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Here is information about the charity auction lot - it sold for 156,000 euros.

Translated via Google Translate

At a charity auction from Prozorro.Sales, the stamp with the ship was sold for UAH 5 million!

This means that today our army has received a considerable amount of aid. In the end, thanks to the exploits of the Armed Forces, the stamp gained such popularity and was able to raise millions

Thank you to the participants of the auction and especially to the winner who fought for the autographed set to the last. These efforts were not in vain


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I couldn’t even load the website either. Not surprising.

Ah well, others have much bigger issues. Perspective!

Stay safe, Marochkin.

britjag wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 01:58 I couldn’t even load the website either. Not surprising.

Ah well, others have much bigger issues. Perspective!

Stay safe, Marochkin.

Here is the official statement of CEO of Ukrposhta , sorri for translation he via Google translator

Dear customers!
As of now, DDOS is still going on - an attack on our systems. And although we have already been able to partially restore them, this does not allow us to run the online store in a stable mode. Therefore, so that everyone can calmly prepare for the holidays, and we have done our job to the end, today the online store will not work.
We will announce the resumption of work in advance. So that everyone can prepare. Today, before the Internet attack, about 9,500 customers were able to place their orders. And they are already preparing to send. That is, we will be able to accept another 7,000 orders after the resumption of work.
But I understand that everyone wants to get a brand. I think we have found a solution how to do it. Approximately at 18:00 - 18:30 we will announce here and at https://t.me/igorsmelyansky
Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience and ask not to wait long!
Thank you all!

Do they think the site has been hacked by the Russians or is it just overloaded?

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 02:39 Do they think the site has been hacked by the Russians or is it just overloaded?

You do not know what DDOS is?

Ukraine Post wrote:
Dear customers!

As of now, DDOS is still going on - an attack on our systems.

Well, here's the second issue of the ship wreck stamp. The circulation of stamps is 5 million copies, and the number of envelopes is 1 million.

Anyone who has a desire to buy and might have complications with the purchase can write, and I hope I can help.

Please contact me direct

Marochkin wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 00:57 Here is information about the charity auction lot - it sold for 156,000 euros.

Translated via Google Translate

At a charity auction from Prozorro.Sales, the stamp with the ship was sold for UAH 5 million!

This means that today our army has received a considerable amount of aid. In the end, thanks to the exploits of the Armed Forces, the stamp gained such popularity and was able to raise millions

Thank you to the participants of the auction and especially to the winner who fought for the autographed set to the last. These efforts were not in vain

Wow -- that is near $A250,000 for the cover signed by the Ukrainian Marine etc! Well done.

My bid came up short.

Ukraine Post has been hit with a "denial of service" attack. Gosh, I wonder by who, and why....

Here is a media report on the DDOS:
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/04/ukraines-postal-service-g ... attleship/

DigitalPhilatelist wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022 10:09 Waiting to see the price of a postally used copy on cover.

It would be interesting to see one of these stamps used on a letter to Russia or Belorussia.

Though I don't expect there is a mail service between Ukraine and Russia, but there might be some transiting through Poland?

The East Germans made a point of obliterating stamps of West Germany that had themes or designs that offended their sensibilities. They didn't like this one about Prisoners of War. This period of censorship is called Postkrieg in German (postal war).


Scott

starling wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 13:17

DigitalPhilatelist wrote: ↑22 Apr 2022 10:09 Waiting to see the price of a postally used copy on cover.

It would be interesting to see one of these stamps used on a letter to Russia or Belorussia.

Though I don't expect there is a mail service between Ukraine and Russia, but there might be some transiting through Poland?

The East Germans made a point of obliterating stamps of West Germany that had themes or designs that offended their sensibilities. They didn't like this one about Prisoners of War. This period of censorship is called Postkrieg in German (postal war).





Scott

These stamps, like any other stamps after February 25, cannot be seen on shipments to the Russian Federation and Belarus, due to the suspension of postal exchange.
There can be no transit exchange through Poland either, because there is also a postal exchange stopping there. Yes, and such is not provided for in the postal rules at all.
As for the mashing stamps and other things, I had a case when in Russia , the Crimea peninsula was torn from Ukraine on a postage stamp "Glory to Ukraine"

Global Administrator wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 03:08

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 02:39 Do they think the site has been hacked by the Russians or is it just overloaded?

You do not know what DDOS is?

Ukraine Post wrote:
Dear customers!

