Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily
Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily was established in Moscow in 1922 by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) for matters concerned with philately and bonds. An old Bolshevik Feodor Chuchin headed this organisation.[1]
| Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily | |
|---|---|
| Организация Уполномоченного по филателии и бонам в СССР (ОУФБ) | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 30 March 1922 |
| Preceding agency | Russian Bureau of Philately |
| Dissolved | 25 October 1926 |
| Superseding agency | Soviet Philatelic Association |
| Jurisdiction | VTsIK |
| Headquarters | Moscow, USSR |
| Agency executive | Feodor Chuchin, Commissioner |
| Parent agency | POMGOL |
History
To help finance the Central Famine Relief Committee (POMGOL), VTsIK decided to sell abroad postage stamps of Imperial Russia and the newly formed governments of the Civil War period. The idea was to obtain hard currency for them. Feodor Chuchin was named in 1921 the POMGOL commissioner for matters pertaining to stamp donations.[1]
In March 1922, the Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily[a] was set up. Chuchin was appointed to supervise its activities in Soviet Russia and abroad.[2] The sale of stamps and paper money was profitable:
| “ | In the financial report for November 1922 it was indicated that the finance office of the VTsIK received deposits worth 2,970,000 rubles on the organisation's account. | ” |
—from Sovetskaya Kultura,[b] 10 March 1983, "In those distant years".[1] | ||
The Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily existed till 1926 and was superseded by the Soviet Philatelic Association.[1]
- Examples of international trading tax stamps issued by the Organisation
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Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Polchaninov, R. (1986). Translated by G. Shalimoff and D. Skipton. "From the history of philately in the USSR". Rossica: Journal of the Rossica Society of Russian Philately. 108–109: 46–52. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
[Reprinted from 'Novoye Russkoye Slovo', New York, 27 July 1986, in the column 'Collector's Corner']
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Archived from on 2015-05-15. - ↑ Прохоров, А. М., гл. ред., ed. (1978). "Чучин Фёдор Григорьевич" [Chuchin, Fedor Grigor’evich]. Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979) [The Great Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Russian and English). Vol. 29 (Чаган — Экс-ле-Бен) (3rd ed.). М.: Советская энциклопедия. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
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Further reading
- Grant, J. (July 1995). "The socialist construction of philately in the early Soviet era". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 37 (3): 476–493. doi:10.1017/S0010417500019770. S2CID 143458562. Archived from the original on 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2015-05-15. Archived from the original and another source on 2015-05-15.
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