July 3rd : Belarus Independence Day

Belarus Independence Day

Belarusian Independence Day is observed on 3rd July since 1996.  The date was chosen through a referendum to honour and pay tribute to the heroism of those who fought to free the capital, Minsk from the Nazis' occupation during the Great Patriotic War (World War II).  

Earlier, from 1990 to 1995, they were celebrating Independence Day on the 27th of July, the day they got freedom from the USSR.  But this freedom they got from the fall of the Soviet Union, like many other ex-soviet states.  But for the 1944 freedom Belarus paid a hefty price, a third of the population was killed during the war.  In 1996, Alexander Lukashenko, the country's first President passed a referendum, and the majority of Belarusians voted for 3rd July.  From 1996 to date, they are celebrating independence day on the 3rd of July. 

The below hologram stamp was issued by the Belarusian post on 3rh July 2001 for the 10th anniversary of the Republic of Belarus.

Odd World - Belarus

My Belarusian collection of Odd/Unique stamps

Hologram stamp

                                                              Belarus Oval shaped space stamps

Red foil stamps

2018 - Christmas and Happy New year greetings stamps

Belarus Azerbaijan Joint issue

On December 3rd 2015 Belarus and Azerbaijan jointly issued a stamp on "Space for IT - Technologies".  The miniature sheet contains 2 oval shaped stamps and they used the technology of Thermal stamping by metalized foil of silver colour. 

One stamp depicts Azerbaijan's telecommunications satellite "Azerspace1" and the other depicts the Space Craft of Belarus "DZZ".  I got this Miniature sheet from Karina Borisevich of Belarus for our swap. Unfortunately, the letters printed with silver colour are looking black in the scan :-(.

Thanks a lot Karina it is a nice addition to both "Flights of Fancy" and "Odd and Unique stamps" themes. 

Hologram stamp: Belarus

The Republic of Belarus is situated in Europe.  It is surrounded by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.  Its capital is Minsk and the currency is the Belarusian ruble.  Belarusian and Russian are the two official languages of the country.

Belarus got its Independence from the fall of the USSR in 1991.  To commemorate its 10th Anniversary, Belpost has issued a Hologram stamp of value 500Br.  The stamp depicts the National Emblem in the background of the Republic of Belarus flag.