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2022 Ukraine First Day Cover of stamp "Shchedryk Carol of the Bells" Christmas
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serenar148 (219)
2022 Ukraine First Day Cover for stamp "Shchedryk Carol of the Bells" Christmas, RARE. Ukraine gave the world one of the most important symbols of Christmas - the song "Shchedryk". The folklore composition gained worldwide recognition thanks to the talen ... Read More
Item Specifics
- Country
- Ukraine
- Catalog Number
- 2022
- Condition
- First Day Cover
- Centering
- Fine
- Stamp Format
- Single
- Topic
- Holidays & Christmas
- Year of Issue
- 2022
Item Description
2022 Ukraine First Day Cover for stamp "Shchedryk Carol of the Bells" Christmas, RARE.Ukraine gave the world one of the most important symbols of Christmas - the song "Shchedryk". The folklore composition gained worldwide recognition thanks to the talented arrangement of the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych. For the first time "Shchedryk" was performed by the choir of Kyiv University in 1916. A few years later - in 1922 - it was sung by the Ukrainian Republican Chapel under the direction of Oleksandr Koshyts in Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1936, the American composer of Ukrainian descent Peter Wilchowski created an English version of the text of the Ukrainian Christmas carol and "Shchedryk" became known as Carol of the Bells. On the sketch for the postage stamp, the artist Mykolai Kochubei illustrated "Shchedryk" - a song about a swallow flying to the household to herald a happy and rich year for the family.
The First Day Cover and maxi-card included in this collector's philatelic set are very rare, very few were made due to the limited number of stamp sheets provided on the first day of issue.
Specification:
Artist — Mykola Kochubey
Seller Information
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- serenar148 (219)
- Registered Since
- 06/19/2022
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- Item Location
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Ships To
- Worldwide
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