1827) "Pollinating Insects", Hungary: Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post) has issued a Souvenir Sheet (SS) of 1000 Forint, highlighting the role played by insects in pollination of flowers: Date of Souvenir Sheet issue: 05.05.2021:
About Pollinating Insects:
"Magyar Posta" (Hungarian Post) has issued a special Souvenir Sheet (SS) presenting the world and diversity of pollinating insects.
For the plants providing the basis of our nutrition to produce a crop and form seeds, they need to be pollinated, which is often done by animals. Thus pollinators play a vital role in our lives.
Regrettably, their numbers have declined drastically over recent decades due to the use of chemicals in agriculture, habitat loss and climate change.
The Stamp:
Above the stamp in the frame of the sheet, there is a "Hummingbird Hawk-moth," which is aptly named as the moth can often be seen darting among flowers and hovering like a hummingbird.
To the right of the stamp a "Marmalade Hoverfly" can be seen. This insect with black and yellow stripes is often mistaken for a wasp but closer observation reveals that it only has one pair of wings and shorter antennae.
Above to its right is one of our most strikingly coloured Butterflies, the "European Peacock," and lower down another Butterfly, a "Southern Festoon", is shown.
At the bottom of the design, three kinds of Bees appear, which are from left to right "Bombus rupestris", a species of cuckoo bumblebee, the "Western Honey-bee" and a species of "Leafcutter Bee".
An Imperforated Souvenir Sheet (ISS).
The First Day Cover (FDC) features a garden full of trees, flowers and insects, while the special Handstamp/postmark shows a bee pollinating a flower.
The Cancellation is of Budapest Post Office and the date of Cancellation is - "05.05.2021".
Technical details:
Issue Date: 05.05.2021
Designed by: Graphic Artist Ágnes Berta
Printer: ANY Security Printing Company
No. of Stamps: 50,000 copies of the standard edition of the issue have been released and 4,000 copies of the red-numbered imperforated edition were produced by ANY Security Printing Company.
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