New Special Covers

Spring Festival - Dehradun 24-25 February 2018

Courtesy - Abhai Mishra, Dehradun

A special Cover on medicinal plant Jambu ( Allium wallichi kunth) was released during 2018 Spring Festival, Dehradun on 24 February 2018 by Governor of Uttrakhand, Shri KK Paul at Raj Bhawan.

Suratpex 2018, Surat

Shri Satnam Sakshi - 23 February 2018

During Surpex 18 , Surat 3 special Covers were released. Mr Timir Shah & Dr. P.S.Dixit were members of jury at the exhibition.

KARUNA NGO - 23 February 2018

Swachh Surat - 24 February 2018

 - Timir Shah - Vadodara

Heritage Building of Allahabad - Anand Bhawan

A special cover on heritage building Allahabad was issued on 6 February 2018 at Allahabad.

Courtesy - Rahul Ganguli - Allahabad

The Anand Bhavan is a historic house museum in Allahabad, India focusing on the Nehru Family. It was constructed by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj Bhavan (previously called Anand Bhavan) was transformed into the local headquarters of the Indian National Congress. Jawahar Planetarium, the planetarium is situated here, which has been striving to inculcate scientific temper among masses through its sky shows on astronomy and science.Anand Bhavan was donated to Indian government in 1970 by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

New scented stamp from India..

Coffee

Date of Issue : 23 April 2017

Department of Posts released commemorative postage miniature sheet   with  the  fragrance of Coffee on 23rd April 2017.

The Scented Coffee stamp was released yesterday at Meghdoot Auditorium, Bengaluru G.P.O by  Nirmala Sitharaman along with the Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha,Former Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa and Member of Parliament Shobha Karandlaje .

Coffee production in India   is dominated in the hill tracts of South Indian states, with the state of Karnataka  accounting 71% followed by Kerala 21% and Tamil Nadu 5% of production of 8,200 tonnes. Indian coffee is said to be the finest coffee grown in the shade rather than direct sunlight anywhere in the world. There are approximately 250,000 coffee growers in India.

Coffee trees are pruned short to conserve their energy and aid in harvesting, but can grow to more than 30 feet (9 meters) high. Each tree is covered with green, waxy leaves growing opposite each other in pairs. Coffee cherries grow along the branches. Because it grows in a continuous cycle, it’s not unusual to see flowers, green fruit and ripe fruit simultaneously on a single tree.

It takes nearly a year for a cherry to mature after first flowering, and about 5 years of growth to reach full fruit production. While coffee plants can live up to 100 years, they are generally the most productive between the ages of 7 and 20. Proper care can maintain and even increase their output over the years, depending on the variety. The average coffee tree produces 10 pounds of coffee cherry per year, or 2 pounds of green beans.

All commercially grown coffee is from a region of the world called the Coffee Belt. The trees grow best in rich soil, with mild temperatures, frequent rain and shaded sun.

Release of Commemorative Postage Stamp on Platinum Jubilee of Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training, Jabalpur

 Date of Issue : 22 April 2017

: Suresh R. & Jagannath Mani - Bangalore

Landscape Gardens

Date of Issue : 16 August 2016

Here is a beautiful set of  stamps for Garden Lovers featuring famous British landscape gardend. Royal Mail has issued a set of eight stamps to celebrate the splendid landscape gardens of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, on the 300th anniversary of his birth.

This stunning set of eight Special Stamps reveals the gardening icon‘s most notable works, which also happen to be some of the UK’s finest and most famous landscape gardens.

Lancelot “Capability” Brown is remembered as “the last of the great 18th-century artists” for his innovative approach to landscape gardening. He was nicknamed Capability for his habit of describing locations as having “great capabilities”.

The stamps capture some of the best-known surviving examples of his work, including the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland’s northern estate Alnwick Castle. Other featured locations are Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; Longleat, Wiltshire; Compton Verney, Warwickshire; Highclere Castle, Hampshire; Berrington Hall, Herefordshire; Stowe, Buckinghamshire; and Croome Court, south Worcestershire.

