2025 war in Ukraine, First Day Cover of stamp Cities of Heroes Mariupol Azovstal

Item Specifics

Country

Ukraine

Catalog Number

2152

Condition

First Day Cover

Centering

Fine

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Military

Year of Issue

2025

Item Description

2025 war in Ukraine, First Day Cover of stamp «City of Heroes. Mariupol», RARE.

The city of special cancellation of the stamp - Kyiv, March 14, 2025.

The envelope bears autograph from author of stamp - artist Victoria Anikienko, author of the postal issue "City of Heroes. Mariupol".

Description:
On March 16, 2022, a russian plane dropped two high-powered bombs on the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol, where more than a thousand civilians, including women and children, were hiding from the shelling. On the square in front of the theater, a warning sign read “CHILDREN” in large letters. But this did not stop the Russian killers. As a result of the strikes, a large number of people died under the rubble of the building.

To honor the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack and all those who selflessly defended the city from the invaders, Ukrposhta presents the postal issue “City of Heroes. Mariupol”. The postage stamps of the issue are covered with particles of steel produced at Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, which has become a real outpost of the city since the beginning of the large-scale war. The thermography technology was used on Ukrainian postage stamps for the first time, which was made possible by Ukrposhta's cooperation with Cartor Security Printers (France), a leading global printing services company.

Specification:
Issue date — 14.03.2025
Size — C6

Seller Information

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06/19/2022

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Item Location

Kyiv, Ukraine

Ships To

Worldwide

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