Ukrposhta Releases New Stamps for World Vyshyvanka Day
To mark the World Vyshyvanka Day, which is celebrated in Ukraine on 16 May, the state-owned Ukrposhta has presented new stamps. They feature traditional embroidery patterns of the Crimean Tatars and Kharkiv region. The redemption of the new stamps took place today in Kyiv at the Main Post Office.
This was reported by Ukrposhta.
Kharkiv region is represented by a 19th-century women's shirt depicting cockerels - a symbol of the sun, light, and the awakening of life.
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is represented by Crimean Tatar embroidery. This is a woman's headscarf "marama", mid-19th century. The pattern is made using the technique of vestibule embroidery "Qasnaq". The issue was supported by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and the NGO El Cheber. The presentation of the stamps was also attended by the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov.
The designs were based on samples of ancient embroidered shirts provided by the National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art.
The circulation of each stamp is 800,000 copies.
The special redemption will last for 2 days. Today, the stamp dedicated to Crimea was redeemed in Kyiv, as it is currently impossible to do so on the peninsula due to its temporary occupation, said Igor Smelyansky, director of Ukrposhta. Tomorrow, the official special redemption will take place in Kharkiv.
"We are told that our stamps have the ability to predict things. Today we are issuing two special regions - Crimea and Kharkiv - that need our support now. Usually, we redeem stamps where these embroideries were born. Tomorrow we will put them out in Kharkiv. Unfortunately, we cannot do this in Crimea today. However, our Armed Forces extinguished something very beautiful yesterday in Bakhchisarai. I hope that they will continue to redeem them so that in a few years we can continue issuing them on the beautiful shores of Yalta," Smelyansky said.
During the official cancellation of the stamps, a show of traditional clothes from Kyiv Polissya and the Middle Dnipro region was also held, which were sewn by the social enterprise Vilna Nitka based on samples of unique costumes from the collection of the Vyshhorod Historical and Cultural Reserve.