Philip Parker, of the Royal Mail, said: “During his lifetime, ‘Capability’ Brown literally changed the face of Georgian England. By the time of his death he was known to have shaped or influenced around 250 landscapes

XIV World Forestry Congress, Durban

 

 

Date of Issue : 7 September 2015

World Forestry Congress , Durban

This month in September , the World Forestry Congress was held in South Africa for the first time. Hosted by the South African Government, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the XIV World Forestry Congress took place in Durban from 7 to 11 September. The main theme for this year’s congress was “Forests and people: investing in a sustainable future”.

New stamps in a souvenir sheet issue  by South African Post  aims to raise awareness of the environment and especially forests that are the lungs of our planet.The set of five stamps was designed by Annemarie Wessels, who worked closely with the DAFF. The stamps cover the main topics of discussion at the congress, such as transforming livelihoods and forest governance, as well as indigenous forest plants, trees and animals.

Stamp 1: Transforming livelihoods

Forests sustain small and medium enterprises such as small arts and crafts businesses and entrepreneurs and recreational activities such as tree canopy tours, hiking, biking, and sightseeing.

Stamp 2 Forest products

Logs are harvested from a forest plantation. Almost all timber products in South Africa are produced in forest plantations, thus limiting the pressure of timber harvesting on natural forests.

Stamp 3: Forest governance

Monitoring forest ecosystems and produce through science and research such as measuring growth of seven-week ferns.

Stamp 4: Forest dwellers (conservation): Indigenous forest dwellers from different South African regions

Indigenous animals found in South Africa’s natural forests, such as:

Samango monkey (Cercophitecus mitis)

Knysna Dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion damaranum)

Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola)

Emperor Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio ophidicephalus zuluensis)

Other forest animals include doves, bush pigs, leopards and elephants.

Stamp 5 : Forest flora and fungi

This stamp features a forest recovering after forest fires showing examples of indigenous plants, flowers, fungi and trees.

Outeniqua yellow wood (Podocarpus falcatus)

James flower(Plectranthus fruticosus)

Falling star lilies(Streptocarpus candidus)

Tropical Cinnabar bracket fungi (Pycnoporus sanguineus)

Lepiota mushrooms (Lepiota species).

Forests are essential to life on our planet and are a source of income and livelihood to many. They provide mitigation and adaption to climate change, adequate supplies of fresh water, biodiversity in nature, food and shelter for humans and animals. Yet this life-sustaining resource is under unprecedented pressure from people, climate and competing socio-economic demands.

The World Forestry Congress was first held in Rome in 1926, and has since become the largest and most significant gathering of the world’s forest sector. Held every six years, its objectives are to inform, direct and influence international action in forestry; to elevate the sector’s role in global development and to project a new vision for the future. This congress was crucial, as the world was entering a new development era with the post-2015 sustainable development goals.

Farmers Markets on stamps

 

Date of Issue : 7 August 2014

The U.S. Postal Service issued a beautiful  set of stamps in se-tenant strip form featuring the  bounty of America’s farmers markets . The stamps are so colorful and designed so nicely that depicting  every item clear and dominant.

A throwback to the past, before the advent of packaged goods, supermarket chains and importing of produce from around the word, farmers markets support small farms, boost local economies and offer shoppers the opportunity to interact directly with the people who produce their food. In addition they bring together shoppers with vendors where they socialize, catch up on community news, and exchange ideas and opinions.

The four se-tenant stamps depict a table laden with typical farmers-market fare. The artist chose and arranged the products so that each stamp has a large focal point and each stamp is complete in itself, yet forms a cohesive whole with the entire stamp strip. Most items bear handwritten labels that identify the product and its price.

Invasive plants of Belarus..

 

Date of Issue : 25 July 2014

On July 25, 2014 Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus will issue stamps “Canadian Goldenrod” and “Sosnowski Hogweed” from the series “Invasive plants of Belarus.”

Face grade “A” corresponds to the rate for sending a simple letter weighing up to 20 gram within Belarus.Face brand «N» corresponds to the tariff of a simple non-priority mail cards.

