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A first edition of the Iron Cross (No. 48) was sold on June 20, 2008 by the Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co auction house for €12,000 ($18,753).
The Iron Cross was a military order established by Otaman Symon Petliura on 19th October 1920 for military valour or patriotic service in the First Winter Campaign. The order was minted in Warsaw, Poland. The Army of the Ukrainian National Republic was made up of various armed volunteer units, but was never a regular, well-structured organization compared to theUkrainian Galician Army (Ukrainska Halytska Armiia - UHA). In the fall of 1919, the UNR Army found itself near Chortoryia in Volhynia, surrounded by Polish troops, by the Bolsheviks, and by Anton Denikin's army. Without any possibility of maintaining a regular front, it was forced to resort to guerrilla warfare. From December 6, 1919 to May 6, 1920, the UNR Army under the command of Gen Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko, commander in chief, carried out an underground operation known as the First Winter Campaign in the Kirovohrad region against the Soviet 14th Army. In this campaign the following divisions took part: Zaporozhian Division, Volhynian Division,Kyiv Division (Peasant), and some detachments of the Sich Riflemen. In May 1920, 2,680 men returned from the campaign. The war of independence continued until Nov. 20, 1920 when the UNR Army retreating from the Red Army, crossed theZbruch River in Poland.
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Marka Ukrainy stamp issues for August 8, 2008
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| Date of Issue | August 8, 2008 |
| Series | Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine |
| Name | Diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭП10 |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 11 stamps |
| Product No | 941 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3561 26.05.2008 |
| Design | Valerii Rudenko |
| Quantity | 140,000 |
| Dimensions | 52 mm x 25 mm (horizontal) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 3/4: 14 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext "В. Руденко" (V.Rudenko); Diesel locomotive image fragments luminesce under UV lights |
| Description: | text on coupon "Diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭП10". Text on sheet selvages: "Локомотивобудування в Україні", "LOСOMOTIVE ENGINEERING IN UKRAINE", "Passenger diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭП10" |
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| Date of Issue | August 8, 2008 |
| Series | Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine |
| Name | Diesel Locomotive of the series 2ТЭ10Л |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 11 stamps |
| Product No | 942 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3562 26.05.2008 |
| Design | Valerii Rudenko |
| Quantity | 140,000 |
| Dimensions | 52 mm x 25 mm (horizontal) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 3/4: 14 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext "В. Руденко" (V.Rudenko); Diesel locomotive image fragments luminesce under UV lights |
| Description: | text on coupon “Diesel Locomotive of the series 2ТЭ10Л”. Text on sheet selvages: “Локомотивобудування в Україні”, “LOСOMOTIVE ENGINEERING IN UKRAINE”, “Road Diesel Locomotive of the series 2ТЭ10Л" |
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| Date of Issue | August 8, 2008 |
| Series | Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine |
| Name | Diesel Locomotive of the series М62 |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 11 stamps |
| Product No | 943 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3563 26.05.2008 |
| Design | Valerii Rudenko |
| Quantity | 140,000 |
| Dimensions | 52 mm x 25 mm (horizontal) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 3/4: 14 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext "В. Руденко" (V.Rudenko); Diesel locomotive image fragments luminesce under UV lights |
| Description: | text on coupon: "Diesel Locomotive of the series М62"; Text on sheet selvages: "Локомотивобудування в Україні", "LOСOMOTIVE ENGINEERING IN UKRAINE", "Road Diesel Locomotive of the series М62" |
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| Date of issue | August 8, 2008 |
| Series | Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine |
| Name | Diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭ109 |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 11 stamps |
| Product No | 944 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3564 26.05.2008 |
| Design | Valerii Rudenko |
| Quantity | 140,000 |
| Dimensions | 52 mm x 25 mm (horizontal) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 3/4: 14 1/4 |
| Protection | microtext "В. Руденко" (V.Rudenko); Diesel locomotive image fragments luminesce under UV lights |
| Description | text on coupon: "Diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭ109". Text on sheet selvages: "Локомотивобудування в Україні", "LOСOMOTIVE ENGINEERING IN UKRAINE", "Road Diesel Locomotive of the series ТЭ109" |
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| Date of cancellation | August 8, 2008 |
| Product No | kpd347 (5.46 UAH) |
| Series: | Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine |
| Design: | Valerii Rudenko |
