The Crimean Peninsula is located in a unique place at the intersection of various climatic zones, which creates ideal conditions for a variety of the plant life. The greater part of the flora is of the Mediterranean origin. It is home for about 2,400 plant species, many of which are endemic.
Crimea is rich with vineyards, fruit orchards with pear, apple, cherry, and peach trees, as well as several dozens of most beautiful parks. Roses, Daylilies, clematises, cannas, magnolias, and mulberries are planted on these landscape territories and city streets.
Some plants are planted on the Peninsula owing to famous gardeners, botanists, as well as prominent figures of history and culture.
The Grand Mulberry Garden appeared in the eastern part of Crimea in the 18th century by order of Prince G. Potemkin. Southern big-flower magnolia was planted in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden in 1817 by botanist Nicolai von Hartwiss. Common pear was planted in the early 1900s by writer A. Chekhov in the garden of the White Dacha in the city of Yalta. Rose Lady Banks decorated the terrace of the house of painter K. Korovin in the village of Gurzufe in the 1910s.
The postage stamps provide images of common pear, southern big-flower magnolia, rose Lady Banks and black mulberry.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula” includes:
- stamp №3490 “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Common Pear”;
- stamp №3491 “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Southern Big-Flower Magnolia”;
- stamp №3492 “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Rose Lady Banks”;
- stamp №3493 “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Black Mulberry”;
- FDC with cancellation in Yalta, Republic of Crimea “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Common Pear”;
- FDC with cancellation in Yalta, Republic of Crimea “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Southern Big-Flower Magnolia”;
- FDC with cancellation in Yalta, Republic of Crimea “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Rose Lady Banks”;
- FDC with cancellation in Yalta, Republic of Crimea “Flora of Russia. Plants of the Crimean Peninsula. Black Mulberry”;
- vignette.
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