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# EXPO 67 MONTREAL — USSR SOVIET PAVILION \"TIME CAPSULE\" ESTATE ARCHIVE
## Premium 12-Piece Collection Featuring Rare Interactive Dial Guide, National Day Program & BagThis sale features an extraordinary, highly curated vintage estate lot focusing entirely on the official state-sponsored narrative and visitor experience at the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Pavilion during the historic 1967 Montreal World\'s Fair (Expo 67). This lot stands out due to its incredible, untouched \"Time Capsule\" nature. It seamlessly pairs official pavilion brochures and sovereign literature with an original \"Day-Of\" schedule flyer, authentic dated local cash register receipts, matching transit tickets, and contemporary media from that very year. It allows a collector to perfectly reconstruct a real visitor\'s travel itinerary through Montreal to the Soviet pavilion in mid-August of 1967.### THE 12-PIECE HISTORICAL INVENTORY INCLUDES:1. THE CENTERPIECE INFORMATION WHEEL: Original, highly collectible Expo 67 Soviet Pavilion interactive paper dial wheel info guide (Bilingual English/French). Features a smooth-spinning brass center grommet pin that turns perfectly to show facts regarding Education, Culture, and Economy. 2. NATIONAL DAY PROGRAM FLYER: The original, rare \"Program of the U.S.S.R. National Day at Expo 67\" schedule flyer. Explicitly dated for Tuesday, August 15th, it outlines the hour-by-hour festivities, film screenings, and state delegation events at the pavilion.3. SOUVENIR PAVILION GIFT SHOP BAG: Original white/cream canvas boutique shopping pouch or tote bag distributed at the retail gift shop inside the pavilion, featuring crisp red \"U.R.S.S. Boutique - USSR\" typography.4. 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE \"USSR\" BOOK: The large, iconic crimson \"Union of Soviet Socialist Republics / USSR\" general overview book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the revolution (1917–1967). Features a bold graphic line of the flags of the Soviet Republics and an illustration of the pavilion\'s cantilevered roof architecture.5. LOOK MAGAZINE (OCTOBER 3, 1967) SPECIAL ISSUE: An incredible parallel reference piece. This special, single-topic issue titled \"50 Years After The Revolution That Changed The World: Russia Today\" covers everything from Soviet education, internal politics, and life behind the Iron Curtain since Stalin—providing an essential Western media counter-perspective printed during the exact same year as the exhibition.6. \"MAN AND THE OCEAN\" SOFTCOVER BOOK: A large, photo-heavy official English-language promotional book distributed at the pavilion showcasing the Soviet Union\'s global maritime achievements, oceanographic research fleet, and offshore Caspian Sea drilling.7. THREE (3) REGIONAL SOVIET REPUBLIC BOOKLETS: Scarce staple-bound regional promotional guides printed in English for pavilion visitors, including:
* \"Soviet Ukraine\"
* \"Soviet Moldavia\"
* \"Soviet Azerbaijan\"8. GENERAL USSR LITERATURE PIECE: The trilingual stylized cover pamphlet titled \"Сувениры народов СССР / Souvenirs from the Soviet Union / Souvenirs des peuples de l\'URSS.\"9. THE MONTREAL STAR NEWSPAPER PAGE (AUGUST 16, 1967): Original full page featuring an opening-week review of the high-profile Bolshoi Opera soloists performing at the fair (\"Soviet soloists at Wilfrid Pelletier: An overflowing show\") alongside official festival event listings.10. VERIFYING TRAVEL PROVENANCE & LOGISTICS:
* 2x Authentic cash register receipts explicitly machine-stamped with the date \"15 AUG 67\" from the pavilion area (perfectly matching the date of the National Day program).
* 3x Matching blue Montreal Metro transit tickets used by the fairgoer to navigate the Atwater and Peel transfer stations to hop on the Expo Express trains.### CONDITION REPORT:
All items are genuine, original 1967 vintage ephemera. The paper wheel guide turns smoothly without tears. The canvas pouch displays bold graphics and clean edges. The brochures, magazines, and newspapers show typical light age-toning and gentle handling consistent with careful storage over the decades, but remain completely clean, tight, and entirely legible. Please view all high-resolution photos to verify specific condition details. Make sure to double-check the physical labels in our photos to confirm publishing marks.### SHIPPING & ARCHIVAL PROTECTION:
To ensure this historic archive arrives safely, all paper items will be packed completely flat, securely sandwiched between heavy, rigid layers of acid-free cardboard, and shipped inside a moisture-resistant protective mailer with full tracking
