A day in history. Interesting The first postage stamps were issued in Soviet Russia The first postage stamps of the RSFSR were released for circulation on November 7, 1918, the anniversary of the October Revolution. A blue stamp cost 35 kopecks, and a brown stamp cost 70 kopecks. They depicted a hand with a sword cutting a chain, against a background of sunlight. At the top was an inscription: "Russia".

A day in history. Interesting The first postage stamps were issued in Soviet Russia The first postage stamps of the RSFSR were released for circulation on November 7, 1918, the anniversary of the October Revolution. A blue stamp cost 35 kopecks, and a brown stamp cost 70 kopecks. They depicted a hand with a sword cutting a chain, against a background of sunlight. At the top was an inscription: "Russia".