Regarding Ukraine’s 2022 stamps – I’ve removed the original introduction. When Ukraine is free, I will post it. In the meantime, here’s O. Shuklinova’s beautiful Trident – Day of Unity. 

Future issues postponed until Ukraine wins the war.

News alerts from Ukrposhta – post office employees are still working despite the war 

Alerts from Ukshposhta

NEW! Victorious New Year!

1 stamp, sheets of 6, Christmas card, cover

According to the results of the popular vote, the best sketch for the New Year and Christmas postage stamp of Ukraine in wartime recognized the work of eleventh-grader Valeria Mikhailova “Separated by war”, for which more than 15.5 thousand people cast their votes. Respondents. The figure shows a girl and a Ukrainian soldier who, because of the war, are forced to be apart in the New Year: she is alone at home, he is at the front. Continuation of the story in the plot of the envelope “The First Day”: they finally get together, celebrate the next New Year, contemplating festive fireworks outside the window and making plans for the future in a free, strong and peaceful Ukraine. (Pre-order) Postal set “Victorious New Year!” (ukrposhta.ua)

Designers:
Stamp & cover: Valeria Mikhailova 
Valeria is an 11th grade student
Card: Alexander Okhapkin (card)

Release date: December 19, 2022

Kherson is Ukraine! 

1 stamp, sheets of 4, envelope, postcard

The watermelon represents the region of Kherson. From UKrposhta:

The central object on the postage stamp is a slice of watermelon – a symbol of Kherson and Kherson region. Watermelon seeds are presented in the form of missiles, which Russians barbarically shelled Kherson region. On the slice of watermelon, the artist depicted the events that took place during the occupation of the city: protests of peaceful citizens, burning buildings, torture committed by Russian invaders against the local population and especially activists. In addition, the stamp sheet presents a map of Ukraine with the designation of the hero city of Kherson liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On the envelope “The First Day” the artist depicted a Ukrainian soldier who, by analogy with a slice of watermelon, returns the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine to its place. The unmarked art envelope illustrates the chronicle of the period of temporary annexation of the city – the protests of Kherson residents against the occupation troops. Укрпошта ввела в обіг довгоочікувану поштову марку «Херсон – це Україна!» (ukrposhta.ua)

Designer: Andriy Sagach Андрій Сагач 
Sagach will also design next year’s EUROPA 2023 Peace is the highest value of mankind stamp. He also created the artwork for the Spring will come again! envelope.

Release date: After December 9, 2022. Date wasn’t clear. 

Weapons of Victory

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6 stamps on souvenir sheet, cover, souvenir pack

Designers:  S. Haruka, O. Haruka

Release date: December 12, 2022

Ukraine’s EUROPA 2022 series

At long last – Ukraine’s EUROPA 2022 series. I honestly didn’t think we’d see them this year, but they were worth waiting for. The word “STUNNERS” comes to mind when I look at the set. 

Ukraine explored the Slavic origin myths of Svarog, Creator of the Universe (also god of fire) and Lada, Goddess of Motherhood. I suspect this set arrived too late to be considered for the competition, but, regardless, still nice to see them. 

This set is the best of the entire EUROPA competition. Artist Миколай Кочубей  Mykola Kochubey’s use  of modern imagery and tradition, backed with graphics that look like they are on fire, should be the winners in my opinion.  The eye-popping part of the set is the visuals of angels plucking on DNA strands in the Lada stamp. I missed that on my first glimpse. 

The sheets offer even more details to explore. I’ve left both images super sized so you can comb through the artwork – just click on them to blow them up and enjoy.  

The cancel is interesting. It mirrors the firestorm coming from Svarog’s anvil and intertwines nicely with Lada’s Yin and Yang theme. Kochubey’s  use of the cover to complete the story is very satisfying. Its one of those rare sets that you need to see every piece of artwork to appreciate the theme.

