I received a postcard from Ukraine via postcrossing.
I didn’t realize the Ukrainian people were still sending postcards until now. My Postcrossing partner, Juliia, is a Chinese language teacher living in Kyiv. She
likes to travel but can’t due to the war. Her postcard took a month to reach me
in California.
The postcard is titled “God Save Ukraine” by Olga
Mashevskaya. The style of painting reflects Ukrainian colors and cultures.
Juliia chose a stamp depicting the war with
Russia. The stamp “The Russian Navy to the Bottom!” is the third in the
"Russian warship...!" series of postage stamps and pictures sinking
ships which represent the Russian warships destroyed by Ukraine. The ship
in the background that's still afloat, but has a red gunsight on it, represents
Russian patrol frigate Admiral Makarov, potentially the next target
for Ukraine. The stamp is hoped to be prophetic and symbolize the
elimination of all Russian warships occupying the Azov-Black Sea region.
She also used another stamp depicting colorful
design of Ukrainian Easter egg.
This postcard brought Ukraine to life for me. I searched for more information online. I even tried to order some postcards and stamps from Postal Ukraine unsuccessfully.
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