It first appeared in 1966 as the monthly bulletin Filateliya SSSR and was issued by the USSR Ministry of Communications.

The magazine content includes the history and design of postage stamps, and other related themes.

[1][2][3] The bulletin Filateliya SSSR was published monthly in Moscow since 1966.

[4] It was an organ of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR and the All-Union Society of Philatelists [Wikidata] (Russian: Всесоюзное общество филателистов).

[5] In 1991, the last year of the USSR existence, the magazine was printed with the circulation of about 44,000 copies.