A set of 16 used Lenin portrait stamps purchased in Moscow during the 1980s when the seller was in the former Soviet Union. There is some staining on the back, but the condition is good. The breakdown is as follows: (1) Issued in 1980: Lenin's 110th Birthday Commemorative Stamp. Includes a message from Leonid Brezhnev, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: "Lenin's name is with the present and future of mankind." (2) Issued in 1984: Lenin portrait stamp with "1870-1924" indicating Lenin's birth and death years. (3) Issued in 1977: Commemorative stamp for the adoption of the Soviet Constitution (also known as the Brezhnev Constitution). (4) Issued in 1975: 30th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in World War II commemorative stamp. (5) Issued in 1976: Stamp featuring the painting "Lenin on Red Square" by the artist Vasilyev. (6) Issued in 1982: 70th Anniversary of the founding of "Pravda," the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. "Pravda" was founded by Lenin in 1912. (7) Issued in 1978: Depicts the Order of the Patriotic War, awarded to soldiers for their achievements in the Great Patriotic War (World War II). Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1917. (8) Issued in 1978: 60th Anniversary of the founding of Komsomol (the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League). (9) Issued in 1984: 60th Anniversary of the Lenin-named All-Union Leninist Young Communist League. (10) Issued in 1980: 50th Anniversary of the Order of Lenin. (11) Issued in 1977: 107th Anniversary of Lenin's birth. The design features the painting "Lenin Standing on Red Square" by the artist K.V. Filatov. (12) Issued in 1977: 60th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution. (13) Issued in 1981: Commemorative stamp for the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR. (14) Issued in 1980: Commemorative stamp for Lenin's GOELRO plan. Depicts Lenin pointing at a dam and a power plant. "GOELRO" refers to the State Commission for the Electrification of Russia, which later became the basis for the Soviet five-year plans. (15) Issued in 1976: Commemorative stamp for the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (16) Issued in 1982: Commemorative stamp for the 19th Congress of Komsomol (the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League). All are now rare and vintage stamps.