The first USSR stamps or First All-Russia Agricultural Exhibition issue appeared in August 1923 as a series of Soviet Union postage stamps. Its designer was the Russian artist Georgy Pashkov.[1][2]
First All-Russia Agricultural Exhibition issue | |
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Country of production | Soviet Union |
Location of production | Moscow |
Date of production | 19 August 1923 |
Designer | Georgy Pashkov |
Perforation |
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Commemorates | First All-Russia Agricultural Exhibition |
Depicts | reaper, sower, tractor, exhibition |
Notability | first postage stamps of the USSR |
Face value | 1, 2, 5 & 7 rubles |
The First All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition was held in Moscow in 1923. It was opened on 19 August. This very day, a special commemorative series of postage stamps dedicated to the exhibition opening was released. These were the first stamps of the Soviet Union.[1]
The stamp design was created by the artist G. Pashkov.[1][2]
The stamps have the inscription in Russian: "CCCP" ("USSR") or "Почта CCCP" (Post of the USSR), the value, and the words in Russian: "Всероссийская сельско-хоз. и кустарно-пром. выставка" (All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition). They were produced by lithographic printing in two versions, imperforate and perforated.[2]
Sower, 2 rubles, imperforate |
Tractor, 5 rubles, imperforate | Exhibition general view, 7 rubles, imperforate |
Reaper, 1 ruble, perf. 12½ |
Sower, 2 rubles, perf. 12½ |
Tractor, 5 rubles, perf. 12½ | Exhibition general view, 7 rubles, perf. 12½ |