An all-Russian issue, printed to order at a Voronezh printing house. The stamp design is placed on the membership card of the 1925 Vserokompom model.
The All-Russian Committee for Aid to Sick and Wounded Red Army Soldiers and War Invalids under the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) of the Soviets (Vserokompom), which existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under the VTsIK decree of January 11, 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization that collected donations, organized various charitable campaigns, and mobilized the public to care for the wounded.
From the summer of 1922, the publishing section under Vserokompom’s Central Trade Administration (TsTU) began issuing postcards, portraits, badges, and stamps.
One of the initiators of issuing charity stamps for the benefit of war invalids was the All-Russian Committee for Aid to Sick and Wounded Red Army Soldiers and War Invalids under the VTsIK of the Soviets (Vserokompom), which existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under the VTsIK decree of January 11, 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization that collected donations, organized various charitable campaigns, and mobilized the public to care for the wounded.
Starting in April 1923, three mass campaigns were held in the country, the so-called “All-Russian Weeks of Aid to War Invalids.” Vserokompom printed and distributed across the country a large number of charity stamps: from May to October 1923 alone, 40 million copies. Revenue from stamp sales made up 34% of Vserokompom’s 1923 budget.
A common distinguishing feature of the stamps from these issues was the mandatory presence of the words “denz. 23 g.”, “dzn. 23 g.”, or “dnz. 23 g.” on them, i.e., the denomination in the 1923 monetary units. A characteristic feature of the August 1922–April 1923 issue was the abbreviation “Ts.T.U.”
From mid-1923, due to inflation, it became necessary to revalue the stamps. The corresponding overprints were applied in different cities, so there is no uniformity in their placement, typefaces, color, or wording. Several hundred such varieties are known. The 1923 issues conclude with high-denomination stamps—250, 500, and 1,000 rubles. They were intended for payment of collective contributions. On stamps of this series, the denomination in 1923 monetary units is indicated for the last time.
In March 1930, the committee was reorganized into a society (Vseroobpom)—the All-Russian Society for Aid to War Invalids, the sick, wounded and demobilized Red Army soldiers, and the families of persons killed in the war and those called up into the ranks of the Red Army and the Navy.