2171) Flora and Fauna, Republic of Armenia: Haypost (Armenian Post) has issued a set of four postage stamps depicting the Long-eared Hedgehog (230 AMD), Northern Banded Newt (290 AMD), Iris lineolata (400 AMD) and White Waterlily (450 AMD), all of which are in the Red Book of Armenia: Date of Stamps issued: 24.12.2021:
About Flora and Fauna of Armenia:
On 24.12.2021, four postage stamps dedicated to the theme "Flora and Fauna of Armenia” have been put into circulation.
The postage stamps include:
- The stamp of the value of 230 AMD depicts the animal “Hemiechinus auritus” (Long-eared hedgehog),
- the stamp of the nominal value of 290 AMD depicts the animal “Ommatotriton ophryticus” ("Northern Banded Newt"),
- the postage stamp of the nominal value of 400 AMD depicts the flower “Iris lineolata” and
- the postage stamp of the nominal value of 450 AMD depicts the flower “Nymphaea alba” ("White waterlily").
All these animals and flowers depicted on the postage stamps are included in the Red Book of the Republic of Armenia.
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Santosh Khanna has commented:
ReplyDelete"Thanks for the update! Keep it up."
Thank you so much, Khanna sahab.
DeleteVikram Bhatnagar has commented:
ReplyDelete"Really cute Hedgehog! Reminds me of my first encounter with one such creature! It so happened that we had a large 5 bed room bungalow in London, complete with a huge backyard with a peach tree, a two car garage, with a store outhouse, a large lawn with flower beds and thick hedges all around the compound. Trouble started with inability to maintain the property, especially cutting the hedge, grass and trimming the trees! So everything kept growing! The hedge rolled over to the footpath eating it away much to the annoyance of pedestrians! The hedge also rolled over into the neighbour's lawn and they demanded our attention! The peach tree decided to deliver it's fruits undemanded and unexpectedly to the neighbour! Then, one day while returning late from office, just short of the entry gate, I saw a Porcupine guarding my doorway with its quills all erect! It was a scary sight! Slowly, it dawned onto me that I was in London City, not in the jungles of Madhya Pradesh, so I gave Porky another look! It started looking more like a cross between a Rabbit, a large Rat and a Porcupine and, then my geography teacher from school, whispered in my ear "it's a Hedgehog, stupid!" 😂
Great story. Loved it. Thanks, Vikram.
DeleteVinod Khurana has commented:
ReplyDelete"Very interesting information."
Thankyou so much, Vinodji.
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