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uncommon1900-1945
Lenin Memorial Stamp
Soviet Union · 1924 · 12 kopecks
A red stamp featuring a left-facing portrait of Vladimir Lenin, with 'ПОЧТА СССР' (USSR Post) and the denomination '12 КОП' (12 Kopecks) inscribed.
Issued in 1924 to commemorate Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, who died in the same year. The metadata explicitly states this specific item is a falsification.
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Image: Ivan Dubasov / <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Дубасов, Иван Иванович">И. И. Дубасов</a>; scanned and processed by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vizu" title="User:Vizu">user:Vizu</a> · License: Public domain
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