125th birth anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Nesterov" class="extiw" title="w:Pyotr Nesterov">Pyotr Nesterov</a>, a Russian pilot, an aircraft technical designer and an aerobatics pioneer. <br>The portrait of Pyotr Nesterov (in the uniform of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabskapit%C3%A4n" class="extiw" title="w:Stabskapitän">Staff Captain</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Air_Service" class="extiw" title="w:Imperial Russian Air Service">Imperial Russian Air Force</a>); the aeroplane <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_G" class="extiw" title="w:Morane-Saulnier G">Morane-Saulnier G</a> which was used by P. Nesterov in his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_ramming" class="extiw" title="w:Aerial ramming">ramming</a>, the first aerial ramming in the history of military aviation. <br>The stamp of Russia, 15 Rubles, 13 February 2012, PTC Marka Catalogue No 1558, Michel No 1790. Coated paper. Offset printing. Perforation: comb 12½:12. Size of the stamp: 42×30 mm. Print run: 480,000.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Post" class="extiw" title="w:Russian Post">Russian Post</a>, Publishing and Trade Centre "Marka" (<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80_%C2%AB%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%C2%BB" class="extiw" title="ru:Издательско-торговый центр «Марка»">ИТЦ «Марка»</a>). The design of the stamp by R. Komsa. Scanned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dmitry_Ivanov" title="User:Dmitry Ivanov">Dmitry Ivanov</a>.
From a personal collection.