This is maxicard Kyiv City Transport - Funicular 1959. Stamp is issued on 2015-07-24, and it's from set of two. A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope, the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalancing each other. Funiculars of one sort or another have existed for hundreds of years and continue to be used for moving both passengers and goods. The Kiev funicular serves the city of Kiev, connecting the historic Uppertown, and the lower commercial neighborhood of Podil through the steep Volodymyrska Hill overseeing the Dnieper River. The funicular was constructed during 1902-1905, and was first opened to the public on 20 May 1905.
This is other stamp from set - Tram KTB-55-2. 1958
I have received this maxicard in this nice matching FDC.
Other two stamps are definitives European White Elm - Ulmus laevis and Common Aspen - Populus tremula, both issued on 2012-01-24
Thank You very much Lisa!
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