Here are two sets by Ivan Dubasov which I didn't manage to work into the articles (which I hope you have enjoyed!):




This one will be of interest to collectors of a 'stamps on stamps' topic, a 1946 set commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Postal Service. On the first stamp, a map of the Union is covered with Soviet stamps (all, I think, Dubasov's own designs!), with ship and train reminding us how the post was carried. The second features the first stamp of that era, issued 10th August 1921, while a profusion of stamps fills the third. I'm not totally convinced whether these work as designs, but I very much like the look of the next set...



This is another 25th anniversary, that of a hydro-electric station from 1951. The writing at the top is Lenin's familiar dictum "Communism is Soviet power plus electrification of the whole country"; the scroll identifies the power station itself (Volkhovsky). I'm not sure if the yellow tinge is the sun going down behind the sluices, or the electric lighting of the station itself (I think the latter). Whichever the case it is an effective use of colour, don't you think?