Notes, Copyright and CreditThis is the Tryzub Ukrainian Stamp Album 2011 supplement. This supplement is ©2012 by AndrewPastuszakTryzub Ukrainian Stamp Album is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution­NonCommercial­ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.A human readable version of the license can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/li­censes/by­nc­sa/3.0/The full legal text can be found here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by­nc­sa/3.0/legal­codeAll stamp images were obtained from either personal scans or directly from the philatelic section ofukrposhta.com (http://poshta.kiev.ua/nishop.php?act=shgr&id=1)Description research is done at one of 3 sites:Wikipedia ­ http://www.wikipedia.orgThe Ukrainian Electronic Stamp Album ­ http://www.ukrainian­philately.infoThe Former Soviet Union New Issues Web Site ­ http://home.nestor.minsk.by/fsunews/index.html

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First Manned Space Flight

The first manned spaceflight took place on April12, 1961. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made oneorbit around the Earth aboard the Vostok 1spacecraft. The rocket was launched by the So­viet space program and designed by the rocketscientist Sergey Korolyov. This stamp commem­orates it's 50th anniversary.

Georgy Beregovoy

Georgy Beregovoy was aSoviet cosmonaut whocommanded the spacemission Soyuz 3 in 1968.

Paintings of TarasShevchenko

In 2011, Ukraine once again fea­tured a painting of TarasShevchenko. This year's paint­ing was "Kazashka Katya,"painted in 1857.

Leaders of Cossack Uprisings

Hryhory Loboda (upper left) was a Kosh Otaman of the ZaporizhianCossack Host. Severyn Nalyvaiko (lower right) was the leader of theUkrainian Cossacks. They both participated in the Nalyvaiko Uprising(1594­1596), an uprising against the Polish­Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Vanity Stamp 2011

Unlike previous vanitystamps, the 2011 stampscontain a very small stampon the bottom, denominated"V" for domestic mail.Above it, a label wasprovided where customerscould get their own customimage printed or the ukr­poshtsa logo.

Constitution of Ukraine

The Constitution of Ukraine wasadopted and ratified at the 5thsession of the Verkhovna Rada(parliament) of Ukraine on 28 June1996. This stamp celebrates it's 15thanniversary,

UkrainianHomestead

A typical Ukrainian farm­house is pictured on thisstamp, showing animalsthat would be seen on it'sgrounds. In the upper leftthere is cat. The upperright shows sparrowstending a nest full ofhatchlings. The middleshows a cow. The lowerleft has a dog, and a pig isshown on the lower right.

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Locomotives

The 2011 Locomotives stamps all feature locomotives that pull passenger trains. The DPL 1 (upperleft) and DEL 02 (upper right) are both diesel locomotives. The EPL 2T (lower left), and EPl 9T (lowerright) are both electric locomotives.

Dirigible Airship Kiev

The Russian dirigible airship Kiev was designedand built by Fedor Ferdinandovich Anders in1911. The first flight was August 6, 1911.

Ukrainian Independence

The Act of Declaration of Independence ofUkraine was adopted by the Ukrainianparliament on August 24, 1991. The Actestablished Ukraine as an independent,democratic state. This stamp celebrates it's20th anniversary.

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XII National PhilatelicExhibition

The 12th annual philatelic exhibitiontook place in Odessa, Ukraine fromSeptember 9­13. It was hosted at theOdessa Central Post Office.

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.The tale was first published in 1845, and centers on thestruggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boyand girl, Kai and Gerda.

Ukrainians in Brazil

Brazil has the third largestUkrainian community in theAmericas, and the thirdlargest Ukrainian populationoutside of the former SovietUnion. The first Ukrainiansettlers to arrive in Brazilcame in 1872.

Stamps of theUkrainian National

RepublicThis souvenir sheetcommemorates the 90thanniversary of the stampsof the Ukrainian NationalRepublic. This sheetfeatures the so called"Vienna Issue" stampsthat were printed, butnever put into circulation,because the red armymanaged to conquerUkraine before they couldbe issued.The following 5 scenesare shown on the stampsfrom top left to lower right:A chumak (salt trader) andox, a peasant house, theKiev parliament building, acossack ship on the blacksea, a statue of St.Volodymyr the Great, anda windmill on a grain field.

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Babi Yar Tragedy

Babi Yaris a ravine in theUkrainian capital Kiev and asite of a series of massacrescarried out by the Nazis duringtheir campaign against the So­viet Union. The most notoriousand the best documented ofthese massacres took place onSeptember 29­30, 1941,wherein 33,771 Jews werekilled in a single operation.

