Rare Ukraine stamps
orld. This month's article as well as next month's will describe these extraordinarily precious pieces of paper: the first stamps are from Western Ukraine and the second from Ukraine proper.
One of the rare Ukrainian stamps was displayed at a prestigious exhibition named Monacophil in 2002. Organized under the patronage of Prince Ranier III of Monaco, the almost five-week-long event (November 29 to December 31, 2002) featured a Rarest of the Rare display of stamps and covers exhibited by 100 members of Le Club de Monte-Carlo.
Shown prominently among these world philatelic gems was the Western Ukraine issue, which is basically a 10-kronen, violet-gray Austro-Hungarian military field post stamp from 1917. What makes this stamp more unusual, however, is the fact that it is overprinted across the top with Cyrillic text that states: "Poshta Ukr.[ainian] N.[ational] Rep.[ublic]." Along the bottom, a "hryvni"_1_ designation written in Ukrainian indicates a revaluation from the original kroner.
One of the rare Ukrainian stamps was displayed at a prestigious exhibition named Monacophil in 2002. Organized under the patronage of Prince Ranier III of Monaco, the almost five-week-long event (November 29 to December 31, 2002) featured a Rarest of the Rare display of stamps and covers exhibited by 100 members of Le Club de Monte-Carlo.
Shown prominently among these world philatelic gems was the Western Ukraine issue, which is basically a 10-kronen, violet-gray Austro-Hungarian military field post stamp from 1917. What makes this stamp more unusual, however, is the fact that it is overprinted across the top with Cyrillic text that states: "Poshta Ukr.[ainian] N.[ational] Rep.[ublic]." Along the bottom, a "hryvni"_1_ designation written in Ukrainian indicates a revaluation from the original kroner.
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