1950s New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Wonderful vintage holiday postcards from Russia ❤
Tula’s Central park on a winter day (1972)
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“Happy New Year 1959!” Tin box for a children’s New Year sweet gift (an assortment of candies and chocolates).
Soviet New Year postcards ❤
Antique Christmas postcard (Russian Empire, 1900s-1910s)
Ded Moroz, Snegurochka and children at a Kremlin New Year party (1950s)
Vintage postcards that say “Greetings from the New Year’s Leningrad!” (1950s)
Three envelopes mailed in 1974-75. The airmail one is from Switzerland, the others are within the USSR. The first envelope has a cute design that says “Happy New Year”.
Do you send handwritten cards or letters during the holiday season?
Many faces of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) on Soviet New Year postcards