Invasive plants are introduced species that can thrive in areas beyond their natural range of dispersal. These plants are characteristically adaptable, aggressive, and have a high reproductive capacity. The most prominent representatives of the invasive plant species widely distributed on the territory of Belarus, are Canadian goldenrod and parsnip Sosnowski.

Canadian goldenrod is an allergenic plant. Canada goldenrod is a perennial distinguished by numerous small yellow flowers located in pyramid-shaped clusters at the top of individual, unbranched, leafy stems.  This species spreading in the meadow and riparian ecosystems violates the structure of crops, which leads to oppression and even complete displacement of native plants.

Parsnip Sosnowski – very large (up to 3 meters) plant, in contact with skin causes burns. In Belarus grows on field edges and roadsides, almost completely displacing the usual places because of its vegetation

Tributes to Kargil War Heroes…

 

 

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 26 July every year in honour of the Kargil War's Heroes. Philatelic Tributes to the great heroes who sacrificed their life in the war !!

New Delhi: As the nation marked the 14th anniversary of the Kargil war on Friday, Defence Minister A K Antony and the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force paid tributes to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti here.A candlelight tribute was also paid to martyrs on the eve of the Kargil Vijay Divas in Jammu and Kashmir's Drass sector.

To commemorate the heroism displayed by the soldiers who laid down their lives during the Indo-Pak war in Kargil in 1999, a number of events have been planned all across the country. Special functions will also be held at Kargil and Drass in Jammu and Kashmir, the war theatre where Indian soldiers fought bravely and laid down their lives to safeguard our motherland.

The Kargil war, which began in May 1999, lasted more than two months before Pakistan soldiers withdrew from the mountain tops they had occupied overlooking the Srinagar-Leh highway.
In the battle with Pakistani forces, the Army nearly lost 500 officers, soldiers and jawans, many of whom were posthumously felicitated with gallantry awards.

A special Cover was issued in Tiruchirapalli on Kargil War hero Major Saravanan on 26 July 2008.

 

New stamps from Malaysia

Malaysian Salads

Pos Malaysia issued a set of four stamps on 25 July, 2013 featuring traditional Malaysian salads. The stamps illustrate Pegaga, Kacang botor, Petai and Pucuk gajus.

Pegaga (Centella asiatica) grows in tropical swampy areas. The stems are slender, creeping stolons, green to reddish-green in color, connecting plants to each other. It has long-stalked, green, reniform leaves with rounded apices which have smooth texture with palmately netted veins. The rootstock consists of rhizomes, growing vertically down. They are creamish in color and covered with root hairs. In Malay cuisine the leaves of this plant are used forulam, a type of Malay salad.

Kacang botor (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is a tropical legume plant native to New Guinea. It grows abundantly in hot, humid equatorial countries. This bean has been called the “one species supermarket” because practically all of the plant is edible. The beans are used as a vegetable, but the other parts (leaves, flowers, and tuberous roots) are also edible. The flavor of the beans has a similarity to asparagus.

 

Date of Issue : 25 July 2013

Petai (Parkia speciosa) is a plant bearing long, flat edible beans with bright green seeds the size and shape of plump almonds which have a rather peculiar smell, similar (but stronger) to the Shiitake mushroom, characterized by some as being similar to natural gas. They are best when combined with other strongly flavored foods such as garlic, chili peppers, dried shrimp or shrimp paste. In Malaysia, petai also commonly served with sambal, or mixed with dried shrimp, chili peppers, red onions, belacan (shrimp paste), soy sauce and prawn.

Pucuk gajus (Anacardium occidentale) are cashew leaf shoots that are used in many traditional Malaysian dishes.Nasi ulam, for instance. Nasi ulam in Malaysia consist of cold cooked rice that is mixed with shredded herbs such as daun kaduk (wild betelnut leaf), pucuk gajus, onions etc.

 

 

Owls and herbs on new Taiwan stamps…

 

 

Date of Issue : 26 June 2013

Chunghwa Post issued a set of four stamps featuring owls.  The stamps feature following varieties of owl.

