500th birth anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgione" class="extiw" title="w:Giorgione">Giorgione</a> (circa 1477–1510), an Italian painter, a representative of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_school_(art)" class="extiw" title="w:Venetian school (art)">Venetian school of art</a>.<br>The souvenir sheet of the Soviet Union, 1 stamp×50 kopecks , 15 July 1977, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_stamp_catalogue" class="extiw" title="w:Soviet Union stamp catalogue">CPA Catalogue</a> No 4717, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_catalog" class="extiw" title="w:Michel catalog">Michel</a> No 4613, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_catalogue" class="extiw" title="w:Scott catalogue">Scott</a> No 4578. Coated paper. Offset printing, varnish coating. Perforation: frame 12×12½. The size of the souvenir sheet: 74×105 mm. The size of the stamp: 37×52 mm. Print run: 1,460,000.<br>The stamp: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_(Giorgione)" class="extiw" title="w:Judith (Giorgione)"><i>Judith</i> by Giorgione</a> (fragment). Circa 1504.<br>The text on the margins of the souvenir sheet: “500th birth anniversary of Giogione. 1477–1510. Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco) was an Italian painter, one of founders of the art of the High Renaissance.”
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(Soviet_Union)" class="extiw" title="w:Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Communications of the USSR</a>. The photograph by A. Ryazantsev. The design of the stamp by German Komlev.<br>Scanned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dmitry_Ivanov" title="User:Dmitry Ivanov">Dmitry Ivanov</a>.</div>
15 July 1977<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1977-07-15T00:00:00Z/11</div>
From a personal collection.