First Polar Flight USSR-USA 

First Polar Flight USSR-USA
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First Polar Flight USSR-USA

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3172325
Area
Stamps
Title
First Polar Flight USSR-USA
Face value
Country / area
Soviet Union
Year
1938
Month
04
Day
10
Issue group
1938 Eerste Poolvlucht USSR-VS
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Airmail
Type
Set
Theme / topic
Airplanes, Expeditions, Flags, Globe, Historical events
Geographical theme
Arctic, United States of America
Persons theme
Bajdukov, Georgij (1907-1994), Beljakov, Alexander (1897-1982), Chkalov, Valery (1904-1938)
Item subject
Bemanning van de vlucht van Moskou naar Portland (Oregon) van 18 t/m 20 juni 1937. Co-piloot Baidoekov, vluchtkapitein Chkalov en navigator Beljakov.
Michel number
595#598
Yvert number
628#631
Scott number
636#639
Stanley Gibbons number
780#783
Zagorsky number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Line perforation 12½
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Collotype
Paper
Gum
Print run
1.000.000
Dimensions / diameter
Details