Heorhiy Narbut Prize (Defunct)
The Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society is the official sponsor of the prestigious Heorhiy Narbut Prize for "Best Ukrainian Stamp Design." Established in 1992 by Dr. Ingert Kuzych, renowned philatelic author, editor, and exhibitor, this annual award recognizes the artist(s) responsible for the outstanding stamp, stamp set, or souvenir sheet of the previous year.
The Heorhiy Narbut Prize honors Ukraine's outstanding graphic artist of the early twentieth century. Mr. Narbut prepared the three high-value currency-stamps of 1918 (30, 40, and 50 shahiv), the designs of which were subsequently used in Ukraine's first postage stamp issue. He also designed about a dozen of Ukraine's first banknotes. 
A listing of all Narbut Prize winners from 1993 to 2008 (nineteen in all) appears below.
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HEORHIY NARBUT PRIZE (For best Ukrainian stamp design of the previous year)) |
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Artist(s), Designer(s) |
Stamp(s) or Souvenir Sheet |
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1993 1 |
Larysa Koren
Oleh Snarsky
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“150th Anniversary of the Birth of Composer Mykola Lysenko”
“National Flag and Trident Emblem of Ukraine”
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1994 |
Yuriy Lohvyn |
“75th Anniversary of Ukraine's First Postage Stamps” |
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1995 |
Serhiy Bieliaiev |
“160th Anniversary of Kyiv University” |
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1996 |
Yuriy Lohvyn |
“Hetmans of Ukraine” series |
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1997 |
Serhiy Bieliaiev |
“150th Anniversary of the Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory” (stamp triptych) |
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1998 |
V. Taran and O. Kharuk |
“The Founding of Kyiv” (Europa souvenir sheet) |
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1999 |
V. Taran, O. Kharuk, S. Kharuk, and
V. Kozachenko
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“350th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Ukrainian Struggle for Freedom Under Bohdan Khmelnytsky” (souvenir sheet)
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2000 |
Oleksiy Shtanko |
“Yaroslav the Wise” (souvenir sheet) |
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2001 |
Kateryna Shtanko |
“Wildflowers of Ukraine” (souvenir sheet) |
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2002 2 |
V. Taran and O. Kharuk
Kateryna Shtanko
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“The Founding of Kyiv” (Europa souvenir sheet of 1997)
“Wildflowers of Ukraine” (souvenir sheet of 2000)
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2002 |
Oleksiy Shtanko |
“King Danylo” (souvenir sheet) |
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2003 |
Mykola Kochubei |
“Ukrainian Folk Costumes” (stamps and souvenir sheet) |
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2004 |
Jaan Saar and Oksana Ternavska |
“Route From the Varangians to the Greeks” (Ukraine-Estonia joint issue) |
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2005 |
Maria Heiko and Yuriy Buslenko |
“Welcome to Ukraine” (souvenir sheet and booklet) |
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2006 |
Svitlana Bondar, Oleksandr Kostiuchenko, Maria Heiko |
“Gastronomy – Borshch” (Europa issue and booklet) |
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2007 |
Oleksandr Kalmykov and Svitlana Bondar |
“Fifth and Sixth Definitive Stamp Issues of Ukraine, 2001-2006” (souvenir sheet) |
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2008 |
Vasyl Vasylenko and Svitlana Bondar |
“Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Headdresses” (mini-sheet) |
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1 There was a tie in voting in 1993. 2 A special edition of the Narbut Prize was set up in 2001 to determine “the best stamp issue of Ukraine’s first decade of independence.” Co-winners were declared the following year when the top two vote getters easily outdistanced all others and finished within two votes of each other. |
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| A copy of the very last Narbut Prize awarded. Svitlana Bondar was a three-time co-winner (2006-2008). The 2008 award, for the best-designed stamp issue of 2007, was for the “Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Headdresses” miniature sheet. |