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On November 5, 2019 the State Committee of Information Technology and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic puts into circulation a Kyrgyz Express Post postage stamp: “Turdakun Usubaliev, 100th birth anniversary”.

In 2019, Kyrgyzstan celebrates the 100th birth anniversary of Turdakun Usubaliev (1919 - 2015), a distinguished Kyrgyz public and political figure. Turdakun Usubaliev was born on November 6, 1919, in the village of Tendik in the Kochkor District of the Naryn Region. He received his higher education at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute and began his career path as a teacher. For almost 25 years, Turdakun Usubaliev was the First Secretary of the Kyrgyzstan Communist Party Central Committee, leading the process of economic and socio-political development of the Kyrgyz Soviet Republic. It was during this period that the Kyrgyz Soviet Republic developed from being a backward region, to become a dynamically developing agricultural and industrial region of the USSR.

After Kyrgyzstan gained independence, Turdakun Usubaliev continued his active political work as a member of Zhogorku Kenesh (the Kyrgyz Republic's Parliament) from 1993 to 2005.

Turdakun Usubaliev was presented with many state awards including the Manas Order of the First Degree. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic and given the "Ak-Shumkar" badge of merit.

For this stamp, KEP also issues postcard, which is used to realize a maximum card.

Stamp description

No. 143. 100 KGS. Portrait and awards of Turdakun Usubaliev (1919 - 2015).

Technical specifications

Paper: coated, gummed, 105 g/m².
Printing method: full-color offset lithography.
Stamps perforation: comb 14:14½.
Stamp size: 46.00 x 27.50 mm.
Sheet size: 113.00 x 108.00 mm.
Stamp is issued in sheetlets of 5 stamps and one coupon.
Quantity issued: 5 000 pieces.
Designer: Daria Maier.
Printer House: “Nova Imprim” (Chișinău, Moldova).

A special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the Bishkek KEP Office (729001) on the stamp issuing day.
The first day cover and special postmark
are designed by Daria Maier.
Cover size: С6 (162 х 114 mm).
Printing method: full-color offset.
Quantity issued: 150 pieces.
Endorsing ink color: black.

Postal card for maximum card is designed by Daria Maier.
Printing method – digital.
Quantity issued – 100 pieces.

Stamps, FDC and maximum card can be purchased here.