Brand

The joint-stock company "Mark" (JSC "Mark") as of February 2019 publishes and distributes postage stamps - postage stamps, art marked envelopes, postal cards, telegraph forms. The list of products also includes postcards, philatelic sets, booklets.

History

2021: Transfer of 100% of shares to Post of Russia

According to the proposal of the Russian Federation the President stranyvladimir Putin decided to give 100% minus one stock of JSC Marka to authorized capital of JSC Russian Post. Transfer activities are mandated to be carried out within six months. This was reported by Russian Post on April 30, 2021.

Since 1989, Mark JSC has been issuing postage stamps, and the Post has been purchasing them and selling them at face value. The transfer of shares of Mark JSC to the authorized capital of Russian Post JSC will create a closed circuit for issuing and selling postage stamps and providing postal services, as well as ensuring synergy between the results of the two companies.

We are grateful to the President and the Government for this extremely important decision for us, "comments Maxim Akimov, General Director of Russian Post JSC. - Combining the production and sale of brands in the contour of our company will improve these processes, making them easier and more transparent. Also, after unification, we will be able to develop together not only traditional brands, but also digital ones, such as the online payment mark. We and colleagues consider the usual stamps and postal cards to be a type of art and a means of popularizing important topics and plots. To create stamps, we intend to invite the most interesting and relevant artists.

After the merger, the companies plan to develop a roadmap to support and promote the philatelic and philocartical movement. Both companies have such initiatives, but the emergence of a single planning center will increase the scale of activities and support more community initiatives and involve partners.

Postage stamps are a currency unit that represents the amount of money for which postal services will be provided when this stamp is presented. Each stamp must have its face value (rubles or letters). With a set of stamps of different denominations, it is possible to collect the necessary (corresponding to the tariff) amount to pay for the shipment of mail. Stamps are sold at face value and are not subject to VAT. In 2020, the Russian Post sold about 1 billion marks and 120 million letter envelopes. Until September 1989, the issue of stamps was one of the functional areas of the Russian Post.