SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

International Geophysical Year.
Map of the Antarctica, Polar Station and King Penguin.
Second stamp in a sef of 3. issued 18.08.1959.
Face value: 40 Soviet kopeks.
Design: I. Levin.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,500,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 42 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2260.
- Scott No. 2234.
- StampWorld No. 2049.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2373.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2216.
- Zagorski No. 2269.

On December 1, 1959, the twelve countries that had carried out scientific activities in and around Antarctica during the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year signed the Antarctic Treaty in Washington. The Treaty entered into force on June 23, 1961, and has been accepted by many other nations. The Treaty recognizes, among other things, the interest of all humankind that Antarctica continue to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord. The signatory countries were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Thanks to Vairo Gregori for his contribution (https://ternifil.org/).