Description: To mark the second anniversary of the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a limited edition of just 500 Commemorative Stamp Booklet Sets were issued. The set consists of the original Banksy issue in a redesigned collectors booklet, and a new issue of award winning photographic images of the war which started in 2014. This limited edition is a superb collection of iconic images depicting Ukraine's resistance. The Banksy set consists of :-A full stamp block of 6 stamps issued on the 24th February 2023An official postcardA First Day Cover (FDC) cancelled in "ПТН ПНХ! Borodyanka” (rough translation is FCK PTN). Borodyanka is the town where the image used in the stamp design was created by Banksy. “And There Will Be Spring” stamp set was issued on the 24th February 2024. It presents 4 iconic award photographic images ‘honoring the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian aggressor ‘. These descriptions are précised from the Ukraine Post Office philatelic bulletin -"Seizure of the Belbek Airport. Sevastopol, 2014" Taken by the Polish photographer Kuba Kaminsky/PAP."Love Can't Be Stopped! Kharkiv, 2022" by Sergey Bobok/AFP immortalises a fragile moment of love: volunteer medics at a wedding photo shoot in the courtyard of a building destroyed by Russian missiles."Light Will Win! Azovstal. Mariupol, 2022" features a warrior in the sunshine at Azovstal, a legendary self-portrait taken by a defender with the call sign "Orest", Dmytro Kozatski I"Hands of an Infantryman. Bakhmut, 2023" features a photo of an infantryman of the 28th Brigade with the call sign "Snowball", taken by Maxim Dondyuk a few hundred meters from enemy trenches on the outskirts of Bakhmut in March 2023.All the photos reproduced on the postage stamps have won prestigious awards: "Seizure of the Belbek Airport" won first place in the Grand Press Photo 2014 competition; "Light Will Win!" and "Love Can't Be Stopped!" were included in The Guardian list of the best photos of 2022; "Hands of an Infantryman" was included in the selection of the best photos of 2023 by the Time magazine.
Price: 70 GBP
Location: Orkney
End Time: 2025-01-11T10:00:21.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.8 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 14 days
Type: Booklet
Year of Issue: 2024
Number: 1
Quality: Mint Never Hinged/MNH
Topic: Military, War
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ukraine
Colour: Multi-Coloured
