 In the period from the creation of Latvian SSR on July 21 to August 25, 1940, the coat of arms of Republic of Latvia, continued to be used.On August 17, 1940, postage stamps of the 10th standard issue were issued in accordance with the drawings of the artist Jānis Sternberg with the image of the state small arms.On August 25, 1940, on the second session of the People's Saeima of the Latvian SSR, there was the approval of the Constitution of the Latvian SSR, article 116 of which described the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR