On August 7, four stamps dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Protection were put into postal circulation in the Flora of Russia series

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. The great extension of our country, climatic and soil conditions, varying terrain and the proximity of oceans have formed diverse natural zones with the unique plant kingdom that must be preserved.

Nowadays, due to the development of virgin land, there remain fewer and fewer areas with natural vegetation, and the species composition of flora of the entire globe is getting poorer. 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.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza, Pereslavl-Zalessky of the Yaroslavl Region and Ryazan, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Covers with a cancel for Moscow inside.


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 36.5×29 mm, sheet size: 100×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 60 thousand each stamp (30 thousand sheets).

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