The Ukrainian Electronic Stamp Album

2002 Philatelic Issues

Ukrainian National Dress - Ternopilska Region

On December 6th, 2002; Ukraine issued six (6) stamps depicting the native costumes worn by individuals in diffrent regions during specific folk cultural or religious celebrations. This is a continuation of the Series first started in 2001.


The third area represented is Cherkashchyna. On the first stamp on the left, we see a priest blessing a family during Easter service and saying "Christ is Risen! Indeed He has Risen!

On the second 45k stamp, we have individuals standing outside a church with their Easter baskets.

A pictorial cancellation was used for the First Day of Issue cover. Cancellation was done in Kyiv.




Face Value 45k
Colour Multicolour
Design Mykola Kochubei
Printing Method Offset
Printers "Derzhznak" - Kyiv
Perforation 13.25 x 13.25
Sheet 8 (2 x 4)
Stamp Size 30 x 33 mm
Issue 300,000