As of now, DDOS is still going on - an attack on our systems.

Systems often crash if too much demand is put on them as was likely in this case- presumably they could tell that it was malicious in this case!

Any site would know the difference between "too much demand" and being flooded with bots logging in.

starling wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 13:17
The East Germans made a point of obliterating stamps of West Germany that had themes or designs that offended their sensibilities. They didn't like this one about Prisoners of War. This period of censorship is called Postkrieg in German (postal war).





Scott

For those who are interested in such matters, there is a thread covering "Postkrieg" all areas and periods here:

https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=71098

Now pages of them on eBay- do they really think these prices will hold up?

From the statement of Ukrposhta CEO posted on Facebook

In order not to distract your attention during the day, I will immediately answer questions about the stamp with the Patron. In an interview with Forbes, I pointed out that this is one of the ideas, among others, such as the stamp dedicated to the Armed Forces (Heroes of Glory), "Good evening, we are from Ukraine", "Red Viburnum", "Putin - Kremlin", etc. .п. It is up to you, the citizens of Ukraine, to decide which stamp will be next, and we will soon launch an online vote on this issue. I myself am very interested in the results.

And tonight we will announce the launch of another stamp that was prepared before the war and I'm sure, given the circumstances, she will also find her fans.

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2022 04:04 Now pages of them on eBay- do they really think these prices will hold up?

Most Ukraine commemorative have print runs of 130,000, so the quantity is not that small.

Probably will be like Austria's Brexit stamp and within a few months the excitement over the issue will fade and prices will come back to more normal range.

Would not surprise if Ukrposhta reprinted the stamp after initial release when they saw the demand.

There are now FDC envelopes on sale in the post offices that have been reprinted.

DJCMH wrote: ↑26 Apr 2022 02:44

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2022 04:04 Now pages of them on eBay- do they really think these prices will hold up?

Most Ukraine commemorative have print runs of 130,000, so the quantity is not that small.

Probably will be like Austria's Brexit stamp and within a few months the excitement over the issue will fade and prices will come back to more normal range.

Would not surprise if Ukrposhta reprinted the stamp after initial release when they saw the demand.

Surely 130,000 is quite a small run? I guess this stamp will be reprinted as per demand!

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2022 19:45

DJCMH wrote: ↑26 Apr 2022 02:44

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2022 04:04 Now pages of them on eBay- do they really think these prices will hold up?

Most Ukraine commemorative have print runs of 130,000, so the quantity is not that small.

Probably will be like Austria's Brexit stamp and within a few months the excitement over the issue will fade and prices will come back to more normal range.

Would not surprise if Ukrposhta reprinted the stamp after initial release when they saw the demand.

Surely 130,000 is quite a small run? I guess this stamp will be reprinted as per demand!

The second, third and other additional print runs will not be printed. And as for print runs, they are printed so that stamps do not lie on the shelves for years, but everything depends on the subject of the printed stamps. There is a circulation that varies in a month or two months, and there is a six-month period.

Just saw these on Delcampe which are claimed to be produced by Peterspost.

"We deliver international and domestic correspondence
Peterspost is a postal and courier service operating on domestic Russian and foreign delivery lines. Accurately, within a reasonable time, at moderate rates.
Peterspost provides postal services throughout the Russian Federation on the basis of a license from the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media No. 157035 dated July 20, 2017"
http://peterspost.ru/ It would seem a bit surprising if these are really available in Russia!

Hello, we are auctioning ONE of the special edition Ukraine Postal Service iconic stamp of the 'Russian warship...go f*** yourself' to raise as much money as possible to buy food and medical supplies to take to Ukraine. It was bought in Lviv post office and brought back to Krakow by our colleague who is a Krakow city councillor and activist. Today he is in Odesa delivering 7.5 tonnes of food and essential aid, on the way they delivered an urgently needed hospital trolley to Lviv maternity hospital - money raised from this stamp auction goes to grassroots aid to Ukraine!

We are looking for generous stamp collectors, philanthropists and all-round good people to bid for the stamp! You can see the auction here, many thanks, Sally (Baltic Holidays)
https://www.facebook.com/BalticHolidays/posts/4872847169509929

Hello, we have one of these Ukraine stamps for sale via fundraising auction on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BalticHolidays/posts/4872847169509929

Please, click through and read the backstory to this auction. We want to turn this stamp into as much food and medical supplies as possible for Ukraine! Best wishes, Sally (Baltic Holidays)

DJCMH wrote: ↑12 Apr 2022 14:03

Ubobo.R.O. wrote: ↑12 Apr 2022 13:54 What exactly are the F and W rates in relation to letters and postcards ?

