18 Jun 2009

Wild Flowers of Moldova


INTRODUCTION

On 18 June 2009, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a series of postage stamps with the title Wild Flowers of Moldova. The issue comprises four stamps, one on a souvenir sheet, with associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Elena Karacenţev. The printing was performed by Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău.

ISSUE DETAILS


POSTAGE STAMPS


Viola
№ 655 | Viola

Viola

  • Michel Catalogue No: 655
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb Syncopated 13
  • Size: 34.00 x 34.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1.2 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 230,000
Viola (US /vaɪˈoʊlə/ and UK /ˈvaɪ.ələ/) is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing between 525 and 600 species. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, however some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes. Read more..
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Spring Pheasants Eye
№ 656 | Spring Pheasants Eye

Spring Pheasants Eye

  • Michel Catalogue No: 656
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb Syncopated 13
  • Size: 34.00 x 34.00 mm
  • Face Value: 1.5 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 230,000
Adonis vernalis, known variously as pheasant's eye, spring pheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye and false hellebore, is a perennial flowering plant found in dry meadows and steppes in Eurasia. Isolated populations are found from Spain in the west across central and southern Europe, reaching southern Sweden in the north, with its main area of distribution being the Pannonian Basin and the West Siberian Plain. In contrast to most other European Adonis species, the flowers appear in springtime, and are up to 80 mm in diameter, with up to 20 bright yellow petals. Read more..
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Campanula
№ 657 | Campanula

Campanula

  • Michel Catalogue No: 657
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb Syncopated 13
  • Size: 34.00 x 34.00 mm
  • Face Value: 3 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 130,000
Campanula /kæmˈpæn.juːlə/ is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for 'little bell'. The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region east to the Caucasus. Read more..
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Poppy
№ 658 | Poppy

Poppy

  • Michel Catalogue No: 658
  • Perforation Type/Size: Comb Syncopated 13
  • Size: 34.00 x 34.00 mm
  • Face Value: 4.5 Lei
  • Quantity Printed: 50,000
A Poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum produces edible seeds, and is also the source of the crude drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, during the 1st World War, red poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime. Read more..
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FIRST DAY COVERS (FDC) AND CANCELLATIONS (POSTMARKS)


Cachet: Bunch of Wild Flowers
№ 655-657 FDC | Bunch of Wild Flowers

Cachet: Bunch of Wild Flowers
№ Block 46 (658) FDC | Bunch of Wild Flowers

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