"The boxes and hockey to me, - on what the hell: In the long term - jaws or crutches! And track and field athletics - the queen of sports: From it are born only the kings". Vladimir Vysotsky
"Queen of sports".
On August 10, 2013 the Russian post plans to issue a postage
value dated for opening of the XIV World Cup in track and field athletics in
Moscow. On stamp is presented a logo of competitions and the stylized image of
athletes at a finishing ribbon.
The issue is printed in mini sheet of 15 values with decorating margins. Design: C
Ulianovsky. Size of stamps: 42 x 30 mm. Edition: 360 000 copies (24 000
sheetlets).
The track and field athletics World Cup will take place in
Moscow from August 10 to August 18, 2013. The competitions on which will be played 47 sets of
medals will take place on the Luzhniki arena. In competitions
will take part the athletes from 201 countries.
