1903) "Myths and Flora (2021)" - Goddess Lada and Peony plant/Flower, Bosnia and Herzegovina, MOSTAR: The latest stamp in the Series titled "Myths and Flora" features the Myth of Lada a Slavic Goddess and the Peony Flower: Date of Stamp release: 16.06.2021:

1903) "Myths and Flora (2021)" - Goddess Lada and Peony plant/Flower, Bosnia and Herzegovina, MOSTAR: The latest stamp of 5.00 BAM in the Series titled "Myths and Flora" features the Myth of Lada a Slavic Goddess and the Peony Flower: Date of Stamp release: 16.06.2021:

Bosnia & Herzegovina now has three Posts - Bosnia and Herzegovina Post (BH Posta, Sarejevo), Croatian Posts (HP Mostar, Mostar) and Serbian Posts (Srpske Poste, Banja Luka).

This Stamp has been issued by HP Mostar, Mostar:

The latest stamp in the Series titled "Myths and Flora" features the Myth of Lada a Slavic Goddess and the Peony Flower:

Lada is the Old Slavic goddess of love and marriage:

She is celebrated for her beauty and attractiveness, and is presented as the most beautiful Slavic woman with long golden hair braided with wheat. 

She reigns in the summer, in the period of fertility when everything grows and flourishes, and various rituals were dedicated to her in order to beg for rain for the thirsty land and encourage the growth of plants. 

The natural phenomena that are assigned to her are the sun, warm nights and rain, while her plants are cherry, linden, dandelion and peony.

Girls and boys gathered in nature dancing the round dance and singing songs dedicated to the goddess Lada. 

The young men wove flower wreaths with which the girls decorated their hair, and later they presented these wreaths to the young men. 

Wreaths were also placed on a wooden pillar, made of cherry tree, with carved figures of the gods. Girls and boys passed under the flower-decorated triumphal arch singing songs in Lada's honour.

Peony is a perennial plant of the genus Paeonia: 

It has large flowers that can be white, pink and red. 

The Latin name Paeonia originates from Greek mythology according to which Paeon, a disciple of the God of medicine Asclepius, was transformed into a beautiful flower so that he would not surpass his teacher in knowledge. 

The Stamp:

The Stamp of 5.00 BAM, featuring Lada the Goddess of love and marriage, holding in her right hand a bunch of Peony flowers.

A Miniature Sheet (MS)

A First Day Cover (FDC) showing a Peony flower at left.

At top right is affixed a cancelled Miniature Sheet (MS). The special cancellation stamp is of Mostar Post office and is dated - "16.06.2021".

Technical details:

Stamp Issue Date: 16.06.2021

Printer: AKD d.o.o. Zagreb

Stamp Size: 29.82 mm x 35.50 mm

Links to posts on Bosnia & Herzegovina on this blog:

1) Bosnia & Herzegovina: Currency & Coinage: Convertible Mark ("Konvertibilna Marka") and Fenings

Myths & Flora Stamp Series:

2) a) Vjetrenica - largest known cave in Bosnia & Herzegovina; b) The Heather (Calluna vulgaris): Stamps issued under the Series titled "About Myths and Flora" on 22.05.2018

2) b) Goddess Lada ad the Peony plant/Flower, Bosnia and Herzegovina, MOSTAR: The latest stamp in the Series titled "Myths and Flora" features the Myth of Lada, a Slavic Goddess and the Peony Flower: Date of Stamp release: 16.06.2021

3) Turtles, Bosnia & Herzegovina: A set of four stamps of 3.10 BAM each, issued featuring the Pond Turtle, Land Turtle, Loggerhead Sea Turrtle and Green Turtle: Stamp set issue date: 01.11.2019

4) World Water Day (WWD), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar): A set of two Stamps featuring the beautiful Ramsko jezero Lake issued by Mostar Post Office: Date of Stamp Set issue: 23.03.2020

 5) "Ancient Postal Routes, Biga", Bosnia & Herzegovina: Two EUROPA stamps of 3.00 Euro each depicting a Wagon and the two faces of a Silver Coin issued on 05.04.2020

6) "Archaeological Treasures - Stecak Necropolis Radmlja", Bosnia and Herzegovina Post ( HP Mostar) on the Stecak Necropolis Radmilja: Date of stamp issue: 12.05.2020

7) Endangered Butterflies (Fauna), Bosnia and Herzegovina: A set of four postage stamps in the denomination of 2.90 BAM each, depicting four endangered butterflies found in Bosnia & Herzegovina, issued by HP Mostar: Date of Stamps issue: 01.11.2020

8) "Endemic Plants", (Flora 2020), Bosnia & Herzegovina: Two stamps of 2.70 BAM each brought out by HP Mostar: Date of Stamp Set issue: 01.11.2020

9) "World Wetlands Day", Bosnia & Herzegovina: A Postage Stamp of 0.90 BAM issued by HP Mostar, Mostar: Date of Stamp issue: 02.02.2021

10) Sava Shumanovic, Painter, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republic of Srpska: A commemorative postage stamp of 1.95 BAM issued by "Srpske Poste" (Serbian Post): Date of Stamp issue: 19.02.2021

11) "Endangered National Wildlife - The Great Black Grouse, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar): EUROPA - 2021: Mostar Post has issued a set of two Stamps of the values of 3.00 BAM each featuring the critically Endangered Great Black Grouse: Date of Stamp Set issue: 05.04.2021