This postcard, published in 1976 and celebrating the Bolshevik Revolution, shows a ship of the Soviet fleet surrounded by the flags of the Soviet republics, with the flag of the USSR largest at the top. The artist (phonetically spelled, of course) is B. Parmeyev. I hesitate to consider this a chrome postcard, as it seems [...]
This is a Soviet greeting card, I suppose, measuring about 6-7/8 inches by 3-3/4 inches. I assume that, since Christmas was illegal, one needed a festive occasion on which to send such a card — and what better occasion than the anniversary (which just happens to be today) of the Octyabrskaya Revolyutsiya! (For you bourgeoisie [...]
This very nice Soviet postcard of the Russian Museum in Leningrad was printed in the USSR in 1976. I could tell you where I got it, but then I’d have to kill you. From the arrangement of the printing on the back (and the lack of a stamp box), it’s not clear that this is [...]
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