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USSR 1956 Sport 14v mint Michel 1849-62
USSR 1956 – Sports Set (Mi. 1849–1862) is a collection of 14 clean stamps dedicated to various sports disciplines, issued in the context of the Spartakiada of the USSR Nations – a major sporting event organized in the Soviet Union as an alternative to the Olympic Games.
Each stamp depicts a different discipline, showing the dynamics and spirit of sports competition in a style characteristic of Soviet graphics of the 1950s.
Sports motifs in the set:
- Volleyball, swimming, sailing
- Athletics (relay), basketball, cycling
- Diving, tennis, fencing
- Gymnastics, team sports
- Symbolic emblems of the Spartakiada
The stamps are clean, in very good condition, and are an excellent example of thematic sports and propaganda philately from the Soviet period. This collection is particularly valued by lovers of sports history and commercial art.
USSR 1956 Sport 14v mint Michel 1849-62
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