Tatyana Markus

Tatyana Markus was an anti­Nazi ResistanceFighter born in the Ukrainian Jewiish shtetl ofRomny. She was caught, tortured and shot byGestapo in Babi Yar. On 2006 she wasposthumously awarded the title of Heroine ofUkraine and three years later her monumentwas unveiled in Babi Yar.

Ivan Franko National University ofLviv

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is one ofthe oldest in Eastern Europe. It was founded onJanuary 20, 1661 when King Jan Kazimierz IIsigned the Diploma granting the JesuitCollegium of Lviv "the honour of the Academyand the title of the University.

Natalka Poltavka Film Opera

In 1939, the Soviet Union made a film from the Opera NatalkaPoltavka, written by Mykola Lysenko. The plot follows a young couplein love, and what happens when the young man leaves to earn enoughmoney to marry his love.

Regional Commonwealth in the Field ofCommunications

Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications(RCC) is an open regional organization, created with thegoal of cooperation and conducting common actions ofcountries of CIS in the field of telecommunications andpostal communications.

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Mykhailo YanhelMykhailo Yanhel was arocket engineer. He wasa pioneer of storeable hy­pergolic fuels, and helpeddevelop ICBMs

Vanity StampThis stamp is similar tothe vanity stamp issuedearlier this year, but it hasslightly different designand much larger size thanthe first issue.

Amphibians ofUkraine

This souvenir sheetshows 5 different frog andtoad species native toUkraine: PeloPhylax Kl.Esculentos (upper­left),Hyla arborea (lower­right),Pelophylax lessonae (up­per­right), Rana dalmatina(lower­left), and Pelophy­lax ridibundus (middle).

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Generous Ukraine ­Spring

This stamp shows ayoung Ukrainian woman,surrounded by nativeplants of Ukraine thatbloom in the Spring.

Saint SophiaCathedral

Saint Sophia Cathedral inKiev is an outstandingarchitectural monument ofMedieval Ukraine. Today,it is one of the city's bestknown landmarks and thefirst Ukrainian historicallandmark to be inscribedon the World HeritageList.

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Winemaking

The two stamps issued in 2011 for Ukraine's winemaking series feature the Traminer grape (left), andthe Aligote grape (right)

Commonwealth ofIndependent StatesThe Commonwealth of In­dependent States is a re­gional organization whoseparticipating countries areformer Soviet Republics,formed during the breakupof the Soviet Union.Thisstamp commemor­ates the 20th anniversaryof it's fo unding.

Struggle with AIDSAcquired Immunodefi­ciency Syndrome (AIDS)was first clinically ob­served in 1981 in theUnited States. The redribbon is a symbol forsolidarity with HIV­positivepeople and those livingwith AIDS.

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas

To commemorate the New Year and Christmas,Ukraine issued a se­tenant pair. The stamp on the leftshows Father Frost brings a bag of presents. Thestamp on the right shows a group of people going tochurch on Christmas day.

Europa ­ Forests

The 2011 Europa Stamp theme was "Forests."Ukraine issued a se­tenant pair showing two scenes ofa forest from a worms eye view. The left stamp showsa forest in summer and the right stamp a forest inwinter.

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Seven NaturalWonders of

UkraineThis souvenir sheetshows the "Seven NaturalWonders of Ukraine."Lake Svitaz (upper left) isthe deepest lake inUkraine and the secondlargest. Lake Synevir(upper right) is the largestlake in the CarpathianMountains. The Granite­steppe lands of Buh(middle left) is a regionallandscape park in thenorth­west of MykolaivOblast in Ukraine. TheDniester Canyon (middleright) is the most interest­ing and the most pictur­esque area of theDniester River. Askania­Nova (lower left) is a bio­sphere reserve that con­tains a zoological park, abotanical garden, and anopen territory of virginsteppes. Podilski Tovtry(lower right) is the biggestnature conservation areain Ukraine. MramorniyiPesheri (bottom) is a cavein Crimea, located at thelower plateau of Chatyr­Dag, mountainous massif.

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Watermills of Ukraine

Watermills in Ukraine were used mostly to grind grain. This miniature sheet shows 4 different watermill styles fromaround Ukraine.

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Definitive Stamps

Spinning WheelClay PipeGlass Water JugWhistle Clay Pot

Glass JugTile Tobacco Pouch Powder Flask

The 2011 issue of the 7th Definitive Series contain similar stamps to previous years, except they are microprinted 2011. Four newstamps were added this year: tobacco pouch, powder flask, bandura and pot.

Bandura Pot Candelabra Glass Bottle Doll

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Glass Water Jug Clay Pot Glass JugTile

Tobacco Pouch Powder Flask

The Type II Definitives are microprinted with " 2011 II"

7th Definitive Series ­ Type II

Glass JugTile

The Type III Definitives are microprinted with " 2011 III"

7th Definitive Series ­ Type III

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