Otus lettia (NT$5): About 22-26 centimeters in length, it has a tawny-gray facial disc with random black markings. The edge of its facial disc is black. It has prominent ear tufts. Its body is tawny-grey. Breast and underbelly feathers have arrow-shaped streak. The center of its belly is white. It can be found nesting in old growth forests, orchards and even city parks.

Tyto longimembris (NT$5): About 34 to 42 centimeters in length, it has a heart-shaped facial disc, which is red-brown when birds are young, gradually lightens over time. Its facial disc is edged in black dots that connect to create a dark outline. It lacks ear tufts. The top of its head and its back feathers are dark brown, it breast feathers are tawny, and its underbelly is off white. It lives in grassy areas of the mountains and foothills.

Ketupa flavipes (NT$10): About 55-60 centimeters in length, it is the largest scops owl in Taiwan. It has an orange-yellow facial disk, with yellow-brown ear tufts and head and breast feathers. The feathers on its dark brown back are edged with orange. It is found in broad-leaved forests near creeks, rivers and lakes.

Otus elegans botelensis (NT$25): About 19-22 centimeters in length, it is a subspecies of Otus elegans that is found only on Orchid Island, which is off the East Coast of Taiwan proper. It has a brown facial disc and ear tufts. Its head and upper body feathers are brown with dark brown and tan stripes. Its breast and belly feathers are tawny. It lives mainly in forests.

A pictorial is also released along with the stamps. The pictorial, a brilliant blend of text and images, includes all three sets of “Owls of Taiwan” stamps released between 2011 and 2013, and 12 postcards designed by the stamps’ designer.

 

Herb Plants on Taiwan stamps

 

Date of Issue : 11 June 2013

Planting and the use of herb plants have grown to be a trend in recent years. To showcase the enchanting beauty of these multipurpose plants, Chunghwa Post  issued a set of four stamps on June 11, 2013, featuring Mentha × piperita, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia elegans, andArtemisia indica. The designs follow:

1. Mentha × piperita (NT$5): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae. The plant has opposite, ovate or oval-shaped leaves. The flowers are either white or pink, and grown in whorls. It is edible, medicinally useful, and a common ingredient in essential oils, pesticides and pest repellants.

2. Rosmarinus officinalis (NT$5): It is a woody, perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae. The leaves are opposite, long and narrow; the colors are rich green, with a pleasant sheen. The flowers are blue, white or pink. The plant is edible and extensively used for medicinal purposes. It is also a common ingredient in essential oils and bath products.

3. Salvia elegans (NT$12): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae. The leaves are either ovate or heart-shaped; they emit a mild, fruity fragrance when brushed or rubbed. The flowers are red. The plant is edible.

4. Artemisia indica (NT$15): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae. The leaves are pinnate, green, with dense white tomentose hairs on the underside. When they just bloom, the flowers are light yellow. The plant is edible and a medicinal herb. It is also used in essential oils, scenting, and folk practices.

 

Herbs on stamps..

 

 

Planting and the use of herb plants have grown to be a trend in recent years. To showcase the enchanting beauty of these multipurpose plants, Chunghwa Post is issuing a set of four stamps featuring Mentha  piperita, Rosmarinusofficinalis, Salvia elegans, and Artemisia indica. The designs follow:

Mentha  piperita (NT$5): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae. The plant has opposite, ovate or oval-shaped leaves. The flowers are either white or pink, and grown in whorls. It is edible, medicinally useful, and a common ingredient in essential oils, pesticides and pest repellants.

Rosmarinusofficinalis (NT$5): It is a woody, perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae. The leaves are opposite, long and narrow; the colors are rich green, with a pleasant sheen. The flowers are blue, white or pink. The plant is edible and extensively used for medicinal purposes. It is also a common ingredient in essential oils and bath products.

Salvia elegans (NT$12): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Lamiaceae. The leaves are either ovate or heart-shaped; they emit a mild, fruity fragrance when brushed or rubbed. The flowers are red. The plant is edible.

