Original rare Ukrainian New Year postcard, printed in Kyiv in 1961 for New Year 1962.
The colorful poster-style illustration shows a young New Year figure marked “1962”, carrying a large book and standing over a map of the USSR, with Ded Moroz in the background. The greeting at the top reads “З Новим роком!” (“Happy New Year!”) in Ukrainian.
Designed by the artist Be-Sha (Бе-Ша) and published by “Radyanska Ukraina” (Soviet Ukraine), Kyiv.
According to the original publisher’s imprint on the reverse, the postcard was approved on November 4, 1961 and issued in a relatively small print run of only 100,000 copies. Original price: 2 kopecks.
A striking example of 1960s Ukrainian Soviet graphic design with a strong poster-style composition and period New Year imagery.Size: 105 × 144 mm (4.13 × 5.67 in).
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