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Ukrainian stamps from 1992, marking independence and the re-establishment of domestic postage. If you look at the army-green background, you can see this was originally a three-kopek Russian stamp from 1988, featuring a warship. In 1992, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian Post Office overprinted USSR stamps with the trident symbol, for use in Kyiv, Lviv and Chernihiv. Ukrainian-designed national postage stamps followed.
The Ukrainian trident symbol (tryzub/тризуб) was the insignia of Volodymyr the Great, the first Grand Prince of Kyiv (958 – 15 July 1015 CE).
This stamp, with the Ukrainian trident literally stamped over a Russian warship, was an odd precursor of one issued in 2022 to honor Ukrainian border guards. On 24 February 2022 (the first day of the Russian invasion) the Russian warship Moskva attacked and captured the strategically-important Snake Island in the Black Sea, beginning a military occupation. When the Moskva hailed the island’s garrison and ordered it to surrender, border guard Roman Hrybov responded, “Russian warship, go f* yourself.” As the occupation of the island continued, Ukraine launched a campaign against Russian forces around the island, resulting in a Russian withdrawal in June 2022.
Hrybov’s famous words went viral, and were commemorated on a Ukrainian postage stamp issued on 12 April. One day later, however, the Moskva was sunk by an explosion caused by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles. The Ukrainian post office released an altered version of the stamp soon after, with the warship removed from the scene.
The Ukrainian border guards were originally believed to be all killed, but Hrybov was later confirmed captured by the Russian Navy. On his release, Hrybov was awarded a medal at the end of March 2022.
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