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Stamped in the USSR

Russian stamp

You knew it was coming -- Retro Thing's first stamp collecting post.

Stamprussia.com shows off a pretty decent collection of postage stamps from the Soviet era. Worth a quick look around if you like sticky colored things. By the way, this is a 6 kopek stamp commemorating the Klingon Ice Battle Dance at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics.

Postage Stamps & Stationary of Russia and the USSR (via Boing Boing)

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