You can see more Ukrainian stamps for 2022 as well as the entire EUROPA 2022 program. It has proven to be one of the top 3 EUROPA themes to date

 Artistic envelope: Spring will come again! Весна настане знову

Spring will come again! Весна настане знову

A new graphic envelope is set for release on October 28, 2022, with the theme of hope and peace. This cover uses artwork from Andrey Sagach /  Андрій Сагач’s earlier image of the same title. He wrote, on his Instagram account:

After the attack of the Russian army on Ukraine, the city near Kyiv – Bucha, was occupied for 6 weeks. On March 31, the troops left the city, but left behind a lot of crime – robbed and destroyed houses, hundreds of killed civilians in the city, many raped women and children. But spring will come again to Bucha and flowers and trees will bloom again. Андрій Сагач on Instagram: “After the attack of the Russian army on Ukraine, the city near Kyiv – Bucha, was occupied for 6 weeks. On March 31, the troops left the…”

Check out the sunflowers to catch all the details.  

Andrey Sagach Андрій Сагач will also design Ukraine’s EUROPA 2023 PEACE is the highest value of humanity! stamp. You can see more of his art on his Behance page Andriy Sagach on Behance.

 Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!

A charity set of stamps was released October 14, 2022, for the National Day of Defenders and Defenders of Ukraine. Funds raised from the 6-stamp series go towards helping the Ukraine military. 

6 stamps on a sheet 

• Amphibious assault troops
• Ground Forces
• Navy
• Air Force
• Special Operations Forces
• Territorial Defense Forces

Envelopes bearing the emblems of each branch were also released as well as post cards

Designer: Anton Khrupin

Crimean bridge for an encore! “Кримський міст на біс!”

Ukrposhta revealed their upcoming stamp, “Crimean bridge for an encore!” “Кримський міст на біс!” the day the bridge was blown up (October 8, 2022).  The new stamp, by well-known Ukrainian artist Yuri Shapoval Юрій Шаповал includes a number of fascinating subtexts which are worth decoding. Along with the vivid view of the bridge’s destruction, the stamp shows other symbols of the Russian war and occupation that have been front and centre in the news. 

7 million copies of The Crimean bridge for an encore! will be released sometime in early November 2022. The set will include of one stamp, a sheet of 7 with 2 labels and a FDC. A postmark will likely be available as well, but it hasn’t been mentioned. 

You can read more about this series here Crimean bridge for an encore! | Bitter Grounds Magazine

Pysanky – Easter Eggs – 1st issues in new series

2 stamps, FDC, cancel

These eggs are from the Lviv region and the village of Yavorovka, Vinnytsia. They are part of an exhibit at the National Center of Folk Culture Ivan Honchar Museum. They’ve recently updated their website and it’s beautiful to roam around.  Available in Ukrainian and English.

Pysanky, the Tradition of Ukrainian Easter Eggs & How to Make Your Own (mymodernmet.com)  

This series will replace the long running Coats of arms of cities, towns, villages of Ukraine. It will run for 10 stamps issued over the next five years. 

Designer: Natalia Andriychenko
Andriychenko also designed the 9th set for the Coats of arms series.

Release date: September 27, 2022

Post office update

As of September 26, 4 post offices in the Kharkiv area were back at work.  They join 13 others (in Balaklia region) that resumed services on September 13. Shortly after an area is liberated, Ukrposhta moves in quickly to get services running.

This means 58 villages and villages of Kharkiv region now have functioning postal services and pensions, packages are now being distributed to areas that have been cut off for months. 

Cultural Epochs of Ukraine – Sarmatians

Details coming soon

This series was originally set to be released as part of Ukraine’s original stamp program.

Release date: September 26, 2022

300th anniversary of the birth of Григорія Сковороди / Grigory Skovorody

1 stamp on souvenir sheet

This is a charitable issue. Funds will be used to rebuild the museum in Skovorodynivka, Kharkiv Oblast, that was destroyed by Russian rockets on May 6. Russia destroys Ukraine’s National Skovoroda Museum in ‘ideological attack on Ukrainian identity’ (khpg.org) 

Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum destroyed by Russians.

