On October 5, 2012 the Russian Federation post introduces into circulation a postage Block devoted to the completion of construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. On stamp in block is represented the photo from building site of the gas pipeline, a pipe building vessel Castoro Sei. On block margins is the project symbol - A. Meller's picture "Catherine I" (1712). This portrait is written in Greifswald city (Germany) - the final point of "Nord Stream" route.
Design: R. Коmsa. Size of Block: 113х88 mm. Size of stamp: 50х37 mm. Edition: 85 000 copies.
“Nord Stream" is the main gas pipeline connecting Russia and the countries of the central Europe on bottom of the Baltic Sea bypassing the transit states: Belarus, Poland and other East Europe and Baltic countries. Construction of the gas pipeline began in 2010, the first stage of the gas pipeline is placed in operation in November, 2011.
