Ljavon Karpovich: Stories of postage stamps about the Grand Duchy        

(web-magazine “Culture. Nation”, issue 32, November 2023, 14–51, www.sakavik.net)

Abstract. Postage stamps reflect not only the development of written mail systems over the past two centuries, but they also reflect the entire spectrum of history, art, and culture, from the beginning of our global civilization to the views and styles of their time. In these stories, the stamps become an unusual window into the history of the country we live in, inviting us to listen to legends about the mysterious and magical Grand Duchy… They will tell a rich, multi-layered, exciting History through fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps. At the same time, it should be considered that a postage stamp does not reflect the entire spectrum of life. Its content depends primarily on the state system of the country because stamps are printed in state publishing houses. Therefore, there are stories when insignificant events and some very significant ones are missing, because everything depends on whether these events were depicted on postage stamps or not.

PDF-file of the article in Belarusian is attached.

Categories: Асьвета, Культура, Нацыя Беларусы