Garden of Divine Songs

Ukrainian philosopher, theologian, and poet Grigory Skovoroda influenced not only his contemporaries but many generations of Ukrainians as well. He did this through his teaching and own lifestyle, his words always matching his deeds. 

Skovoroda is a symbol of Ukrainian philosophy today. He sought answers to questions that would never lose relevance: ‘What is happiness? How to find it?’ In his works, Hryhorii Skovoroda discovered people, life, and the meaning of being, often referring to the Bible and Christian tradition. Hryhorii Skovoroda’s philosophy relies on the idea that the meaning of human existence is the spirit, thought, and heart and that heart, morality, and creative work are the foundations of an ideal society. Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum – Ukrainian Institute (ui.org.ua)

Last Friday, the historic home of Ukraine’s treasured poet and philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda was destroyed by a Russian artillery strike, along with a museum of his work.
Skovoroda’s home was in a tiny village not far from Kharkiv — nowhere near any obvious military targets such as a railway or ammunition depot. The attack appears to have been a deliberate act of cultural vandalism, and not the first since the Russian invasion began in February. Ukrainian cultural landmarks suffer fresh blows as Hryhorii Skovoroda museum is hit – CNN Style 

The FDC will be autographed by the artists, in Kyviv September 22, 2022.

Grigory Skovoroda – ARHEVE

Artists: Alexander and Sergey Haruki
Release date: September 23, 2022

Welcome to Hell
Graphic envelope

This sketch was one of the entries in the “Good evening, we are from Ukraine” competition. It garnered 200,000 votes. 

Artist: Roman Chaly

Release date: September 20, 2022

25th Anniversary Ukrainian Fashion Week

1 graphic cover with cancel

Cover includes ” fragment of the performance “Kalina” (artist ZINAIDA, 2018, exhibition “4.5.0.”, New York) and a Ukrainian city that suffered destruction as a result of rocket attacks by Russian troops (photo by Sergei Mikhalchuk, 2022).” From Ukposta.

Designer: Zinaida Kubar

Release date: September 7, 2022

Dog Patron

8 stamps, 3 postcards, sheets of 6
More nonphilatelic merchandise is also available such as cups, and bags

Since the beginning of the war, Patron has sniffed out over 100 shells and mines. 

Charitable postage stamps – a portion of money raised through sale of these stamps goes towards purchasing a mechanized demining machine and to support animal shelters.

The postal issue is dedicated to the dog Patron – a favorite of adults and children, the mascot of Ukrainian rescuers, a welcome guest of public events. Since the beginning of the war, the Jack Russell Terrier with the nickname Patron has been serving in the pyrotechnics team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Two years ago, the head of the pyrotechnic group of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region presented his son with a puppy. The four-legged was prepared for exhibitions, but because of the war he had to become a sapper. In addition to serving, Patron is present at press conferences, meetings with foreign leaders, and visits children in hospitals. The patron was awarded the medal “For Dedicated Service.” Sheet on self-adhesive paper “Dog Patron” (ukrposhta.ua)

Designer: Oleksandr Nikitiuk
Photo of Patron: M. Ilyev

Release date: August 30, 2022

FREE, UNBREAKABLE, INDEPENDENT  for August 24, 2022

1 stamp on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel

Designer: Anton Khrupin

Lots of updates updates for July 3, 2022

After being unavailable for the past week, Ukraine post is back online. They were, once again, the victims of a DDOS attack that took the site off line. 

Latest stamp “Ukrainian Dreams“ June 28, 2022

The latest press release reveals a new stamp was released June 28, 2022 to celebrate Constitution Day titled “Ukrainian Dreams”.

Ukrainian Dreams

The design comes from 11 year old Sofia Kravchuk from Lyuboml, Volyn region. She was the winner of last year’s “What is Ukraine for me?” competition.

