 HayPost cancels stamp dedicated to Aurora laureate Dr. Tom Catena June 4, 2018 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HayPost CJSC on Monday, June 4 cancelled and put into circulation a postage stamp dedicated to the theme “Aurora humanitarian initiative. Laureates of Aurora prize. Tom Catena”. With a nominal value of AMD 350, the stamp was printed in Cartor printing house in France with a print run of 15 000. The author of the stamp’s design is Alla Mingalyova, a member of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative team. Also, HayPost issued a donation coupon for AMD 150 attached to the postage stamp, which means the company will donate proceeds from the sale of the stamps to the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. The postage stamp depicts the second inaugural Aurora Prize laureate Catena, who saved thousands of lives as the sole surgeon permanently based in the war and famine-ravaged Kordofan Province in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The postage stamp was cancelled by 2017 Aurora prize laureate Dr. Tom Catena, Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Ashot Hakobyan, Ambassador of the United States to Armenia Richard M. Mills, Managing Director of“HayPost Trust Management Juan Pablo Gechidjian, Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Arman Jilavyan.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
