Second All-Russian Issue.
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 Soviets (Vserokompom) existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under a VTsIK decree of January 11, 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization collecting donations, organizing various charity campaigns, and mobilizing the public to care for the wounded.
From the summer of 1922, the publishing section attached to the Central Trade Administration (TsTU) of Vserokompom began issuing postcards, portraits, badges, and stamps.
One of the initiators of the issuance of 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 Soviets (Vserokompom), which existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under a VTsIK decree of January 11, 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization collecting donations, organizing various charity campaigns, and mobilizing the public to care for the wounded.
Beginning in April 1923, three nationwide mass campaigns were held, the so-called “All-Russian Weeks of Aid to War Invalids.” Vserokompom printed and distributed throughout the country a large number of charity stamps: from May to October 1923 alone, 40 million copies. Revenue from stamp sales in the Vserokompom budget in 1923 amounted to 34%.
A common distinguishing feature of the stamps of 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 monetary signs of 1923. A characteristic feature of the stamps issued from August 1922 to April 1923 was the presence of the abbreviation “Ts.T.U.”
From mid-1923, due to inflation, it became necessary to revalue the stamps. The corresponding overprints were applied to stamps in different cities, so there is no uniformity in their application, fonts, color, or wording. Several hundred such varieties are known. The 1923 issues end with high-denomination stamps—250, 500, and 1000 rubles. They were intended for payment of collective contributions. On stamps of this series, the denomination in the 1923 monetary signs 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, the wounded and demobilized Red Army soldiers, and the families of persons killed in the war and those called up into the ranks of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and the Navy.