November 7,1952 was the 35th Anniversary of the October Revolution, so the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication scheduled to issue a set of commemorative stamps: the values of set were 4, the denomination of each was 800 yuan (old RMB). The picture in the first stamp was Mao Zedong and Stalin on the tower of the Kremlin, the picture of the second stamp was lenin making a speech on the Second Representatives' Conference of Soviet Unions, the third was the statue of Stalin at the mouth of the Lenin Canal, the forth was Stalin making a speech. The draft of stamps was approved and named by the Association of Friendship between China and Soviet Unions as "the 35th Annivesary of the Great October Revolution". Directorate general of Posts in the mean time designed the commemorative postmark and sent it to the Central Office for verification. The Central Office aksed to add two words--Soviet Unions, therefore the name was changed to"the 35th Annivesary of the Great October Revolution of Soviet Unions". The draft underwent several alterations so the stamps did not come out in November 7. The date of issue was moved to Feburary 14,1953-----the annivesary of the signing of alliance and mutual assistance pack by China and the Soviet Unions. On Jan. 31,1953, in the "Bulletin of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications" there was a notice about the issue of "the 35th Annivesary of the Great October Revolution of the Soviet Unions" stamps. Shanghai Post Office on receiving the notice raised a question about the name of stamps, the Ministry of Propaganda pointed ou that the October Revolution had took place prior to the founding of the Soviet Unions so the sales of the stamps should be cancelled. But at the time,the stamps had been distributed to post offices all over China, waiting for sales in Febuary 14. According to statistics,at the time over 40,000 pieces had been sold in about 100 post offices nationwide. Hunan Province had forgot to hand out notices of stopping sales, therefore, this provinve sold the most stamps. The reprinted stamps were issued on October 5,1953.

On April 20,1997, in the Spring Auction of Jiade, a set of new stamps, top-grade item, whose start price was 55,000 ------ 60,000 RMB, was sold at 55,000 RMB.