Lichens
Newsletter # 15 (818) April 10, 2019
On June 27, 2019 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 3 postage stamps of the series “Lichens”. Artist: Alexander Mityanin. Design: Marina Vitkovskaya. Print process: offset. Colour: multicoloured. Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed. Perforations: comb 13: 131/2. Stamps size: 26x37 mm. Sheets composition: 9 (3x3) stamps. Sheets size: 100x132 mm. Print quantity: 36.000 stamps each. Printer: Unitary Enterprise “Bobruisk Integrated Printing House named after A. T. Nepogodin”. Face value A is equal to the tariff of a letter up to 20 gram within Belarus. Face value M is equal to the air-mail tariff of a postcard abroad. Face value H is equal to the surface tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad. |
No. 1308  Common Orange Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) A  Element of protection |  |
No. 1309  Lungwort Lichen(Lobaria pulmonaria) M  Element of protection |  |
No. 1310  Devil's Matchsticks (Cladonia floerkeana) H  Element of protection |  |
A sheetlet is also issued. Sheetlet composition: 6 (2 sets) stamps. Sheetlet size: 105x90 mm. Print quantity: 15.000 sheetlets. |
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Lichens are organisms formed as a result of the symbiosis of fungus and algae or fungus, algae and cyanobacteria or fungus and cyanobacteria. Lichens are important for the biosphere. They settle on rocky and sandy terrain, where there is no soil, and participate in its formation. Lichens also form living conditions for other organisms. A man uses lichens to obtain dyes, sugar, alcohol and some medicinal substances. Lichens are the first living organisms to suffer from air pollution. Their reaction to air pollution is used in the lichen-indication method for assessment of the degree of air pollution in cities and in forests. |
 |  Colour of the postmark — black. Special postmark and FDC painted by A.Mityanin, designed by M.Vitkovskaya. |
A special cancellation on FDC will be carried out at the post office No.1 of Minsk (shop “Philately”,16 Moskovskaya street) on the stamp issuing day. |
The images do not reproduce the exact specifications of the project. |
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