The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the stamp to mark the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency BelTA took place in Minsk on 19 April. The stamp dedication was officiated by Belarus' Deputy Information Minister Pavel Lyogky, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Viktor Guminsky, BelTA Director General Irina Akulovich, Director General of the Russian TASS news agency Sergei Mikhailov, Director General of the Belpochta mail service Vladimir Matusevich.