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uncommon1900-1945
Taras Shevchenko Famine Relief
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic · 1923 · 20+20 karbovanets
The stamp features a profile portrait of Taras Shevchenko, a renowned Ukrainian poet and artist, within an oval frame. It is inscribed with the country name and denomination in Cyrillic.
Issued in 1923 by the Ukrainian SSR, this charity stamp was part of a series dedicated to famine relief. It highlights the severe humanitarian crisis in the region during the early Soviet period.
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