The children’s dream of the young artist Sofia Kravchuk about the happy future of Ukraine is connected with the winged “Dream”. In sofia’s picture, the largest and most powerful aircraft in the world AN-225 “Mriya” is decorated with pink flowers flying to the stars. Unfortunately, during the military operations on the territory of Ukraine, the legendary Ukrainian aircraft was destroyed. The enemy destroys Ukrainian equipment, destroys settlements, but he is not able to destroy the WILL and the desire of Ukrainians for freedom, he cannot destroy the Ukrainian dream. And the plane, we Ukrainians, will certainly rebuild and again welcome it to Kiev at the parade in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine! Postcard “UKRAINIAN DREAM” (ukrposhta.ua)

It is available in sheets of 6 stamps, a postcard, cover and magnets.. You can also purchase it on a t-shirt and it’s a kick ass shirt! You can buy them here Ukrposhta Post market.

POST EUROPA 2023 – Peace is the highest value of mankind

Also announced is a new competition for Ukrainians. Ukrposhta is asking for entries to next year’s Europa competition. The theme was changed  by Post Europe officials to “Peace is the highest value of mankind“. Post Europe also confirmed the suspension of Russia and Belarus from the union and they will not be allowed to participate in next year’s competition. 

I’ll follow this story for deadlines and details.

“Your own stamp”

I am not sure I’m translating this correctly, but it looks like Ukrposhta is set to release a framed stamp that will allow Ukrainians to insert their own images. Unfortunately, some of Ukrposhta’s news releases are done in jpg format, which means I can’t run them through a translator. I’m left to parse bits and pieces with my embarrassingly meager grasp of Ukrainian. 

This stamp is set for July 5, 2022. I’m posting the press release here, which has images of the new framed stamp. Just click on the images to see all the details. 

When it’s released on the 5th, I’ll return with details. 

July stamp design winner announced – release date: July 19, 2022  

Ukrposhta has revealed their newest stamp design for the “Good evening, we are from Ukraine!” competition. The winning submission is the Ukrainian tractor pulling an abandoned Russian tank entry. The image of a tractor pulling a tank has become one of the iconic symbols of the war.  

1 stamp, 2 sheets of 6, covers and postcard

Over 834,000 votes were cast by Ukrainians. with 3400,000 voting for the tractor. Release date has not been announced, but expect it sometime in July, along with details about the designer. 5 million stamps will be released.  

UPDATE:  The designer is Anastasia Bondarets | Анастасія Бондарець,  graphic artist and teacher. 

“The very name “Good evening, we are from Ukraine!” is inspiring. And I, like the whole world, was impressed by our farmers, because this is the first time in the world history of wars that farmers are helping the military. And this tractor, which entails broken enemy equipment to be repaired and put into service by our military, is an allegory for how each Ukrainian does everything in its power, by virtue of its capabilities, to bring our victory closer. Everyone matters now. I am a relatively beginner in digital art, I did not expect anything at all when I sent work, much less to victory. I just wanted to bring my idea to life and the fact that this idea was liked by such a large number of people is actually an honor for me,” 
Anastasia Bondarets 

«Сама назва «Доброго вечора, ми з України!» вона надихаюча. А мене, як і весь світ, вразили наші аграрії, адже це вперше у світовій історії війн аграрії допомагають військовим. І цей трактор, що тягне за собою розбиту ворожу техніку, аби її відремонтували та поставили на озброєння нашим військовим – це алегорія на те, як кожен українець робить все від нього залежне, у силу своїх можливостей, аби наблизити нашу перемогу. Кожен зараз має значення. Я відносно початківець в digital art, взагалі ні на що не сподівалась, коли відправляла роботу, а тим паче на перемогу. Мені просто захотілось втілити свою ідею в життя і те, що ця ідея сподобалась такій великій кількості людей – це наспра, вді честь для мене», – говорить про свою ідею Анастасія Бондарець.
Ukrposhta press release June Переможницю голосування на ескіз поштової марки «Доброго вечора, ми з України!» надихнула творчість Івана Марчука і Анатолія Криволапа (ukrposhta.ua)

Bondarets credits artists Ivan Marchuk and Anatoliy Kryvolap | Івана Марчука і Анатолія Криволапа for their influence in her style. 

