Ukraine’s postal agency, Ukrposhta, is issuing a stamp to make clear how the Ukrainian people feel about the Russian invasion. According to Linn’s Stamp News and other sources, Ukrposhta invited proposed designs, then winnowed the 500 submissions down to 20 and invited voting on its Facebook page.The announced theme was, “Russian warship, go to —.”
“The stamp will have to be international so that everyone can send it to any country,” said Ukrposhta on its website.
This one, by Ukrainian artist Boris Groh, garnered more than 1,700 votes of the 8,000 cast — better than 1 in 5, according to Ukrposhta’s message on Facebook.
The issue date has not been announced.
According to Linn’s, Ukrposhta h
as said it may use the other designs on future postal products.
The Business Insider web publication had a short version of the story on March 8th.
Other postings on the Ukrposhta page show some of its employees during the crisis — emphasizing that 80% of its employees are women — and assuring Ukrainians who receive pensions that Ukrposhta offices will be open so that recipients can get those payments.
