Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2022 May 11

= May 11 =

Ukrainian Post Stamp to Snake Island
Do someone know what the "W" bottom right of this stamp means? Thank you. https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-0b2edc7ad9a42fb5bb9e5f86b7070edf-lq (Image credit: DW news)2003:F5:6F0C:7E00:88:D34:EF05:A35 (talk) 18:01, 11 May 2022 (UTC) Marco PB


 * Stamp_of_Ukraine_s1984.png Here's another version with "F" instead. The Commons page for the "Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself" stamp has "Nennwert F" and "Nennwert W" in the sidebar (the F and W versions have different dimensions). de:Nennwert is the German version of Face value, and I see nothing else showing the price of the stamp, so your stamp must be worth "W" in some sense. There are also Ukrainian stamps worth "V". I don't know how this code relates to value in money.
 * OK I found it: forum thread with table relating Ukrainian stamp tariffs to the letters. UAH means Ukrainian hryvnia. Hmm, but this doesn't actually list "W".
 * Here's the answer, on the Ukrposhta site: W is for postal items going abroad. Card Zero  (talk) 19:44, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Beautiful threads, everyting I was looking for about Urainian stamps. 2003:F5:6F0C:7E00:6948:4949:104B:7215 (talk) 00:05, 13 May 2022 (UTC) Marco PB