Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk postal block

Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk postal block. To the 300th anniversary of the world's first constitution.

Stamps of Ukraine are dedicated to the Ukrainian Cossacks

In its issues, Ukrposhta pays great attention to stamps dedicated to the liberation struggle for Ukrainian statehood. The Cossack-Hetman movement played a major role in this struggle. It was during the active development of the Cossacks that the first foundations of the independent Ukrainian state were laid. Cossacks became the founders of free settlements with their own organization and rules of living. During the entire period of its existence, the Cossacks fought for their freedom and independence.

The first Ukrainian stamp issued by Ukraine after independence in 1991 was a stamp dedicated to 500 items of the Ukrainian Cossacks. After that, Ukrposhta began regularly issuing stamps dedicated to Cossacks, hetmans and symbols of the Cossack era.

the constitution of Pylyp Orlyk

What is known about the first constitution in the world

In 1710, Pylyp Orlyk was elected hetman of Ukraine. Pylyp Orlyk considered the main priorities of his activity to be: the need for Swedish protection with a guarantee of the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the establishment of a military alliance with the Crimean Khanate. Pylyp Orlyk went down in history as a person who issued a number of laws and formalized them into a contract that regulated the relationship between the Cossack foreman and ordinary Zaporozhians.

The contract consisted of 16 articles. He determined the relationship between the hetman and the Cossack foreman, the foundations of the state system of Ukraine and its rights and obligations in the event of the reconquest of its territories from Muscovy and Poland. Later, historians called this document the "Constitution of Philip Orlyk"

Information about the postal block "Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk"

The postal block "Constitution of Philip the Eagle" was issued up to 300 things from the day of the first world constitution. This is a small postal block measuring 82mm*52mm. There is one stamp in the block with a portrait of a famous hetman. The dates 1710 - 2010 are indicated on the block, the inscription in large letters 300 and the original name of the document is made in Latin "Pacta et Constitutiones Legum Libertatumque Exercitus Zaporoviensis"

• The artist V.S. worked on the design of the block. Vasylenko.
• launch date - 04/15/2023
• circulation - 109 thousand copies.
• block size 82 mm x 52 mm
• the size of the stamp in the block is 40 mm x 28 mm
• denomination 1.5 hryvnias