The size is continental standard 4" x 6", postally unused, marked with pre-printed postal stamp with the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Publisher unknown; circulation unknown. Very uncommonly, the government postal mark does not show a price. The back is divided, the State Emblem of the USSR tops the divider. This emblem has sixteen scrolls, the version in use from 1946 to 1956 when the Soviet Union had sixteen republics. The artist's name, F. Reshetnikov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Reshetnikov's huge, 7.7 x 4.5 feet

The size is continental standard 4" x 6", postally unused, marked with pre-printed postal stamp with the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Publisher unknown; circulation unknown. Very uncommonly, the government postal mark does not show a price. The back is divided, the State Emblem of the USSR tops the divider. This emblem has sixteen scrolls, the version in use from 1946 to 1956 when the Soviet Union had sixteen republics. The artist's name, F. Reshetnikov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Reshetnikov's huge, 7.7 x 4.5 feet oil-on-canvas painting aimed to immortalize Stalin's speech at the1924 II All-Union Congress of the Soviets in the Bolshoi Theatre where the Constitution of the USSR was adopted, and Stalin also spoke about Lenin, his death, and the course the country was taking after his death. This speech was publicized as "The Leader's Oath" and can be considered the starting point of Stalin's cult of personality. It is little wonder that the speech was resurrected in this huge work of art in the year of Stalin's 70th birthday anniversary when the entire country - every organization, factory, collective farm, school, and even individuals - were singing glory to the Great Leader and Father of All Nations in songs, poems, paintings, sculptures, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

In excellent, superb condition. The quality of the offset print, the extra sturdy cardboard of the card, the pre-printed government postal mark - without a price on it, and the absence of the publisher information are highly uncommon.
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