Artemisia indica (NT$15): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae.

The leaves are pinnate, green, with dense white tomentose hairs on the underside.

When they just bloom, the flowers are light yellow. The plant is edible and a medicinal herb. It is also used in essential oils, scenting, and folk practices.

Oregano–aromatic herb on stamp

 

Here are some beautiful issues from Cyprus and Taiwan. Cyprus post issued an aromatic stamp featuring oregano. Chunghwa Post  issued a set of Greeting stamps.

Oregano

Oregano – or “rouvanos” – is a member of the Lamiaceae family. It is an aromatic bush or semi-bush growing up to 100cm tall with spade-shaped, succulent and thick hairy leaves.

It is a species native to Cyprus, restricted mainly to the Pafos forest area and thrives in rocky areas in various habitats, at an altitude between 200-100m. It is used extensively in cooking and is one of the most popular herbs in the Mediterranean cuisine. Oregano is effective against headaches and insomnia and acts as a cure for stomach ailments. It also has analgesic and sedative properties. Its essential oils are extracted and used in the perfumery and pharmaceutical industry.

Oregano can be used as an ornamental plant and provides ground cover in combination with other species. It is also used in rock gardens and pots. It thrives in well-drained soil and can be planted from seed.

New Greeting stamps from Taiwan

 

Chunghwa Post released a set of “Congratulations Postage Stamps” in 2012. Now it is following up with a second set of four stamps, each featuring one pair of tropical fish, swans, penguins or mandarin ducks. The stamps have round perforated centers with a predominately orange and yellow color scheme, with a red background that features the double-happiness character, which is commonly used in Chinese culture to celebrate marriage. The area surrounding the round center features a grid of double-happiness characters, which convey a sense of glad tidings. The designs follow:

1. Tropical Fish (NT$3.5): A pair of enraptured tropical fish is sealing their love with a kiss. The moving scene conveys the idea of “angelic lovers being lifted to the clouds.”

2. Swans (NT$3.5): The male swan wears a crown and the female swan a lace bridal veil. The scene demonstrates the idea of loving bonds that last “till death do them part.”

3. Penguins (NT$5): The male penguin wears a bowtie and dons a stovepipe hat and the female wears a lace bridal veil. The illustration symbolizes the idea of happiness and love everlasting.

4. Mandarin ducks (NT$5): The female duck bashfully turns her head to look at the male, symbolizing that they will be together through thick and thin over the journey of their lives.

Source : International Stamp News

Pitcher Plants

 

Date of Issue : 13 March  2013

These Special stamps issued by PHLPOST feature different varieties of Pitcher plants that can be found in the Philippines. The stamps have been issued in a miniature sheet and  a sheetlet of 16 stamps. The stamps are colorful and very attractive .It’s a beautiful set for those collecting on plants .

The families Nepenthaceae and Sarraceniaceae are the best-known and largest groups of pitcher plants.The Nepenthaceae contains a single genus, Nepenthes, containing over 100 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. In these Old World pitcher plants, the pitchers are borne at the end of tendrils that extend from the midrib of an otherwise unexceptional leaf. The plants themselves are often climbers, accessing the canopy of their habitats using the aforementioned tendrils, although others are found on the ground in forest clearings, or as epiphytes on trees.

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. Foraging, flying or crawling insects such as flies are attracted to the cavity formed by the cupped leaf. The rim of the pitcher is slippery, when moistened by condensation or nectar, causing insects to fall into the trap.There are more than a hundred species of pitcher plants and many of them can be found in the Philippines.

Source : PHL Post

For Tea lovers…

 

Teas from Taiwan

 

Date of of Issue: 12 September 2012

Hi Here is a beautiful souvenir sheet Issued by Chunghwa ( Taiwan) Post . This souvenir sheet features teas from Taiwan. It’s a lovely souvenir sheet featuring  five different varieties of tea and special cups and kettle. I love green tea very much so this souvenir sheet just caught my attention and I am happy to write about this issue here !!

