On November 12, 2012 the post of Republic of Kazakhstan throughout
the series "Memorable and Anniversaries" issued a postage stamp devoted to
the 100 anniversary of the known Kazakh writer and the playwright Zein Shashkin
(1912-1966). The issue is printed in big sheet of 48 values.
Artist: N. Sokolov. Printing - offset in 4
colors. Perforation frame. Size of stamps 33 х 27.5 мм. Edition: 4
millions copies. Printed by State enterprise "Banknote Plant of the Republic
of Kazakhstan".
Z. Shashkin's first
works were published in 1930 on pages of the literary and art magazine. Being
repressed in 1938-1948 the writer was in labor camps in the Far East. The author of stories and novels "Tokash Bokin",
"Temirtau", "Belief", For literary merits Zein Shashkin was
awarded by the Soviet award "Honour Sign".
