FOCUS ON PHILATELY: Your chance to choose: A special Narbut Prize (09/09/01)

FOCUS ON PHILATELY

by Ingert Kuzych

Your chance to choose: A special Narbut Prize

In honor of Ukraine's 10th anniversary of independence in 2001 and the approaching first decade of Ukrainian stamp production early in 2002, Dr. Ingert Kuzych, the initiator of the Narbut Prize, has decided to sponsor a special running of this prestigious award. This time, however, the prize will go to the best Ukrainian stamp or souvenir sheet of the past 10 years. The "champion" stamp design will be selected from all of the past Narbut Prize winners, making this a "Champion of Champions" competition.

The Narbut Prize has been awarded annually since 1993 for the best-designed stamp of the previous year (Ukraine resumed stamp production only in 1992). Below are the winners of the Narbut Prize since its inception:

1993A - Larysa Koren, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Mykola Lysenko, and Oleh Snarsky, National Flag and Trident Emblem of Ukraine (Note: there was a tie in voting in 1993);
1994 - Yuriy Lohvyn, 75th Anniversary of Ukraine's First Postage Stamps;
1995 - Serhiy Byelyayev, 160th Anniversary of Kyiv University;
1996 - Yuriy Lohvyn, "Hetmans of Ukraine" series;
1997 - Serhiy Byelyayev, 150th Anniversary of the Kyiv University Astronomical Observatory (stamp triptych);
1998 - V. Taran and O. Kharuk, "The Founding of Kyiv" (Europa souvenir sheet);
1999 - V. Taran, O. Kharuk, S. Kharuk and V. Kozachenko; 350th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Ukrainian Struggle for Freedom Under Bohdan Khmelnytsky (souvenir sheet);
2000 - Oleksiy Shtanko, Yaroslav the Wise (souvenir sheet);
2001 - Kateryna Shtanko, Wildflowers of Ukraine (souvenir sheet).

The selection process for this special Narbut Prize will be the same as in the past. Votes can be sent in by regular mail or e-mail.

Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. Box 3, Springfield VA 22150 or at his e-mail address: [email protected].

SPECIAL NARBUT PRIZE BALLOT

Dear Mr. Fessak:

My selection for the best Ukrainian stamp or souvenir sheet of the past decade (from the listing above) is:

Year. ________ Title __________________________________________________________

Sincerely, Mr.(s.) _____________________________________________________________

Mail this ballot to:
Mr. Borys Fessak, 1626 10th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215;
or send an e-mail with the stamp/souvenir sheet year and name to [email protected].

Copies of this ballot are acceptable if more than one member of a household wishes to vote.
One ballot per person please.

Deadline for submitting votes is March 1, 2002, the exact 10th anniversary of Ukraine's first stamp issuance following independence.

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