Material: Europe, History,
Ukrainian culture. A unique Ukrainian discovery, unique postage stamp, unique
biography of discovery. Unknown facts, unique discoveries, exclusive and unique
history.
To the 200th anniversary of Taras
Shevchenko. History, chronology of the discovery.
2015: the 200th anniversary of T.
Shevchenko. The 175th anniversary of the first stamp in the
world. The 5th anniversary of
the Ukrainian discovery.
2010: the 170th anniversary of the first
stamp in the world. Year of the Ukrainian discovery.
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The first official postage stamp depicting Taras
Shevchenko was discovered as a specimen yet unknown in Ukraine a century after
its issue, in 2010!
It is a specimen of semi-postal stamp, printed in Germany for Ukraine in
1922-23. It is a stamp of state and national significance. This stamp is one of
the first Ukrainian stamps. It was recognized a philatelic rarity at the level
of the world community in the same 20th century, in the same 1923, two weeks
after its appearance in Ukraine, beginning of circulation, and... cancellation
of its use in Ukraine!
In 1922, at the
international philatelic exhibition in Berlin, an agreement was reached with
the German Government Printing Office concerning printing a series of
semi-postal stamps for Ukraine.
The unknown specimen of this
semi-postal stamp was discovered and cataloged in Ukraine, in the city of
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, a century later, in 2010. The series has imperfection in
printing of the main element of postage stamp, its name, and unique purpose
(famine relief)! The discoverer Yevhen Hryshchenko a researcher, writer
and collector.
This Berlin rarity was given
several names: "Akkerman Unicum" and "Ukrainian Uniqa".
In the same 2010, the discovery
of this remarkable semi-postal stamp was marked as unique by the president of
the Philatelist Union of Ukraine, Valery Cherednichenko.
The first and the last general and detailed data on
the Berlin semi-postal issue for Ukraine were widely broadcast and published in
1923-24 by the leading specialized periodicals of France and Soviet Russia. And
only in 2010, there appeared newly discovered and updated information about the
first Ukrainian postage stamps in Ukraine.
"Akkerman Unicum"
( " Ukrainian Unica " ) entered the history of discovery of 2010 with two
philatelic identification attributes: imperfection in printing and confirmation
of imprint.
Exclusive and unique character of the discovery is also confirmed by the
fact that the most famous stamps of the world, such as "British
Guiana" or "Blue Mauritius",
have the same main identification attributes as "Ukrainian
Uniqa". They include printing outside the country of issue, curious
mistakes in wording and application of stamps, and their being a part of the
first issue of their states. However, " Akkerman Uniqum "
( " Ukrainian Uniqa " ) does not only have, but exceeds these
characteristics. This specimen of semi-postal stamp, as well as the whole
series, was recognized a philatelic rarity a century ago, though discovered in
our time! It is beyond compare!
It is a unique
specimen, one of a kind, which used to be
unknown, but was first discovered and first cataloged in 2010. This specimen of
the Ukrainian semi-postal stamp, recognized a philatelic rarity along with the
series, which had been issued during the twentieth century since the year of
1923, for the reason of its ultrashort circulation, was published in Berlin
(Germany). Besides, it is one of the first stamps in Ukraine, being a part of
the last independent Ukrainian issue
until 1992.
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