FREE: 1922 USSR******FIRST YEAR

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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) was a socialist state on the Eurasian continent that existed between 1922 and 1991, governed as a single-party state by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital.
The Soviet Union had its roots in the Russian Revolution of 1917, which deposed the imperial autocracy. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, then overthrew the Provisional Government. The Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was established and the Russian Civil War began. The Red Army entered several territories of the former Russian Empire and helped local communists seize power. In 1922, the Bolsheviks were victorious, unifying Russia, and forming the USSR

These were the first stamps issued by the USSR

Original gum, Mint, Light to moderate hinge