New issues from Armenia

 

Christmas and Happy New Year

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

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Here are some wonderful last issues from Armenia Post ! The stamps are fabulous in design covering a variety of themes !! The Europa stamp is the last issue of this year’s Europa 2012 series. I don't know why Armenia Post issued this stamp very late !! But the stamp is so beautiful !!

This is all for this morning….More in Next Post… Have a Nice Time !!

 

EUROPA 2012 : Visit

This is the last beautiful issue of EUROPA 2012 series.

Date of Issue : 27 December 2012

Flora and fauna of Armenia

       

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

Children's philately

Date of Issue : 28 December 2012

National Gallery of Armenia

      

1. Mark Chagall ''Dacha'' 2. Rudolf Khachatryan ''Self-portrait''

Date of Issue : 27 December 2012

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Endangered Flora - Fauna of Japan..

 

Wild Fauna and Flora of Japan

The Japanese Post issued a set of stamps dedicated to the theme "Living in harmony with nature". This set is dedicated to the endangered representatives of wild fauna and flora of Japan – Tokyo shrew, Golden eagle, Safflower mountain peony, Killifish and Horseshoe crab.

Tokyo shrew is one of the world's smallest mammal having size 45mm, weight 1.5g and living only in eastern Hokkaido. The Ministry of the Environment entered the Tokyo shrew in the list of wild animals in class II of extinction danger.

Golden eagle is a large eagle that inhabits the mountains from Hokkaido to Kyushu. Its population is about 650 feathers, but keeps on decreasing because of the entry of people into their land and breeding habitat. In the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment, they are classified as "highly endangered species II".

Safflower mountain peony is a plant growing in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. It has a pink flower and a stem of 30-40 cm. The main factors of its reduction are transition of vegetation and deforestation. In the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment, it has been classified as "endangered species II."

 Killifish is a freshwater fish distributed in various parts of Japan except Hokkaido. The development of paddy fields has declined significantly its habitat. In the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment it has been classified as "endangered species II."

Horseshoe crab was once widely distributed in the Seto Inland Sea and the coast of northern Kyushu, but began losing its habitat due to coastal alteration. In the Red List of the Ministry of the Environment has been classified as "endangered species I" that is in danger of extinction.

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Stamps on endangered species from UNPA…

 

Date of Issue : 19 April 2012

 

Hi ! Here are some marvelous stamps on wildlife issued by UNPA. The stamps feature some most endangered species of animals found around the world. These wonderful stamps have been designed by Ms Diana Marques of Portugal. The stamps are amazing and sure to be liked by wild  life lovers and stamp collectors !!

 

On 19 April 2012, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA)  issued a set of 12 stamps depicting endangered species. Theseare the twentieth set of stamps in UNPA's multi-year series Endangered Species. The series was launched on 3 March 1993 to highlight the need for the protection of endangered species throughout the world. For the twentieth anniversary of the Endangered Species stamp issue, UNPA has included three universally recognized and loved animals from previous years-the Giant Panda, the Siberian Tiger and the Snow Leopard.

 

UNPA has issued  three sheets of 16 stamps, one sheet in each of the three currencies. Four different endangered species are illustrated on each sheet; hence, 12 species have been covered.

 

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The Artist behind these stamps…

The "2012 Endangered Species" stamps were illustrated by Diana Marques (Portugal). Ms. Marques completed a biology degree and several drawing and science illustration certificate programmes in Portugal before graduating from the Science Illustration Program in Santa Cruz, California.

Ms. Marques is an assistant lecturer of the Drawing Master Program of the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon and she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Digital Media, focusing on the visual communication of science. She is actively involved with professional associations like the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques and has exhibited in a number of settings.

Ms. Marques runs her freelance business working with an assortment of clients, such as the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, researchers, publishers, educational and scientific institutions and businesses.

She works in a variety of media and favours rendering with attention to details and scientific accuracy. This is her first stamp design for the United Nations.

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