Description: This beautifully designed commemorative postage stamp features a localized green-tinted photogravure vignette depicting Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, the formal Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, working closely with the peasantry during a traditional summer haymaking session. Clad in a simple peasant tunic and peaked worker's cap, Kalinin is shown sharpening the blade of a large field scythe against a soft, rural agrarian backdrop. The top header displays the clear Cyrillic text "ПОЧТА СССР" flanked by a prominent communist hammer and sickle emblem to the left, and a decorative anniversary banner reads "1875 - LX - 1935" to mark his sixty years. The bottom frame displays a facsimile of Kalinin's personal signature floating just above a decorative oak leaf wreath that tightly secures a central value shield housing the numeric denomination "5" over the abbreviated currency indicator "к." for kopecks.
Condition: Used, with a light cancellation.
Notes:
This specific release, meticulously hand-drawn by the famous Soviet state stamp designer Vasily Zavyalov, was structured as part of a four-stamp commemorative set. The series purposefully portrayed Kalinin transitioning seamlessly across the roles of an active industrial worker, a humble field farmer, and a passionate public orator to reinforce early Soviet state ideals.