Ukraine 1920 Unissued Set

[Craig]

You've probably run across one or more of these stamps before and had a devil of a time figuring out what they were, unless you have a Scott catalogue that kind of explains them a bit.

The real story is that they were planned and actually produced by Ukraine, but before they were put into use, Ukraine was overrun and captured by the Soviet Red Army.

So here's the complete set to check out:

[sdsimon]

there were also some bogus upcharge overprints on these:

1000 and 2000 on 10
4000 and 5000 on 20
8000, 10000, 15000, 20000 and 25000 on 40

[Craig]

I've read about these, but have never seen any. Have you?

[khj]

Good point, sdsimon. I would add that there are actually 11 surcharges in the set. In your list, add the 1500h on 10h and the 2500h on 20h.

I'm too lazy to pull out mine, so I'll see if I can pilfer, err... admire a pic...

[khj]

The surcharges were produced in 1923 for a planned invasion by the Ukrainian government in exile (office in Warsaw).  The invasion never materialized, but at least we get the stamps! 

Sorry about the quality, it's so hard to err "borrow" high resolution pictures these days...