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The first stamp of the Russian Empire was a postage stamp issued in 1857 and introduced within the territory of the Russian Empire in 1858. It was an imperforate 10-kopeck stamp depicting the coat of arms of Russia, and printed using typography in brown and blue. == History == In 1851, a head of post rail transportation Alexey Charukovsky was sent abroad to study the experience of using postage stamps. After visiting England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany and gathering a lot of information, he returned to Russia in 1852. However, the Crimean War impeded innovations in the postal area. Only in 1855, Alexey Charukovsky filed the Commander-in-Chief of the Postal Department Count (1791–1884) a project detailing the activities to introduce adhesive stamps in Russia. According to the Charukovsky's plan, Russian postage stamp had to have a circular shape with a perforation around the picture, and it should have portrayed the coat of arms of the Russian Empire printed in few colours. Furthermore, paper grades had to be protected from forgery. The project was approved on 12 November 1856.〔 Meanwhile, on 30 July 1856 essays of the first "stempel" stamps were made under the supervision of the head of typographical department of the Expedition of Storing State Papers (ESSP) (1780–1857). They were of two design types: the coat of arms of the Russian Empire, and the Mercury head. File:Russia essay 1856 10k.jpg|Coat of arms type File:Russia essay Mercury 1856 10k.jpg|Mercury head type The stamps were round in shape. This was because Charukovsky had suggested that a rectangular stamp pasted carelessly on an envelope might catch with its angle on a post box or other letters and peel off. This, in turn, could lead to a return of letters to a sender and required to announce about such incident in newspapers. Each stamp type was printed in four colours: green, blue, black, and carmine. However, these stamps were eventually not approved.〔〔 A new design of the first Russian postage stamp, of rectangular shape, was created by an ESSP's senior engraver Franz (Feodor) Kepler〔 who submitted it for consideration on 21 October 1856.〔 Preparing his stamp sketch, Kepler carefully examined all materials brought by Charukovsky from abroad including the original designs and samples of stamps of different countries. As a prototype for creating the Russian postage stamp, Kepler took a printer's sample stamp made by a Prague firm & Sons that was proposed for the Austrian stamps of rectangular shape.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First stamp of the Russian Empire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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