The size is continental standard 6" x 4", postally unused, with a pre-printed postal stamp. Published by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, circulation unknown. The artwork features the flag of the Soviet Union with the word "OCTOBER" spelled into it, and one of the two Rostral Columns, a landmark of St. Petersburg opened in 1805 and located on the spit of Vasilyevsky Island in front of the former Old St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. Torches on top of the columns, originally meant as navigation lights showing the two channels around the island are lit during major holidays. The name of the artist, A. Savin, is printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. The inscription on the verso is addressed from someone in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to someone in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, and contains enthusiastic well wishes on occasion of the anniversary of the Great October.

In very good to excellent condition, showing very light creases and bumps to the corners, and two darkish horizontal lines seen on the left margin.

The level of enthusiasm read between the lines of the message makes it somewhat of a rarity. In the early 1980s, the level of political apathy among the Soviet population was nearing 100%, and hardly anyone would send such a heart-felt message to congratulate someone with the great victory of the Bolshevik regime.