F = Registered Letter within Ukraine (currently UAH 23.00)
W = Overseas letter up to 50 grams (currently US$1.50)

Seems strange that they would use those letters, as they don't exist within the Ukrainian alphabet!

Rob K wrote: ↑03 May 2022 22:04

DJCMH wrote: ↑12 Apr 2022 14:03

Ubobo.R.O. wrote: ↑12 Apr 2022 13:54 What exactly are the F and W rates in relation to letters and postcards ?

F = Registered Letter within Ukraine (currently UAH 23.00)
W = Overseas letter up to 50 grams (currently US$1.50)

Seems strange that they would use those letters, as they don't exist within the Ukrainian alphabet!

And what do you think is strange?
Can the postal rules for issuing stamps be violated?

I think that DJCMH is justified in believing it to be odd that Ukraine uses western characters to identify postage rates now.

IN 1992 and later many letters of the Ukrainian alphabet were used with - as far as I know - no problem internationally, including letters not in the western alphabet.

That is not to say that there is anything wrong in the practice, just interesting or unusual (=strange).

* UKRAINE STAMP AUCTION ENDS TODAY *
Our fundraising auction ends TODAY at 18.00 hours UK time. Help us turn this iconic Ukraine stamp into food & medical supplies for Ukraine. In years to come, you can tell the story how you helped Ukraine win the war by buying this stamp!

A genuine, original Ukraine stamp of the Russian warship, bought in Lviv and now being auctioned to buy food and medical supplies for Ukraine, we have also bought water for Bucha, chain saws for the Ukraine army to build trenches, a hospital bed... please visit our post to see the stamp and ready the backstory! Thanks, Sally (Baltic Holidays)

Auction is here at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BalticHolidays/posts/4872847169509929

#ukrainestamp #russianwarship #UkraineAid

Sally - a great cause that most of us support, however you are a month too late on this sadly.

Readily buyable for $30 or so now, and the price is now dropping each day due to oversupply.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394054013211

We have firm rules here re selling things and sadly you do not qualify - by a long way -

https://www.stampboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=1338

The 'auction' appears not to be transparent in any way, so folks might care to donate directly.

Admin

Marochkin wrote: ↑03 May 2022 22:32 And what do you think is strange?
Can the postal rules for issuing stamps be violated?

I am not up to speed with the rules on NVI indicators, but I suppose on reflection it would make sense for them to be internationally recognisable to allow calculation of postage due. (Although do the old UPU rules on international postage due still apply? In my experience it seems that underpaid items get diverted back to the sender in the country of origin, and if they make it to the destination country then they don't get surcharged.

Rob K wrote: ↑08 May 2022 01:14

Marochkin wrote: ↑03 May 2022 22:32 And what do you think is strange?
Can the postal rules for issuing stamps be violated?

I am not up to speed with the rules on NVI indicators, but I suppose on reflection it would make sense for them to be internationally recognisable to allow calculation of postage due. (Although do the old UPU rules on international postage due still apply? In my experience it seems that underpaid items get diverted back to the sender in the country of origin, and if they make it to the destination country then they don't get surcharged.

In general, the postal operator of the country of receipt of the shipment can do two things , this is to return to the sender, then receive funds if the small offset.

Or send to the recipient with a note that the recipient must pay extra. And as for the stamps themselves, all postal operators give samples of stamps to all postal operators .

Rob K wrote: ↑08 May 2022 01:14

Marochkin wrote: ↑03 May 2022 22:32 And what do you think is strange?
Can the postal rules for issuing stamps be violated?

I am not up to speed with the rules on NVI indicators, but I suppose on reflection it would make sense for them to be internationally recognisable to allow calculation of postage due. (Although do the old UPU rules on international postage due still apply? In my experience it seems that underpaid items get diverted back to the sender in the country of origin, and if they make it to the destination country then they don't get surcharged.

It's a long time since I've seen any new postage due from international mail. British mail is not diverted back to the sender because we don't have the habit of putting the return address on the envelope.

Global Administrator wrote: ↑06 May 2022 21:54
Readily buyable for $30 or so now, and the price is now dropping each day due to oversupply.

