July 10th, 2014

Stamp series "65 years after the second wave of Bessarabia's mass deportations"

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Stamp series "65 years after the second wave of Bessarabia's mass deportations"

On July 5, 2014, the post office Chisinau MD-2012 issued postage stamps series "65 years after the second wave of Bessarabia's mass deportations".

Series includes postage stamps with a face value of 1.75 lei.

The postage stamp depicts the monument "Trains of pain" produced by sculptor Iurie Plato. The monument was erected in memory of the victims of deportations by communists. It was installed in Railway Station Square in Chisinau on August 23, 2013.

The monument "Trains of pain" symbolizes suffering and death. One end of the car gives the overall view of people, who to the end of carriage become parts of the train, mechanisms, pieces of metal, wheels, doors, windows, etc.

The sculpture is made of bronze and is 3 meters high, 12 meters long and weighs about 15 tons.

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