Russia USSR postage stamps year 1945 Anniversary of I.I.Mechnikov

Russia USSR postage stamps year 1945 Anniversary of I.I.Mechnikov set MNH

🇷🇺 USSR 1945 – Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (100th Birth Anniversary)

📬 General Information

• 📅 Issue date: 24 November 1945
• 🎉 Occasion: 100th anniversary of birth of Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845–1916)
• 👨‍🔬 Field: Immunology / microbiology (Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1908)
• 🧾 Format: Single commemorative stamp (not a multi-value set)
• 🖨️ Printing: Photogravure
• 🎨 Designer: Ivan Dubasov

📚 Catalog Numbers

• Michel: Mi 991
• Scott: 1012
• Yvert: 999
• Stanley Gibbons: 1143
• Zagorsky: 915

🧾 Stamp Details

• 💵 Face value: 1 ruble
• 🎨 Color: green-black / dark tone
• 🪶 Perforation: line perf. 12½
• 📏 Typical Soviet format (~26 × 37 mm)
• 🖼️ Design:
  • Portrait of Mechnikov
  • Scientific / academic theme

🧠 Historical Context

• Mechnikov was a pioneer of immunology (phagocytosis theory)
• USSR often honored:
  • Scientists
  • Cultural figures
• This issue reflects post-WWII emphasis on science and national pride