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 of Soviets (Vserokompom) existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) of 11 January 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization that collected donations, organized various charity campaigns, and mobilized the public to care for the wounded.
From the summer of 1922, the publishing section under the Central Trade Administration (TsTU) of Vserokompom 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 All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets (Vserokompom), which existed from October 1919 to March 1930. Under the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) of 11 January 1922, Vserokompom became the central public organization that collected donations, organized various charity campaigns, and mobilized the public to care for the wounded.
Beginning in April 1923, three nationwide 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 in Vserokompom’s 1923 budget 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 is 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 how they were applied—typefaces, color, and wording vary. There are several hundred such varieties. The 1923 issues conclude with high-denomination stamps—250, 500, and 1,000 rubles. They were intended for the payment of collective contributions. On the stamps of this series, the denomination in the monetary signs of 1923 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 of those called up into the ranks of the Red Army and Navy.