Teas produced in Taiwan are celebrated around the world for their quality. Based on the degree of fermentation, teas are categorized into several kinds: non-fermented tea (green tea), fully-fermented tea (black tea) and partially fermented varieties. The last is widely known as "Baozhong tea" in Taiwan's academic circle; it is further categorized by the differences of shape: "strip," "semi-ball type" and "ball type." The latter two are commonly known as Oolong tea and Tieguanyin tea.

To encourage better understanding in teas, Chunghwa Post features Baozhong, Tieguanyin, Black tea, Oolong and Oriental Beauty teas as theme for "Teas of Taiwan Souvenir Sheet" with five stamps.

The bottom of every stamp is accentuated with the featured tea variety and a cup of tea, and each stamp is set against the tourist attraction of the tea region in single color, complemented by a miniature teapot cutout on the upper right corner. Marginal inscription of the souvenir sheet is inspired by a tea-drinking scenario that manifests the timelessness of Taiwan 's tea culture.

The designs follow:
1. Baozhong tea (NT＄10): A lightly fermented tea, the liquid is honey-gold in color with a pleasant aroma, and a smooth, refreshing taste. It is grown primarily in Pinglin, Shiding in New Taipei City and Wenshan, Nangang in Taipei City . The backdrop of the stamp is set against the Pinglin Tea Museum .

2. Tieguanyin tea (NT＄10): A partially fermented tea, Tieguanyin is more oxidized than Oolongs. The liquid is amber in color, with a slightly acidic and fruity zest; it is mellow, sweet and smooth to the taste. Tieguanyin is produced primarily in Muzha in Taipei City . The Maokong Gondola is the backdrop of the design.

 
3. Black tea (NT＄10): A fully fermented variety, the liquid is a beautiful reddish brown with a light caramel aroma and rich flavor. Black teas are grown mostly in Yuchi in Nantou County and Ruisui in Hualian. The stamp is set against the Sun Moon Lake wharf.

4. Oolong tea (NT＄10): A partially fermented tea, the liquid is bright golden-yellow with strong fragrance. Nantou and Jiayi Counties are the primary Oolong-growing regions. The famed Alishan Forest Train is the backdrop of this stamp.

5. Oriental Beauty tea (NT＄10): Synonymous with White Tip Oolong, this variety is heavily fermented. The liquid is reddish orange that smacks of nectar or ripe fruit, with a rich and smooth aroma. The tea is grown in Emei, Beipu in Xinzhu County , Toufen in Miali County , Pinglin and Shiding in New Taipei City . The stamp features the suspension bridge astride Emei Lake in the backdrop.

 

My  Rainbow Covers…

 

I Just received this nice cover with rainbow stamp and FDC sent by my friend Andrzej Panachida from Poznan, Poland. Thanks Andrzej for these covers for my collection I was looking for this FDC  for my Rainbow collection.. Many Many Thanks !!

Andrzej Panachida, Poznan - Poland

Stamps for special moments..

 

Date of Issue : 2 August 2012

Jersey Post has issued Eight 'greeting' stamps  for use both locally and for sending items to the United Kingdom. 

The theme featured on stamps are selected by the designer in such a way that it could be used   to invite for engagement parties, weddings or christenings; sending birthday invites or birthday wishes; thank you notes, new address notification and Christmas cards.

Trees for Life

 

Date of Issue : 3 July 2012

 

These stamps were issued by Jersey Post on 3rd July 212 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Jersey Trees for Life.

The stamps depict six of Jersey's most magnificent trees, each of them having been recorded on either the local or national tree registers; notable trees are measured and included if they are the tallest of have the largest girth of that species.

For Plant Lovers…

 

Date of  of issue: 25 July 2012

Chunghwa Post  issued a  set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet. The new set of stamps features "walking ferns." The designs follow:

1. Polystichum lepidocaulon (NT＄5): It has a short, erect stem and fasciculate fronds. Its laminas are lanceolate and simply pinnate, with pinnae that are falcate. Some of the rachises are prolonged and viviparous at tips. This species of fern grows on slopes in the forest understory.