Design competition for July release – June 9, 2022

Ukrposhta’s design competition for their next release, “Good evening, we are from Ukraine!“, has moved into the voting phase.  Five designs were picked from over 1,500 submissions.

You can vote here Укрпошта | Facebook and here Ukrposhta (@ukrposhta) • Instagram photos and videos.  Voting is open to everyone and Ukrposhta will issue the new stamp sometime in July 2022. 

Ukrposhta online store now open – May 24, 2022

Ukrposhta is finally back on-line. Their store went up today. You can buy stamps, using Sold-Payment. The much sought after Russian Warship issue is available. Oh and they have some kickass sweatshirts and t-shirts too! Postcards featuring the stamp are also available. 

The new site is being hosted by market place Prom.ua.  Visit their new site here: 

All products from UKRPOSHTA are officially at the Prom, Kyiv – marketplace Prom.ua

Ukrposhta online store opens May 24, 2022

Ukrposhta is re-opening their online store May 24. Collectors will be able to purchase a limited number of the latest stamps. International orders will be accepted.

“Russian warship … ALL!” will be sold in more than 1,500 branches of Ukrposhta. 1.5 million brands will be sold on Ukrainian and international Internet platforms. For the sale of stamps will be set a limit: 2 stamp sheets, 5 envelopes and 5 cards per order. In addition to postage stamps with the current position of the ship for orders online will be available envelopes, cards, T-shirts, sweatshirts, magnets, as well as some previous issues of Ukrainian postage stamps. Ukrposhta has issued the final postage stamps of the series “RUSSIAN WARSHIP …”

May 20, 2022 –  New cover & cancel – “Russian Warship …. ALL! Death to enemies!” / “Русскій воєнний корабль … ВСЬО! Смерть ворогам!”

The stamp released in conjunction with this new cancel has an inscription along the bottom not on previous releases. 

May 13, 2022 – Charity auction for “Russian warship, go to#uy!” / «Русский военный корабль, иди на#уй!».

Ukshposhta has announced 15 charity auctions of the “Russian Warship” stamps/sheets starting May 16, 2022.  Proceeds will go to KSE Foundation, an organisation dedicated to helping doctors, civilians and military get access to medical supplies. They depend on crowdfunding for their funding. 

Participation is open to all countries, except Russia & Belarus. They will be blocked from bidding. Pre-registration is required.  The auction will be held here:  Prozorro.Sales – Prozorro.Sale. Electronic trading system

Note a fee registration is needed to bid. If you don’t win your lot, then the fee will be returned.  Opening bid starts at 5 000.00UAH

May 2, 2022 – PEACE is the highest value of mankind

The annual EUROPA  competition theme for 2023 has been changed to “PEACE is the highest value of mankind” in support of Ukraine. The theme was Underwater Flora and Fauna. 

April 23, 2022 – service restored

Due to both the overwhelming demand and the cyber attack, online-orders are temporarily halted. They will resume at a later point. The website is back up and running though. 

A new issue will be released in May by artist Boris Groch.

Given the high demand and listening to public opinion, Ukrposhta decided to continue the series about the Russian warship. We consider it appropriate to continue the series with a stamp on which there is no longer a flagship of the Russian fleet in order to record the historical course of events in this way.

Therefore, in May we plan to put into circulation new postage stamps with the current state of the ship – “Russian warship … ALL!” with a total circulation of 5 million copies. It’s not just a two-mark series, it’s a story that’s happening before our eyes.

