Leniniana

In philately, Leniniana is a topic for collecting postage stamps that tell about the life and story of Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) or people, places, etc.

[1][2] On the stamps of the USSR, Lenin was most frequently portrayed among the Bolsheviks.

Lenin portrait first appeared on a stamp series that was the Mourning issue [Wikidata] printed immediately after his death in 1924.

[3] Because of various Lenin representations on postage stamps, it is hardly possible to categorise them all.

Among different ways and roles in which Lenin was shown, there were:[3] There was even a stamp depicting Vladimir Lenin near a New Year's tree celebrating the holiday with children.

Soviet stamp from the Lenin Mourning Issue, 1924. Designed by Ivan Dubasov
Soviet stamp commemorating the 90th birth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin, 1960. Designed after a drawing of Nikolay Zhukov [ Wikidata ]