The size is continental standard 6" x 4", postally unused and unmarked; published by the Soviet Artist Publishing House, circulation 50,000, quite small by Soviet standards. The artwork is an offset print of the painting by S. Frolov, depicting an ice breaker cutting a clear water path for the transport ships behind it. It appears that the artist took a generalized approach without too much care for recognizability of the icebreaker, or the ship in the foreground which, for some reason, is cutting its own path through the Arctic ice. The Soviet Union did have plans in the mid-1930s to b

The size is continental standard 6" x 4", postally unused and unmarked; published by the Soviet Artist Publishing House, circulation 50,000, quite small by Soviet standards. The artwork is an offset print of the painting by S. Frolov, depicting an ice breaker cutting a clear water path for the transport ships behind it. It appears that the artist took a generalized approach without too much care for recognizability of the icebreaker, or the ship in the foreground which, for some reason, is cutting its own path through the Arctic ice. The Soviet Union did have plans in the mid-1930s to build an icebreaker Kirov (see the name on the lifebuoy) but scrabbed the project in favor or naval warships.

In excellent condition, just minimal storage wear to the verso.
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