In St. Petersburg released a postal envelope for the centenary of buses

In the Northern capital saw the light of the anniversary postal envelope dedicated to the 100th anniversary of regular bus service. ZIS-8 was on it. This was reported in the Transport Committee.

The envelope depicted the most popular and recognizable model of Leningrad buses of the war years. The sketch was prepared by an automobile artist and employee of the enterprise Trofim Tokarev. A total of 50,000 copies were printed.

Andrey Lyzin, General Director of St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Passengertotrans, drew attention to the unexpected connection of public transport with mail: Postboxes were installed on Vomag buses to speed up the delivery of correspondence. The citizens could omit the letter, and after 15 minutes at the final stop it was picked up by an employee of the post office.”.

The foundation of the modern transport network of the city was laid in the autumn of 1926. Then the first three passenger buses paved the route from the Garden of Workers to the Children's Cossel station.

The press service of the Transport Committee noted that the appearance of the anniversary envelope and a special postmark became the final chord of the celebration of the centuries-old history of urban transport.