USSR Postage stamps by Vasily Zavyalov

USSR Postage stamps by Vasily Zavyalov. 1938 March. 20th anniversary of the Red Army and Navy of the USSR

USSR Postage stamps by Vasily Zavyalov

Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist Vasily Zavyalov (14 August 1906 – July 31, 1972) was one of the first creators of postage stamps of the USSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. He is the author of more than 600 postage stamps. “Lenin Mausoleum” – the first USSR Postage stamps by Vasily Zavyalov (1925). Vasily Zavyalov studied at the Art School at the Sytin printing-house, school engravers at “Goznak” factory, where he worked for many years. His first stamps with the image of the wooden mausoleum of Lenin were published in 1925 as part of the release, “The first anniversary of the death of Lenin.”

1925. Mausoleum of Lenin. Work of V. Zavyalov and R. Zarinsh

In 1950 in the Gorbunov House of Culture in Moscow was held an exhibition of Vladimir Zavyalov, where were exhibited the original stamps he created in eight thematic sections: the revolutionaries, politics, literature, art, history, sports, the economy, anniversaries.

25 January 1935. The rescue of Chelyuskinites. OY Schmidt, Head of the expedition

But due to an error in the stamp “The Meeting of Ministers of Communications of the socialist countries in Moscow” (the colors of the flag of Czechoslovakia were overturned), Zavyalov was not awarded the title of the Honored artist of the RSFSR in 1958. He was given this title only ten years later.

25 January 1935. The rescue of Chelyuskinites. The abandoned camp

His sons Lev (born January 23, 1932) And Alexander (born 1946) also became painters, authors of stamps.

25 January 1935. The rescue of Chelyuskinites. The captain of the steamer Chelyuskin V.I.Voro

USSR Postage stamps by Vasily Zavyalov

1935 November. 60th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Kalinin

1935 November-December. 25th anniversary of the death of the writer Leo Tolstoy

1935 November-December. In Memory of the Communist Party leaders. M. Frunze 1885-1925

1935 November-December. In Memory of the Communist Party leaders. N. Bauman 1870-1905

1935 November-December. In Memory of the Communist Party leaders. S. Kirov 1886-1934

1935 September. III International Congress of Iranian art and archeology

1935, May. 40th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Engels

1936 USSR postage stamp. Pioneers help to fix the post box

1937 February-July. 100th anniversary of the death of the poet Alexander Pushkin

1938 March. 20th anniversary of the Red Army and Navy of the USSR

Pioneer, don’t play with matches. 1936 USSR postage stamp

Stamp of the USSR (1973). Cruiser ‘Red Caucasus’. Artists – father and sons Zavyalov

USSR airmail stamp, 1935, pilot Levanevsky

USSR airmail stamp, 1935, pilot Liapidevsky

USSR miniature sheet, 1958, A Centenary of the Russian postage stamp

USSR miniature sheet, 1958, A Centennary of the Russian postage stamp. Special postal marking on the opening day of the stamp exhibition devoted to this jubilee