On July 28, four stamps dedicated to the military uniform of the Red Army and USSR Navy were put into postal circulation in the On the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 series

Uniforms and insignia of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army changed every few years, adapting themselves to the current demands and requirements of the time. The year of 1943 is considered a turning point for the Great Patriotic War, and it was the same for the military uniform: on January 6, shoulder marks were introduced. On January 15 of 1943, also adopted were single-breasted coats and jackets, new peak caps and service shirts made of cloth and with a buttoned stand-up collar and an open placket. Chest pockets on them were retained only in uniforms of the middleweight commanders. Service shirts were complemented with a belt, an envelope cap with a star and trousers of protective color (blue for officers).

The next modification to the uniform occurred only in April of 1945 when a double-breasted dress jacket with two rows of buttons was introduced for marshals and generals. In later years, already in the Soviet Army, the uniform continued to undergo changes, but without such a radical variation as in 1943.

The postage stamps provide images of soldiers in the 1943 uniform: a Cossack Regiment squadron commander and a cavalryman, an air corps chief of staff and a squadron commander, a platoon commander and a sergeant of a rifle company, a field engineer and an engineer company commander.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Oryol, Sevastopol, Smolensk, and Tula.


Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 30 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×50 mm, sheet size: 168×177 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with 12 (4×3) stamps.
Quantity: 108 thousand each stamp (9 thousand each sheet).

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