There is hot summer of 2012. June was football EURO in Ukraine/Poland, July-August - the summer Olympic Games in London. Athletes, functionaries, fans, journalists are all in a positive, even those who didn't obtained medals and prizes. The participation and the presence on mass sports shows is frequently more valuably than the victory. And only the Ukrainian philatelists are in hopeless despondency. That quantity of near post waste paper with which in May-June they were filled up by "Ukrposhta", finally undermined not only material, but also moral wellbeing of collectors. However, the condition of financial health of "Ukrposhta" appeared even more pitiable.

Giving to "fat cats" from UEFA the fair sum for the doubtful rights to publish production with symbolic EURO 2012, having printed an infinite set of ugly pictures and having established on them the reckless prices, the Ukraine post expected not only to compensate with interest all expenses, but also to get considerable profit. A truc wasn't successful. The "irresponsible" philatelists, refused to get this brought "post garbage". Therefore on symbolic of the London Olympic Games at "Ukrposhta" money didn't remain. It was necessary to print instead of the Olympic stamps the block with the image of summer sports named "Sports is life".

It is difficult to imagine, by which art plan the author of issue Vladimir Taran was guided, but those athletes whom it represented on stamps, appeared with the chopped-off heads and without the bottom extremities. If he wanted to present the Ukrainian participants London Paralympic Games, it looks blasphemously. If meant the Ukrainian sports and post management, the hint is represented quite justifiable.

The Ukrainian collectors are compelled to note with regret that other Olympic stamps from "Ukrposhta" to them not to wait any more. Therefore, relying only on own possibilities, philatelists of the Kiev club made the option of post release "Olympic and Paralympic Games in London". Using thus postage issue "Love Ukraine" from project "Photo stamp".

A set of 9 values in the three strips represents the symbolic, logo and Olympic Games medals in London, the President of Ukraine NOC the glorified Soviet athlete Sergey Bubka, members of the Ukrainian team the prize-winners of the Olympic and Paralympics Games. Thanks to unique possibilities of project "Photo stamp" and loyalty of post officials Ukraine still while remains the philatelic Olympic state. Whether for a long time?