 Armenia dedicates special stamp to ancient world flora and fauna March 28, 2019 - 14:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One postage stamp dedicated to the theme “Flora and Fauna of the Ancient World” was cancelled and put into circulation by HayPost CJSC on Wednesday, March 27. Authired by HayPost designer David Dovlatyan, the stamp with a nominal value of AMD 230 is printed in Cartor printing house in France with a print-run of 30 000 pcs. The postage stamp depicts the prehistoric Mammuthus Trogontherii. The left part of the postage stamp portrays the restored skeleton of Mammuthus Trogontherii, kept in the Geological Museum of Armenia and discovered in Shirak province back in 1927. The length of the skeleton is 4,5 meters and the height is 3,5 meters. Mammuthus Trogontherii lived about 1.000.000 years ago. The postage stamp was cancelled by the First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Irina Khaplanyan, Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Armen Arzumanyan, the Chairman of the Board of HayPost CJSC Juan Pablo Gechidjian, the President of the Union of Philatelists of the RA Hovik Musayelyan, the Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences Khachatur Meliksetyan.   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 U.S. welcomes Armenia, Azerbaijan’s border delimitation announcement  Blinken said it is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement.Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback.European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. |
