70th Anniversary of the First Wave of Mass, Forced Deportations from Bessarabia

INTRODUCTION

On 12 June 2011, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a postage stamp with the title 70th Anniversary of the First Wave of Mass, Forced Deportations from Bessarabia. The issue comprises one stamp, with an associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Vitaliu Pogolşa. The printing was performed by Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău.

ABOUT THE THEME

On June 12–13, 1941, 29,839 members of families of 'counter-revolutionaries and nationalists' from the Moldavian SSR, and from the Chernivtsi and Izmail oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR were deported to Kazakhstan, the Komi ASSR, the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the Omsk and Novosibirsk oblasts. Read more..

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ISSUE DETAILS

Original Date of Issue: June 12, 2011 Michel Catalogue Number: 755 Artist/Designer: Vitaliu Pogolşa Printer: Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău You can see the full details of this series here.

POSTAGE STAMPS
№ 755 | Railway Tracks and Candles	Railway Tracks and Candles Michel Catalogue No: 755 Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14 Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm Face Value: 1.2 Lei Quantity Printed: 100,000

FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)

№ 755 FDC | Victims of the Holocaust

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