The All-Russian Society for Nature Protection (VOOP) is one of the oldest working nature conservation organizations in the world. It was founded in 1924 on the initiative of A. Lunacharsky, N. Krupskaya and M. Pokrovsky as the All-Russian Order of the Red Banner of Labor Society for Nature Protection.
One of the priority tasks of the organization is the protection of plants registered in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.
Plants protected in Russia include such species as Castilleja arctica, Caucasian lily, thin-leaved peony, incised violet, yellow lady's slipper, Iris pseudacorus, golden root, and dolomite bellflower.
The postage stamps provide images of a Castilleja arctica, a Caucasian lily, a thin-leaved peony, and an incised violet.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature” is included:
- stamp №3296 “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature series. Castilleja arctica”;
- stamp №3297 “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature series. Caucasian lily”;
- stamp №3298 “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature series. Thin-leaved peony”;
- stamp №3299 “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature series. Incised violet”;
- 4 FDC with cancellation in Moscow “Flora of Russia. On the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature series”;
- vignette.
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Offset + glossy lamination |
600 pcs. |