Odessa Pomgol Famine Relief Stamp

Soviet Union · 1922 · 500

A stamp featuring a central design of a hand holding a sheaf of wheat, with the denomination '500' and text 'ОДЕССКИЙ ПОМГОЛ' (Odessa Pomgol) at the top.

Issued by the Odessa branch of Pomgol (Central Commission for Aid to the Starving) during the devastating Russian famine of 1921-1922, these local stamps were used to raise funds and facilitate aid.