New Stamps from Belarus and Ukraine..

 

 

50th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement

 

Date of Issue :  2 August , 2011

Here are some new issues from Belarus and Ukraine on a variety of themes.

 

 

 Fishes of Belarus reservoirs

Date of Issue : 18 August 2011

New Stamps from Ukraine

Railways

Date of Issue : 5 July 2011

Ukrainian Locomotives

 

Traditional Ukrainian farmstead

 

Date of Issue : 25 June 2011

The stamp illustrates Ukrainians with traditional rural domestic animals: cat, dog, piglet, caw and swallows building a nest.

 

Constitution of Ukraine. July 28, 1996. 15 years

Date of Issue : 17 June 2011

Wine from Ukraine on stamp

 

Here is a new sheetlet issued by  Ukraine Post commemorating viniculture of Ukraine and featuring the famous wine Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Sauvignon is a king of red wines having intensive dark-red color, full-bodied fragrance and taste of black currants, and black currants leaves.

The wine industry of Ukraine is well-established with long traditions. Several brands of wine from Ukraine are exported to bordering countries, the European Union, and North America. Main vine-growing regions of Ukraine are Crimea (Balaklava), Bessarabia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Southern Ukraine (Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa region).

The most popular varieties of wine are Aligote, Muscat, Isabella, Traminer, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Feteasca, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Rkatsiteli.

My recent cover from Poland

Andrzej Bek, Poland

Post office with Gandhi name

A speed post cover posted from Gandhi Eye Hospital Aligarh to Gorakhpur

: Ashwani Dubey, Gorakhpur