The author of the new issue, as well as the previous one, will be Boris Groch. Stamp sheets, in addition to new postage stamps, will contain coupons, which will reproduce the image of the first brand “Russian warship, idi … !”. So all those who could not buy postage stamps with the ship will have the opportunity to receive two in one – a postage stamp without a ship and a coupon with a ship, as a reminder of the beginning of this story, which has already become legendary. Postage stamps “Russian warship … ALL!”, like the previous issue, is planned to be made with domestic (F) and international denomination (W). Ukrposhta’s position on the brand “Russian warship, idi …!”

April 22, 2022 – DDoS attack

Ukrposhta is temporarily down because of a denial of service attack. Officials from Ukrposhta confirmed the attack earlier today. They are working to restore the online store, but there is no way of knowing how long it will take to bring the website back on line. 

Ukraine Postal Service Hit With Cyberattack After Selling Viral Anti-Russia Stamps (forbes.com)

April 11, 2022 – 2 updates

The winning design of  the Russian warship, idi…! Glory to Ukraine! contest has been released and is available via Ukrposhta online store. 

As well, Ukrposhta announced it will no longer sell stamps with either the Z or V designation. 

Since thanks to the efforts of Russia, the letters V and Z have emerged as symbols of the new fascism and terror, the national operator has decided to stop the production of postage stamps and stamped envelopes using them and has already begun work on the development of new postage stamps with other letter denominations. Taking into account the peculiarities of manufacturing labeled products and the technical capabilities of manufacturing enterprises, the development of new postage stamps will take some time.

Until they can fully replace stamps already in circulation, they will be accepted for postal use. 

April 9, 2022

Ukshposhta has resumed taking on-line orders through their website. 

From now on, Ukrainian and foreign collectors will again have the opportunity to order Online Ukrainian postage stamps, envelopes, cards, philatelic and souvenir products with stamps with delivery to communication departments.

As well, another philatelic store has re-opened in Kyiv. Location: Starokyivska, 8/12, tel. 044 489 11 33. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00.

April 2, 2022

Some big news coming from Ukrainian post office. First, on April 1, the Philately store reopened in Kyiv! They will be issuing the “Warship” stamp through the store in the near future. They are also stocked to help collectors “replenish” their collections.  I imagine a lot of collectors in Ukraine lost their entire philately collection. 

From April 1, all connoisseurs of Ukrainian philately will have the opportunity to visit the Philately store, which is located in the heart of the capital at the Kyiv Post Office (Kyiv, Khreshchatyk, 22). Here everyone can buy new products of Ukrainian philately, as well as replenish their collection with issues of previous years. Soon the store will receive the long-awaited postage stamps “Russian warship, idi …!” and envelopes “First Day” to them. For legal entities, the store can offer a wide range of standard postage stamps both for shipments within Ukraine and abroad, as well as marked and unmarked envelopes of various formats.

In other news, Ukrposhta has resumed mail train deliveries between Lviv-Kyiv. The first train left Lviv for Kyviv on April 1. If no issues occurred, train delivery will resume to Kharkiv and other cities. Ukrposhta has helped resolve a number of shipping issues, including a few not within their regular mandate. Ukrainian posties are the real honey badgers of the postal world! Despite the war, they have done their best to get mail and emergency parcels through. 

“Since the beginning of the war, the number of tasks that Ukrposhta solves has increased. If earlier our task was to deliver shipments, now the transportation of humanitarian goods, assistance with the relocation of enterprises and the delivery of food packages to frontline cities have been added. In addition, traffic on the roads was complicated due to numerous roadblocks and traffic jams in some places. But despite the situation in the country, we strive to ensure timely delivery to all corners of the country. Because it is important for business, and for all people who stay at home and are waiting for parcels from relatives and those who had to move. I thank Ukrzaliznytsia, which responded so quickly to the initiative and provided wagons for operation,” commented Igor Smilyansky, General Director of Ukrposhta. Ukrposhta resumes delivery by rail

Ukrposhta stamp design competition  for April release, ,winner announced. March 12, 2022

NOTE: This is now a postage stamp. It was released April 11, 2022. 

