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The premise of this table is that the price of an item logically reflects its availability or lack thereof relative to others. Pricing based upon ‘Провизорные Выпуски Украины 1992-1999 гг.’ (‘Provisional Postage Stamps of Ukraine 1992-1999’), Third Edition, by Hryhoriy Lobko, ©2008, isbn 9789668550577;
Make sure to carefully read the ‘Notes’ section at the end, in order to best understand the data. For example, you will then find out that ‘t’ means ‘tariff’, why so many of them are clumped together (‘t2t3t4’ followed by a value common to all three of those tariffs), and so on for other details.
Then, outside of the data in general, concentrate specifically on the first two columns that form a data summary, the first that ranks each cover type in value order ‘1-to-458’ (there are lots of ‘ties’), the second that completes a percentage value for each given stamp in comparison to each other, and the last that does the same for covers. The higher the figure per item, the scarcer/rarer the cover, and in terms that are now quantified.
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Mark your calendars! "ZUSTRICH 2025" is being held on June 13 - 15 at the Ukrainian Homestead just outside Lehighton, PA. A few members arrive Friday by 6pm to catch up with friends and rest after a long trip.
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This study was initiated during 2013, and was circulated to society peers for vetting and feedback in October 2015. It elaborates on a genre of philately which is not as well-known as it should be. When Carpatho-Ukraine existed as a country, so very briefly in 1939 before being occupied by a neighbouring power, and then for most of 1945 before being absorbed into a neighbouring super-military, it produced stamps for 'its public'. These were a people who wanted their identity to be reflected in nationhood, though who had little choice but to bow to the dominance of others. Thus, and despite their locally produced stamps, some would argue that the nation of Carpatho-Ukraine was no more than a puppet of others, and so, not yet recognized by some philatelists who at the same time honour others with a similar history. It is a hope that this compilation will shed more light on the stamps that this small entity produced, and, as well, some of the history that these issues reflect. Know that there are many other Carpatho-Ukraine stamp texts, which this author learned from, that were completed by excellent members and friends of our UPNS!
Read more: Study Featuring 'Carpatho-Ukraine' Stamps and Mail
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This is a ‘voiced-over powerpoint’ presentation that is about 2½-hours. Each given slide is different in length as the result of content explanation.
Why the Need for these Provisionals? Primary reasons: a) inadequate supply of national issues due to lack of facilities; strategic USSR assets were ‘centralized’; thus, no modern and secure mint and print facilities in Ukraine; b) inadequate distribution network to all post offices; system had been Russia-centred for several decades; it now had to be reconfigured to Ukraine; Secondary reasons: c) the need to repatriate what had been a russified system; d) inflation-hyperinflation; at the very first minute of 02 January 1992, Ukrainian denomination was 8-to-1; but on 05 December 1993 it was 12,600-to-1, and by 09 December 1994 110,000-to-1. Yikes, and given this ‘trend’, there was a dramatic effect on the postal system and all of its ‘adjuncts’! However such variables, otherwise deleterious, resulted in an interestingly complex postage system and stamp production routine during this period.
Read more: Presentation: Ukrainian Provisionals 1992 to 1995
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This is a ‘voiced-over powerpoint’ presentation that is about 2½-hours. Each given slide is different in length as the result of content explanation.
Why the Need for these Provisionals? Primary reasons: a) inadequate supply of national issues due to lack of facilities; strategic USSR assets were ‘centralized’; thus, no modern and secure mint and print facilities in Ukraine; b) inadequate distribution network to all post offices; system had been Russia-centred for several decades; it now had to be reconfigured to Ukraine; Secondary reasons: c) the need to repatriate what had been a russified system; d) inflation-hyperinflation; at the very first minute of 02 January 1992, Ukrainian denomination was 8-to-1; but on 05 December 1993 it was 12,600-to-1, and by 09 December 1994 110,000-to-1. Yikes, and given this ‘trend’, there was a dramatic effect on the postal system and all of its ‘adjuncts’! However such variables, otherwise deleterious, resulted in an interestingly complex postage system and stamp production routine during this period.
Read more: Presentation: Ukrainian Provisionals 1992 to 1995 (2)