«Единая Россія» 1-ruble stamp (Armed Forces of South Russia, Denikin, 1919)
A postage stamp of the anti-Bolshevik Armed Forces of South Russia: St George on horseback, in the arms of Moscow, in a red oval under the legend 'Единая Россія' (One Russia), with the denomination 1 ruble in the corners and base. The tell is the borrowed emblem and the unqualified slogan: a patron-saint symbol and a virtue phrase do the political work on an item that has to be handled by every letter's sender and receiver.
- Date
- 1919
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Armed Forces of South Russia (General Anton Denikin), White movement postal administration
- Region
- Eastern Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Russia White Movement
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- White Movement
- Leader
- Anton Denikin
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- Russian Civil War
- Techniques
- TransferGlittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (1919 stamp; Commons PD-RU-exempt (stamps))
Scan processed by A. Sdobnikov, via Wikimedia Commons; stamp printed 1919, published before 1931
Text on the object
ЕДИНАЯ РОССІЯ 1 1 РУБ. 1 РУБ.
ONE RUSSIA 1 1 RUBLE 1 RUBLE
Legend curves round the top of the oval; the image is small (330 px) but the legend is legible. The word РОССІЯ appears with the pre-1918 letter 'І' in the scan.
