A quarter of a century ago, a new independent sovereign state emerged on the political and geographic maps of the world – the Republic of Uzbekistan. In the space of almost 7 decades before this remarkable event, Uzbekistan was part of the former USSR, where it appeared in the role of a major cotton base for the Soviet economy. Securing high and consistent cotton harvests and meeting demand for raw cotton of all-Union and domestic enterprises constituted one of the priority tasks facing Uzbekistan as an integral part of the Soviet Union’s centralized economic complex.

In the framework of the events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Joint-stock company "Uzbekiston pochtasi" has prepared, and the Ministry for development of information technologies and communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan has put into circulation a series of postage stamps of a special issue.

Building their own development models, many modern progressive states have spent hundreds of years to develop their economies, political and legal systems. Against this background, the progress made by Uzbekistan in just 25 years cannot but impress, or at least draw the interest of the world community. The phenomenon of the ‘Uzbek development model’ has been recognized by experts and analysts of the headmost international financial institutions and research centers. For a historically short period of time the country has not only risen from its knees, but has actively got involved in international economic processes, and boldly entered the high-tech future.