The Ukrainian Philatelic
and
Numismatic Society


Related Links



UPNS Member Sites


 UPNS- Metro Detroit Chapter homepage.  

Ukrainian Collectibles Society,   UPNS-Toronto Chapter.

Another site you may want to visit is the one by Roman Hryciw, which commemorates prominent Ukrainian Professor Stepan Timoshenko, who taught at the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, the University of Michigan, and Stanford University.

This colorful link, set up by Borys Zayachivsky, is a great introduction to the world of Ukrainian post cards.

An excellent site for keeping up with new Ukrainian stamps is Bohdan Hrynyshyn's Ukrainian Electronic Stamp Album. Also included is information on past Ukrainian issues.

A beautiful web site that deals with the entire spectrum of Ukrainian art and culture may be found at ArtUkraine. Morgan Williams, another of the society's post card specialists, created this site, which features pages devoted to all aspects of Ukrainian art as well as to philately and numismatics.


Stamp Dealers (Mostly Modern Materials)


Roman Voronka
30 Clinton Ave.
Maplewood NJ 07040-2129
USA

Michael Shulewsky
Trident Stamps
P.O. Box 279
Kensington CT 06037-0279
USA


Auctions and Sales of Classic Materials


The longest-running Ukrainian auction service is that of:

Val Zabijaka
P.O. Box 3711
Silver Spring MD 20918
USA
Mr. Zabijaka also sells materials by direct sale.


A very helpful European dealer with a tremendous stock of Ukraine and related areas stamps is:

Trevor Pateman
P.O. Box 12
Lewes, BN7 1AZ
United Kingdom
Mr. Pateman has been able to aquire large portions of the famous
Rudolf Siechter and Eugene Vyrovyj Collections of classic Ukrainian stamps.


A UPNS member who always stocks good materials is:

Ron Zelonka
1274 Monks Passage
Oakville ONT
Canada L6M 1R4


Other Useful Ukrainian Philatelic Sites


Recent Ukrainian stamp issues are described and illustrated at the web site of "Marka Ukrainy", the firm responsible for printing Ukraine's stamps and postal stationery. Information about Ukrainian stamps issued this year may be found at Stamp Cafe. Odesa resident Simon Milkus maintains a Ukrainian stamp catalog on his personal website. RememberRevolution! is a one-stamp online shop dedicated to recently issued Ukrainian Orange Revolution stamps.

A number of European dealers carry Ukrainian stamps, including Neofila in Lithuania, and BiStamp and Viktor Kolos in Belarus.

Links to a huge variety of philatelic websites, including Ukrainian, may be found on Joe Luft's philatelic resource page, as well as on PhilaGuide: The Golden Guide for Philatelists.

A valuable informational site is that of Burkhardt Schneider who runs a philatelic book service. Click on the link for direct access to the Philabooks list of worldwide philatelic literature. Currently there are about 9,000 titles available.

Numismatic Sites


Information on Ukrainian coins and banknotes is available from the National Bank of Ukraine . Another site that covers Ukrainian currency is Hryvnia. The site of Roman Olynyk also deals with Ukrainian numismatics as well as philately.

A wonderful site for viewing all sorts of historic Ukrainian coins, from ancient times to the 20th century, is the Odessa Virtual Museum of Numismatics. Although the site comes up in Russian, you can select to view in English or Ukrainian. A very fine selection of books dealing with Ukrainian numismatics and history may be found at Fridman Books. These specialty volumes are published in English, Russian, and Ukrainian.


Related Societies


Many Ukrainian, Czech and Slovak philatelists enjoy collecting Carpatho-Ukraine, an entity that has had ties with all three countries. Austria long ruled the Western Ukrainian provinces of Galicia (Halychyna) and Bukovina, so materials from those areas are also part of Ukrainian postal history. A second Austrian philatelic organization hails from the UK. They produce an excellent journal, with occasional articles related to Western Ukrainian areas.

To learn more about Russian philately check out the Rossica site. A fine source for information on zemstvo stamps is the one assembled by Rainer Fuchs. The Worldwide Society of Russian Philately keeps abreast of new issues from all the republics of the former Soviet Union.

The American Philatelic Society is the oldest and largest in the US with some 200 specialized chapters.


Heraldry and Vexillology


A terrific United States Senate site, World Statesmen, is a database of the rulers of nations, colonies, international and religious organizations, and other polities from about 1700 onward. Includes past and present flags, maps, constitutions, and national anthems. The largest website devoted to national, provincial, and regional coats of arms is at International Civic Arms. This excellent site displays thousands of coats of arms from around the world, including dozens from Ukraine. Many historic coats of arms from territories and entities that no longer exist are also presented. Well worth visiting, but download may be a bit slow due to the vast amount of material being transferred to your computer.

A fine site for Ukrainian heraldry also includes information on local and regional coats of arms and displays all Ukrainian stamps on the topic. More than 400 emblems from Ukraine's military may be viewed at the Ukrainian Army website.
 

Updated: 11/01/06