After 'Moskva' Warship Postage Stamp Success, Ukraine Offers 'Miriya' Aircraft Stamp

Ukrainian postal service, UkrPoshta will release a new postage stamp depicting it’s An-225 ‘Miriya’ aircraft that was destroyed during the initial days of its war against Russia following the sell-out of an earlier stamp showing a defiant gesture by a Ukrainian soldier against the Russian warship, Moskva.

Invading Russian forces destroyed the Ukrainian-manufactured plane at the Hostomel airport in early April near Kyiv during a failed attempt to encircle and capture the capital city of nearly 3 million people.

The Mriya stamp depicts a girl nestled atop the aircraft whose wings are painted with flowers. Two more planes are depicted beside her.The stamp design was submitted by 11-year-old Sofia Kravchuk from the northwestern region of Volyn as part of a contest held before the latest Russian invasion called, “What does Ukraine mean for me.”

The plane is a source of national pride for being the biggest cargo plane and boasts a wingspan of 88 meters and is capable of transporting 640 tons of cargo. Antonov CEO Sergii Bychkov had proposed the establishment of an International Fund for the revival of the transport aircraft.