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Radio Kiev QSL Request
Three unused cards are available. Self-addressed (but not stamped) to “Radio Kiev, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR” and all in English, they are report templates for anyone receiving Radio Kiev transmissions and wanting to report details in exchange for a QSL reply. Historical relics, indeed. Grades: 1
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Radio Kiev greetings
In 1972, a QSL request to Radio Kiev generated a proper QSL card along with this holiday greetings card captioned in Ukranian and Russian, with a handwritten message on the reverse, in English. The card was mailed in an envelope, so there’s no stamp or address. Grade: 4
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Radio Kiev QSL
Radio Kiev provided this QSL card in 1972, with details typed on the reverse and some marks where the card had slightly stuck to the inside of the envelope they used. No stamp, no address, no postmark, of course. Nice historical relic. 73’s! Grade: 2
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Kyiv (Kiev) Zoo, Lynx
Mailed in 2010 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Kyiv, Greetings
Mailed with stamp and blurry if mostly readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Kharkiv, central city panorama
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Significant postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4
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Lviv, multiple views
“Multiple views” doesn’t do justice to the card. You can see how much is on the front; the reverse has five stamps, of which one is a brilliant triangular representation of something completely unknown to us. Different postmarks, and address on an affixed label. Where’s that legendary Australian explorer Bronc Morret when we need him? Grade: 3
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Kyiv, Independence Square at night
We list this card only to show what happens more and more to cards in transit these days. Of course it is not supposed to look like this, or to be in this condition. Someone along the way–possibly here in Hong Kong–acknowledged this, because there is a faint rubber stamped message “Received in V**t Condition” (indecipherable). But there are four different large stamps! Grade: 5
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Kiev, Assumption Cathedral
After much time on search engines, we think this is the “Assumption Cathedral” in Kiev, but not 100% certain. The card is a little odd. The gold border surrounds three of four edges only, and the captions on the reverse don’t reveal much in any language. Unused. Grade: 1
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The Dnieper River in Winter
Nice photo on a somewhat battered card, with stamp and full postmark that must be the true highlight. Grade: 4
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Sevastopol, memorial
Mailed in 2011 with three stamps and two full postmarks. Grade: 2
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Simferopol, Supreme Council and Prince Yu Monument
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Odesa, Vorontsov Palace Colonnade
Three different stamps (two of which are lighthouses), and most of one postmark. Grade: 2
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Spicy-cake
Not postally used, this really is a postcard although the great majority of the reverse is taken up with recipes in three languages. There is extra handwriting. Grade: 4
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Map of Odessa (1835)
The map dates from 1835. The card (5-1/4″ x 7-1/8″) dates from 2011, with stamp, readable postmark, postal barcoding, and a fair bit of crumpling in transit. Even so, the card has a lot of character. Grade: 3
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Black Sea, Adzhigolsky Lighthouse
We love this card. It’s so bleak, but that is what lighthouses are all about anyway. Mailed in 2011, this postcard has three different and very large stamps (two of trains, one of a lighthouse though not this one), but the postmark is not fully legible. Grade: 1
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Khersoneskyl Lighthouse, Black Sea
Mailed in 2011, this card is good on the front and quite busy on the reverse, with seven stamps on the back, another sticker, and typo correction fluid in the address area. Hard to grade, but overall we give it Grade: 3
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Lviv, Valy Nyzhni (Lower Ramparts)
Not postally used, and with a written message taking the entire reverse. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Kyiv!
Not postally used, but with a long, handwritten message covering the reverse. Grade: 4
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The plan-scheme of a historical kernel of Kyiv
photoFabrique card from 2012, with three stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Lviv, city silhouette
Three stamps, one postmark, and lots of birds. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Christmas greetings
A postcard for charity. Mailed in 2011, with stamp and full postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Welcome to Lviv
Two of these cards are available, almost as busy on the back as on the front. One was mailed in 2012 with one stamp and parts of postmarks. Creased (Grade: 3, $2). The other was from either 2012 or 2013, with five stamps and faint but illegible postmark (Grade: 2, $3).
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Marijuana
Around the world in one trip … the card originated in the Ukraine and was mailed from Belarus in 2011 with stamp and full Minsk postmark, along with bilingual Prioritaire rubber-stamp chop mark. And now it’s here. And it can go to where you are. Grade: 2
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Slavyansk, multiple views
Mailed in 2012, with stamp and partial postmark. There’s also a white Par Avion label. Grade: 2
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Kyiv, NSC Olimpiysky
photoFabrique internet card of the venue for the EURO 2012 football final. We have three of these. One was mailed with two real stamps and bilingual Par Avion label (Grade: 1, $3). One looks the same but the “Par Avion” is rubber-stamped (Grade: 1, $2). One was mailed from Russia in 2014 with two stamps and another sticker (in Chinese) that looks like a stamp, but isn’t, along with psrts of two postmarks (Grade: 3, $2).
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Donetsk Power & Beauty
We wish we could have seen the discussion leading up to approval of this card’s design. Originally from Ukraine, it was mailed in Germany with two stamps and two Priority labels. It’s not in great condition, and seems strange. Grade: 4
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Lviv, Monastery and church complex Bernardino, 1630
Ornately designed card with a reproduction of an old photo. The card itself was mailed in 2012 with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Kyiv, multiple views
Mailed in 2012 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Kampodilsky Castle and towers
Bilingual caption tells us that the three towers are: Ruzhanka, Kushnirska, and Lyanskoronska. We have a particular spot in our heart for one of those. The card was mailed in 2012 with four different stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Sevastopol, torpedo boat
Mailed in 2012, this card has a stamp and Sevastopol postmark. Grade: 1
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Zaporizhia, bridge
Unused card, with all captions and other information in Ukrainian only. Grade: 1
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Zaporizhian Sich
Brilliant, unused 4″ x 7-7/8″ card. The story in the caption is interesting, informing that this place was “socio-political, grassroot, military organization of Ukranian cossacks,” and goes on from there. Grade: 1
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Lviv, Rynok Square, winter
Mailed in 2012, five different stamps (including one of Euro2012 football), and two postmarks. Grade: 2
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Kyiv, NSC Olimpiysky
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Statue
We tried to research where this might be, but no luck. The (internet) card was mailed from Ukraine in 2012 with seven stamps, but none were cancelled. Grade: 4
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Kara-Dag, Golden Gates
Mailed in 2012 with “Europa” stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Silantyev painting, Gorskyi poem
The poem appears on the reverse in Ukranian and English. Mailed in 2012 with four stamps and strong but hard-to-read postmark. Grade: 1
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Druzh Complex
From the front, this is a postcard. On the back, most of the space is taken up by an explanation (in Ukrainian only), with an inked number at the bottom. It could be used as a postcard–there would be just enough space for it–so we are listing it. Grade: 3
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Greetings from Ukraine
Mailed in 2012 with three remarkable stamps and full postmark. Grade: 2