Ukrainian Trident Overprint on Soviet Stamp

Ukraine · 1992 · 50 kopecks

This stamp features a definitive issue from the Soviet Union, originally depicting a worker, overprinted with the Ukrainian Trident (Tryzub) and a new denomination. The overprint signifies the transition of postal authority from the USSR to the newly independent Ukraine. It is one of the first postage stamps issued by modern Ukraine.

Issued in 1992, this stamp marks the period immediately following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the declaration of Ukraine's independence in 1991. These provisional overprints were a practical measure to create new national postage from existing Soviet stock.