Samples of Olympic brands are approved

The Federal Communications Agency approved samples of four postal stamps, which will be released as part of the Olympic Philatelic Program.

According to the official website of the department , brands are devoted to the theme “XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Tourism on the Black Sea coast of Russia. " They will depict the ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana, the building of the sea station in the city of Sochi, the Volkonsky dolmen in Lazarevsky forestry and the observation tower on the Mount Big Akhun.

The relevant agreement was concluded by the Federal Communications Agency and the ANO “Sochi 2014 Torskomite” in January 2010. From this year to the opening of games in Sochi, 45 plots of postage stamps and mail blocks, 41 art marked envelope, as well as 15 marked mail cards should be released.

Samples of Olympic brands. Photo: Federal Communications Agency