1941.20.IV Cholm. Official stamps of the Ukrainian Relief Committee

1941.20.IV Cholm. Official stamps of the Ukrainian Relief Committee

1941.20.IV Cholm. Official stamps of the Ukrainian Relief Committee (URC) in Cholm, designed for internal
business use of the URC and its delegates. A postal communication network was developed with 35 locations
including a special postmark, but the German occupation authorities did not allow these stamps to be used.
Letters are known used on the first day with the URC postmark and a separate date stamp. The stamp designs
by Svyatoslav Shramchenka and Basil Shtulya show maps, views of old churches and towers in the Cholm
district, modern buildings Cholm, a portrait of the head of the URC, the Cholm coat of arms and the trident
emblem. Printed by typography in the URC printing plant, on various types and colors of paper, imperforate.
With the exception of no. 18, all stamps are without gum.
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ab) Map of Cholm
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ad) Cathedral of the Blessed
Mother, 13th Century
ae) Cathedral of the Blessed
Mother, 1939
af) Front of URC building
ag) Rear view of URC building
ah) Ukrainian cooperative
Union
ai ) Ukrainian high school
aj) Technical and vocational school
ak) Word of God church
ao) 13th century tower
near Riyovtsya
al) Tower near the pillar,
13th century
am) 13th century tower
near Bilyavina
ap) Railway station
an) Well of King Daniel
aq) Bank of Ukraine
ar) Head of URC Cholm
as) Cholm coat of arms
Official postmark of Cholm URC
at) Ukrainian Trident
The first edition had about 1,000
complete sets. Later, for propaganda
purposes, additional quantities were
printed in various colors and also with
hand-carved overprints of memorable
dates: "19. IX. 1941 Kyiv" and "22. IX.
1942" and also issued a separate black /
blue stamp with the date "3. V. 1943."
were also prepared official envelopes
with the overprinted stamp no. 6 and
postcards with the stamp no. 4.
Example of overprint
On 1. VI. 1941 a further release of official stamps for URC Cholm was prepared, featuring pictorial themes of
the churches Cholm. 500 sets.
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ax) St. Paraskevi Church
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az) Military Council
11. IX. 1941. Cholm. Commemorative stamps issued by the West Cholm UDC office for the 75th anniversary
of the issue of Zemstvo stamps in Ukraine. The central vignettes contain pictures of the stamps issud by the
Kozelets, Dniprovsk and Verkhnednieprovsk Zemstvos. The frames contain the inscription "75 years of
Ukrainian postage stamps" and the dates "1866-1941". Both upper corners contain tridents. Printed by
typography on colored paper, imperforate.
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