The Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper was instituted by the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) on November 29, 1923, as a central mouthpiece of the People's Commissariat for Military and Maritime Affairs of the USSR (afterwards, the Ministry of Defense of the USSR). The first issue was published on January 1, 1924.
Today, Krasnaya Zvezda is an all-Russian newspaper, a press organ of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (since January 10, 2018). It comes out three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on 12 pages in the D2 format. The print run of the publication is 65,440 copies. The motto of the newspaper is “We guard you, Russia!”
The stamp provides an image of jubilee issues of the newspaper, as well as its awards: the Orders of the Red Star and the Red Banner, the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11½ |
65 × 32,5 mm |
72 thousand stamps |