On March 1, 2022, Ukrposhta announced a contest titled “Russian military ship, go to#uy!” / «Русский военный корабль, иди на#уй!».  They asked Ukrainians to submit sketches for a future postage stamp that best reflected the sentiment. Voting took place on Ukrposhta’s Facebook page. 

The winner was artist Boris Groch | Борис Грох from Yevpatoria | Євпаторії.   His winning entry will eventually become an official stamp from Ukrposhta.

«Русский военный корабль, иди на#уй!»

You can see all entries here (20+) Укрпошта – Posts | Facebook.  If you don’t have access to Facebook drop a comment. I’m thinking of creating a page showcasing all the entries.  Let me know if you would like to see this. 

March 1, 2022

As of March 1, almost all branches of Ukrposhta resumed operations. The divisions work for the issuance of shipments and money transfers, in the case of cash.

Please note that the departments of the Kherson region are temporarily not working. Also, most branches of Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk regions temporarily do not work. 

PARTIALLY WORKING branches of Sumy and Kharkiv regions. Ukrposhta branches in other regions operate on a reduced schedule.

The current schedule of branches as of March 1, see the website 

CURRENT LIST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY UKRPOSHTA BRANCHES:
1) Issuance of shipments. Please note that Ukrposhta cancels until the end of hostilities the fee for the storage of parcels.
2) Reception of internal shipments – EXCLUSIVELY IN OPEN FORM.
3) Transfers – we accept and issue without restrictions (large sums if possible), except for pepekaz from/to the aggressor countries, as well as depending on the possibilities of collection. Please be understanding.
4) Payments – accept as usual. On the payment of pensions and subsidies will report later5
) Newspapers – we transport those that we have (there can still be peaceful news). Delivery of new releases will be announced later.
6) Consumer goods are sold as usual , and international shipments will soon be resumed

Feb. 28,  2022

As of February 28, almost all branches of Ukrposhta resumed operations. Some branches will operate on reduced hours (when conditions permit). The following branches will operate: 

According to the standard schedule, there are branches in Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv and Chernivtsi (only cities) regions.

According to the reduced schedule (until 16.00/17.00/18.00) there are branches in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Luhansk, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Zaporizhzhia (regional center only), Khmelnytsky and Odessa regions.

Partially operate branches in Kiev, Nikolaev (in Nikolaev do not work, in other cities until 15.00), Kherson, Kharkiv (only in quiet areas), Cherkasy (in Cherkasy do not work, in other cities until 15.00), Chernihiv regions.

As of February 28, those branches of Ukrposhta that operate provide the following services:

1) Delivery of shipments. Please note that Ukrposhta cancels until the end of hostilities the fee for the storage of parcels.

2) Reception of internal shipments – EXCLUSIVELY IN OPEN FORM.

3) The reception of international shipments will resume soon.

4) We accept and issue transfers without restrictions (large amounts if possible), except for pepekaz from/to the aggressor countries, as well as depending on the possibilities of collection. Please be understanding.

5) We accept payments as usual. On the payment of pensions and subsidies will be announced later

6) Newspapers – we transport those that we have (there can still be peaceful news). We’ll let you know later.

7) Consumer goods sell

Previous announcement from Ukrposhta:

Scheduled for February 25 and 28, the introduction of new postage stamps and stamps with a transfer date, in accordance with the previously posted philbületens are canceled. New dates will be announced additionally. Glory to Ukraine! 
ATTENTION PHILATELISTS! (ukrposhta.ua)

Despite the difficult security situation associated with the attack of Russian invaders on our country, Ukrposhta decided to resume the work of some branches on February 25, where it can be done safely for both customers and employees. Because we understand how important our work is to you. First of all, the work of branches in a limited mode will focus on providing service to the most vulnerable segments of the population with pension payments and household goods. You can also get your parcels.
Feb. 25 announcement

January

January stamps were issued prior to the invasion. 

