The first edition (1985) sold out very quickly. A significant part of the book was reprinted by the magazine “Philately of the USSR”, philatelic magazines in Bulgaria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc. The book was awarded high awards at major philatelic exhibitions. The new edition has been revised and supplemented with interesting information. In an entertaining form, it introduces the reader to the history of some Soviet and foreign stamps, with their sometimes unusual fate, oddities and errors in postal miniatures, funny incidents from the history of philately. For a wide range of readers.