| Order | 6637. 06.06.2008 |
| Quantity | 10,000 |
| Dimensions | 162 mm x 114 mm |
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Marka Ukrainy stamp issues for September 5, 2008
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| Date of Issue | September 5, 2008 |
| Series | Ukrainian Song |
| Name | Carols |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 8 stamps |
| Product No | 945 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3644 07.07.2008 |
| Design | Myckola Kochubei |
| Quantity | 200,000 |
| Dimensions | 30 mm x 40.5 mm (vertical) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext “М. Кочубей” (M. Kochubei); State emblem of Ukraine, word “Ukraine” luminesce under UV light |
| Description: | Sheet selvages bear decorative design; text on sheet selvages: “На небі зірка ясна засяла І ясним світлом сіяє, Хвиля спасення нам завітала, - Се бо Христос ся рождає”. |
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| Date of Issue | September 5, 2008 |
| Series | Ukrainian Song |
| Name | Spring Songs |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 8 stamps |
| Product No | 946 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3643 07.07.2008 |
| Design | Mykolai Kochubei |
| Quantity | 200,000 |
| Dimensions | 30 mm x 40.5 mm (vertical) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext “М. Кочубей” (M. Kochubei); State emblem of Ukraine, word “Ukraine” luminesce under UV light |
| Description: | Sheet selvages bear decorative design; text on sheet selvages: “Заспівайте, паняночки, Веселої гаївочки. Най ся мати утішає - Ісус Воскресає!” |
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| Date of Issue | September 5, 2008 |
| Series | Ukrainian Song |
| Name | Cossack Songs |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 8 stamps |
| Product No | 947 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3646 07.07.2008 |
| Design | Mykolai Kochubei |
| Quantity | 200,000 |
| Dimensions | 30 mm x 40.5 mm (vertical) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 1/4 |
| Protection: | microtext “М. Кочубей” (M. Kochubei); State emblem of Ukraine, word “Ukraine” luminesce under UV light |
| Description: | Sheet selvages bear decorative design; text on sheet selvages: “Стоїть явір над водою, в воду похилився, На козака пригодонька, козак зажурився. Не хилися, явороньку: ще ти зелененький! Не журися, козаченьку: ще ти молоденький!” |
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| Date of issue | September 5, 2008 |
| Series | Ukrainian Song |
| Name | Chumak Songs |
| Denomination | 1 UAH |
| Layout | Pane of 8 stamps |
| Product No | 948 (1.00 UAH) |
| Order | 8-3645 07.07.2008 |
| Design | Mykolai Kochubei |
| Quantity | 200,000 |
| Dimensions | 30 mm x 40.5 mm (vertical) |
| Perforations | comb - 13 1/4 |
| Protection | microtext “М. Кочубей” (M. Kochubei); State emblem of Ukraine, word “Ukraine” luminesce under UV light  |
| Description | Sheet selvages bear decorative design; ”; text on sheet selvages: “У ніч темную та й до білої днини Ішли чумаченьки з України. Та й ішли чумаченьки, чумаченьки з України, Та й стали спочити край долини” |
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Marka Ukrainy stamp issues for September 17, 2008
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| Date of Issue | September 17, 2008 |
| Name | Se-tenant Ukraine - Azerbaijan |
| Design | Oleksandr Kalmykov |
| Quantity | 150,000 |
| Order | 8-3727 04.08.2008 |
| Protection | on sheet selvages: microtext "О. Калмиков" (O.Kalmykov); face values and word “Ukraine” luminesce under UV lights on each stamp |
| Description | Sheet selvages bear decorative design. Texts on selvages: "Скронева прикраса колт з експозиції Музею історичних коштовностей України. Яскравий і самобутній приклад ювелірного мистецтва київських майстрів XII-XIII ст.", "Фрагмент шийної багатоярусної прикраси "богазалти" - унікального експонату з Музею історії Азербайджану. Рідкісний зразок майстерності азербайджанських ювелірів XIX ст.", text "Україна - Азербайджан" and "Спільний випуск" on Ukrainian and Azerbaijan |
| Name | Kolt. XII-XIII с. |
| Denomination | 2.47 UAH |
| Product No | 949 (2.47 UAH) |
| Dimensions | 29.58 mm x 33.06 mm (horizontal) |
| Name | Bohazalty. XIX с. |
| Denomination | 3.33 UAH |
| Product No | 950 (3.33 UAH) |
| Dimensions | 29.58 mm x 33.06 mm (horizontal) |
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The 100th issue of the Ukrainian Philatelist Journal is just around the corner. It is beyond a doubt, a wonderful achievement for UPNS to have reached such a significant milestone in publishing this world class publication and to have won a Gold Medal in the Philatelic Literature category at the APS StampShow in Hartford this past August. Congratulations to all the editors of the Journal who selflessly toiled over each article these many years, each leaving their imprint that led to the Gold.
For the 100th issue, we ask all our members to contribute to the Journal by writing about their favorite collectibles. Pick up to five items and write no more than 6 lines describing each item and why it holds special meaning to you. Forward your writeups along with a 300dpi scan of the item to
If at all possible, we would like to collect 100 stories and, space permitting, we would like to publish them in the next Ukrainian Philatelist. We look forward to your submissions.