Russia 1921 Pomgol Famine Relief Semi-postal Stamp

Russia · 1921 · 5000 rubles

A semi-postal stamp from Soviet Russia featuring a worker holding a hammer and sickle with a sheaf of wheat, against an industrial background, inscribed 'РСФСР' and 'ПОМГОЛ'.

Issued in 1921 by Soviet Russia to raise funds for the Pomgol committee, established to combat the severe Povolzhye famine, making it a significant humanitarian and political issue of the early Soviet period.