Filateliya

Filateliya
(Filateliya SSSR)

Two USSR illustrated stamped envelopes that marked the 10th anniversary of the Filateliya SSSR magazine, 1976 Two USSR illustrated stamped envelopes that marked the 10th anniversary of the magazine Filateliya SSSR, 1976
Editor	Yevgeni Obukhov
Former editors	Viktor Stepanov (1966–1968) Boris Balashov (1968–1974) Igor Chekhov (1975–1987) Yuly Bekhterev (1987–2005)
Categories	philately
Frequency	monthly
Format	24 cm
Circulation	~100,000 (in 1977); ~44,000 (in 1991); 2200 (in 2010)
Year founded	1966 (1966)
First issue	July 1966 (1966-07)
Company	Ministry of Communications of the USSR (1966–1991) All-Union Society of Philatelists (1966–1989) REDIRECT Template:Interlanguage link This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve this page's edit history after its content was merged into the target page's content. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) nor delete this page. For more information follow the bold category link. For redirects with substantive page histories that did not result from page merges use {{R with history}} instead. (1969–1987) Union of Philatelists of the USSR (1989–1992) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Marka" (1991–present)
Country	USSR (1966–1991), Russia (1992–present)
Based in	Moscow
Language	Russian
Website	www.rusmarka.ru/page01.aspx
ISSN	0860-4478
OCLC number	26365588

Filateliya (Philately) or formerly Filateliya SSSR (Philately of the USSR) is a Russian central philatelic magazine. It first appeared in 1966 as the monthly bulletin Filateliya SSSR and was issued by the USSR Ministry of Communications. The magazine content includes the history and design of postage stamps, and other related themes.

History

The bulletin Filateliya SSSR was published monthly in Moscow since 1966. It was an organ of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the All-Union Society of Philatelists (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов). Its predecessor was the magazine Sovetskii Filatelist (Soviet Philatelist).

The bulletin (later, magazine) included the following information:

• announcements of new postage stamp issues,
• information about research in postal and philatelic history,
• information about thematic collecting,
• news about the activities of the All-Union Society of Philatelists,
• news about the philatelic organisations in other socialist countries,
• a section for junior philatelists.

The magazine repeatedly won awards at international philatelic exhibitions. Its circulation was approximately 100,000 copies (in 1977).

In 1991, the last year of the USSR existence, the magazine was printed with the circulation of about 44,000 copies. Since then, it was published under the new name of Filateliya.

See also

• Boris Balashov
• Kollektsioner
• List of philatelic magazines
• Manfred Dobin
• Soviet Philatelist