The Ukrainian Electronic Stamp Album

2009 Philatelic Issues

Europa 2009 - Astronomy

On 17 Apr 2009; Ukraine issued a 2 new definitive stamps based on the 2009 Europa series - Astronomy.




  1. The first stamp shows the night sky and instruments

  2. The second stamp shows the astronomer Galileo Galilei - an Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies 

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




Face Value 3.75hrv, 5.25hrv
Colour Multicolour
Design Natalia Fandeekova
Printing Method Offset
Printers "Derzhznak" - Kyiv
Perforation 13.75 x 14.25
Stamp Size 52 x 25 mm
Sheet 10(5 x 2)
Issue 95,000