Coats of Arms of Cities, Towns and Villages of Ukraine: Bogodukhiv, Kharkiv Region 

1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset lithography

Kharkiv Regional State Administration (kharkivoda.gov.ua) (available in Ukrainian, Russian)

Designer:  Natalia Andriichenko 

Release date: January 21, 2022

Trident – Day of Unity

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 12
offset lithography

Designer:  O. Shuklinova
Shuklinova designed the 2021Ukrainian Embroidery – Code of the Nation series. 

Release date: January 21, 2022

Beijing 2022 – Olympics

1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 12
offset lithography

Oleksandr Abramenko won the silver medal in men’s free style skiing 

Designer: Marina Kutz

Release date: January 23, 2022

February – POSTPONED

Nature Reserve – Medobors 

5 stamps on a souvenir sheet, FDC, 2 cancels
multicoloured offset

➤ Nature Reserve “Medobary” Interesnye mesta • Dostoprimechatelnosty • What to see in the Nature Reserve “Medobary”? (ukrainaincognita.com) (In Ukranian)
Medobory Nature Reserve – Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine (wownature.in.ua) (in English)
Medobory Reserve :: About us (medobory-reserve.te.ua) (In Ukrainian) 

Designer: Nataliia Kokhal

Release date: February 25, 2022

Sich-2-30

1 stamp, sheet of 6, FDC, cancel
Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 was launched Jan. 13, 2022.  It’s predecessor, the  Sich-2 (MS-2-8), was launched in 2011 but failed about a year later due to a faulty Russian made battery. The Sich-2-30 began development in 2017 at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, M.K. Yangel and was launched to coincide with Ukraine’s 30th anniversary of independence.

SpaceX launches Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 into orbit | Euromaidan Press 
WMO OSCAR  |  Satellite: SICH-2-30
Ukraine’s Sich-2-30 satellite launched into orbit (ukrinform.net)
ДП «Конструкторське бюро «Південне» ім. М.К. Янгеля»” (yuzhnoye.com)

Designer: Pivdenne (Yuzhnoye) Design Bureau

Release date: February 28, 2022

March – POSTPONED

Oleksa Novakivsky | Олекса Новаківський 1872–1935 

1 stamp, sheet of 6, FDC, cancel

Self portrait 1911

better images coming

Novakivsky, Oleksa (encyclopediaofukraine.com) (in English)

Designer: V. Vasilenko 

Release date: March 2022

Sarmatians

1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel

better images coming

The Sarmatians were Iranian-speaking nomadic tribes during the Early Iron Age they lived in the steppes from the Urals to the Danube. For II st. B.C. – IV century. not. Ukrainian steppes inhabited by the Sarmatian tribes of the Roxolani, Yazygs, Aors and Alans. Ukrainian philately magazine No. 29

Sarmatians (encyclopediaofukraine.com)

Designer: C. Haruka and Fr. Haruka

Release date: March 2022

Катерина Білокур|Kateryna Bilokur 1900–1961

6 stamps on a souvenir sheet, booklet, FDC, cancel

Ukrainian folk artist.
Kateryna Bilokour — AWARE (awarewomenartists.com) 

Designer: C. Haruka and Fr. Haruka

Release date: March 2022

April

Russian warship, …! Glory to the heroes | Русскій воєнний корабль, іді…! Героям слава

2 stamps, 2 FDCs, cancel, 2 sheets of 6

Designer: Boris Groch | Борис Грох

Release date: April 11, 2022

Russian warship, …! Glory to the heroes | Русскій воєнний корабль, іді…! Героям слава DONE!

2 stamps (F and W) + label, 2 FDCs, cancel, 2 sheets of 3

Designer: Boris Groch | Борис Грох

Release date: May , 2022 (TBA)

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