Stanisławów in Austrian Galicia

There are many stamps related to Galicia (especially to Lviv). In this article I only present postage stamps dedicated to Stanisławów (Stanislau, today Ivano-Frankivsk), from which my ancestors come.

A beautiful postal card sent from Lviv (Lwów – Lemberg)

A stamp of the Polish Post from 1938 depicting the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv.

For the beginning, an Austrian stamp from 1867 for 2 kreuzers with the image of the Emperor Franz Joseph I and a beautiful postmark of Stanislau dated November 9, 1872. The first postal issue related to Stanisławów that appeared after Ukraine gained independence are stamps from 2004 depicting Ukrainian folk costumes from the Ivano-Frankivsk Voivodeship. The stamps depict a folk music band and a village wedding.

The next edition comes from 2006 from the Wedding Headdress' of Ukrainian Women series. The series consists of 12 stamps, one of which shows a lady from Stanisławów with a wreath on her head.

A continuation of this theme is the series of 12 stamps from 2007, Traditional Headdresses of the Ukraine. Representatives of Stanisławów are on three stamps. However, it was only in 2012 that a stamp dedicated to the city itself appeared. The occasion was the 350th anniversary of the city's founding by Andrzej Potocki, who named Stanisławów the settlement of Zabłotowo in honor of his son Stanisław Potocki.

The stamp contains the historical name of the city - Stanisławów and the modern name (in force since 1962): Ivano - Frankivsk.

A very interesting edition appeared in 2016. However, it is related to The 770th Anniversary of the First Historical Mention of the City of Kolomyia. Kolomyia is located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The block shows the city's monuments (town hall, the Museum of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia, the Greek-Catholic Cathedral) and the Pysanka Museum , which will be discussed later.

A very nice stamp appears in 2020 in the Beauty and Greatness of Ukraine series. It shows a railway viaduct in Vorokhta (Ivano-Frankivsk region). At the end of the 19th century, Vorokhta developed as a sports and tourist center. This was facilitated by the laying of a railway line through Vorokhta in the summer of 1894. In 1895, a stone arch bridge was built. With a total length of 130 meters, the span is 65 meters. The bridge is on the list of the longest stone bridges in Europe and the world (currently the bridge is not in use) .

In the same 2020 Beauty and Greatness of Ukraine series, a block featuring the Ivano-Franskivsk Region was also released. The block shows: a painted bowl from the 19th century, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (17th-18th century) in Vorokhta, Hutsuls - a groom and a bride on horses, and the Dovbush (Drummer's) Rock .

The last stamp dedicated to Stanisław is a stamp from 2023 depicting an Easter egg (pysanka) from the Stanisławów Oblast from the village of Trościaniec (Dolina region).

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