No surprise there - just another "modern rarity" that's no such thing and simply a victim of hype and greedy sellers/dealers.

And now ....... Fridge Magnets!


https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/265665332569

Today I received this registered letter, send from Lviv

That appears to be a 'personalised' stamp produced by Ukrposhta, not one of the two stamps issued by them shown earlier in the thread.

Marochkin wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022 03:17

Well, here's the second issue of the ship wreck stamp. The circulation of stamps is 5 million copies, and the number of envelopes is 1 million.

Anyone who has a desire to buy and might have complications with the purchase can write, and I hope I can help.

Please contact me direct

Ukrposhta Website now gives official First Day of Issue for the Sinking of the Moskva stamp as 23 May 2022.
https://ukrposhta.ua/en/news/57652-ukrposhta-vvodit-v-obig-p ... lava-nacii

The prices are hardly anything in hard currencies but how do you actually access the site?!

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 May 2022 23:25 The prices are hardly anything in hard currencies but how do you actually access the site?!

here is the link to the website of Ukrposhta
https://www.ukrposhta.ua/ua

Marochkin wrote: ↑25 May 2022 00:57

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 May 2022 23:25 The prices are hardly anything in hard currencies but how do you actually access the site?!

here is the link to the website of Ukrposhta
https://www.ukrposhta.ua/ua

Thanks, but all you get is "Site can not be reached" when you click on "Online Store"- I guess they are overloaded as suggested earlier in the thread?

Work fine for me, and in English too!

https://www.ukrposhta.ua/en

Yes, that link works, but have you pressed the link on that page to get to their online shop?

When I do I get this message:

Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://postmark.ukrposhta.ua/?" on this server.
Reference #18.47a30017.1653402435.153f8c4a

Is it just me on an iPad or does the link to the store work on a desktop, perhaps?

Global Administrator wrote: ↑25 May 2022 01:22 Work fine for me, and in English too!

https://www.ukrposhta.ua/en

Do you mean that you have actually purchased items from their site, or that you have just viewed it?

Global Administrator wrote: ↑25 May 2022 01:22 Work fine for me, and in English too!

https://www.ukrposhta.ua/en

The header page comes up OK but when I tried going to the philatelic page I got "Access Denied" and when I took a more round about route to find some stamps I got a timed out message.

Looks like they may still be having some teething issues.

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑25 May 2022 01:13

Marochkin wrote: ↑25 May 2022 00:57

OldDuffer1 wrote: ↑24 May 2022 23:25 The prices are hardly anything in hard currencies but how do you actually access the site?!

here is the link to the website of Ukrposhta
https://www.ukrposhta.ua/ua

Thanks, but all you get is "Site can not be reached" when you click on "Online Store"- I guess they are overloaded as suggested earlier in the thread?

So you want to buy a stamp, you can buy it here, for example, where 1000 UAH goes to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine
https://kasta.ua/uk/product/13649455:33126731/?utm_campaign= ... SnadShtXG8

Um, thanks…it’s Ukrainian to me (I suppose)

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lesbootman wrote: ↑25 May 2022 01:47

Global Administrator wrote: ↑25 May 2022 01:22 Work fine for me, and in English too!

https://www.ukrposhta.ua/en

The header page comes up OK but when I tried going to the philatelic page I got "Access Denied" and when I took a more round about route to find some stamps I got a timed out message.

Looks like they may still be having some teething issues.

My guess is there is a lot of DDOS issues currently. In fact both Ukraine's philatelic webshop and Russia's main site philatelic bureau website rusmarka.ru have been on and off for the past coup!e weeks (as has the English language version of Belarus' post office).

There are some interesting listings on eBay...

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394090781519?hash=item5bc1a41b4f:g:ctUAAOSwmQRij0wk
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394090776023?hash=item5bc1a405d7:g:l44AAOSw1Zhij0ue

I have a customer in Chernihiv who wants to buy some stamps - specifically Royal Mail's new datamatrix stamps in blocks. This will be an expensive purchase.

We tested the postal system - I sent him a letter which arrived ok, he sent me this one on 7 June and it arrived while I was away last week. The stamps are close to the edge, but I think he didn't want to cover the Moskva and wanted to leave room for the address. Inside was the next best thing to the GFY stamp, the postcard showing it.

Now prices asked have dropped to more sensible levels (and sellers offering free postage) took a punt on this:
We shall see! (Tracking No. given which seems to work!)