USSR Mail Stamp Unused - International Exhibition Osaka (1970)

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In 1970, an
International Exposition
[Expo ’70] was held in Suita, Osaka, Japan. It was the first ever world fair held in Japan. The event took place between March 15, 1970 and September 13, 1970. During those six months, countries from around the world demonstrated their works of art, design and architecture which were built for the specific theme of the exposition:
Progress and Harmony for Mankind
. The USSR was also part of this event and used it primarily to demonstrate it’s majestic pavilion, the biggest of all, with a staggering red and white design created by the Soviet Architect
Mikhail V. Posokhin
.
To commemorate this important event, the USSR post office released post stamps figuring the soviet pavilion on the decorative paper surrounding the main post stamp which, itself, figured a portrait of Lenin waving towards the viewer.
The stamp includes various inscriptions in Russian. The information below indicates the correct translation of these inscriptions.
Translation of Cyrillic inscriptions written in the red decorative contour:
Upper-left corner: “
OSAKA – JAPAN – 1970
“
Bottom: “
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
“
Translation of the Cyrillic inscriptions written on the post stamp featuring Lenin’s portrait:
Upper-right corner: “
LENIN OUR ENSIGN
“
Bottom-left corner: “
50 CENTS (IN RUBLES SOLD AS IN 1970)
“
Bottom-right corner: “
USSR MAIL
“