Hello All, I have a question about this Ukraine cover. It is an older Soviet Union postal envelope used after the break up. What I don't understand, what are the two hexagon shaped handstamps between the stamps and on top of the indicium? Is it some sort of handstamp for payment of postage or something else? Thanks, Will
Yes, the hand stamps are provisional stamps for postage going out of the Ukraine just after separation from Russia in the early 1990's. Their provisional postage was rather primitive at first.
Here is a cover with provisional postage I posted to the forum last year. There is a catalog of Ukrainian provisional postage from this era.
Smauggie: Thanks for the information. It just threw me for a loop since I didn't see any country name on the handstamps like the ones on your example. I have also come across one from Latvia that's a little better developed (2nd cover just came for the ride as part of same scan). Will
Here's another from Kyrgyzstan, but the overprints are on old Soviet Union stamps.
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Posted 03/31/2011 09:55 am
