Russia 1920 Definitive Issue, Worker with Hammer and Anvil

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · 1920 · 1 Rouble

This definitive stamp features a powerful allegorical design of a worker's arm wielding a hammer over an anvil, set against a backdrop of factory smokestacks. The imagery symbolizes the industrial might and central role of the proletariat in the new Soviet state. It was part of the first definitive series issued by the RSFSR after the revolution.

Issued in 1920 by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) during the Russian Civil War, this stamp was part of a series intended to replace Tsarist-era postage and promote the ideals of the new communist government.