[Above: Here is an example of UKRAINE overprinted German stamps and two Soviet stamps. You sometimes see this for philitelic purposes but also in the early days of the liberation of the Ukraine when stamps were in short supply and things were chaotic. Note that the old Soviet Cyrillic ink stamp is still being used as well.]
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[Above: Government used German liberation of Ukraine envelope. Only one 'Hitler head' stamp is overprinted 'UKRAINE' probably because of a shortage of such. Note the eagle and swastika stamps overprinting the pre-printed Russian postage and hammer/sickle/wreath.]
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[Above: This is a very rare error of a common German stamp overprinted in 1941 for the Ukraine. Note that the 'UKRAINE' overprint is upside down!]
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[Above: These very rare stamps are from the German administration of Northern Ukraine.
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[Above: Block of six 60+90 'Wladimir-Wolynsk' stamps. Full sheets contained 15 stamps.]
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[Above: 'Wladimir-Wolynsk' imperforate versions of the stamps above.]
[Above: 'Wladimir-Wolynsk' imperforate proof - blue instead of the normal violet. Only 30 of these were made!]
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[Above: 'Gebietskommissar Wladimir-Wolynsk' versions of the stamps above.]
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[Above: Like those stamps above, except these are from 'Luboml'.]
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[Above: Like those stamps above, but on lighter paper and with sheet tabs.]
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[Above: Block of six 60+90 'Luboml' stamps.]
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[Above: 'Luboml' imperforate versions of the stamps above.]
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[Above: Like those stamps above, except these are from 'Gorochow'.]
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[Above: Imperforate versions of the 'Gorochow' stamps.]
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[Above: 12+18 'Luboml' stamp used on an envelope from May 1944.]
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[Above: This cover, which is expertized on the reverse to prove its authenticity, is from Wladimir-Wolynsk. It bears four stamps which far exceed the postage rate because this was done by a stamp collector.]
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[Above: Southern Ukraine, February 3, 1944. These were temporary stamps of the Ukrainian Provisional Post. They were valid until March 26, 1944 and were issued without gum. They were issued after the withdrawal of the German Official Post, which occurred simultaneously with the retreat of the German Wehrmacht.]
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[Above: Very rare imperf versions.]
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[Above: Blocks of four. Full sheets included 42 stamps.]
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[Above: Envelope showing usage of a 'Nowo-Mirgorod' stamp.]
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[Above: Envelope from Rowno showing usage of a overprinted 'Hitler head' stamps.]
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[Above: 50k, 1.50k and 3k, complete set of three (1.50k type IV, remaining two stamps type II, each with dot next to 'kop' variety.]
[Above: 3k (black on gray, type II, only 70 printed in type II!This also is a dot next to 'kop' variety, but note that the dot is lower than those varieties above).]
[Above: Imperforate version.]
[Above: Imperforate version, used (brown, type II, only 300 issued!)]
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[Above: These overprinted versions were issued on October 28, 1941.]
[Above: 1.50k brown (vertically laid paper, type II, only 35 printed in type II!)]
[Above: 1.50k brown (vertically laid paper, triple overprint)]
[Above: Here is an example like that above, except the back shows that it was made from recycled paper.]
[Above: Rarer still is this error stamp of the 50k black on dark blue. It is printed on reverse with overprint inverted! It is thought that only 25 were printed. These were made with no gum, therefore a glue had to be applied.]
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[Above: Here is an envelope showing usage of the 3.00 Ssarny stamp. Once again very rare.]
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[Above: A fantastic philatelic example of all of the above stamps.]
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[Above: Another example. Do you see the small red cursive-looking writing on the margin of some stamps, or at the bottom of others? That is an expert's mark, called an 'expertizer'. They are experts that judge whether a stamp is real or a forgery. But crooks will even forge the expertizer's mark and place it on a fake item. You really have to study the hobby yourself. View every real and fake item that you can, this will familiarize you with what is legit and what is not. It will eventually, after a few years of study, give you an instinct. You will be able to look at most stamps and immediately be able to tell if it is legit or not. But there are still some fakes that are so good that even experts cannot tell if they are real or not. My advice is to get as many books on the topic as you can. One of the best in the world is done by a German company called 'Michel'. Nothing else compares. Many of their books are only available in German, but they do produce English versions of the books you would need, but be prepared to pay a high price. But they are worth it, I promise you.]
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[Above: This a very rare stamp from February 1942 from the Vosnessensk Territory.]
[Above: Close-up.]
[Above: 60 value plus the value shown above but quite different printing quality (perforation error, size, color).]
[Above: Examples with severe perforation shifts.]
[Above: Imperforate proofs from 1941. Extremely rare.]
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[Above: This crudely overprinted stamp is from Alexanderstadt, Ukraine.]
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[Above: Set from Alexanderstadt, Ukraine.]
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[Above: Rare Alexanderstadt envelope (with two #5 type III stamps catalogued at over nine hundred Euros).]
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[Above: Rare Alexanderstadt envelope (with two #10 type III stamps).]
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[Above: Ukraine, March 1941, very rare local stamp for Gorochow. The stamps feature an outline of the territorial commissariat of Gorochow.]
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[Above: This stamp is from the Ukrainian Liberation Army.]
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[Above: The top two stamps shown here are from 1944, but they were never issued due to Ukraine being occupied by Russia.
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[Above: A trio of interesting stamps, the piece on the right curiously has a 'Hitler head' postage stamp from Poland (General Government).]
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They are from April 1944 and each has regional prints on the bottom.
These stamps in particular are of 'Wladimir-Wolynsk'.]
They were meant for local usage. The bottom two stamps are charity stamps, also unissued. 'NOWTA' means postage.]
