09-11-2025, 08:11 AM
Wow Hugh! I had NO IDEA that Russia had actually issued a stamp for that Traitorous Weenie, although I knew about the story of course! Thanks for posting this!
I actually have quite a few Russian stamps, simply because at the height of stamp collecting in the 60s-80s they could be counted on to issue some beautiful series (albeit CTO) for sale to overseas collectors (or as I like to put it <insert Russian accent here> "Capitalism BAD... unless we can make money off Capitalist Pigs, of course. Then Capitalism GOOD!"
My husband and I had a friend who came from Russia with her family as a girl, and when I showed her some (gorgeous!) Russian stamps I had bought earlier that day, she laughed and said, "Uh, no... we never saw anything like this in MY house in Russia!"
I actually have quite a few Russian stamps, simply because at the height of stamp collecting in the 60s-80s they could be counted on to issue some beautiful series (albeit CTO) for sale to overseas collectors (or as I like to put it <insert Russian accent here> "Capitalism BAD... unless we can make money off Capitalist Pigs, of course. Then Capitalism GOOD!"
My husband and I had a friend who came from Russia with her family as a girl, and when I showed her some (gorgeous!) Russian stamps I had bought earlier that day, she laughed and said, "Uh, no... we never saw anything like this in MY house in Russia!"