More three years ago the website “UkraFil” presented an
information in news of November 24, 2009 named "Grasshopper-dragonfly".
The publication about an unknown Ukraine postage issue interested many collectors
in the popular scientific magazine. The black-and-white fragments of 6 stamps
with the image of insects surprised experts on the Ukrainian philately much.
But anybody didn't hear anything about it and didn't guess at all existence of
this issue.
During three years the UkraFil website administrator made a journalistic
investigation: asked the philatelists, a highest and ordinary post workers, the
“Ukrposhta” editors etc. It was useless. Even the authors of issue the known
Ukrainian artists Alexander and Sergey Haruk knew nothing about destiny of the
work performed by request of the enterprise "Marka Ukrainy". In due
time they were told only that the sketch isn't approved, for the printing won't
be sent and therefore it isn't necessary to count on payment of the performed
work.
Fortunately, the administrator efforts weren't in vain.
There were witnesses who claimed that saw alive a printed Block "Insects of Ukraine". For the unspecified reasons issue didn't arrive into circulation. All block
edition was redeemed by someone businessman from Germany. However, a quantity
of blocks was taken away by the Minister of Communications of Ukraine of the
beginning 90th, at that time already former, but still possessing some
influence on Ukrposhta. His name is Starodub (Oldoak). For full information
advised to address to it. However, whether "The old oak" is live
still? And whether it is worth raking over the past now?