2. Bolbitis heteroclita (NT＄5): Its stem is short and procumbent. Its fronds are simply pinnate with dimorphic: the fertile laminas are thinner and erect, whereas the sterile laminas are more spreading. The pinna grows without a tooth in each sinus. The terminal pinnae are lanceolate, and some of them are elongated and droop downward. The tips of the pinna have adventitious buds. Either lithophytic or terrestrial, the species can be found in humus soil along streambeds in the understory of forests.

3. Adiantum malesianum (NT＄10): It has a short, erect stem and fasciculate fronds. Its laminas are linear to narrow lanceolate and simply pinnate. The rachis extends to be whip-shaped tendril and has adventitious bud at tip. The pinnae are fan, obliquely triangular or obliquely oblong shaped with a pair of basal pinnae half-circular or wide fan-shaped. The species grows on slopes or cliffs at the edge of forests.

4. Asplenium prolongatum (NT＄25): It has a short, erect stem and fasciculate fronds. Its laminas are narrow and lanceolate and deeply bipinnatifid. A portion of the rachises are prolonged and viviparous at tip. The ultimate pinnule is linear with a singular vein. It grows in shady cliffs or on the trunks of trees in the understory of forests.

Orchids from Papua New Guinea

 

Date of Issue : 2 July 2012

From the mountain forests of the highlands to the tropical jungles of the coast and lowlands, Papua New Guinea is home to an indescribable array of beautiful orchids. The country's rainforests provide such a vast and suitable home to these delicate flowers, that new species are still being regularly discovered.

This issue features orchids found in Rigo inland of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea.

STAMP SET
K1.20 - Dendrobium macrophyllum - Found in the coastal jungles of Java to the Philippines and on to Samoa in the Pacific Islands and Rigo inland, Central province of Papua New Guinea. is a species of genus Dendrobium. Grows in warm to hot temperatures with medium amounts of light and in a well drain mix of sphagnum moss or medium fir bark. Sepals are pale yellow and spotted on backside, petals are pale yellow, upper lip is striped with purple stripes, and lower lip is spotted with dark spots. Lip is pale yellow
K1.20 - Dendrobium williamsianum - A medium to giant sized, hot growing epiphyte on small trees in the hot dry savannahs of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua and New Guinea. Goes without water for up to 6 months at a time but do get morning dew.
K6.00 - Dendrobium bracteosum pink - Found growing in the mangrove forest of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua New Guinea and is an epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in
rainforests often along rivers and coastlines. Sepals and petals are pink, lip is orange.
K8.00 - Phalaenopsis amabilis - Found on tree trunks hanging bogs in the rainforest of northern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and New Britain. Grows in
warm conditions. Pot in medium fir bark and keep in partial shade.

 

SOUVENIR SHEET
K10.00 -Dendrobium spectabile - is a warm growing species native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The long canes produce masses of flowers that look like aliens from another world. The plant is easy to grow and flower if you follow the recommended cultural instructions.
SHEETLET
K1.20 - Dendrobium bracteosum white - Found growing in the mangrove forest of Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua New Guinea. Sepals and petals are white, lip is orange. A small to medium sized. Epiphyte of forest trees and mangroves in rainforests often along
rivers and coastlines.
K1.20 - Dendrobium bifalce - Found in coastal forest and in forested areas near water in Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Bismark Islands, along Laloki and Brown Rivers, Central Province of
Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland Australia. Sepals and petals are yellow and spotted.
K6.00 - Dendrobium Strepsiceros - Found in the Moluccas and Kavieng, New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. A miniature to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with erect, lower half is swollen and fusiform, loosely 6 to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers
K8.00 -Vanda Hindsii - Found in Queensland Australia and Rigo inland, Central Province of Papua and New Guinea in areas with a distinct dry season in winter and spring as a large sized,
hot to warm growing, epiphyte on tall trees near large rivers or as a lithophytw scrambling over rocky outcrops with very bright sun.