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1977 stamp from Romania, 23rd International Conference of The Red Cross in Bucharest

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

A 1,50 Leu postage stamp from Romania, celebrating the 23rd International Conference of The Red Cross held in Bucharest in 1977. The image shows the three protecting emblems used at that time: the Red Cross, that was adopted in the 1st Geneva Convention of 1864; the Red Crescent and the Red Lion and Sun, both officially recognized in the Geneva Convention of 1919. This latter was used by Persian Empire until Iranian revolution of 1979 and, although never …

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Tashkent, early 70s

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, in the early 1970s. After being devastated by an intense earthquake in 1966 (7,5 on the Richter scale), it was rebuilt as a Soviet “model city”. (photo: © 1975 Novosti news agency, Moscow – personal collection)

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GAZ–24 Volga, 1971 soviet stamp

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

A Soviet postage stamp (10 kopeks) depicting the GAZ–2401 Volga, nicknamed “Barja” (barge), an executive car produced between 1970 and 1985 by GAZ plant in Nižnij Novgorod, Russia. (Matsievsky/Commons)

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Moskvitch 412, 1971 Soviet stamp

In by Silvio DellʼAcqua

A 1971 Soviet postage stamp depicting a 1967 Moskvitch 412 small car, produced by Russian AZLK in Moscow (it was the automobile factory owned by the Komsomol.) (Matsievsky/Commons)