I got my 2022 stamps in from BeeUkrainian on eBay. I put most of them in mounts this evening and tried to write down stamp names and MICHEL numbers.
And, the mess begins…
- Ukraine withdrew all stamps for sale that had a V or Z on it due to the war.
- There are stamps that were supposed to come out in February, and never got released, for obvious reasons.
- MICHEL still has not issued stamp numbers for all the 2022 releases.
- There are stamps in my year set that MICHEL has not assigned a number to, and I can’t find them on Colnect. The stamp obviously exists, since I’m holding them in my hands now. But I have no idea when they came out.
- Ukrposhta has completely changed their postal mini-market. I can no longer see every stamp they issued along with the release date. Now I can only see what they have in stock for sale, and I can’t see release dates.
So, even thought I really want to get these pages done, I have a LOT of homework to do here.
One reply on “Ukraine 2022 is a Bit of a Mess”
I have been collecting Ukrainian provisional stamps and others that are not in your album pages. Thank you for all you do. Here’s a link to my share. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16HbC-AHv9Lxr_oZde8ZAwX9ol7jqJ4Uq?usp=share_link I have copies of your albums there too. I have created pages for over 100 post offices in Ukraine and their respective provisional stamps. I’ve also created pages for Zemstvo issues and Ukrainian underground stamps and sheets which I also collect. There are pages for Nazi and Soviet occupations. Let me know by email what you think.