich Banishevsky, Valery Ivanovich Voronin, Anatoly Mikhailovich Ilyin, Evgeny Vasilyevich Rudakov, Pavel Fyodorovich Sadyrin, Igor Leonidovich Chislenko and Albert Alekseyevich Shesternev.

All India Postal Bandminton Tournament.

A special cover was released on 28th December 2016 on the ocassion of All India Postal Bandminton Tournament at Ranchi.

Courtesy: Sreejesh Krishnan, Thiruvananthapuram.

The first Eurasian nuclear reactor F-1

Russia Post released a stamp on The first Eurasian nuclear reactor F-1 on 8th December 2017.

The construction of the F-1 reactor was one of the key achievements of the Soviet atomic project and laid foundation for national nuclear industry. Fundamental research in  fields such as nuclear physics, materials science, reactor engineering, radiation safety and neutron emission metrology were carried out at the F-1 reactor. The F-1 reactor is a monument of science and engineering.

Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee

A special cover was released on Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee at Silchar on 9th May 2017.

Outstanding Russian lawyers

Russia Post released a set of 3 stamps on 2nd December 2016 depicting outstanding Russian Lawyers like Gabriel Feliksovich Shershenevich, Konstantin Ivanovich Polenta and Vladimir Alexandrovich Tumanov.