USSR Maya Blinova Portrait Postal Card
Soviet Union · 1956 · 40 kop.
This postal card features a black and white portrait of Soviet actress Maya Ilyinichna Blinova, with the denomination '40 коп.' and 'СССР' integrated into the top-left corner of the design.
Issued in 1956, this postal card honors Maya Blinova, a prominent Soviet actress, reflecting the USSR's practice of recognizing cultural figures through its postal stationery. It serves as a cultural artifact from the mid-20th century Soviet era.
Printing Method
Typography
Image: <small><b>Comment</b> – This license tag <i><b>is</b></i> also applicable to official documents, state symbols and signs of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_SFSR" class="extiw" title="w:Russian SFSR">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a></i> and the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR" class="extiw" title="w:USSR">Union of Soviet Socialist Republics</a></i> (union level<sup id="cite_ref-union-note_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-union-note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </small><p><b>Warning</b> – This license tag <i><b>is not</b></i> applicable to drafts of official documents, proposed official symbols and signs, which can be copyrighted. </p><p><b>Warning</b> – This Russian official document, state symbol or sign (postage stamps, coins and banknotes mainly) may incorporate one or more works that can be copyrightable if separated from this document, symbol or sign. In such a case, this work is not an object of copyright if reused <i>in its entirety</i> but, at the same time, extracting specific portions from this work could constitute copyright infringement. For example, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp" class="extiw" title="en:Postage stamp">denomination and country name</a> must be preserved on postage stamps. </p> <hr> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-union-note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-union-note_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Official documents, state symbols and signs of 14 other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="extiw" title="w:Republics of the Soviet Union">Soviet Republics</a> are the subject of law of their legal successors. See <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PD-exUSSR-exempt_license_tags" title="Category:PD-exUSSR-exempt license tags">respective license tags</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> · License: Public domain
View on Wikimedia Commons
