Ukrainian People’s Republic, 1918
A trident emblem in an oval with ornaments.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
УКРАЇНСЬКА at the top and the trident.
- 1УКРАЇНСЬКА НАРОДНЯ РЕСПУБЛІКА
- 240 ШАГІВ
- Inscription
- УКРАЇНСЬКА НАРОДНЯ РЕСПУБЛІКА · 40 ШАГІВ
- Meaning
- “Ukrainian People’s Republic, 40 shahiv”. The letters Ї and І mark Ukrainian, not Russian.
- Issued by
- Ukrainian People’s Republic
- Today
- Ukraine
- Year
- 1918. Issued 1918.
- Made by
- Heorhiy Narbut (design, died 1920)
One fact
Heorhiy Narbut designed the 30, 40 and 50 shah values of the Ukrainian People’s Republic’s first stamps in 1918.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Narbut died 1920. Also exempt in Ukraine as a state sign (PD-UA-exempt on Commons). Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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