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It has long frustrated me that so many historians, Ukrainian and otherwise, seem to accept so "blindly" the medieval records of early Kyivan Rus' (the first state on Ukrainian and eastern European lands). By "blindly" I mean that obvious inconsistencies within the earliest chronicles are parroted as if they were set in stone, without any critical examination and without searching for possible alternate sources. I have long had an interest in Ihor, my royal namesake of the 10th century (Ihor derives from Ingvar, which derives from Inger(t)), and over several years have researched and compiled his biography as well as biographies of his wife, Olha, and son, Sviatoslav. Together they form medieval Ukraine's first "First Family."
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A Large Vermiel award winning Trident exhibit is up for grabs to the highest bidder. UPNS member David Crocker from South Africa has decided to part with his Trident exhibit which has been winning awards over the last 4 years. The oldest German stamp auction house, Heinrich Köhler, is offering the exhibit in auction 339/340 which runs March 22 - 27, 2010. The exhibit may be viewed in the Exhibit section of this site.
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A Large Vermiel award winning Trident exhibit is up for grabs to the highest bidder. UPNS member David Crocker from South Africa has decided to part with his Trident exhibit which has been winning awards over the last 4 years. The oldest German stamp auction house, Heinrich Köhler, is offering the exhibit in auction 339/340 which runs March 22 - 27, 2010. The exhibit may be viewed in the Exhibit section of this site.
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A Large Vermiel award winning Trident exhibit is up for grabs to the highest bidder. UPNS member David Crocker from South Africa has decided to part with his Trident exhibit which has been winning awards over the last 4 years. The oldest German stamp auction house, Heinrich Köhler, is offering the exhibit in auction 339/340 which runs March 22 - 27, 2010. The exhibit may be viewed in the Exhibit section of this site.
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The Ukrainian Underground Post
LITOPYS UPA Volume 47
Ukrainian, with English introduction
Toronto-Lviv 2009
Published by "Litopys UPA"
328 pages
color photographs
http://www.litopysupa.com/main.php?pg=2&bookid=278
The PPU, founded by Ukrainian émigrés in West Germany after the Second World War, operated under the aegis of the External Units of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists—the ZCh OUN(B)—from 1949 to 1983.
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UPDATE: The sale of the Georg von Steiden Collection was very successful with total realization over $300,000, which significantly exceeded pre-auction estimates.
On February 11-13, 2010 Raritan Stamps is holding auction #42 featuring the Georg von Steiden Oustanding Collection of Carpatho-Ukraine. This is the best collection of this region and will offer rare and truly unique material.
Mr. Georg von Steiden, a UPNS member, is the most knowledgeable expert in this field. His monograph on Carpatho-Ukraine stamps (Spezialkatalog Karpaten - Ukraine) issued in 2000 brought him a world reputation as the most competent and trustworthy specialist in this area. Mr. von Steiden received a BPP status of German Expertization Union and is also the Carpatho-Ukraine expertizer for the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society.
For additional information, visit Raritan Stamps.
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On December 23, 2009 a postage block of six stamps No. 80 “Minerals of Ukraine” was issued:
No. 1020 "Quartz", Face value – 1,50 UAH;
No. 1021 "Native Sulphur", Face value – 1,90 UAH;
No. 1022 "Topaz", Face value – 2,00 UAH;
No. 1023 "Beryl", Face value – 2,20 UAH;
No. 1024 "Tiger’s-eye", Face value – 3,30 UAH;
No. 1025 "a-kertschenite", Face value – 4,85 UAH.
Size of block – 132х86 mm
Size of stamp – 47х47х47 mm
Protection of stamps in the block: light elements of stones luminesce under UV-light.
Protection of the block: microprint: "Л. Мельнік".
Perforation – 11 1/2.
Selvages of the block are artistically decorated. Texts on the selvages:
"Мінерали України", "Кварц (гірський кришталь, мармароський діамант) SiO2 Карпати", "Сірка самородна S Прикарпаття", "Топаз Al2(F'OH)2 [SiO4] Волинь", "Берил Be3Al2[Si6O18] Волинь", "Око тигрове (кварц з амфібол-азбестом, сидеритом і магнетитом) переважно SiO2 Криворіжжя", "a-kерченіт Fe32+Fe63+(OH)6[PO4]6•18H2O Крим".
Barcode – 4823027128627.
Quantity – 100,000.
Designer of the block – Larysa Melnik.
Block is multicolored; printing process – offset, relief stamping and embossing by film with holographic effect.
Block is printed on SE “Integrated Printing Plant “Ukraina” for production of securities”.