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Item no. S224 (stamp)

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Item no. S224 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: St. Vincent

Date of issue: 7 December 1999

Catalog number: 2741f (of 2741a – 2741q)

Stamp (of 17-stamp set MILLENNIUM) entitled “Russians complete takeover of Berlin”. It shows free graphic representation of Yevgeni Khaldei’s (1917 - 1997) photograph of Soviet Red Army soldiers mounting national flag at the roof of Reichstag building (Third Reich Parliament). The photograph was taken after the fall of Berlin in May 1945.