Russia postage stamps year 1966 Fauna – Fishes of Lake Baikal MNH set
🇷🇺 1966 USSR – Fish Resources of Lake Baikal (Postage Stamps Set)
📅 Issue Date: September 25, 1966
📬 Theme: Fauna – fish and fishing around Lake Baikal
📦 Format: 5-stamp set
📊 Catalog Listings:
- Scott: #3240–3244
- Michel: #3264–3268
- Yvert: #3141–3145
- Stanley Gibbons: similar consecutive numbers
📈 Design: Multicolored, featuring typical fish species and fishing scenes related to Lake Baikal.
📑 Technique: Photogravure with steel engraving; perforation comb 11½.
💡 Values and subjects in the set: - 2 k – Grayling of Lake Baikal
- 4 k – The Baikal sturgeon
- 6 k – Fishing on Lake Baikal (boat)
- 10 k – Baikal omul (fish)
- 12 k – Baikal whitefish
📌 Collecting Notes:
- This is a thematic set centered on fauna and fishing rather than a single stamp.
- The subjects combine fish species from Lake Baikal and small fishing craft scenes.
- Many catalogues list them as a single group because they were released together as a set.
