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First All-Russia Agricultural Exhibition issue
Reaper: the first stamp of the USSR, 1 ruble, imperforate, 1923
Country of production	Soviet Union
Location of production	Moscow
Date of production	19 August 1923; 101 years ago (1923-08-19)
Designer	Georgy Pashkov
Perforation	none line perforation 12½ line perforation 13½
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 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.

History

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.

Stamps

The stamp design was created by the artist G. Pashkov.

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.

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

See also

• Definitive stamps of the Soviet Union
• Georgy Pashkov
• Gold Standard issue
• List of postage stamps
• Postage stamps and postal history of Russia
• Soviet and post-Soviet postage rates
• Stamps of the Soviet Union
• Soviet Union stamp catalogue

References

1. ^ "Interesting facts". About us. Moscow: Federal State Unitary Enterprise Publishing and Trading Centre “Marka”. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
2. ^ "Stamps of the USSR (1923–1991): 1923. August. The first Vserosijsky agricultural and kustarno-industrial exhibition". Philately: Catalog. Post stamps. Russian Empire. USSR. Scandinavian Catalog; skandinav.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-30.

Further reading

• Grant, J. (July 1995). "The socialist construction of philately in the early Soviet era". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 37 (3): 476–493. doi:10.1017/S0010417500019770. ISSN 0010-4175. JSTOR 179216.
• Бабинцев, С. (1968). "Всероссийская сельскохозяйственная выставка в Москве (1923 год)". Филателия СССР (in Russian) (11–12). OCLC 26365588. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Moscow 1st agriculture and craftsmanship exhibition stamp series at Wikimedia Commons

• Postage stamps of the Soviet Union
• 1923 introductions
• Exhibitions in Russia