by A. Bazilevich, Ukraine 1961
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
More space posters on my ebay page. You know you want them :)
Size 24 x 33 cm (9.4 x 13 inches).
These are reprints, not original vintage items.
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Rare Yuri Gagarin postcards that were published in Soviet Union in 1961 by small printshops.
I picked some vintage stamps this week for my shop, they’re so pretty! Listed for sale here:
All sold out!
May 1 postcard by F. Kiselyov, 1962
Mikhail Vrubel postcards from 1976 (via )
I added more posters on , check them out!
Size 24 x 33 cm (9.4 x 13 inches).
These are reprints, not original vintage items.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/katzk2/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
“Congratulations!” by K. Vladimirov, 1957
Soviet cosmonauts: Yuri Gagarin (first man in space), Valentina Tereshkova (first woman in space), Alexey Leonov (first spacewalk).
1960s posters reprinted on postcards.
by G. Komlev, 1984
This week in Russia is Maslenitsa — the Pancake Week, and the week we say “goodbye” to winter and “hello, finally” to spring. Also the week that we get stuffed with all sorts of pancakes and crepes. Good times, good times. Join in if you ilke pancakes and springs too! ;)
(Postcards here are from various postcard sets, published in 1987, 1989 and respectively.)
March 8 postcard by V. Pimenov, 1963
Women’s Day postcard by T. Anosov, 1965
March 8 postcard by N. Akimushkin, 1963
Women’s day postcard by I. Kharkevich, 1962