Сьогоднішній пост я почну писати смішною хохляцькою мовою, бо маю відповідний предмет посту – це українська марка 1943 року. Що нерозривно поєднує Україну та Фашизм? О, чимало речей. Культурна освічена людина зможе дати цікаву відповідь на це питання... на відміну від українських фармерів, які в останні роки заповнили Хайв. Наприклад, ось ця українська марка. Цю чудову марку (стан люкс, весь клейовий шар зберігся в недоторканності, ідеальне зубцювання) як і багато інших, я отримав з сьогоднішньою поштою.
Oki, the actual subject of my post is this beautiful addition to my stamps collection - the Ukrainian stamp from 1942. I received this stamp (luxury condition, intact adhesive layer, perfect neat perforation) within a huge selection of other stamps with today's mail. What inextricably links together Ukraine and Nazi? A lot of things, really, with this stamp just being one of them.
I was delivered three letters today - three lots I bought at online auction a week ago. One of them contained selection of random German stamps from 1920-1943; another (quite a tiny one) contained several late USSR stamps (nothing rare actually) plus Czech stamps from 1943; and the third letter housed a nice selection of old Europe, mostly Austria, Serbia, Netherlands, and French colonies. Lots of interesting stuff - a big and pleasurable addition to my collection.
Scrolling through the auction catalogs, I stop every time I see stamps with doves. They were especially numerous in the 1930s, by various European countries. Why? It's very simple: a dove is a symbol of peace! (and at the same time, a symbol of mail, postal delivery). Double bingo. So there are a lot of these stamps, and it's a good attractor/trigger/reason for collecting. I'm holding myself back from jumping on this one too... but I still buy some individual stamps. This is one of them.
I also bought a large and very special issue of Czech stamps from 1943....
The full set consists of 9 stamps, this is a simplified so called 'newspaper format' release - stamps have no perforations.
I guess they deserve a better close-up and a separate post to tell the full story, so I will postpone it for another better time.
I also included in this package (and payed 0.5 USD) for this old Australian stamp from 1888 - for it has another beautiful birdie that I dont encounter too often.
No, its not a pigeon, lol - its a black swan. 
The 3rd letter as I said was huge and included so much stuff... that I will present you next time. Let me round up my post here. See you next time!
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | May 2025 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Sigma 150mm | raw-conv |
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