Issued in sheets of 72 (8 x 9) stamps.
Reprinted in 1957.
The 1st verse of the Anthem of USSR (official translation to English):
Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics
Great Russia has wielded forever to stand!
Created in struggle by will of the Peoples,
United and Mighty our Soviet Land!
Coat of Arms of the USSR - 8 bands on left side, 7 bands on right side, and 1 in the centre - representing each of the 16 Soviet republics until 1956.
